Farfromgeneva wrote: ↑Sun Apr 18, 2021 10:09 pmAll seriousness and know this has been discussed a little here and there but there’s a bit of a risk or unknown in the Millikan hire. He has the first good season inheriting a great team but didn’t transcend their talent and then a bit of a letdown since and not established strong defenses. He could be perfect but arguably it’s a higher upside/downside hire than many others. Probably need two more years to get a feeling but he’s never had his “own” players really in his head coaching career so it’ll be interesting to see what a more “blue collar” D3 guy can do here. If he succeeds it’ll be so brilliant. If it doesn’t work out you really probably lose close to a decade of being truly competitive past QF at best.51percentcorn wrote: ↑Sun Apr 18, 2021 7:52 pmAs ludicrous a statement as can be - THIS STAFF????? It's possible this staff never saw one of these players in person until January!!! Not to mention these players were not picked by this staff and the prior staff was 2-4 and almost/should have lost to MSM. This staff inherited a MESS - got zero time to deal with it and while I don't know at all whether they will pull the program out of its current abyss it's way too soon to start bringing up 1971 or calling for heads. Wake me up in 23 or 24. It would be a great idea to schedule a post season game against Navy - makes too much sense - so it would never happen.Sagittarius A* wrote: ↑Sun Apr 18, 2021 7:30 pm If this staff can't win with top ranked players, what chance to they have with unranked players?
Saturday's game is going to be a blood bath. UMD just blew OSU off the field.
The idea of giving a coach at this level any rope related to the concept of having his "own" players is ridiculous. Excepting about 2 or 3 players a class across the entire NCAA, rosters are about equivalent across the stronger programs. If you are any good at coaching, you should be in the top half of your conference every year. Otherwise, get a job selling insurance.