Hear that a new defensive coach in works, possibly DBs

staff shake up at Middlebury? I heard changes are coming. Anyone have details?

Having direct knowledge of the pay scale at Hamilton, I can confirm what is being said. As a coordinator (Off or Def) the starting salary at Hamilton before looking at experience is $95,000 making them easily the highest with regards to starting salaries for top assistants (those who have been at an institution for a while may be making more).

Seems to be a lot of talk about the new facility at Colby, but don't see how that should really have any impact on Football. They completely dropped the ball on adding an indoor turf field and although it is nice and new, does not have the indoor facility needs that you would expect from a school in the northeast.

Does coaching continuity really help in this league. Seems like some program turn over assistants each year and it impacts different programs in different ways. It would be interesting to see the longer tenured position coaches and who continually produces all-conference players and overall good position groups...

Middlebury list of recruits based on Social Media posts. Thoughts?



Alex   Chrostowski   OL   New York
Brian   Pennington   DB   New York
Ty   Brinkmann   P   Tennessee
James   Woodward   DB   Virginia
Cody   Williamson   DB   Tennessee
Thomas   Welker           TE   New York
Carter   Thompson   ATH   Vermont
Calvin   Szoradi           DL   Pennsylvania
Julian   Schneider   QB   Connecticut
Tommy   Schwartz   LB   Massachusetts
Brian   Olson           TE   Massachusetts
Jack   O'Neill           DL   Connecticut
Forrest   Nelson           OL   Massachusetts
Connor   McClellan   RB   Ohio
John   McGurk           OL   Illinois
Brendan   Logan           WR   Vermont
Matthew   Leonard           DL   North Carolina
Brendan   Coakley           DL   Massachusetts
Frank   Fehrenbach   OL   New Jersey
Eli   Goumas           DL   New Hampshire
Jeremy   Kiefer           WR   Massachusetts
Isaac   Knight           WR   Florida

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Quote from: Charlie on February 26, 2024, 09:43:39 PMFor those who dont know last years Tufts CB Coach Koby Tippet took job with New England Patriots staff as a secondary Coach. Great for him and great fanfare for the NESCAC. Proud that a Coach from the NESCAC gets a chance in the NFL

Nothing against the kid but what makes you say that? He's from NY (not exactly a great hs football state or competition) and only had 1 offer (from Williams). His tape looks fine but nothing crazy.

Did Cortland State not win the National Championship? I have not even looked, but I'm going to take a guess and say 75% of that team came from NY.

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Quote from: The Mole on December 19, 2023, 02:43:01 PM
Not trying to be cryptic--you answered it. Most offered by Williams & Amherst will turn down other NESCAC based upon the academics, culture and winning. If they are beating out the rest of the league for players in recruiting, should that not transfer to the field of play?

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Quote from: The Mole on December 18, 2023, 12:54:21 PM
Who do they "loose" (IYKYK  ) recruits to? Why didn't your son choose Middlebury over Amherst? Had not had a losing season since 1993 and 3 of the last 4 have been losing records. League has historically been dominated by Williams, Amherst and Trinity. Why were they winning in the first place? 

Loose?

Because Amherst was rated the better school, per most rankings.  But Middlebury is a great school and they put plenty on Wall Street.

Winning?  Per the consensus of this message board, your kid's weightlifting regimen, your "program culture" and your Head Coach are the ONLY 3 relevant factors ...

Confused more now but thanks for replying!

Mole, you are 100% correct! Amherst and Williams will win the recruiting battle for a kid 95% of the time. It comes down to putting the players in the right position for success and game planning/adjustments. No excuses for both Amherst and Williams to be where they are win/loss as they should be top 4 every year with the other two being Trinity and Tufts (different reasons).

Will respectfully disagree here. I won't debate the academics but several of the current Tufts' roster turned down offers from both those schools. Watched a Tufts' night game this year with 3 "impact" Amherst players from the '14/15 championships teams. All three to a man said they'd have chosen tufts now seeing the upgraded facilities, commitment to football and proximity to Boston. A no brainer.

The location is be coming more and more of an advantage for Tufts, Wesleyan and Trinity especially as the league starts to look for more out of region kids for talent. Most of those guys don't want to fly 3-6 hours and then drive another 2-3 to get to school every single time or have their parents have to do that to come watch a game. A much easier sell to be at some of the more rural schools if the kid is already from the northeast but that already limits your pool of kids significantly and drops the talent level you can get as well. I will say Amherst and Wesleyan have tried to get more out of region kids the last few years but have not had close to the success as tufts Wesleyan or even middlebury for whatever reason have found with the strategy.

Most of the Tufts/Trinity players do not have Amherst, Williams, or even Middlebury offers. It's not the same recruiting at all as they are working on different timelines and from different pools 95% of the time. Location is a factor, no doubt for the 5%, but such a large percentage are not crossover. NO EXCUSES why Tufts is not a top tier team each and every year.

Quote from: The Mole on December 19, 2023, 02:43:01 PM
Not trying to be cryptic--you answered it. Most offered by Williams & Amherst will turn down other NESCAC based upon the academics, culture and winning. If they are beating out the rest of the league for players in recruiting, should that not transfer to the field of play?

Quote from: MammothDad on December 19, 2023, 12:33:48 PM

Quote from: The Mole on December 18, 2023, 12:54:21 PM
Who do they "loose" (IYKYK  ) recruits to? Why didn't your son choose Middlebury over Amherst? Had not had a losing season since 1993 and 3 of the last 4 have been losing records. League has historically been dominated by Williams, Amherst and Trinity. Why were they winning in the first place? 

Loose?

Because Amherst was rated the better school, per most rankings.  But Middlebury is a great school and they put plenty on Wall Street.

Winning?  Per the consensus of this message board, your kid's weightlifting regimen, your "program culture" and your Head Coach are the ONLY 3 relevant factors ...

Confused more now but thanks for replying!

Mole, you are 100% correct! Amherst and Williams will win the recruiting battle for a kid 95% of the time. It comes down to putting the players in the right position for success and game planning/adjustments. No excuses for both Amherst and Williams to be where they are win/loss as they should be top 4 every year with the other two being Trinity and Tufts (different reasons). 

Rumor has it NESCAC Coordinator is up for Union job and it may trickle down to transfers as well.

Gagliardi Semifinalists fan voting... Middlebury's Kenary made the list of 20. https://d3football.com/notables/2023/11/gagliardi-voting

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It's gotta be Clapp Richardson or Fetter for OPOY, no debate looking forward to the announcement. DPOY has a host of options looking forward to seeing where that goes aswell.

I think the DPOY is a one horse race.

Coaching staff of the year? Could it be Bowdoin? Does Tufts deserve recognition or does the loss to Hamilton do them in?.... Any rumors around HC changes? The one I know of that is swirling is HCOF Jeff Devaney as a top candidate for Columbia.

Long time reader, first time poster... As a NE Football Alum, I read this board all the time and amazed by the insight, thanks so much for all your posts. Do I always agree? No. But I do appreciate the continued conversation about NESCAC football. One thing I have noticed that has not been reflected in all the recruiting talk, is the fact that Middlebury was able to get the class they have. HC Ritter announced his retirement before the season and by all means was out of the recruiting process and HC Mandigo was not named until much later after the season and more importantly, ED deadline. With all that uncertainty, its a wonder they got what they got. If you look around the league. Recruiting suffered a great deal the year of a HC transition and I don't think it did in this case.