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Good for Hunter! I'm going to be spending the night there tomorrow night. This is the best time of year to go to the beach because all of the locals are out having a good time and there are much fewer people. Hunter is going to love it.
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He's looking for the rest of the large pizza he ate the night before....
I didn't realize he is from New Castle, PA Would he pick Akron?
He would make an interesting candidate. How many schools have a coach that can fly themselves to recruiting visits?BTW IF Mangino gets fired, I think he'd make an interesting candidate.
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I think we need to worry more about the number of TD passes we did not complete to our WRs before we worry about the most overrated receiver position in football (it is an important position, it's importance is overrated though). WRs get TDs, TEs get first downs. Give me big plays to WRs all day over dinking and dunking to the TE.I heard that this year Akron may have set a Division I record for fewest pass attempts to a tight end in a season. -
Never thought of it that way. Speaking of begging for a job back, maybe Heacock from YSU (part of the Tressel coaching tree) will be begging for his back now.
OK buckeye honks, then please inform me of the "successful" Tressel coaching tree over the last 5 yearsDantonio went to UC and all he could talk about was getting home after UC games to watch the Buckeyes..Then watch Kelly take the program to a #5 ranking...Mark Snyder--Just fired.No Buckeye assistants at Ohio D-1 programs.....80 million dollar football budget vs. 15 million equals a reality check and a one-way ticket back to c-bus begging for your old job back..If you are an OSU hater, put that aside for a moment. Fickell would make so much sense:He would most likely bring in a 4-3 DHe would be a big help to the young LBs, especially Wagner and hopefully HooblerHe would DRASTICALLY clean-up the special teams.He would bring in the d & st of "Tresselball", but b/c of his youth and playing with Cooper teams, very well will look at a downfield passing attack in an I-formation (along with some of the newer spread and Wildcat trends).His buddy, Mike Vrabel, might be ready to retire soon= would be a nice get as LB or DL coach.He might just stay here 5-6 years and wait out Tressel at OSU (who some have said will move to AD role in about 5 to 6 years).I think he makes all the sense in the world when you look at the big picture of D, ST, developing a different attitude, having Midwest roots, etc. -
He would make an interesting candidate. How many schools have a coach that can fly themselves to recruiting visits? Maybe we could "build" him his own hanger out at Wingfoot Lake.BTW IF Mangino gets fired, I think he'd make an interesting candidate. -
Why can't they be both? We have too many lawyers in our country so everything has become an either/or proposition.Are they thye team that played APSU/UAPB or the team that played Viagria oopssss I mean Niagria? -
You assume Vrabel wants to coach.If Tressel is going to retire in 5-6 years, the safe bet for LF would be to stay there as DC and take over as HC if he can get the job. There is much more risk in taking the Akron job than waiting out Tressel.His buddy, Mike Vrabel, might be ready to retire soon= would be a nice get as LB or DL coach.He might just stay here 5-6 years and wait out Tressel at OSU (who some have said will move to AD role in about 5 to 6 years). -
As a season ticket holder for an ACC school, I can say that the Big Ten is below the ACC.......and the ACC ain't all that good and the Big Ten is terrible.We'll see what tOSU has in the Rose Bowl, but I don't think they could win against GA Tech, Clemson or maybe even VA Tech. Hell, they lost to Purdue.The Big Ten is a second tier conference.BTW, if Luke F is interested (He would be better off waiting for Tressel to retire) I would be interested.Big err Medium Ten football is now officially one step above the ACC.Way too many coaches from that conference listed on the list for my liking... -
Post it! It doesn't matter now.
Check your PMs.Who is that?I know of only one player who is leaving, and he announced it more than a couple weeks ago. -
I respectfully disagree. Nicely is a potential future NFL player if his accuracy can improve. Wagner is a solid player. We have a very good group of young RBs. Harvey was a future NFL player if he wasn't so stupid. We have talented kids on defense who have been put in a hopeless positioin. The talent was/is there. The coaching did not put the talent the team had in a position to win.
I agree that those guys were "His Guys", but why wasn't he able to attract anymore of those types of players after that initial wave?
Biggs, Alleman, Kemme, Getsy and pulling Hixon from defense to offense. Four of those five were JD's guys. Hixon my as well have been since JD saved his career. The myth is JD won with LO's guys. The reality is his guys took the Zips from a second place team to MAC Champions.One other thing everyone seems to forget is JD lost some key assistant coaches in the first couple of years. Arron Alford is doing well at Utah and the LB coach is doing well at Air Force. I think these guys were key losses to the program.
I hope you're right. It makes me wonder why JD did better with LO guys than his own?
All of them.The overall athletic talent on this team is good enough to win in this sorry league if it wasn't for the mismanagement of the coach. The problem is the talent was used in the wrong way because JD's strategies were destined for failure. Using different schemes will bring out the talent in the team. It happens frequently. A good swift kick in the ass from the new coach will do wonders for the kids as well.When Owens was fired, my biggest concern was the lack of talent on the team (Owens would have had one more 6-5 year under his belt and then the wheels would have fallen off). JD had to come in and clean house. Most were so bad they couldn't even make Ashland win their conference after transferring there. The new guy won't have to do that. JD left enough talent behind to win in the MAC....the next guy needs to win sooner rather than later.As the JDB era has come to a close, I have noticed several posters who repeatedly insist that this is a talented group. Some believe that this group of players is talented enough to win right away with the right coaching. While I'm not a talent evaluator, like most of us, I'm a little more skeptical that we have that much talent on the roster. So, I'd like to see a discussion with some specifics about where this group is talented and where we have needs. I'll start by taking away the obvious ones, the guys who have received strong praise here all year, Wagner and Nicely. Wagner is a ball hawk and appears to be in on every play. It's almost as if by magic to see how often he's in the scrum. Nicely looks pretty good too, especially for a true freshman who JD clearly wanted NOT to see the field this year. Now, where are the rest of the talented players we expect to spark UA's resurgence next year? Until I see some discussion of the talent on this roster, generic assertions that this is a very talented roster mean nothing to me. -
Fax machine? What is this, the 1990s? Anybody who faxes in their resume should not be looked at. I want a modern offense, not the wing-t.The fax machine will be a buzz on Monday morning with resumes -
I want to see winning and going to bowl games. Beating I-AA teams gets you to a bowl game. Losing gets empty stadiums and our current scheduling guarantees three losing games a year. When the Zips get really good, the scheduling could take them from 7-5 to 9-3....fans get excited about 9-3.Also, I-AA teams guarantee not only wins,, but home games. The Big Phone Booth was built for watching football, not to sit empty while we play away games.
+1If you want to think small, expect small results. We can 'play with' any team. Can we win, probably not, but that doesnt mean we wont try. I'd rather see a historic DIV-1 team here than a historic IAA team. B-O-R-I-N-G. Besides, dont the wins again lower conferneces not count?
why play a I-AA school?...its not like we are going to go out and win 8 other games...play a D-I school that you can compete with...sunbelt...low level cusa...how many of you go to the morgan state game if its in october and not the Info. opener?We had Tennessee at one point, but that's off. I also saw Michigan State listed online, if you look at Michigan States future schedules at Phil Steele's website (Sept 4th), but MSU doesn't list that anywhere else. -
Biggs, Alleman, Kemme, Getsy and pulling Hixon from defense to offense. Four of those five were JD's guys. Hixon my as well have been since JD saved his career. The myth is JD won with LO's guys. The reality is his guys took the Zips from a second place team to MAC Champions.One other thing everyone seems to forget is JD lost some key assistant coaches in the first couple of years. Arron Alford is doing well at Utah and the LB coach is doing well at Air Force. I think these guys were key losses to the program.
I hope you're right. It makes me wonder why JD did better with LO guys than his own?
All of them.The overall athletic talent on this team is good enough to win in this sorry league if it wasn't for the mismanagement of the coach. The problem is the talent was used in the wrong way because JD's strategies were destined for failure. Using different schemes will bring out the talent in the team. It happens frequently. A good swift kick in the ass from the new coach will do wonders for the kids as well.When Owens was fired, my biggest concern was the lack of talent on the team (Owens would have had one more 6-5 year under his belt and then the wheels would have fallen off). JD had to come in and clean house. Most were so bad they couldn't even make Ashland win their conference after transferring there. The new guy won't have to do that. JD left enough talent behind to win in the MAC....the next guy needs to win sooner rather than later.As the JDB era has come to a close, I have noticed several posters who repeatedly insist that this is a talented group. Some believe that this group of players is talented enough to win right away with the right coaching. While I'm not a talent evaluator, like most of us, I'm a little more skeptical that we have that much talent on the roster. So, I'd like to see a discussion with some specifics about where this group is talented and where we have needs. I'll start by taking away the obvious ones, the guys who have received strong praise here all year, Wagner and Nicely. Wagner is a ball hawk and appears to be in on every play. It's almost as if by magic to see how often he's in the scrum. Nicely looks pretty good too, especially for a true freshman who JD clearly wanted NOT to see the field this year. Now, where are the rest of the talented players we expect to spark UA's resurgence next year? Until I see some discussion of the talent on this roster, generic assertions that this is a very talented roster mean nothing to me. -
All of them.The overall athletic talent on this team is good enough to win in this sorry league if it wasn't for the mismanagement of the coach. The problem is the talent was used in the wrong way because JD's strategies were destined for failure. Using different schemes will bring out the talent in the team. It happens frequently. A good swift kick in the ass from the new coach will do wonders for the kids as well.When Owens was fired, my biggest concern was the lack of talent on the team (Owens would have had one more 6-5 year under his belt and then the wheels would have fallen off). JD had to come in and clean house. Most were so bad they couldn't even make Ashland win their conference after transferring there. The new guy won't have to do that. JD left enough talent behind to win in the MAC....the next guy needs to win sooner rather than later.As the JDB era has come to a close, I have noticed several posters who repeatedly insist that this is a talented group. Some believe that this group of players is talented enough to win right away with the right coaching. While I'm not a talent evaluator, like most of us, I'm a little more skeptical that we have that much talent on the roster. So, I'd like to see a discussion with some specifics about where this group is talented and where we have needs. I'll start by taking away the obvious ones, the guys who have received strong praise here all year, Wagner and Nicely. Wagner is a ball hawk and appears to be in on every play. It's almost as if by magic to see how often he's in the scrum. Nicely looks pretty good too, especially for a true freshman who JD clearly wanted NOT to see the field this year. Now, where are the rest of the talented players we expect to spark UA's resurgence next year? Until I see some discussion of the talent on this roster, generic assertions that this is a very talented roster mean nothing to me. -
All good moments.JD couldn't do anything with the players he brought in here even though they were very talented. I remain bullish about next year because I really believe they should have a winning record with the talent on the field. Good days are ahead.
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I'm not worried about guys leaving. I don't think many will.Think what you will about JD, but he left with class which is more than what the prior coach left with when he went out in a hissy fit and had a meeting with players at his house after getting fired. The tone JD set on the way out should keep most players here.The players need to embrace this as one of the first really adult things that will happen to them in their lives. People get fired, that's just the way it is. They all need to act like adults now and do their best for the new coach.
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I voted "maybe" and am leaning hard to hell yes. ITZ is right, quick turn around is the key. The guy took an Auburn team on probation and went undefeated with them.I could care less of the guy was banging his administrative assistant.....I want a guy to win some games next year.
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They need one more cupcake. Let's be smart about our schedule and make one that makes winners out of losers.In the post game yesterday the first two games of 2010 were announced. Home - SyracuseHome - Gardner Webb -
I agree. If BCS level schools schedule I-aa and MAC schools so they can maximize their home games, why shouldn't we? Why do we always have to be the team to help the BCS team maximize their home games at the expense of our program? We are killing ourselves.I think we should try putting as many home games as possible early on in the season. First, the weather is good which means more fans. Second, we will still have a shot at going to a bowl for most of these games. Of course this is purely related to attendance and if we were to just win we wouldn't need to worry about this. -
I agree!The cycle continues.Bring in a guy with minor league experience and you get minor league ideas.
Though I agree he wouldn't be able to fill the place on Friday, blindly sending out extra tickets 2 days before the game to the season ticket holders barely qualifies as trying, and appears more like desperation, on his part. I don't expect miracles, but I do expect something better than this!
Show me an AD who would be able to fill a stadium for a team that ONLY has one D-1A win over Cant state and a win over a Morgan State.So far, TW hasn't been impressive with filling the stadium. Wasn't that one of his primary objectives???
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No thanks on Scott Browning. His team lost in the layoffs 84-63 to West Liberty. If we thought the 3-3-5 was bad, God only knows what this guy would bring. He would be Lee Owens on steroids.I really don't know about the other guy.since everyone is throwing out names...John Lockhardt...California,Pennsylvania and Scott Browning Edinboro State...y'all can check their records they are more than solid...these guys recruit areas that need to be recruited by the Zips...they have and are running winning successful programs and make the DII playoffs, both again this year...Browning has ohio connections also...these guys look like stability which this program hasn't had...look a little closer to home and look for someone who has been a head coach -
I was hoping to get a few more takers.I'm seeing the MAC more and more as "Joe sports fan" since I've moved from Ohio. I'm still a fan of the league, but getting away from it has actually made my opinion of it change over the past three football seasons.Here is what I see. If a sentence ends with ...., that means "compared to other D-1A leagues":1. Players drop too many easily catchable passes...2. Players are too slow...3. Players are too small...4. Most stadiums are not even close to 20% capacity and ESPN has trouble hiding that fact.5. Referees have long huddles to decide what to do after routine calls.6. Players are not just slow, they are not quick...7. We don't see enough good passers.I'll go through this again. What does the MAC need to do?1. Stop the bleeding.2. Get off of ESPN week night games unless it is a Thursday ESPN game. The league is a mess right now and advertising the mess to the remainder of the country is not helping.3. Improve the product on the field. Better coaches would help. How are they going to pay for them if nobody is paying to go to Tuesday night games? How are they going to pay for the coaches if the product is so bad nobody would walk across the street to watch a game?4. Get better players? This is always the answer. How do you get better players if a recruit is watching from home and sees an empty stadium? How do you get better players if they want their parents to come to games and their parents can't come to a few home games because they are on a work night and they can't take the time off of work? How are we going to get better players if we don't have an academic support system to keep at risk players in school and on track to graduation?5. Get better coaches? Money is a good way to attract a good coach. Where is the money going to come from? Empty stadiums?6. Win more. Stop scheduling three guaranteed losses a year for each team and maybe people in their communities might get a little excited about going to games.7. As soon as they can, Temple is going to leave the MAC. Then what? The answer is to force the issue with Temple by threatening to drop down to I-AA. Then the MAC needs to become a I-AA conference. Are we better off as the worst D-1A conference or the best I-AA conference? Even if we get better, then what, we'll be just as good as C-USA?....that's still lame. Get as good as the ACC?.....we don't have the facilities/money to compete in the ACC...we would have the smallest stadium in the ACC if we entered the league. Don't get me wrong, I go to at least seven ACC games a year and it isn't that great of a conference, but I get to see some good athletes catch passes, run fast, make good tackles, execute game plans, make extra points, make long field goals, see some nationally known programs like FSU, Maryland, Miami, Stanford, Elon (OK, not really), NC State, Baylor, Clemson and sit in a full stadium. These scholols will always have more money than a MAC school. An 85,000 seat stadium is going to generate more money than a 27,000 seat stadium.8. Make the darn league smaller. Temple wil be gone and get rid of two more. Eleven games at I-AA is enough and if you make the playoffs, you get more games. There is actually a real reward for winning the conference if a national championship could be in the future. What is the reward for winning the MAC right now?.....Getting your ass kicked in a horrible bowl game.At the end of the day, the MAC has been around since the 1940s and this is what they have built? The league is terrible and we are exactly where we belong. Wishing and saying it is going to be good isn't going to make it good. Throwing money at the problem isn't going to make it good because everyone else will be able to generate more money. It wasn't until the last three years that I have really solidified my views on this issue. Getting away from the MAC and seeing how even a second tier conference like the ACC functions has been healthy for me and my views of the MAC. I think if the MAC would do what I want, it would be a GREAT conference. I know all of this looks really negative, but the athletic department has to function in the world of reality. The reality is the league is horrible and the entertainment value is poor. It is straight Dollar General.
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I don't disagree. What does a MAC game look like though? Describe what you see, specifically.....It has to be worse in person because TV can show only what they want to show. Some they just can't hide though.
I said it in my post - MAC teams will not spend what it takes to be successful in D1-A football. If you want to be like Temple and turn around decades of losing - spend the f*ucking money. If you want to lose, if you want a "great" season to be 7-5, then keep your coaching salaries in the bottom 10% of D1-A football. You get what you pay for.That is the right answer. Any other answers are wrong.
Why does it suck? Specifically, what does a fan actually see when they watch a game?I'm not trying to be silly or anything like that. It's important to get these issues out in the open for fans so they understand where the league is and why it is the way it is and why it really needs to start doing things differently.No right or wrong answers.MAC football, at this time, is awful. -
Why does it suck? Specifically, what does a fan actually see when they watch a game?I'm not trying to be silly or anything like that. It's important to get these issues out in the open for fans so they understand where the league is and why it is the way it is and why it really needs to start doing things differently.No right or wrong answers.MAC football, at this time, is awful.
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We have had one injury after another for the past few years. It's time for a new strength and conditioning coach. Maybe he is a nice guy, but maybe it is a time to change that person also.