Whats going on?

[Buckzip]

Do we have a timeline here? I heard somewhere a while back that we would have a new coach by the end of this week.

They better hurry up. They need to be out there recruiting and meeting with the existing players to keep them at Akron.

[ZachTheZip]

Do we have a timeline here? I heard somewhere a while back that we would have a new coach by the end of this week.

They better hurry up. They need to be out there recruiting and meeting with the existing players to keep them at Akron.

Exactly! The longer we wait, the more I think we're going after a BCS coordinator who might be able to bring along some recruits. If we wait too long and hire a lower-level coach he won't have the time to build a recruiting class. That's why I'm getting impatient.

[johnnyzip84]

Do we have a timeline here? I heard somewhere a while back that we would have a new coach by the end of this week.

They better hurry up. They need to be out there recruiting and meeting with the existing players to keep them at Akron.

Exactly! The longer we wait, the more I think we're going after a BCS coordinator who might be able to bring along some recruits. If we wait too long and hire a lower-level coach he won't have the time to build a recruiting class. That's why I'm getting impatient.

Maybe TW wants/needs to wait until after the D-2 Championship game this Saturday before he makes a final selection?

[Buckzip]

Do we have a timeline here? I heard somewhere a while back that we would have a new coach by the end of this week.

They better hurry up. They need to be out there recruiting and meeting with the existing players to keep them at Akron.

Exactly! The longer we wait, the more I think we're going after a BCS coordinator who might be able to bring along some recruits. If we wait too long and hire a lower-level coach he won't have the time to build a recruiting class. That's why I'm getting impatient.

Maybe TW wants/needs to wait until after the D-2 Championship game this Saturday before he makes a final selection?

That would be nice.

[Roo2]

It's possible that the choice has already been made, but they are going to wait until after the soccer games this weekend to make the announcement. I could see them holding off out of respect to Porter and the team. Why take any focus/attention off of what the soccer team is doing? I could be totally wrong, but it would be the right thing to do, especially since we may have to fight to keep Caleb from leaving after the season. Just a thought.

[InTheZone]

It's possible that the choice has already been made, but they are going to wait until after the soccer games this weekend to make the announcement. I could see them holding off out of respect to Porter and the team. Why take any focus/attention off of what the soccer team is doing? I could be totally wrong, but it would be the right thing to do, especially since we may have to fight to keep Caleb from leaving after the season. Just a thought.

I doubt that's a reason at all. Honestly I think TW would be more concerned with getting a coach in as quickly as possible to get to work on his recruiting class than he would be in taking away attention from a secondary sport like soccer.

[InTheZone]

Do we have a timeline here? I heard somewhere a while back that we would have a new coach by the end of this week.

They better hurry up. They need to be out there recruiting and meeting with the existing players to keep them at Akron.

Exactly! The longer we wait, the more I think we're going after a BCS coordinator who might be able to bring along some recruits. If we wait too long and hire a lower-level coach he won't have the time to build a recruiting class. That's why I'm getting impatient.

Maybe TW wants/needs to wait until after the D-2 Championship game this Saturday before he makes a final selection?

That would be nice.

Those of you high on Chuck Martin need to scour some message boards and see what Grand Valley fans themselves think of him. Basically he wins because of an insane amount of talent that inevitably flows through his system, yet has routinely lost to some highly inferior teams in his tenure. A very simple offense and a complete inability to make adjustments is the main gripe I'm seeing. Sound familiar?? Basically, GV's talent level is equivalent to the bottom dwellers of FBS, and they should be winning NC's every year at the D2 level whether they have Urban Meyer or John Knownothing for a coach. They're a 30,000 student school with facilites that rival most 1-A schools (complete indoor facility, the whole nine yards), and he's got every advantage to win at GV, in large thanks to the work of Brian Kelley. He won't have those advantages here. Count me firmly out on Chuck Martin.

[Dr Z]

Maybe TW wants/needs to wait until after the D-2 Championship game this Saturday before he makes a final selection?

I'm starting to like Chuck the more I read about him:

The GVSU defense didn’t budge much, though. Despite the absence of three suspended defensive lineman from their usual two-deep roster — end Blair Hollis and tackles Andre Thomas and Ryan Wheat — the Lakers held the nation’s No. 1 rushing offense to 65 yards in the first half and 177 yards overall. Carson-Newman averaged 349 yards per game with its unusual split back veer option.

JD said it was hard to recruit DL, so he run the stack. Chuck can suspend three, and still play four at a Div II school?!?Able to adjust the defenseI might have to set the DVR for Saturday's game on ESPN2 at 1 pm....just in case.

[GP1]

Basically he wins because of an insane amount of talent that inevitably flows through his system, yet has routinely lost to some highly inferior teams in his tenure. A very simple offense and a complete inability to make adjustments is the main gripe I'm seeing. Sound familiar??

Thanks for he link. Both of these sound very familiar. It all starts with talent.The second is extremely familiar. Every fan board out there says they have a bad offense and the coach can't make adjustments. There's nothing new about that complaint. The first complaint stems from the fact that fans watch the team every week and they get tired of watching the same offense. The lack of variety in play calling stems from the lack of variety in team viewing. The second complaint about adjustments stems from people who want to complain but can't really thing of what to say...."The coach is losing the team" is the same type of complaint.The bottom line is the guy continues to win and we should at least interview the guy.

[Dr Z]

school with facilites that rival most 1-A schools (complete indoor facility, the whole nine yards), and he's got every advantage to win at GV.

You could have great facilities and continue to lose...know of any place like that?I hope I get a chance to complain about a head coach that is 61-5 (.924).

[akronad]

This was just posted on Ohio.com 20 minutes ago.We shall see what happens!http://www.ohio.com/news/break_news/78896142.html

[Dr Z]

BINGO!

Ianello was assistant at Wisconsin for two years at the same time that UA Athletic Director Tom Wistrcill worked in the athletic department for the Badgers.

[akronad]

Looks like a match to me. He might not have HC experience, but he's been around a couple of decent programs, especially Wisky.

[ZachTheZip]

Ianello will be moving from one irrelevant program to another, but this time he won't have an eight-figure recruiting budget.

[ctmjbowes@sbcglobal.net]

This was just posted on Ohio.com 20 minutes ago.We shall see what happens!http://www.ohio.com/news/break_news/78896142.html

Yeah, but we need to wait to see what The Big Lebowski and Overtaxed Voter, not to mention Old Man Grump, have to say about it before we chime in right?

[akronad]

http://www.blueandgold.com/coaches/coach.cfm?coachid=139This was published when Rob was hired at ND.

[Zipmeister]

http://www.blueandgold.com/coaches/coach.cfm?coachid=139This was published when Rob was hired at ND.

Does the UA women's bball team have an open assistant coach position or will one of the current assistants have to be canned to make room for the Mrs.?

[Hilltopper]

This was just posted on Ohio.com 20 minutes ago.We shall see what happens!http://www.ohio.com/news/break_news/78896142.html

Yeah, but we need to wait to see what The Big Lebowski and Overtaxed Voter, not to mention Old Man Grump, have to say about it before we chime in right?

Don't forget Loren Eberly, she's really profound!

[Dave in Green]

http://www.blueandgold.com/coaches/coach.cfm?coachid=139This was published when Rob was hired at ND.

Anyone who might be wondering what Ianello's fellow college football coaches think of him can find a strong hint in that link:Ianello was elected to the board of trustees of the American Football Coaches Association in January of '03 (the only assistant coach on the board). The board formulates policy and provides direction for the AFCA. Ianello also chairs the AFCA's assistant coaches committee and is the general chairman of the AFCA's all-division assistant coaches committee.