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#3061
Love it!  Someone has a lot of time on their hands.
#3062
Quote from: desertraider on January 12, 2016, 11:08:03 AM
Quit being lazy Wally! Read! "Essentially" being the operative word. I said they can recruit but they can't do it the same way D1 coaches can, and you know this. Yes they recruited Spencer, and Lally, and Scott and so on - but they can't really offer them anything to entice them to campus like D1 coaches can. Never said they are a coincidence - that is just lazy, hack analysis and if anyone else does it you are the first to be an arse about it. Go ahead - start your karma snipes now.

DI coaches can't offer anything the next DI coach coming to the living room can't offer. There is little comparative advantage. Sure there is a difference between what DI and DIII can offer, but a 4/5 star that Nick Saban is after isn't comparing what Alabama can offer to what UMU can offer, he is looking at Alabama versus LSU.
#3063
LK's job and Nick Saban's job are very, very different. While the football components overlap, the media spotlight, outside responsibilities, external pressure to win, recruitment battles and more are completely different. If you consider Xs and Os, I think LK stacks up against anyone.

If you consider the ancillary factors and responsibilities of being a DI coach, versus a DIII coach, it is a different animal. I don't mind people claiming a D1 coach is the best in the nation. They are competing at the highest level of collegiate football. LK had his option to try and join that fraternity and compete at that level and for various reasons chose not to.

It is hard to be considered the best if you aren't competing at the highest level.
#3064
Quote from: desertraider on January 11, 2016, 02:52:51 PM
+K. I had not thought about that. Then again - if he is "coaching" QBs wouldn't he be listed, whereas if he is helping out with QBs it would be more unofficial? I guess it depends on how the CFoH defines "active".

Yeah. I have no idea. But it is interesting to think about. Personally I think what he does is indicative of coaching from what I've heard bandied about regarding his time during games and practices and rumors of visiting recruits. That all seems like coaching to me. But none of what I've heard may be accurate either. In the end, I really don't care if he went in a decade ago or if he doesn't go in until he fully retires from UMU. So long as he goes in.
#3065
Quote from: desertraider on January 11, 2016, 02:42:34 PM
Quote from: jknezek on January 11, 2016, 02:36:42 PM
"Criteria for coach nominees:
While each nominee's football achievements are of prime consideration, his post-football record as a citizen is also weighed. He must have proven himself worthy as a citizen, carrying the ideals of football forward into his relations with his community and his fellow man with love of his country.
A coach becomes eligible three years after retirement or immediately following retirement provided he is at least 70 years of age. Active coaches become eligible at 75 years of age.
The nominee must have held a head coaching position at the collegiate level for at least ten years.
The nominee must hold at least a .600 career record over the course of 100 games or more."

From Wikipedia, which isn't always accurate, but is certainly easy...

From College Football HoF:
http://www.cfbhall.com/inductees/inductees-selection-process/

So wiki was right ??? . Well let's see: 3 years after retirement (check). Coach for at least ten years (check). A .600 career record over at least 100 games.....(CHECK+++).
Got no answers on this one.

I wonder if the question becomes has he really retired? I know he's not listed on the coaching staff on the website, but it is oft discussed that he is the QB coach or another role for the offense. I doubt being AD matters, but it may be that he simply isn't considered retired yet. Just a guess.
#3066
"Criteria for coach nominees:
While each nominee's football achievements are of prime consideration, his post-football record as a citizen is also weighed. He must have proven himself worthy as a citizen, carrying the ideals of football forward into his relations with his community and his fellow man with love of his country.
A coach becomes eligible three years after retirement or immediately following retirement provided he is at least 70 years of age. Active coaches become eligible at 75 years of age.
The nominee must have held a head coaching position at the collegiate level for at least ten years.
The nominee must hold at least a .600 career record over the course of 100 games or more."

From Wikipedia, which isn't always accurate, but is certainly easy...
#3067
General football / Re: Playoffs -- 2015
January 08, 2016, 08:12:27 PM
Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on January 08, 2016, 07:03:59 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on January 08, 2016, 05:24:46 PM
As an SEC fan, the Alabama Mich State game was totally what I expected.

I may have SEC blinders on, but I think that Urban Meyer beat Alabama last year by playing knowing how to play SEC-football.

I don't think that MSU was quite ready for an SEC opponent of Alabama's caliber.

Alabama Clemson should be fun!

Then how do you explain Michigan blowing out Florida far worse than Alabama did?  Jim Harbaugh has no SEC experience.

Because Harbaugh is a really good coach, Michigan got better almost every week, and the Wolverines had something to prove in that bowl game (yes, everyone else is tired of hearing how good the SEC is and wants to take them down a peg!). Florida, on the other hand, was not that good a team on average (really good defense, really awful offense), and the defense, which absolutely carried them every game this year, had zero desire to play a bowl game all by themselves. They got up for the SEC title game, it was a (very low) chance to make the playoffs, prove a conference point, and win a meaningful trophy. The WhoCares.com bowl was just standing in the way of a veteran and tired defense going pro that knew it would get no help from the offense.

But was the Florida/Michigan game a real indicator of all SEC teams versus all Big10 teams? No. Just the same way AL/Mich State wasn't either. Or the embarrassment for the Big10 that was Iowa in the Rose Bowl. Or the massive difference in quality between the SEC East, which isn't any better than any other Power 5 division in any other conference, and the SEC West, which is, unfortunately, the deepest division in college football.
#3068
Quote from: HSCTiger fan on January 08, 2016, 11:14:15 AM
i never said "they are too good for too long so they must be cheating". Where do you get that?

You are correct. You didn't. I take it back.

Quote from: HSCTiger fan on January 08, 2016, 11:26:08 AM
Students - plural. Not student - singular.

We only know about the one. He could have been there for more. Or it could have been a side trip from something else. Lots of coaches do sweeps through areas. If this was the top target he might have made sure to be at the game, while spending other time tracking down other kids.
#3069
Quote from: HSCTiger fan on January 08, 2016, 10:28:02 AM
The NCAA for the most part allows D3 to police themselves.

Yep. And if UMU was out of line I guarantee you someone in the OAC would have raised a stink. They did catch E&H for something and we've seen other actions in DIII periodically. Something so blatant as off-campus recruiting if it is not allowed when there is a media report, a twitter post, and more of LK being off campus? There would have been holy he!! raised if it wasn't allowed.

Find something that is concrete about UMU doing something wrong. Simply saying they are too good for too long so they must be cheating is nothing more than internet rumor mongering and simply pointless.
#3070
Here's a press release that mentions UMU's attendance. I know they have done other recruiting fairs in FL as well:

http://www.bcaasports.com/blusteins_corner/small_college.htm

#3071
Quote from: HSCTiger fan on January 08, 2016, 10:31:05 AM
One more thing. I doubt ver seriously that any football player for UMU was ever found at a recruiting fair.

I'll take you up on that. UMU brings in 75+ first years every year. The top tier I'd wager are quite clearly recruited. But even D1 schools get walk ons or preferred walk ons that end up playing, and in that 75+ there are kids that UMU didn't know would grow, or didn't come from a name program, or were a bit late in blooming. These kids work hard and some of them become players. I very much doubt the recruiting fairs would be as big a deal, and as popular with players and coaches, if they didn't offer a benefit.
#3072
Quote from: HSCTiger fan on January 08, 2016, 10:00:40 AM
When the NCAA came up with the idea of D3 I doubt they considered the thought of coaches/ADs flying around the country recruiting athletes to play non-scholarship sports.  I find it amusing that MU or any other school would spend their resources in such a manner.

Student - Why is tuition so high?
Financial Aid - We have to recover the costs of round trip airfare, lodging, and meals for recruiting.
Student - We must be recruiting some great students. What's their GPA?
Financial Aid - Well his GPA is only 2.9 but his 40 is 4.45!

Funny. I have no proof of this, but I'm willing to bet LK was in the area for something else. Either personal or professional and didn't make a sole purpose trip to see the kid. I know UMU, and a lot of other schools, visit recruiting fairs in FL. I also know that UMU has a pipeline through some former players that are now coaches in FL and other places.

It's easy to try and vilify UMU because of their success, but their success also would have bred scrutiny. And there is nothing, absolutely nothing, that indicates LK ever slipped one toe out of line.
#3073
Quote from: BoBo on January 07, 2016, 11:28:51 PM
From my POV, UW will never be anywhere near the top paying coaches market value. The UW way, for the most part, is to identify good young coaches that can do the job at a reasonable price. When they get too expensive, they move on. This formula has worked very well for the last 25 years. People need to understand, having the best (read most expensive) athletics in the country is NOT a priority for those that make the money decisions at UW. I agree with this stance. If you want to root for a football team that adheres to the win at all costs mantra then follow the NFL (or SEC). If you want to follow a college sports team from a state school that accurately reflects the people of the state it is located in and consistently gives you a quality product, then you can do no better than UW.  The team is made up of mostly kids from the state, overachieving walk ons and mostly kids that stay out of trouble. AND THEY WIN...ALOT!! It drives the fans mad that we can't hold on to quality coaches forever, but it is what it is.

There's a first time for everything... +K Bobo...     ;D
#3074
Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on January 07, 2016, 07:42:36 PM
Quote from: HSCTiger fan on January 07, 2016, 07:15:55 PM
Quote from: jknezek on January 07, 2016, 08:36:53 AM
Quote from: HSCTiger fan on January 06, 2016, 04:55:23 PM
If he's the AD then he's not a coach. Wonder if the recruiting budget allows for him to fly to Florida to watch a volleyball player or soccer player (doubt it)?  I'm sure he got this player right out from under Florida, Florida St., or Miami.

It was an OAC rule at one time not sure it still is.  Never said I thought MU followed those rules.  I'm confident they found a way to work around them.

Why not? Wesley's head coach is the AD at Wesley. LK was AD at UMU before he retired as head football coach. I'd assume there are others. I'm quite certain that UMU follows the rules as well as anyone else. The other teams in the conference would be screaming bloody murder if they didn't.

He's not the coach. Period. He's the AD. The rule was - if not still - that coaches cannot recruit off campus. Not sure it extended to AD's. Maybe that's a way to get around the OAC's rules.  If it is maybe everyone is sending their AD across country to recruit.  I don't know and I really don't care that much.

LK is also the QB coach.

I think this is true also, but you don't find him listed on the football staff page.
#3075
You can't tell me these teams don't have out of season pick up games. Sure the coaches are absent, but that's what team captains are for. Heck we did this in h.s. Coaches just want more time. They are always going to want more practice time.

I just don't see why, at the DIII level, this is necessary. If it is necessary, someone needs to make a point about how it helps the student athletes in their collegiate experience, not a statement about how it helps the coach...