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Post by nccyote on Oct 16, 2015 10:41:22 GMT -6
I think we have a lot of young talent right now. It reminds me of 2003-2004, when Austin got fired and Ed took over a program that had a lot of young talent returning with 2-3 years of experience. in those early years in the 2000s, there was a ton of Redshirt Freshman and Sophmores that were staring on both sides of the ball. We struggled in those early years, but we gained experience and that was instrumental in the success that we saw in 2004-2008. Hopefully, we have another run like that coming soon and we can sustain it in FCS. If USD can keep infusing some young talent while these guys like Vsn Ginkel mature and turn into veterans, then we have a chance to be pretty good in the future. Not trying to foreshadow or anything like that there, but if this staff does get blown up, maybe a new staff can help take these guys to the next level, a la Ed Meierkort in 2004.
Go Yotes!
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Post by nccyote on Oct 13, 2015 7:20:00 GMT -6
I can't blame your guys for maybe looking past UNI and thinking about the Yotes coming to town. Ha ha
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Post by nccyote on Oct 13, 2015 7:17:37 GMT -6
This week is a no-brainer....gonna be very ugly in Fargo more than likely. Still holding out hope that we can get a win against Missouri St. in the dome. Sure wish we could've traded UNI or Illinois St. for Indiana St. this year. Sorry to say that this staff has probably run its course. Best for both sides to move on and see whats next after the season.
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Post by nccyote on Oct 13, 2015 6:59:25 GMT -6
Oh my gosh, Defense got a stop. Then of course we manage to fumble it away. Where in the heck is the OBC? MAYBE he can shed some light on this disaster. Go Yotes anyway. But I am getting real sick of being the laughingstock of the league if not of all FCS. I admit, I thought we were a lot better than this, but to say that we are the "laughingstock of the league, if not all of FCS" makes you sound like an idiot. Disappointed, absolutely, embarrassed, thats fair....but laughing stock of the FCS...come on, man. We are at the bottom of the best league in the country. Some teams in this league could compete in a lot of low level FBS leagues. No way we are the laughing stock of FCS.
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Post by nccyote on Oct 8, 2015 10:40:38 GMT -6
The Yotes' situation is somewhat of a vicious circle. To be consistently successful in college football, you need to be able to recruit well. To recruit well need good (renovated) facilities, which you need funding for. To get solid funding and financial commitment, boosters & donors usually want to see some wins and progress, but to win you need good recruits, who want to see facilities, .......so on and so forth. I agree with yoteforever that constant coaching change is not the answer. When Glenn got here, I hope everyone realized that this was not going to be an overnight turn around. Ed had success, but there were issues going on inside of the program that needed change. Joe needs time, we are getting better. We are getting more donations, from what I have heard. There is life and momentum inside the program that wasn't there when Ed was coaching. I know its been 4 years, but to really change the culture and get this program where Joe can take it, it may take a few more years. What we ABSOLUTELY do not need is to take a flyer on someone and lose the momentum that we have gained the last 4 hard years. I don't think that there is a lot of people who will claim that USD Football is not in a better place now than it was 4 years ago. Isn't that what we are looking for? I know that we all want to be MVFC contenders and nationally relevant but we have to be realistic as well. I think we are improving and the next 7 games will hopefully attest to that. if not then the administration has a difficult choice to make. Like yoteforever said though, WE have the choice to come to the Dome, be loud, support the players(who are the most important, we get so caught up in coaches sometimes we forget that these kids are why we love USD football), and make USD football games a great environment to play in.
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Post by nccyote on Oct 5, 2015 20:13:03 GMT -6
I do think YSU is probably the 3rd best team in the league so far this year (1.NDSU, 2.Illinois St., 3. YSU, 4. SDSU/UNI). I love the MVFC and how competitive it is, but it is frustrating at times to look at conferences around the country and see how the Yotes would stack up in other leagues. I feel like if we were in the Big Sky, we would be legitimate conference contenders on a regular basis, button the Valley we look like a 2-3 win team. But thats life right now in the MVFC. If the Yotes come out and execute, than anything can happen. If they come out and lay an egg, it will be ugly. Defense will really be tested and the Offense needs to support them and score some points early. We really need to play well to keep the conference season from snow balling on us.
Go Yotes
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Post by nccyote on Oct 5, 2015 12:47:52 GMT -6
WIU has played a pretty tough schedule, losses to FBS Illinois and FCS #1 Coastal Carolina. Wins against pre-season #25 Eastern Illinois and SIU last week. This is going to be a very tough game on the road. I'm not very optimistic about this one.
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Post by nccyote on Oct 5, 2015 12:22:35 GMT -6
Yote14, this is what I am talking about...good stuff. These are the specific examples I am looking for, not just the blanket "We suck on offense, lets fire Wesley". I agree, I would like to see some more 3 step passing game and intermediate routes rather than deep sideline routes all of the time. As far as adjustments, I saw some things that we tried to do that just didn't work. I liked flexing #88 Van Roekel out to match him up with smaller DBs, we just couldn't connect with him when we had opportunities. Someone else mentioned that we had nobody open downfield all day, NOBODY! Not even Shufford could get any space, except on the dropped TD, all day. I know it was against a lot of back ups, but the only time that we had any consistency on offense is when we got old school and went into the I-formation at the end of the game and ran the ball. You guys might think that I'm crazy, but I think Wesley tries to do too much. We have no identity on offense. When we need 1 or 2 yards, can anybody say with confidence what we might run. It could be zone read, bubble screen, jet sweep, play action, pistol inside zone....etc. We have no identity. This is where NDSU is the best. I've had the chance to sit in on some of there meetings and watch film with their coaches and they know what they are going to run in these situations. They WILL run power. They know it, the other team knows, the fans know it. Its up to the coaches to be creative with formations, motions, shifts, play action packages, so they are successful, but thats their identity. We don't have that. It helps that NDSU is bigger and better than their opponent most times, but its also a mindset, an attitude that this is what we do and we are going to out execute you even when you know the play. So....I believe the other extreme, not that we don't have enough plays, but that we try to do too much instead of creating an identity and getting very good at what we run.
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Post by nccyote on Oct 5, 2015 10:37:25 GMT -6
I am not calling anyone out for not being a fan, but i can't stand blanket statements about coaching and play calling. Statements like "Our play book has 4 plays in it and none of them work in the Valley" are idiotic. NDSU runs power every other play, they seem to do OK. It has nothing to do with scheme, it does have to do with recruiting better players and getting them to make plays in crunch time, which we have clearly struggled with lately. Recruiting is the lifeblood of college football, if you don't have the horses you won't be in the race. This is where budget and facilities play a major role. Yes, our football budget and State's are not that far apart, but look at their facilities compared to ours right now. New indoor facility, new stadium, new players center, new weight room and locker rooms. We have the Dome, circa 1978 with some lipstick smeared on it every couple of years (i love the place, just needs some serious renovation). We need improvements in these areas to compete in the Valley. We need some momentum in facilities to get the best players in our area. Being unbiased, if one of us took our kid on a recruiting trip to State or Fargo for football and then came to Vermillion, its not even in the same galaxy as far as facilities. Until we improve our facilities and attract better players, it doesn't matter who is coaching them, because the coaches are in a lose-lose battle. Its like the American Indians vs. the US cavalry. Right now our coaches can fight as hard they can but we don't have the weapons to win the battles.
Has this coaching staff done the best job, no not at all. Does change need to happen in some form, probably. But the USD football situation has way bigger foundational issues then coaching. We can't just keep repainting the house and expect it to be fixed when the foundation is cracked.
And........its week 5, we're 2-2. Lets let the season play out before we start the whole hire and fire game again. Maybe Joe & co. pull off some stunners in the next 7 weeks and we play some good ole fashioned SD football and we can have something to celebrate on this board. Its not out of the realm of possibility.
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Post by nccyote on Oct 4, 2015 17:14:42 GMT -6
I thought Joe Glenn was completely outcoached by Bo Pelini, and I say that not as a Nebraska fan at all. Do you have any specific situational examples of how he was completely outcoached or are you just making a blanket statement because you don't know enough about football to go into detail? It had nothing to do with coaching, YSU is better, plain and simple. Did we play horrible on offense, yes. Did we make stupid mistakes on special teams, yes. Did our defense play with heart and keep us in the game for 3 quarters, yes. Can our coaches do somethings better, of course. Players need to make plays. If they don't, we won't win. This game seemed too big for some of the guys on that field yesterday, especially of offense and special teams. But we also need to understand, it was one game. For all of the posters that complain about play calling, what do you suggest that we do? I keep reading "all we do is run it up the middle", that's our offensive scheme and identity. We need to run the football to be successful. When we play teams that control the LOS, we will be in trouble. Look at the games that we have won, we were able to establish the running game, play action pass, and move the football. If we can't be successful running the football "up the middle", which believe it or not is what our offense is designed to do, how do you think we would execute if we throw our playbook out the window and start winging it around running spread stuff and doing things we don't have the personnel to do? It would have been even worse. Sometimes as a coach, you need to take your medicine. You can't completely change your offense in the middle of a game, this isn't a video game. Do we need to make better adjustment during the game, probably? We are not in the huddle, or on the sideline, or in the office during the week, so how can we judge the decisions that are made in terms of play calling or adjustments. Ever heard the phrase "you can't\'t make chicken salad out of chicken sh--". YSU is a better team, we saw that. Why don't we support our coaches and team, win or lose, and if administration sees fits to make a change, then so be it. I'm not saying that our coaches get a pass for the team playing poorly, that is why they are paid to be coaches, but I'm tired of seeing people piss and moan about coaching when you clearly have a novice understanding about football. Bottom 1/3 of the league facilities, bottom 1/3 of the league coaches pay, bottom 1/3 the league budget= bottom 1/3 of the league results. Coaching is about 4th or 5th on the list of needs for USD football. I rest my case, have a good weekend. Go Yotes!
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Post by nccyote on Apr 23, 2015 9:11:20 GMT -6
I agree that his experience is a very good thing. You can't really replicate game speed in practice and having someone who has experienced "the bullets flying" is huge. That said, he does not look like a road grader by any means and plays a little high, position blocks a lot. It is good that he has played center, having quality depth there is huge. I am not expecting him to come in and be a savior on the o-line, but he will add quality depth and create some needed competition in fall camp. I can see him being a swing guy, maybe the top back-up at a couple of positions. Good luck to him and glad he is joining the coyotes.
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Post by nccyote on Apr 6, 2015 8:27:18 GMT -6
The idea of football being dropped is completely asinine. This athletic department would fall on its face without the money earned from football and revenue from guarantee games like Oregon, KSU, KU, etc. A lot of people don't realize that many FCS programs take a whipping from Power 5 or FBS teams to fund the rest of the Athletic program. So Coyotefan, before you go around blabbing about the football program not pulling their own weight, you can have the soccer, softball, track & field, golf, swimming & diving, cross country and tennis teams write the football players a thank you note for getting the butts kicked so that their programs can be funded.
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Post by nccyote on Feb 17, 2015 11:03:07 GMT -6
Not really sure how I feel about him stringing us along. He certainly looks like he could be an impact player, don't get me wrong. But do we really want to be his last resort school? To me, you're either all in or you're out. We've seen too many kids come through here that you can tell never really bought in to what we are trying to accomplish. I would call this kid up and give him 24 hours to talk it over with his family and decide whether he's in or out. That's easy to say when his decision has no bearing on your job or financial well being. Obviously, the coaches feel that he is a good enough prospect to be strung along by. I agree that it is frustrating, but lets trust the coaches and their decision to stick with the kid, since they're the ones with their butts on the line. Go Yotes!
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Post by nccyote on Feb 6, 2015 10:18:07 GMT -6
I agree with yoteforever to a point. I cant' fault a kid for flipping if he gets a FBS offer. On the other hand, what these two individuals are doing is a little concerning. The Jones_Davis kid is taking a huge gamble going on another official to NIU after the initial signing day. He could go to NIU, lose our offer, not get offered by them , and have nowhere to go. I agree that we should tell him if he goes on that visit, our offer is pulled. Anyone know what the issue is with Houston, as to why he is waiting to sign?
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Post by nccyote on Jan 29, 2015 8:16:55 GMT -6
Keep it mind, I am not trying to call anybody out, just pointing out that I understand the decision of the coaching staff. Accepting an out-of-state commit early on when there is an in-state kid that is worthy of a scholarship is not easy. In doing so, they effectively took themselves out of the running for Taryn - hence the admission from him that USD didn't pursue him very heavily and he didn't "feel it." We already had our QB. I like that we did go that route too. I would love to get more of the SD kids but truth be told a lot of them are choosing State right now. And thats fine I get it. Until we start being more consistant in winning that is going to happen. From the recruits I have seen so far they look really solid. Legit small to mid FBS talent. And it seems like maybe the staff has taken a different approach this year in recruiting. They are not going after the same kids and areas as the other MVFC teams especially State and NDSU unless they know the kid is really commited to the Yotes. I think this new approach, if it truly is a new approach and not just my assumption, is paying off big time for us this year with the types of kids we are getting in. This truly seems like the best class we have had in the Glenn era. If we cant get the kids in this area like Taryn, which we have not in the past couple years, try new areas. A lot of the playmakers on UNI (Daurice Fountain) NDSU (Urzendowski) and State were also recruited by Glenn but just didnt choose the Yotes. I commend Glenn for doing this and is the main reason I wanted him to stay so we were not rebuilding all of these pipelines again. He will get it done, he always has. This class has the playmaker we were all talking about needing last year along with solid size/hopefully talent in the trenches. Nice Work Glenn and Co. so far. Looking forward to next week. I also agree...which is why we need to A) improve the Dome B) Support our FB program with higher coaches salaries and more full time assistants. and C) win some games...hard to get the best recruits winning 2 games. That said, I think that the staff has a nice list of commits so far, just need to hold on until Wednesday and maybe secure a couple more studs! Go Yotes
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