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Maybe he meant IFL

What, is he training to be a sports analyst?

The game kinda showed me that...Finley maybe wasn't as much the problem as I've thought for awhile. Maybe he's no solution, but I don't know that Moorhead would adjust much for the next QB either. Finley's best offense may actually be a Mumme air raid where...he's just chucking the hell out of it without regard to consequences (Tim Couch's last year at Kentucky for example, he threw for 4611 with the bowl game and the whole team ran for about 1650 when disregarding sacks). Moorhead doesn't strike me as a coach who adjusts his system very well to what his players do best. May not be the best for the team as we have multiple capable backs, but...

Since he's already grumbling about how he doesn't have the support to complete, maybe the angle is to make it clear HE'S not getting it...

No, Wistrcill is replacing a different yet-to-be-publicly-announced departures.

I think that's one of the reasons Carney seems a better fit. He's no introvert. Not that introversion is bad...I'm an introvert haha. But head ball coach isn't necessarily the best role for an introvert.

I say this and then Akron has its best crowd of the year on a Tuesday. So what do I know, haha But in general, attendance is still way way down on MACtion nights.

I mean, all of this is true. It's hopeless in Akron, of course, there's too many people that will tell you that you're wrong and that Akron can never compete. Just be glad Akron made things fun once, because it's really just going to be 4-8 at best every year even though there's a bunch of MAC schools that have the same exact problems but yet never consistently only win 2-4 games every year. But my comment was more "that game was insane and all the crazy was used up for this week."

The crowd on Tuesday proved that attendance can be improved. Because the athletic department actually went and improved attendance...FOR A FREEZER GAME ON A TUESDAY. And then, they gave those folks that attended a reason to come back (even in a loss). I'm certainly not sold that Joe is the guy...and am generally sold that Joe ISN'T the guy...but I am very much willing to admit that even in a loss that game was good for the program.

TO BE FAIR, there was 7:14 on the clock. It wasn't particularly egregious IMO, but it did feel like a letdown. Now, 7:14 wasn't a usual "7:14" since Joe had already blown all three timeouts. But I would say it was "midway through the fourth."

Akron and Kent used up all the MACtion this year.

It's just time. But Akron can't afford to fire. So Joe's gonna have to leave on his own. Good luck to the AD, who probably also has his hands tied behind his back. Especially if Joe doesn't leave and we lock in another 4-win season.

I think if Joe were hitting 5-7 wins And not 12 total in four years. We wouldn't be having many of these conversations. That said, Joe is only leaving if he decides he'd rather be an OC somewhere else making the same (or more) money. As noted, Akron doesn't really have the cash to do that. And I think you're 100% spot on about the "selling the program." I don't think anyone here is pretending this is, or should be, easy.

That really is symbolic, haha!

It is kinda wild they're both former Fordham QBs and that's where the similarities end.