Bulldogs wrapped spring football yesterday. Any reports from the ground in Redlands?

Citrus College is an extremely sweet facility and would be a excellent addition to a conference that already has a few pretty cool stadiums. Hopefully that is the plan.

APU announcement now official on their twitter and school website. Release says they were unanimously approved by the SCIAC presidents

Absolutely huge day for the SCIAC! A conference where football was on the ropes just a short while ago will get Whittier back and add a an Azusa program steeped in tradition

Hopefully this will mean the end of the divisions and double round robin silliness. The SCIAC is back!!

Word going around is that Azusa Pacific is going to drop from D2 to D3, join the SCIAC, and reinstate their football program!

Announcement could come this week, as soon as Monday!

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Quote from: 10Freeway on March 07, 2025, 10:12:34 AMAgain, secondhand info.  Heard she did not want the position.  Financially she doesn't need it and she didn't want the headache. 

If true, that's a damning indictment of the position and current state of the athletics department.

I know this may be kicking a hornet's nest here but at any point are they going to do anything for Maynard? The guy was the most important person at the University for years and brought unprecedented success. The reason he was forced out looked unbelievably stupid then but in hindsight it's totally laughable.

Maybe he has bad feelings and doesn't want anything to do with them? Maybe they're embarrassed about it? Maybe they think they were right? How do you guys explain the fact that they haven't done anything to try to mend those fences and start to repair the relationship with all of the football alumni and donors that they alienated?

It just feels like the program can't move forward until it at least makes an effort to right that wrong.

Quote from: olddog on March 05, 2025, 01:11:58 PMJuanita College FB record

2022 - 0-10
2023 - 1-9
2024 - 2-8

Well, on the bright side they improved every year!! 

I think it's a strange hire as well but I am hopeful it works out for them. I know a SCIAC assistant who interviewed and is extremely qualified. I also know a few other SCIAC assistants who they should have reached out to. Maybe they did and they weren't interested.

For ULV to succeed they will need to do very well with local SoCal recruiting. ULV is not going to get a bunch of out-of-staters like Claremont and Pomona. We'll have to see if Sanchez has the SoCal high school recruiting ties to make that happen. Obviously he convinced the hiring committee that he does.

Glad you got to see them. Sounded like a bunch of barn burners! I'm interested to see if any of the SCIAC teams can make any noise this year. I saw Claremont a couple times live and I thought they were pretty good.

I can't argue about the feed quality since I watched tons of games over the last few years and 0 this year, but I will take your word for it haha

Pretty awesome weekend of basketball in the SCIAC with nothing but nail-biting last-second finishes. Man it sure would be great if you could actually watch the game streams instead of them being buried behind a pay-wall so a couple schools can gouge their players' parents for a few bucks in subscription fees. Would have been great for the conference if people could actually watch the games.

Anywho, CMS somehow escapes at Redlands and Cal Lu to steal a bid. All three should be tourney teams. Fantastic season by Whittier too.

I know for a fact there were SCIAC assistants who interviewed for the ULV job but that was a couple weeks ago. I have no idea what is taking so long but I can't think of any answers that would make it a good thing.

Redlands is way behind most of the rest of the league as far as athletic facilities are concerned. CMS, Pomona, Cal Lu, and Chapman are all in significantly better places and CMS and Pomona have cash to burn and are continuing to improve. Wild world where Pomona and Claremont are the conference bullies

Happy that Whittier got their man and seems like they took the process seriously. That will be a real struggle but this guy seems to know what he's getting himself into. Any word on Laverne? I know someone who interviewed but that was 2 weeks ago. They need to get someone in place post haste!

I have a buddy who knows Acciani from college. Says he's a super bright dude. I don't think Redlands has had a very good plan offensively for the last few years so it is definitely an area where they can improve. Hopefully he has autonomy over the offense and it isn't some kind of blend or coordinator in name only situation.

Just calling different plays can help but it is only one part of the equation. They need to recruit better players and do a better job of developing them when they have them. We know it is possible still at U of R because they are doing it on defense

White smoke at Redlands! Sounds like Acciani has some socal HS ties. Also, if my math is correct, sounds like Redlands is his 5th different job since 2020.

Quote from: olddog on January 21, 2025, 11:40:14 AMUR is still in the interview process for their new OC, in the later stages, personally surprised it did not happen sooner, but we will know something soon enough.

Thanks for the inside update olddog. I'm surprised it is taking this long as well. I guess if they find the right guy no one will complain about a few weeks. Key is getting the hire right.

When do they start spring football?

Quote from: 10Freeway on January 13, 2025, 11:28:50 AMHe's probably gonna make more money at the JC, plus he has a pension there.  Thought maybe he was taking the UR offensive coordinator job.  Any word on that hire?

I'm also interested in the U of R OC hire. I expected there to be an announcement by now. You'd want to get the guy in to help recruit as quickly as possible and I think they go to spring football pretty early now. Unless it's an inside man the new OC is going to have to install his stuff with the coaches and start with the players before spring ball starts.