zff Posted December 19, 2005 Report Share Posted December 19, 2005 Accoring to footballscoop.com LB Coach Matt Wallderstat(sp?) has left the Zips to join Kansas State for the same position. Source Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kangaroo Posted December 19, 2005 Report Share Posted December 19, 2005 Accoring to footballscoop.com LB Coach Matt Wallderstat(sp?) has left the Zips to join Kansas State for the same position. Source I guess that's what happens when you have good coaches. A double-edged sword, from a fans perspective. I'm sure we'll get another quality guy to replace him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GP1 Posted December 19, 2005 Report Share Posted December 19, 2005 This is about the time of year the coachiing merry-go-round starts moving. One more will probably leave before it is all over. It's just a fact of life in that profession. Good luck to Matt. He is a real good guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InTheZone Posted December 19, 2005 Report Share Posted December 19, 2005 I would say good luck but I really wouldn't mean it. I'm damn sick and tired of coaches and administrators screwing this University. Matt Wallerstedt is a guy whose career JD Brookhart rescued from the confines of a Division 2 dead end after a previously putrid stint in Division 1 at Wyoming. How does this guy repay him? By jumping ship at the first chance he gets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zip37 Posted December 19, 2005 Report Share Posted December 19, 2005 Bet his pay is better there, it's still a semi-free market out there. With ball ammunition lock and load. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zipsrifle Posted December 20, 2005 Report Share Posted December 20, 2005 How long would we keep him around if he sucked??? It's easy to talk about how someone should be loyal to your school when they are good, but if he wasn't getting the job done you know the fans would be crying about making some changes. A lot of other coaches/players careers depend on someone doing a good job. Why would they want to keep someone around who sucks?? I wish him luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GP1 Posted December 20, 2005 Report Share Posted December 20, 2005 Let me put an end to this loyalty nonsense before it gets out of hand. Matt is a young man with a young wife and a very young child. His first obligation is to them and not Akron. I would bet everything I own that K-State pays their assistants more than Akron. I would also bet a significant amount of money that K-State has some assistants that make more money than JD. Matt worked hard coaching for the University and in exchange he received a paycheck. That is where his loyalty should end. It is the nature of employment. I'm sure JD understands this as well. ITZ, I was young once too and I thought loyalty was very important. It is nice that you are not jaded yet. Then I realized that I can't pay a bill or retire on loyalty. As a young person, you should read a book called "Nine Shift". It discusses how society will change over the next 50 years and how people should change their lives to adjust to the changes. The nature of employment is one of those subjects. It's a great book. Read it and then PM me and tell me what you think. That goes for everyone else too. A guy I once told me in a drunken stuper, "Readers are leaders". This same guy also used to get drunk at happy hour events and try to grab all the young girls working in our sales group, then on the weekends he would leave his wife at home and take his son to Promise Keepers meetings. The "Readers are leaders" saying is true though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RACER Posted December 20, 2005 Report Share Posted December 20, 2005 that's all and good. this is not a persona attack on the akron coach,but i am so sick of the coaches in college football jumping ship the first chance they get for an extra$. the coaches talk about teaching kids values, honesty,loyalty,and teamwork.who's team are they on?. the $$$$ team. there is no loyalty to the players that they recruit, but when some of these kids go pro early the coaches think its a big mistake.that's why joe pa is a calls act in my book. he had chance to coach in the pro's,but he stayed because he loved the kids ,and penn state. that's what a coach is. teaching young men about life.not using them as a stepping stone for more $. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GP1 Posted December 20, 2005 Report Share Posted December 20, 2005 Let me repeat. The coaches do not coach for the players, they don't coach because they love U of A, they don't coach because they love the head coach, they don't coach because they love living in Akron so much. They coach for the paycheck and because it is their profession. High school coaches coach for the players because the pay is so amazingly low they have no other reason to be there other than the players. Some of you write like these players are little babes in the woods who have no idea about the workings of college football. I would bet that every player on that team knows Akron is a stop off point for a lot of coaches. Loyalty to the kids they recruit? Are you kidding me? How many of those kids are going to pay the electric bill for the coach, help them save for retirement, help them put their kids through college or pay their property taxes? Any coach who does not leave a program to make significantly more money is an idiot...even worse yet, that coach is a low aimer. When you aim low, you hit low. We need coaches that aim high. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrHappy Posted December 20, 2005 Report Share Posted December 20, 2005 Any coach who does not leave a program to make significantly more money is an idiot...even worse yet, that coach is a low aimer. When you aim low, you hit low. We need coaches that aim high. Two words for you... Larry Kehres. (as in Mount Union College) How many offers of more money, bigger schools, etc. has he turned down (from D1 schools no less). To some people, there is more than money. There are the athletes. There is tradition, both built and maintained. And there is respect, which has to be earned. Only time will tell if JD is one of these very, very few types of coaches, but this fan hopes so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InTheZone Posted December 20, 2005 Report Share Posted December 20, 2005 GP1, I understand the guys have families to feed, but it's not like they're being paid minimum wage at Akron. I just wish for some of these coaches and administrators it was about more than the almighty $. I guess it's not, and I'm just going to have to accept that. I think it also goes both ways in terms of the University, as we just screwed a guy in the ass who's been loyal like no other in UAM. I guess we can't expect anybody to be loyal around here when they see what we do to the guys who are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RACER Posted December 20, 2005 Report Share Posted December 20, 2005 i have no problem if jd does get a better job with more money.i would be happy for the guy.he did give up high paying job to come into coaching which shows me he loves the game; and it'smore than just about money for him.when a coach leaves for the same position at another school it is just for money.thats fine to ,but dont let the door hit ya..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Zip Posted July 11, 2012 Report Share Posted July 11, 2012 Looks like Matt has had a decent career in coaching after UofA. Do you think he new anyone at North Alabama that helped UofA reach out to Terry? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zipmeister Posted July 12, 2012 Report Share Posted July 12, 2012 Looks like Matt has had a decent career in coaching after UofA. Do you think he new anyone at North Alabama that helped UofA reach out to Terry? I wouldn't be surprised if Matt knew someone at North Alabama. Who do you think it was at North Alabama who helped UofA reach out to Terry? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Utah Posted July 12, 2012 Report Share Posted July 12, 2012 Whatever happened to ZFF? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kangaroo Posted July 12, 2012 Report Share Posted July 12, 2012 Whatever happened to ZFF? It originally stood for ZipsFanForever. I think he really meant Zips Fan for a Fortnight. Honestly, I haven't seen the guy in a couple years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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