Joe Moorhead Officially Hired as Head Football Coach

[Let'sGoZips94]

Not sure where to put this, but Tre Bell's (our CB coach) younger brother (Jaylen Bell) is one of the top CBs in the class of 2025, and already committed to LSU. Between him and JoeMo's son, there is some real talent in our coaching staff's family. Speaks to the staff that JoeMo assembled, and hopefully we'll reap the benefits at some point.

Edited December 16, 2022 by Let'sGoZips94

[Let'sGoZips94]

 

[Let'sGoZips94]

Read this thread.

 

 

[Dr Z]

First Year Coaching Grades  ––Adam Rittenberg ESPN Senior Writer

 

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Joe Moorhead, Akron: C-

2022 record: 2-10 | Akron's 2021 record: 2-10
Midseason grade: D+ | Grade when hired: A

 

 

I would grade B. 

The team improved at the end of the season. IMO, that is the sign of good coaching. I would have to look it up somewhere, but I'm pretty sure this is what I predicted at the beginning of the season, so I have to give a good grade for meeting my expectations. 

[kreed5120]

1 hour ago, Dr Z said:

First Year Coaching Grades  ––Adam Rittenberg ESPN Senior Writer

 

 

I would grade B. 

The team improved at the end of the season. IMO, that is the sign of good coaching. I would have to look it up somewhere, but I'm pretty sure this is what I predicted at the beginning of the season, so I have to give a good grade for meeting my expectations. 

It's not like these national pundits follow all these teams closely. They kind of just looks at wins and loses then assign grades. Personally, I'd probably give him a B-, but overall I'm optimistic that 3-4 years from now this will look like an A hire.

[zipsrule]

13 minutes ago, kreed5120 said:

It's not like these national pundits follow all these teams closely. They kind of just looks at wins and loses then assign grades. Personally, I'd probably give him a B-, but overall I'm optimistic that 3-4 years from now this will look like an A hire.

Exactly.  He looked at the win/loss totals and said C-.  I doubt he actually watched any of our games.

[Let'sGoZips94]

Can't post the tweet, but Guthrie is at the National Championship Game. JoeMo is having a watch party with the football team. Study the best.

[GP1]

57 minutes ago, Let'sGoZips94 said:

Can't post the tweet, but Guthrie is at the National Championship Game. JoeMo is having a watch party with the football team. Study the best.

They'd be better off working out or studying rather than watching this trash. 

[Captain Kangaroo]

TCU’s 3-3-5 defense not looking too effective tonight.

[Let'sGoZips94]

Just now, Captain Kangaroo said:

TCU’s 3-3-5 defense not looking too effective tonight.

 

They played defense?

[72 Roo]

OSU vs Georgia was the national championship game. OSU showed a brilliant ability to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

[exit322]

38 minutes ago, Let'sGoZips94 said:

 

They played defense?

They had uniforms and everything.

[GP1]

10 hours ago, Captain Kangaroo said:

TCU’s 3-3-5 defense not looking too effective tonight.

At least one of the two audience groups college football is now aiming at had a reason to stay up until the end of that miserable marathon.....degenerate gamblers.

 

I'd love to see the ratings on the second half of that crap the ncaa shoveled into America's living rooms.  

[Zipmeister]

50 minutes ago, GP1 said:

At least one of the two audience groups college football is now aiming at had a reason to stay up until the end of that miserable marathon.....degenerate gamblers.

 

I'd love to see the ratings on the second half of that crap the ncaa shoveled into America's living rooms.  

 

Did you catch the FCS championship between NDSU and SDSU. Now that was a truly entertaining game. I watched the entire game.

As I viewed the jam-packed stands on the only side of the stadium that the cameras showed the entire game, it reminded me of a game at the Rubber Bowl that was being nationally televised by ESPN. Before the game started the stadium announcer asked everyone to move to the side of the stadium that would be in camera view to make it appear attendance was higher than it actually was. We did, it was neat participating in the charade. Any other ZipsNation members at that game?

[blueandgold]

10 minutes ago, Zipmeister said:

 

Did you catch the FCS championship between NDSU and SDSU. Now that was a truly entertaining game. I watched the entire game.

As I viewed the jam-packed stands on the only side of the stadium that the cameras showed the entire game, it reminded me of a game at the Rubber Bowl that was being nationally televised by ESPN. Before the game started the stadium announcer asked everyone to move to the side of the stadium that would be in camera view to make it appear attendance was higher than it actually was. We did, it was neat participating in the charade. Any other ZipsNation members at that game?

Yes! I remember that, but I forget the opponent. It did look nice on TV even though it was smoke and mirrors.

[GP1]

25 minutes ago, Zipmeister said:

 

Did you catch the FCS championship between NDSU and SDSU. Now that was a truly entertaining game. I watched the entire game.

As I viewed the jam-packed stands on the only side of the stadium that the cameras showed the entire game, it reminded me of a game at the Rubber Bowl that was being nationally televised by ESPN. Before the game started the stadium announcer asked everyone to move to the side of the stadium that would be in camera view to make it appear attendance was higher than it actually was. We did, it was neat participating in the charade. Any other ZipsNation members at that game?

I did not. My interest level in college football falls off quickly after January 1. So does my interest in the NFL regular season, but here we are. Normal, football loving fans are made miserable by seasons and games that are entirely too long. Degenerate gamblers and fantasy players are made happy. It is a type of decadence (the societal decay type) we seem to have to live through now. The college national championship game should be played on primetime New Years Day unless it is a Sunday.

 

BTW, anyone else see this?  It is a recommendation to expand March Madness to 90 teams.  https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/adding-teams-to-march-madness-among-recommendations-by-ncaa-transformation-committee/  While some call it crazy (it is), once CBS waves some dollars in the faces of ADs and university presidents, it will probably come true in the next ten years. More people taking time off of work to gamble and get drunk off of the beers advertised during the games means more money for CBS and they will pass some along to the idiots who run college athletics.

[Zipmeister]

1 minute ago, GP1 said:

I did not. My interest level in college football falls off quickly after January 1. So does my interest in the NFL regular season, but here we are. Normal, football loving fans are made miserable by seasons and games that are entirely too long. Degenerate gamblers and fantasy players are made happy. It is a type of decadence (the societal decay type) we seem to have to live through now. The college national championship game should be played on primetime New Years Day unless it is a Sunday.

 

BTW, anyone else see this?  It is a recommendation to expand March Madness to 90 teams.  https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/adding-teams-to-march-madness-among-recommendations-by-ncaa-transformation-committee/  While some call it crazy (it is), once CBS waves some dollars in the faces of ADs and university presidents, it will probably come true in the next ten years. More people taking time off of work to gamble and get drunk off of the beers advertised during the games means more money for CBS and they will pass some along to the idiots who run college athletics.

 

I'd  be willing to bet it happens within the next 5 years (at least I hope so because it will allow me to take off work and drink more beer).

[kreed5120]

I'd be okay if they expanded March Madness by another 10 or so teams IF they also gave automatic bids to conference regular season winners at mid-majors who lost their conference tournament. I have no interest in seeing more B1G or ACC teams get in who had a losing conference record.

[GP1]

2 minutes ago, kreed5120 said:

I'd be okay if they expanded March Madness by another 10 or so teams IF they also gave automatic bids to conference regular season winners at mid-majors who lost their conference tournament. I have no interest in seeing more B1G or ACC teams get in who had a losing conference record.

It could be made more interesting by reducing the number of teams allowed in March Madness and limiting the field to conference champions followed by only having a winning record in conference.

 

The only thing interesting about the first two rounds of the ncaa tournament is watching the games in a bar while taking two afternoons off and getting loaded. The games aren't that interesting. Want to make it about basketball? Reduce the number of teams. Want to make it about getting drunk and gambling, expand the number of teams.

[kreed5120]

1 minute ago, GP1 said:

It could be made more interesting by reducing the number of teams allowed in March Madness and limiting the field to conference champions followed by only having a winning record in conference.

 

The only thing interesting about the first two rounds of the ncaa tournament is watching the games in a bar while taking two afternoons off and getting loaded. The games aren't that interesting. Want to make it about basketball? Reduce the number of teams. Want to make it about getting drunk and gambling, expand the number of teams.

Well I think the big thing is the per volume of games means that there will always be a good game on those first few days. If the game you're currently watching is a blow out, you can just switch it to a different game. 

[GP1]

1 minute ago, kreed5120 said:

Well I think the big thing is the per volume of games means that there will always be a good game on those first few days. If the game you're currently watching is a blow out, you can just switch it to a different game. 

Or, you can do what the organizers of the event really want...place a live bet and keep watching garbage hoping to win a few bucks while guzzling Bud Lights.

[zippy5]

GP1 seems to be against having an American good time. I didn't see this plot twist coming

[GP1]

41 minutes ago, zippy5 said:

GP1 seems to be against having an American good time. I didn't see this plot twist coming

I want everyone to have a good time as long as it doesn't impact my viewing of competitive and interesting sporting events.

[kreed5120]

1 hour ago, GP1 said:

I want everyone to have a good time as long as it doesn't impact my viewing of competitive and interesting sporting events.

I feel as though you're in the minority of not being a fan of March Madness. Those first two days of the tournament, outside of the Superbowl, are my favorite days on the sports calendar. Nothing beats watching a 13 or 14 seed knock off a blue blood like Duke.

[72 Roo]

Indeed last night's game was crap. But I fear it will only embolden the greedy CFP to limit who plays for the championship. Now the teams almost always come from the 65 P5 schools. Last night's game points out that they are not equal. A good TCU from a weak Big 12 is in no way in the class of the traditional top six (OSU, Alabama, Georgia, Oklahoma, Clemson and maybe USC). The CFP will continue to cater to the best because that's where the money is. I look for the power to shift to the Big Ten and SEC as those two conferences cannabalize the rest of the CFP to get more money. BTW going to 12 playoff teams will only reward the P5 schools.

 

I'd like to see the G5 acknowledge that they have no place in the CFP and look to protect themselves. A G5 national championship would be a great game to watch.