GP1 Posted October 5 Report Share Posted October 5 JD was a really friendly guy. In fact, I got to know some of his assistants and they were all good people. That was a different time in college athletics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zipmeister Posted October 5 Report Share Posted October 5 19 hours ago, Captain Kangaroo said: No chance. The guy is 60 now. Happy to have him as a WR coach, but the ship has sailed on him being a D1 HC. You wouldn't think that such an occurrence was possible anyplace with a Big Time football program, so that alone bumps the probability of it happening at Akron up to 50%. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Adams Posted October 6 Report Share Posted October 6 On 10/4/2024 at 4:34 PM, 1981 grad said: I knew Brookhart when he coached here and he is a super nice guy. After Akron I think he went to Colorado as an assistant and then left football to work on a family foundation and I think he has been out of football for 10 years. Was surprised to him come back to Akron but I also believe he has been out of football too long to come back as a head coach. Interesting to see his son sending in the signals since he was a toddler when Brookhart left Akron. Whats Moorehead's excuse? I'm 72 and saw the Zips win the MAC championship. 60 ain't that old. How old was Bowden? Probably fewer outside distractions than when he was raising a family. Doubt it would happen but it would be intruiging eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kangaroo Posted October 6 Report Share Posted October 6 2 hours ago, Lee Adams said: Whats Moorehead's excuse? I'm 72 and saw the Zips win the MAC championship. 60 ain't that old. How old was Bowden? Probably fewer outside distractions than when he was raising a family. Doubt it would happen but it would be intruiging eh? 60 is ancient. Especially for a guy that, until this season, was out of college football for 15 years. Why not bring back Oscar Rodriguez? He seemed like a nice guy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Adams Posted October 6 Report Share Posted October 6 14 hours ago, Captain Kangaroo said: 60 is ancient. Especially for a guy that, until this season, was out of college football for 15 years. Why not bring back Oscar Rodriguez? He seemed like a nice guy? How old was Bowden when he got the job here and when he left? Don't know how many people on this site are 60+. Some 60+ year olds are 'washed up'. Some people 50+ are 'washed up'. Some people a lot younger are 'washed up'. No, I highly doubt that JD would get a head coaching job here. But ageism is insulting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kreed5120 Posted October 6 Report Share Posted October 6 To me it isn't as much about age as its about the fact that he has been out of the game for so long. It would be different if he was still involved in running camps or something to stay engaged. Having developed relationships helps with recruitment. Particularly when you don't have a giant war chests of NIL money to play with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZippyRulz Posted October 6 Report Share Posted October 6 No, we should definitely be looking at up and comers like Ianello and Arth. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GP1 Posted October 6 Report Share Posted October 6 43 minutes ago, Lee Adams said: But ageism is insulting. It is. It's also completely real. Most people in the United States should expect their career and income to decline after 50. It's why people who delay retirement savings until after their kids leave the house will never able to retire. In addition to not be able to take advantage of compound interest, their incomes decline so they can't save as much. Most countries revere and hold up older generations as sources of wisdom. The United States discards older people. It's gross. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Adams Posted October 25 Report Share Posted October 25 On 10/6/2024 at 1:43 PM, GP1 said: It is. It's also completely real. Most people in the United States should expect their career and income to decline after 50. It's why people who delay retirement savings until after their kids leave the house will never able to retire. In addition to not be able to take advantage of compound interest, their incomes decline so they can't save as much. Most countries revere and hold up older generations as sources of wisdom. The United States discards older people. It's gross. Agree. After I retired I got busy being busy. Lots of volunteering, a side job, grand kids. I'm on the north side of 70. Those who assume that 'getting old' in this day and age is the same as even 40, 50, 60 years ago are the ones who are 'over the hill'. Ageing is what you make of it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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