brookhart fallout

[infofan]

Hoobler to visit Indiana this weekendby Beacon Sports on December 1, 2009in Football, OrrvilleOrrville senior MLB Chase Hoobler plans to visit Indiana this weekend, according to Orrville coach Doug Davault.Hoobler, who is orally committed to Akron, is going to check out other schools since the Zips have made a coaching change.Hoobler had a close relationship with former Akron coach J.D. Brookhart and the Zips were the first to offer Hoobler.Indiana is one of at least 16 other schools that have offered Hoobler a scholarship.“He’s going to probably visit some other schools as well,” Davault said in an e-mail. “I don’t know that Akron is completely out of the picture, but he is going to explore other options.”Inevitable that these things will happen but it still frustrates us .

[zippyrifle32]

I'm going to be optimistic here (and that doesn't happen very often), but maybe the new coach will attract even better recruits just by who they are.

[cornbread]

indiana is full of goofballs

[johnnyzip84]

I wonder if Chase was in attendance for the IU nightmare game?

[ctmjbowes@sbcglobal.net]

I suppose it makes sense for kids to check out as many options as they can. If I were a parent I would encourage that. However, if this Hoobler kid had enough interest in UA to make a verbal commitment as early as he did, I certainly believe (and hope) that it was not contingent upon only JDB's cult of personality. You'd like to think that maybe Hoobler saw the facilities, the field, spent time on campus, etc. Hopefully he and the other recruits would have paid attention to the TERRIBLE team that UA fielded this last year. If they did, I for one would think that JD's departure, while maybe a bummer from a personal "I thought he was a great guy" standpoint, would excite these kids, that they see UA's commitment to winning and want to be a part of that. Kids like Hoobler have the somewhat unique opportunity to come to UA at this point in time and build an entirely new football culture, you know, one that WINS GAMES. I'll say again what I've said in three or four other threads here:JD's recruits, with a few exceptions, never did much on the field when it came to actually producing impact plays leading to wins. So much excitement every year for so many players who....never....did...much.Any kid who was recruited by JD and was personally committed to JD to the point that they were excited to come to UA in spite of the terrible team and the horrible losing, and are now NOT excited to be coming when UA is making such a strong commitment to fielding a winning team, well I question whether they are the right recruits for this team anyway. Winners and leaders should want to come to UA, MORE than they might have a week or two ago. I'm just not that worried about whether a couple of high school kids don't want to play for UA now that JD is gone. The ones who analyze the situation clearly and have their hearts in the right place will realize what a great opportunity that have playing for the Zips at this point in history.

[zip37]

Any HS player that committed to the Zips with the losing tradition that the FB program has established since the late 80s, must be impressed with JDB or thefacility, it CANNOT be any established winning tradition, so I say if they go they go then we can establish some winning tradition with a new coach & winning philosophy.I must, however, confessnI'm skeptical that TW & the search committee can do that: the track record indicates another botched job: I hope not but historyiss agin us!

[Zip Watcher]

I must, however, confessnI'm skeptical that TW & the search committee can do that: the track record indicates another botched job: I hope not but historyiss agin us!

What track record exactly?

[Z.I.P.]

Hopefully he looks at the big picture. I think when he arrives, he can step onto the field immediately and be a Wagner-type impact player.

[zip37]

Track record = Faust then Owens, then JDB.

[ctmjbowes@sbcglobal.net]

Track record = Faust then Owens, then JDB.

Come on Zip37, it's completely unfair to hold Wistrcill accountable for a past that he had nothing to do with. Those of you who are skeptical at best, or expecting some coaching calamity, what will that look like to you? No D-1 wins in entire calendar years instead of one?

[GP1]

Track record = Faust then Owens, then JDB.

Come on Zip37, it's completely unfair to hold Wistrcill accountable for a past that he had nothing to do with. Those of you who are skeptical at best, or expecting some coaching calamity, what will that look like to you? No D-1 wins in entire calendar years instead of one?

The thing about coachers is they are left in a strange position when a coach is fired. They spend their entire lives wanting coaches fired and they feel some sort of affirmation when it happens. However, until a new coach is hired and actually loses a game, there is no coach to blame for everything so they look for short term alternatives. Reliving the past is one of their short term alternatives.I'm sure if we lose our first game next year, Zip37 will be posting....."Coach X is a < .500 coach".