Hilltopper Posted December 30, 2024 Report Share Posted December 30, 2024 10 hours ago, 72 Roo said: There is something going on within the program. Simmons departure makes no sense. Was he suggested to leave so a complete rebuild could occur? I don't think so, but nothing makes sense. Most of our players who have left will not find NIL money. Do they want to play for a winner? Maybe, but at UA they had their spots won and the program was heading upward. If they had really bought in as Joe has said repeatedly not this many would be leaving. They could have been comfortable, but they chose to leave for the chaos of the TP. Why? There has to be more here than we are aware. The players have all bought into the delusion that they will end up with a lucrative NIL deal or perhaps a chance at making a splash at a P4 program. We are living in an instant gratification, YOLO era. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue & Gold Posted December 30, 2024 Report Share Posted December 30, 2024 Except for perhaps the NCAA Top 10-to-15, who in their right mind could survive the workload of being a head college football coach if this trend continues? You have to re-recruit your entire team every year? re-recruit your current players... recruit high schoolers... recruit the Transfer Portal... retain your staff... find replacements for departed staff... Not only is rebuilding a program now virtually impossible but the job responsibilities of the head coach have become, IMHO, literally overwhelming. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippy-claws Posted December 30, 2024 Report Share Posted December 30, 2024 4 hours ago, Blue & Gold said: Except for perhaps the NCAA Top 10-to-15, who in their right mind could survive the workload of being a head college football coach if this trend continues? You have to re-recruit your entire team every year? re-recruit your current players... recruit high schoolers... recruit the Transfer Portal... retain your staff... find replacements for departed staff... Not only is rebuilding a program now virtually impossible but the job responsibilities of the head coach have become, IMHO, literally overwhelming. The "system" has drained whatever interest I've had for NCAA football completely from me. I'm hanging on by a thread to NCAA DI basketball, men's and women's. Two threads for college soccer. @Blue & Gold is right, how do you do your job as a head coach - why do you want to do the job of a head coach - even at a MAC level school? I've always poo-pooed the comments made here regarding dropping football, dropping back to lower level football, etc. But maybe there's a point where you say, "why not?" Especially while we are in the "budget crisis" we've been in since God knows how long? Maybe there's a point where you just say "Enough!", tell the MAC see you later, and explore dropping down? It's not like it's going to hurt attendance at games, maybe season tickets and sponsors money, and seat holders that want to say they belong to a DI program. Maybe the Good Ol' Days of seeing your team in a FCS or DII, DIII Championship race would bring in at least the same number of fans and make it fun again. This post-season of NIL and Transfer portal news is simply insane and unsustainable. When it all collapses, and it will, where will the Zips stand? Just like @Blue & Gold, this is just my humble opinion.... 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exit322 Posted December 30, 2024 Report Share Posted December 30, 2024 18 minutes ago, zippy-claws said: It's not like it's going to hurt attendance at games, maybe season tickets and sponsors money, and seat holders that want to say they belong to a DI program. Maybe the Good Ol' Days of seeing your team in a FCS or DII, DIII Championship race would bring in at least the same number of fans and make it fun again. Having a team that has a chance to win SOMETHING will probably result in more fans. Adding that all of their games would be on Saturdays, instead of this late season Tuesday/Wednesday garbage...yeah, attendance would rise in this instance. Would it make up for the loss of body bag game money? Probably a reason why they're not making this move just yet... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueandgold Posted January 3 Report Share Posted January 3 (edited) Per 247 Sports, Nunnally committed to Purdue. https://247sports.com/player/cj-nunnally-iv-46101481/college-302116/ Edited January 3 by blueandgold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LZIp Posted January 3 Report Share Posted January 3 Have we heard anything about offers for Norton as of yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catdaddyp Posted January 4 Author Report Share Posted January 4 18 hours ago, blueandgold said: Per 247 Sports, Nunnally committed to Purdue. https://247sports.com/player/cj-nunnally-iv-46101481/college-302116/ https://purdue.rivals.com/news/purdue-lands-akron-defensive-end-transfer-cj-nunnally-iv 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueandgold Posted Tuesday at 06:18 PM Report Share Posted Tuesday at 06:18 PM Per 247Sports, Seymore committed to Western Kentucky. https://247sports.com/player/laurance-seymore-46042613/college-325825/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72 Roo Posted Tuesday at 07:15 PM Report Share Posted Tuesday at 07:15 PM 56 minutes ago, blueandgold said: Per 247Sports, Seymore committed to Western Kentucky. https://247sports.com/player/laurance-seymore-46042613/college-325825/ Addition by subtraction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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