catdaddyp Posted January 19, 2023 Report Share Posted January 19, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, LZIp said: Pretty decent signee out of HS that never foudn a way to get in the field. Don’t recall if injuries were an issue in his first two years or not, but don’t believe they were this year. Before the popularity of the transfer portal, many guys like Lawson and Fann would finally have the light go on and breakout in their final year or two. Don’t see that much anymore as players (and coaches) aren’t as patient. Now we need a DL coach in place to ramp up the potential at DE. There are still some options at JUCO that I’m surprised we haven’t offered. I’m not entirely sure about the portal as there have been so many entries. Edited January 19, 2023 by catdaddyp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gozips19 Posted January 19, 2023 Report Share Posted January 19, 2023 3 hours ago, catdaddyp said: Before the popularity of the transfer portal, many guys like Lawson and Fann would finally have the light go on and breakout in their final year or two. Don’t see that much anymore as players (and coaches) aren’t as patient. Now we need a DL coach in place to ramp up the potential at DE. There are still some options at JUCO that I’m surprised we haven’t offered. I’m not entirely sure about the portal as there have been so many entries. Agreed. Lawson is a guy that projected to be a good speed rusher but never put on much weight. Maybe by his Sr year he could be that guy. I'm guessing he was just too slow to play OLB. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LZIp Posted January 19, 2023 Report Share Posted January 19, 2023 Amankwaa committed to Rutgers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catdaddyp Posted January 19, 2023 Report Share Posted January 19, 2023 3 minutes ago, LZIp said: Amankwaa committed to Rutgers. Looks like betting on himself worked out in this case. A P5 came calling after all. I still feel like had he played out the rest of the season we would have won another game or two. Good luck to him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72 Roo Posted January 20, 2023 Report Share Posted January 20, 2023 5 hours ago, LZIp said: Amankwaa committed to Rutgers. It seems we finally have someone exit our program who had talent. I hate to see him go and I wish he had given Joe a chance last fall. He could have been one of the foundational blocks our secondary was built on. While he was in the program at one time it also seems like we didn't lose a player because he sat out last fall. Still I hate to get him on campus and then lose him. Best of luck with the Scarlett Knights. I believe Schiano will rebuild that team into a respectable program. Go win a position young man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catdaddyp Posted January 27, 2023 Report Share Posted January 27, 2023 And with no fanfare it seems Nyeem Wartman is officially the DL coach. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipsfan33 Posted January 28, 2023 Report Share Posted January 28, 2023 4 hours ago, catdaddyp said: And with no fanfare it seems Nyeem Wartman is officially the DL coach. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Let'sGoZips94 Posted January 30, 2023 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2023 Former Ohio State GA (I believe) is now joining Akron's staff as an Offensive GA (probably following Fessler). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoyalZIP Posted January 31, 2023 Report Share Posted January 31, 2023 Caught wind of this a couple weeks ago but was surprised to see nothing of it on Twitter…til now. Big loss. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catdaddyp Posted January 31, 2023 Report Share Posted January 31, 2023 2 minutes ago, LoyalZIP said: Caught wind of this a couple weeks ago but was surprised to see nothing of it on Twitter…til now. Big loss. Agreed. Figured it was only a matter of time for him. JoeMo gave him a lot of credit for identifying players in the 2022 class before the staff was filled out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LZIp Posted January 31, 2023 Report Share Posted January 31, 2023 15 minutes ago, LoyalZIP said: Caught wind of this a couple weeks ago but was surprised to see nothing of it on Twitter…til now. Big loss. Gotta be tough to recruit and build a program when your staff is constantly changing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueandgold Posted January 31, 2023 Report Share Posted January 31, 2023 2 hours ago, LoyalZIP said: Caught wind of this a couple weeks ago but was surprised to see nothing of it on Twitter…til now. Big loss. Who are you referring to? I still can't see Twitter or other uploads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LZIp Posted January 31, 2023 Report Share Posted January 31, 2023 3 minutes ago, blueandgold said: Who are you referring to? I still can't see Twitter or other uploads. Sam Popper, recruiting director, has taken the same position at Memphis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueandgold Posted January 31, 2023 Report Share Posted January 31, 2023 2 minutes ago, LZIp said: Sam Popper, recruiting director, has taken the same position at Memphis. Thanks! That definitely stinks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipsrule Posted January 31, 2023 Report Share Posted January 31, 2023 3 hours ago, LZIp said: Gotta be tough to recruit and build a program when your staff is constantly changing. How true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dre22era Posted January 31, 2023 Report Share Posted January 31, 2023 (edited) Tweeted then deleted Edited January 31, 2023 by dre22era Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippy5 Posted January 31, 2023 Report Share Posted January 31, 2023 3 minutes ago, dre22era said: Tweeted then deleted Maybe it was incorrect. Also related after a twitter search: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LZIp Posted January 31, 2023 Report Share Posted January 31, 2023 Jesus, you guys are making me nervous. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72 Roo Posted January 31, 2023 Report Share Posted January 31, 2023 3 hours ago, LZIp said: Gotta be tough to recruit and build a program when your staff is constantly changing. Joe knew that he was assembling a staff that would be cherry-picked by higher paying programs. He expected this. It is part of the process of building a pee poor program into significance. The sky is not falling, just a little ash on our shoulders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippy5 Posted January 31, 2023 Report Share Posted January 31, 2023 6 minutes ago, 72 Roo said: Joe knew that he was assembling a staff that would be cherry-picked by higher paying programs. He expected this. It is part of the process of building a pee poor program into significance. The sky is not falling, just a little ash on our shoulders. How many guys have even left? A DL coach and a recruiting coordinator? I feel like this is probably not more turnover than the average program 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoyalZIP Posted January 31, 2023 Report Share Posted January 31, 2023 This is the usual. Joe said himself a lot of the staff is young because the salary pool is pretty low. You’ll naturally have a decent amount of turnover with that. And as far as the NFL thing, he will have the opportunity to leave for pretty much any job he wants, people will hire him regardless of what happens with him at UA. I think he’ll be here at least 3 more years, until his son is done with high school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kreed5120 Posted January 31, 2023 Report Share Posted January 31, 2023 (edited) 17 hours ago, zippy5 said: How many guys have even left? A DL coach and a recruiting coordinator? I feel like this is probably not more turnover than the average program I think Akron fans just aren't use to other programs wanting our coaches/assistants in football. Edited February 1, 2023 by kreed5120 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Let'sGoZips94 Posted February 1, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2023 (edited) Joe would be a moron not to take the interview. At the same time, the belief is he isn't expected to leave Akron. In addition, this is quite the selling point to recruits. "Our head coach and offensive guru is being targeted by an NFL team and Bama for OC positions." Pieces of our staff leaving for "higher" positions is a great sign for the health of our football program. JoeMo has the ability to identify great young coaches, and current staff moving upward from Akron will be a bat signal for more great, young minds to come here and learn under JoeMo while he's here. Side note. Josh Gattis was just let go by Miami FL as their OC. Someone made the point that Mario Cristobal has had 3 OCs not succeed with him as head coach, all of whom are considered some of the brightest offensive minds in the game (Moorhead, Gattis - who is JoeMo's protégé - and I forget the 3rd) and had tons of previous success. The U is in trouble. Edited February 1, 2023 by Let'sGoZips94 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dre22era Posted February 1, 2023 Report Share Posted February 1, 2023 If you were in a committed relationship and your girl was entertaining advances from other men how would you feel? Turn the other cheek? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Let'sGoZips94 Posted February 1, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2023 (edited) 33 minutes ago, dre22era said: If you were in a committed relationship and your girl was entertaining advances from other men how would you feel? Turn the other cheek? If that relationship was a 4 or 5 year contract, and my current contract was a 5.5/10 while my next relationship could be an 8 or 9 out of 10, I'd be an idiot not to look towards the future. Edited February 1, 2023 by Let'sGoZips94 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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