Zips Win! Posted September 26, 2006 Report Share Posted September 26, 2006 I was on campus this morning to pick-up my Can't tickets and as I was leaving the JAR I noticed JD walking out behind me. As I turned around to see who he was talking to, my heart almost stopped......it was Fausty the snowman. I hope JD didn't hear a word he said or we may be in trouble! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balki Bartokomous Posted September 26, 2006 Report Share Posted September 26, 2006 that goon is allowed on campus? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zipster Posted September 26, 2006 Report Share Posted September 26, 2006 Coach Faust is one of the nicest people that I have ever met. You shouldnt be so nasty to such a good person. Does it make you happy to tear others down? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryno aka Menace Posted September 26, 2006 Report Share Posted September 26, 2006 Yeah I agree he is a cool dude, he could recruit talent but couldn't coach...kinda like cooper! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZipAlumn Posted September 26, 2006 Report Share Posted September 26, 2006 Yeah I agree he is a cool dude, he could recruit talent but couldn't coach...kinda like cooper! Gerry was a terrific recruiter, an outstanding motivator, an all around nice guy, but probably the world's worst coach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JP Morgan Posted September 26, 2006 Report Share Posted September 26, 2006 I agree, Gerry is a great spokesman and ambassador for the University. He is an asset to the University. As far as I'm concerned he can come around anytime he wants! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckzip Posted September 26, 2006 Report Share Posted September 26, 2006 Gerry never worked his way up. He went from high school to Notre Dame. Maybe if he would have been an assistant at a major university for a couple years, that would have helped. That was the biggest mistake in UA football history.Fire Dennison to bring in Faust. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zip_ME87 Posted September 27, 2006 Report Share Posted September 27, 2006 Gerry never worked his way up. He went from high school to Notre Dame. Maybe if he would have been an assistant at a major university for a couple years, that would have helped. That was the biggest mistake in UA football history.Fire Dennison to bring in Faust. Basketball history, too [i.e., sh*tting on Coach Huggins in the process]. Man, am I glad UA has recovered in both, although it took a lot of painful years! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GP1 Posted September 27, 2006 Report Share Posted September 27, 2006 That was the biggest mistake in UA football history.Fire Dennison to bring in Faust. If the goal was to move to D-1A, bringing Faust in was a good thing. He was the right guy at the time if the program was going to move to D-1A as he was one of the biggest names in college football. Making the move with Dennison was not the answer. The biggest mistake in UofA football history was keeping Faust for nine years when the program was basically going nowhere after five. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roodi Posted September 27, 2006 Report Share Posted September 27, 2006 Let's cool it on the Faust bashing. Sometimes people are not suited for college coaching regardless of their great success in H.S. This was ND's fault more than Faust's. He jumped at an opportunity that never should have been offered. Coach Faust was a great HS coach. Moeller, though still a power, has never quite been the same since he left for ND. I can't say that his record at U of A was steller, but he did go 7-4 to post the school's first D-1 winning season. and latwer went 7-3-1. True, the coaching problems were particularly evident in the last 3 years (fumble, fumble, fumble). Also, let's keep in mind that the transition from D-IAA to D-I was a difficult process and is still not complete. As proud as we are of the team and JD, the program has yet to arrive a true D-1 stability with losses to schools like Middle Tennessee, Ball State, etc. When Akron knocks the crap out the teams it should (Central for instance) AND the teams it shouldn't (NC State), then we can strat to talk about real stability and D-1 status.Let's also not forget that Akron made a big mistake by kicking Jim Dennison to the curb when they decided to jump to D-I. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckzip Posted September 27, 2006 Report Share Posted September 27, 2006 Let's cool it on the Faust bashing. Sometimes people are not suited for college coaching regardless of their great success in H.S. This was ND's fault more than Faust's. He jumped at an opportunity that never should have been offered. Coach Faust was a great HS coach. Moeller, though still a power, has never quite been the same since he left for ND. I can't say that his record at U of A was steller, but he did go 7-4 to post the school's first D-1 winning season. and latwer went 7-3-1. True, the coaching problems were particularly evident in the last 3 years (fumble, fumble, fumble). Also, let's keep in mind that the transition from D-IAA to D-I was a difficult process and is still not complete. As proud as we are of the team and JD, the program has yet to arrive a true D-1 stability with losses to schools like Middle Tennessee, Ball State, etc. When Akron knocks the crap out the teams it should (Central for instance) AND the teams it shouldn't (NC State), then we can strat to talk about real stability and D-1 status.Let's also not forget that Akron made a big mistake by kicking Jim Dennison to the curb when they decided to jump to D-I.I don't see much bashing in this thread except Balki. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z-P Posted September 27, 2006 Report Share Posted September 27, 2006 Gerry Faust the guy.............nm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZipAlumn Posted September 27, 2006 Report Share Posted September 27, 2006 If the goal was to move to D-1A, bringing Faust in was a good thing. He was the right guy at the time if the program was going to move to D-1A as he was one of the biggest names in college football. Making the move with Dennison was not the answer. The biggest mistake in UofA football history was keeping Faust for nine years when the program was basically going nowhere after five.Sorry but I must respectfully disagree .... We will never know what Dennison could have done in moving us to Division 1-A, as he was never given the chance. We do know that bringing Faust in and meeting his demands cost us a coach the caliber of Huggins (although I do dislike his reliance on JV players). Both the football and basketball programs went into the dumper until just recently.But hey, everything is now great because we are and Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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