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Iād say itās about right for us. We lost a lot of productivity and have a lot of unknowns - especially the offensive line and wide receivers. That said: 1. I think Villanova might have the most talent in the conference. I think they return almost all of their starters from last year and JMU lost a lot of key players. 2. In my opinion, UNH is overrated every year but this year they donāt play Villanova or JMU so that might help them. 3. Delaware wasnāt that bad last year but their starting QB missed a lot of games and they lost some close games. Theyāre building great facilities so theyāll get great players but I donāt remember anything that warrants them being ranked so high. 4. I think we have the potential to be good but with so many unknowns, itās too hard to say. Also, the schedule will be a challenge with Monmouth, UMASS, JMU and Villanova in consecutive weeks.
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Spring Football
reeder replied to HOF2013's topic in Fall Sports-Football, Soccer, Volleyball, Cross-Country, Field Hockey
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I donāt know about the RFP but President Rodriguez and his staff just completed a series of Alumni meetings in Florida and the topic of athletic facilities came up. There wasnāt a specific answer but he did say the recent discussions had three phases. Phase 1 was new seating in SEFCU, phase 2 was renovating the pool area to give more space to the varsity athletes - not sure what that means and i donāt remember the third phase. There was a UAlbany overall presentation and discussion and it sounded like the athletic facility meetings just occurred so I donāt know how defined everything is but sounds like there are some ideas and someone (Benson?) has priorities.
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Coaching Changes
reeder replied to HOF2013's topic in Fall Sports-Football, Soccer, Volleyball, Cross-Country, Field Hockey
From footballscoop last week: Albany (FCS ā NY): Special teams coordinator / co-defensive coordinator / outside linebackers coach Joe Bernard has been promoted to defensive coordinator and corners coach Curome Cox has been elevated to co-defensive coordinator, source tells FootballScoop. We understand that there are no open positions on the staff at this time. -
Coaching Changes
reeder replied to HOF2013's topic in Fall Sports-Football, Soccer, Volleyball, Cross-Country, Field Hockey
I always thought the offensive and defensive analyst positions were interesting. Theyāre not actual coaches and donāt get paid much - canāt coach a position or in a game. Theyāre similar to grad assistants or assistants to the assistant coaches. The role does get you visibility and exposure. Mike locksley, Steve Sarkisian... I do worry about who will become our DC. The offense struggled under Coach Bernard and so has the Special teams since he became their coach. I know he was co defensive coordinator but Iād hope they get a more established DC. -
$60 million is a lot of money. For perspective, our endowment is only $71 million, our football stadium was $24 million and Iād guess good minor league stadiums are probably less than $30 million. What can they possibly build for that much money? $60 million would probably satisfy our wishlist for football and basketball. That said, congratulations and good for them.
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My guess is that they want to wait and see what offers may come between now and the February signing date - but who knows. Iād rather have them not sign than to sign and not show up. Also, the other variable is scholarship offer. We know that they were offered but donāt know of it was a partial scholarship or full scholarship. I can see them going elsewhere for a better offer or waiting to February for a better offer.
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I think youāre reading it correctly. Weāve been undersized and Coach has talked about getting bigger and longer and it looks like weāre making progress. Someone stated this earlier but weāve had some big linemen who havenāt worked out so now we have a couple of more. We still need more size everywhere but definitely need the length in the secondary and at wide receiver.
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I know that Coach Gattuso talked about Micah Royster moving back to center. He started at Center as a redshirt freshman before Nico Cuban transferred in. I agree Kobe Thomas had a bad game but I think he had a really good year overall and heās only a freshman so I think heāll be fine going forward. On defense, I just think we need to get bigger.
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IMO, the Montana State game brought the focus to areas of need that weāve had all year Big athletic cornerbacks - Coach Gattuso has talked about this for years. He recruited Dee Fields and Elijah Fields (both around 6ā1ā/ 6ā2ā) last year but i donāt think either one played any games - maybe they can step in. We could have used that size against teams like Rhode Island, Maine and Montana State - we give up too many 50/50 passes. More size at linebacker. Metheny is a good middle linebacker but Iād like to see him on the strong side and Damico on the other side with a bigger middle linebacker Bigger offensive linemen. We struggle against good defensive lines. One of the challenges we had against Montana State was that they were getting pressure with three or four linemen. Itās hard to make passes with 7 or 8 defenders dropping into coverage. Bigger receivers. Iād like to see one big receiver thatās physical. Defensive End. Iād guess that weād go back to a traditional defensive line now that Eli Mencer is gone. Lachmann started a few games but I donāt think he played in the last few games. Rushawn Lawrence was really good in HS so maybe he can step in. Not sure that Isaiah Watson is the best fit so maybe he goes back to outside linebacker. The good news is I think we entered the year with needs in these areas but we had great skill players and made a run. Letās see who we can get to step up.
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Bad game but still proud of what the team has done. We have a lot of work to do to compete on a national level but this was certainly a year of progress and the future does look bright.
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That was just great defense. They werenāt giving Green the middle of the field.
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Kobe Thomas struggling so far. Gives up the block on the punt and then the personal foul.
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