jackjd
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Post by jackjd on Nov 22, 2011 21:41:34 GMT -6
Watching the KELO report including Meierkort's comments on the 10:00 news:
I'm not arguing one way or the other but, as I said in a prior post, my guess would have been that Meierkort had another year. Coyotefan suggests Jacks fans may prefer to see Meierkort stay on so that USD wouldn't do well. Well, CF, it isn't that big of a deal to me and, quite frankly, this development could also turn out to be rough for USD for a while. But, as I noted before, seems like the athletic director has received good marks so it's his call in consultation with the U's president. I'm just a little surprised.
Don't lose sight of a few facts: this was a coach who was 54-35 in eight seasons who was non-renewed after a winning season. This guy took the Coyotes to the DII playoffs the last year in DII. Sure, he had some bad losses (USD was a better team than the UND team that won last weekend)....anyway, put me in the mildly surprised category.
Hope it works out for you guys (except, of course, when playing the Jackrabbits).
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Post by usdfbalum on Nov 22, 2011 22:01:27 GMT -6
I wish Ed all the best. My guess is he will have several opportunities ahead of him.
I trust Sayler's assessment of what was needed. Not good to rejoice at someone else's firing. Ed and staff worked hard to try and improve Coyote football.
Next year was looking like it was going to be really tough for the Yotes even with Ed remaining.(not because of lack of talent). It appears Sayler felt Ed was not continuing to make progress and I would rather see a change like this heading into MVFC year 1 than year 3 or 4.
If you have spent any time with Sayler, you know he is committed to making SD a winner. He made the right choice. Now he needs to make an even bigger decision in finding someone great to lead the team.
This decision also sends an important message to all the head coaches at SD. You are accountable for the results of your team.
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Post by coyote70 on Nov 22, 2011 22:11:56 GMT -6
I agree that Meirkort should have been allowed one more year based on won/loss record but do wonder what other factors were weighed in the AD's decision.
I'm an optimist by nature so I hope this was the right decision. I just wish building a winning tradition was as simple as replacing the head coach. How does this affect things like fan support, recruiting, assistant coaching staff, fundraising, etc?
My 45 years of following coyote sports (admittedly from afar lately) tell me that we football fans better be prepared for some large bumps in the road the next couple of years. I hope I'm wrong...................
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Post by gojacksgo on Nov 22, 2011 22:21:33 GMT -6
I am puzzled by this move and wonder how it will affect the USD football team. Maybe it speaks to what I think of Stig, but I would trade Ed for Stig anytime. If you can make a case for Ed, you could make a case for several coaches at USD, including Boots(38-33 vs. D1 Competition - wins mainly against bottom feeders in GW Conference). Not that I agree with that either.
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Post by gorabbits on Nov 22, 2011 22:29:42 GMT -6
Calling this season's record a winning season is a little misledading. The Coyotes were 3-5 against division I teams. They had 3 vistories over lower division teams.
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Post by GoYotes on Nov 22, 2011 22:41:10 GMT -6
Calling this season's record a winning season is a little misledading. The Coyotes were 3-5 against division I teams. They had 3 vistories over lower division teams. 3-5 is also misleading as 2 of the 5 losses were to BCS teams. Were 3 -3 against FCS teams. Just saying
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Post by GoYotes on Nov 22, 2011 23:06:41 GMT -6
Following link is to KJAM Matt Hendrickson radio interview with Sayler re: nonrenewal of Ed's contract - www.amazingmadison.com/USD-fires-football-coach-Meierkort/11538721 - pretty good interview even if Matt is a Jackrabbit fan - discusses reason for nonrenewal, what Ed has did for the program, time frame for hiring new coach and what Sayler is looking for in the new coach
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Post by Coyote Fan on Nov 22, 2011 23:30:03 GMT -6
Interesting listen all around. What sticks out to me is how much Ed seemed surprised by everything. He was surprised he was fired. He was surprised at what many teams threw at him from a gameplanning standpoint. It certainly seems to me that Ed was quite lacking in the preperation area. He is surprised by way too much. He certainly had to know that his 2-15 FCS road record could lead to his demise but maybe he was also surprised that he was 2-15 in FCS road games. I wonder if he knew that without being told first. His program simply had amnesia and didn't learn from the past and retain that knowledge for the betterment of the future.
Time to leave mediocracy behind for what will hopefully be great times ahead.
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Post by #1CoyoteFan (Admin) on Nov 22, 2011 23:56:50 GMT -6
Good. You can replace mine Gee, who didn't see this coming. Lose a drinking friend and lose a Howling Pack huh? From the KELO interview, it seemed like there was a lot more to it than just on the field stuff. Can't have a scandal going on on this level. Yoteforever, if this causes you to not support USD with the Howling Pack anymore, well then I am very disappointed in you.
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Post by jman1985 on Nov 23, 2011 2:16:00 GMT -6
Those players who aren't seniors, I wonder if they'll come back next season?
Interestingly, I know the team had a meeting Monday, but it was more of an end of the season kind of thing. Nothing related to this came out of it. And then most of the players left for Thanksgiving break Tuesday, so I wonder if any were told in person before they left?
Can you imagine them traveling all over and then hearing their coach was fired?
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Post by bisoninnwmn on Nov 23, 2011 7:07:34 GMT -6
Interesting listen all around. What sticks out to me is how much Ed seemed surprised by everything. He was surprised he was fired. He was surprised at what many teams threw at him from a gameplanning standpoint. It certainly seems to me that Ed was quite lacking in the preperation area. He is surprised by way too much. He certainly had to know that his 2-15 FCS road record could lead to his demise but maybe he was also surprised that he was 2-15 in FCS road games. I wonder if he knew that without being told first. His program simply had amnesia and didn't learn from the past and retain that knowledge for the betterment of the future. Time to leave mediocracy behind for what will hopefully be great times ahead. This right here, IMO. I can only go by what I saw in the FargoDome last year but this seems pretty accurate to me. Bison made adjustments at half and blew out USD in the 2nd half but the USD coaches didn't make the same game time adjustments. After USD marched down the field on their 1st possession and scored I thought....." go great, another spread type team giving us trouble".....then when the Bison made adjustments, USD didn't counter with any of their own. You guys know more about his coaching than my one game sample but the way he coached that game surprised me....just saying.... Hope your AD brings in a good fit for USD.
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Post by Hawksfan on Nov 23, 2011 8:15:10 GMT -6
Nobody makes adjustments like NDSU. Nobody.
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Post by 88grad on Nov 23, 2011 8:24:50 GMT -6
Just read that all of his staff is remaining intact... I find this very interesting. I wonder how many of them will stay or follow Ed to wherever.
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Post by coyotega on Nov 23, 2011 9:16:43 GMT -6
Staff remains intact only to allow recruiting to continue. New coach will have free reign with staff as always. Something about this feels all wrong to me though. If we can't offer even a multiyear contract - I think the UNI and NDS coaches have five year deals - we limit ourselves to a bunch of inexperienced 80k coaches looking to move up. If I were Sayler, my first call would be to Joel Nielsen who knows the midwest coaches.
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Post by #1CoyoteFan (Admin) on Nov 23, 2011 12:34:01 GMT -6
If I was David Sayler, I would not call Joel Nielsen. Are you serious? Just because he worked here and he hired a coach at Kent State? I think it's easy enough to see the midwest coaches on the standings on ESPN. You make Sayler sound like an idiot.
Yeah, the staff remains intact for recruiting, but don't be surprised if some of them stay on. Remember, Ed was good at throwing his assistants under the bus, too.
Of course something feels wrong. If you watched KELO's interview and heard the words out of Sayler's mouth, you know there is more to this than on-the-field performance, which makes it feel even more right.
He kept mentioning discipline, leadership and academics ... seems kind of familiar right. Heard that with the Penn State story last night how Joe Pa did not give any discipline to his players. This is not the same situation, but seems a little interesting.
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