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This is year 3. Who gets 4 years to get more than 2 wins?

It looks like he just started a couple of days ago.

Cody is an assistant DL coach at ULM. Glad to see him still in the game. He was a ton of fun to watch play.

Kato had the potential to be a very strong G5 QB. It seems like has matured, but with the staff change, losing a year to surgery, and now a really bad supporting cast, we will never really know how good or not great he could have been.

Not sure how season 3 with Arth can be considered a throwaway and a "rebuild." What were seasons 1 and 2? It's time for results, yet looking at this roster I don't expect to see them.

You rang? 😁

What changed? The administration. You aren't going to get a winner until the administration changes. Williams is gone, that is step #1.

You cannot sponsor the program and an athlete. It has to be one or the other from what I understand. Are the Zips providing any assistance to help players navigate this new world?

I don't know why anyone would consider him. Forcing a kid to eat something that violates his religion tells you all you need to know. That was unconscionable. Forget about the PR, what kind of message would that send players?

Their next job is more about their connections than their performance at player development or history of winning.

I know the narrative is that we are only losing kids who can't play, but at what point do you say a kid has a lot of potential but is missing the proper development because the staff is inadequate?

Year 3 of Arth and we are still 2 years out?

26 tackles as a RS freshman isn't too bad.

This is exactly the point. I, and I think others share what Bowden is doing to demonstrate you don't need a large budget to be actively trying to engage the community. The fishing videos? Recruits are probably not the audience, the community is. There seems to be so little community engagement from Arth.a G5 program head coach has to be part coach, part community engagement director. This isn't a Bowden vs. Arth thing to me, because Arth isn't doing anything, honestly. It's a what are the Zips doing at all thing. 72Roo floats a conspiracy. Although I don't know if I agree, I do think the lack of commitment from the administration is palpable and give pause to wonder what is going on.

Speaks volume about the team culture

Well, with Dollard potentially out, Alce and Knight would have both been good to have in the RB room.

Abraham Alce and Boogie Knight

Like I said, what is Akron doing? I would be happy to talk about their activities if they had any.

ULM is doing quite a bit and have some enthusiasm. https://twitter.com/CoachTBowden/status/1394008415844896770 @CoachTBowden: ...and proud of it‼️ #LouisianaByGodMonroe #TalonsOut https://t.co/qhvjgtXUhb They have hosted a few other coaches to do instruction for the coaching staff (Rick Trickett, Pete Jenkins, can't remember the third), have coaches on Shreveport radio every week, and have a billboard ad campaign happening statewide. They also have a transfer portal camp next month, in addition to high school camps, and oh, Rich Rod has his little podcast (Hard Edge Football.) Remind me what Akron has been doing over the last 6 months?

https://twitter.com/boss_abraham/status/1393651474828304389 @boss_abraham: It’s official I’m COMMITTED and ready to become the face of ULM... catch me ballin on the bayou‼️‼️#Redwood #6God #immokalee @CoachTBowden @ULMFB_Recruit @ULM_FB @RealCoachRod @mattstat82 @flymac32 https://t.co/jW1x24vYHe

It's a sign he's affordable.

I don't believe someone has to have experience running a football or D1 football program to be successful. If he is a good leader, it shouldn't matter. I am not ready to write this off as a disaster, yet. He inherits a difficult situation with the football program. I don't envy him.

Hard to say anyone failed, including the player. No shade for a guy trying to find a way to play. It's his risk to take to transfer.

Agree that the program needs to do something interesting....but there is a lot of low hanging fruit that doesn't involve getting another program on board that could be achieved, too. As far as being able to beat Toledo, not in our current state.

It seems like expanding out rivalries to teams we can't beat is not a winning venture. Maybe we need to get in a position of winning the first one before we add a second one?