UAZipster0305

We are the doormat of D-1A football right now and just hired a proven winner of a head coach from the best conference in the country...and you guys are arguing like a bunch of school girls about whether the conference was really the best at the time or just one of the best? Seriously?! Do you realize how lucky we are to have him? He was undefeated one season!...in the SEC! Who was the next best candidate? This really could have turned out to be a disaster! And whoever is arguing about TW, again, who cares?! It was a great hire! I don't care who gets credit for it.

Because it won't take much to create a short-term improvement. How could things possibly get worse? They couldn't!

Interesting quote in there.... When other MAC teams were beating Akron senseless the past two years, it looked to me like it was a coaching issue as well as a talent issue. I think you're right. It was some combination of both. I know some people like to bash on ICoach, but I believe he was seriously lacking in adequate personnel in a number of areas. He may have been a bad coach, but no coach can win with bad players. I thought when you have a great recruiter, getting good players is not an issue?

I think this is a valid concern. It would be something I would clear up with him during an interview and let him know a return to the past staff will not happen. Nobody from the old staff gets a return trip. I was thinking the exact same thing. If the communication is adequate and these are the grounds for him being hired, I don't see an issue.

Likewise. Maybe we'll run into each other at a watch party? I want to start going to some of those. I don't really know anyone who posts on ZNO & I'd like to be able to put some faces w/ the names. +1

I don't think the candidates with current jobs would appreciate being on an announced short list. Either way we need to move faster as we are getting passed every day in the coaching carousel. I strongly disagree. It's better to wait a few days or weeks to make the right hire than to be hasty and get the wrong person. The former is the only way to break the vicious cycle whereas the latter costs us years and a lot of money. The wise thing to do is be patient and make the right move whether that be days or a couple weeks from now. In the short-term, this program is not going to be very good regardless of what kind of class is brought in this year.

Isn't Ianello up for a bunch of coaching jobs now that YouTube released him from his head coaching duties? White hot. White hot to the extent that his name is invisible on white paper on AD desks throughout the country.

Seattle Sounders and Manchester United here. However, I've recently enjoyed watching FC Barcelona because Lionel Messi is the most creative player I've ever witnessed. And no, that doesn't make me a front-runner. I just appreciate quality futbol.

Great post. And yes, unfortunately, the OOC games matter very little, and the MAC games don't matter much either. All that matters is that we play our best in the post-season. Given how rare it is for the MAC to be a two-bid league, this should be our approach every year.

Well the game was just moved to tomorrow at 1pm(ET). NCAA decided the field was unplayable EDIT: Photo of the Field Conditions You mean the game wasn't moved to USF? Shocking!

Impressive.

Uh no. Spielman was the coach of the Columbus Destroyers, an Arena Football League team, in 2005. He coached one season, compiling a 2-15 record. Sounds like the second coming of iCoach. I'll pass. If not Tressel, then Winters.

+1. Though I don't see him winning the Herman Trophy because we didn't advance far enough in the Tournament and in the games we lost and tied, he tended to be invisible. However, the latter could be taken as how important his performance is to this team's success. Zip MVP? Definitely! Herman Trophy winner? Not this year.

Yes and yes.

We didn't deserve to win this one. Out of sync the entire game. Yes, maybe we got robbed on having a goal called back and maybe Charlotte's goal was soft, but they did what was necessary to win, and we didn't. Not to mention they had two really good opportunities that they didn't score on. We didn't even have that. Just a lot of corners (and not enough that were put across) and few shots on goal. Prior to the season and given the losses to our roster, no one expected us to win the National Championship. Realistic expectations had us winning a few Tournament games and we did that. We met expectations...nothing more, nothing less. The key to beating us was to shut down Mattocks. Even mediocre teams that managed to do that had the opportunity to win. Good luck to Charlotte. On to next season for us. Basketball and a new football coach here we come.

We can't seem to connect any passes through the midfield. That's what sucks!

Yep. So much for the beautiful game. But when we're so out of sync that we can't possess the ball and move it through the midfield, what's left? Now our defense is looking terrible up the middle. I don't know what's going on.

I thought the exact same thing. Everything about this game is flat! Yet there are 2100 fans there, and the announcer calls it a "great crowd"?

I spoke too soon. Big save by Meves. I thought we were done for sure.

And even as poorly as we're playing, I still feel like we are the better team. Charlotte scored on their only chance of the game. Soccer can be insanely frustrating or beautiful in that regard. Depends on which side you're on.

We are playing poorly, but one goal changes the entire dynamic of this game.

The corner kicks have been garbage. We play short to draw the defense out but then don't even end up getting the ball across. We've wasted about three of those now.

+1.

We're doing great holding possession in our defensive third but lose the ball in midfield and up top. Charlotte seems content packing it in defensively and not pushing forward. I feel we got robbed on the goal being called back, but without replay, we'll never know.

We look really flat. We aren't playing dominant soccer. Down 1-0. Mattocks and Holmes need to step up. Without their spark, we are in trouble.