Dan. And yes, I concur! Give him all the money. He's dominated since he got here.
Is it Russ or is it our Administration?
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Nobody cares about lacrosse. They averaged about 400 fans a game when they had the tourney here.
I didn't have the thought coming into the season that this would be a "good" season record wise and neither did the rest of the conference prognosticators. I don't think the QB choices are where we need them to be this season and I expect the younger arms to take over sooner rather than later.
We need QB that can make our passing attack more vertical, forcing LBs to play back some which will
open more lanes for runners. Also I would like to see us pass to RBs more out of backfield. Several times they never got ball and there was 10-15 yards free of defenders in front of them.
Huesman doesn't want a big-arm QB though. It's not his M.O. He wants guys like this who run as much as they pass. So get used to it.
It’s a mess. English is a Sophomore and he was a young arm brought in to help. The QB’s haven’t been great but they aren’t even our biggest problem. Basic fundamental breakdowns on defense and special teams are killing this team. Poor to non-existent tackling on both of those units. You can’t even analyze scheme when those fundamentals are lacking.
Eight we just need a Patrick Mahones type and we have both, right? I do think it is dangerous when you are not deep at skilled positions such as QB that your top two rushers are QBs. Should not your RBs be a primary source of running? QB runner is more the triple option type like Navy or Georgia Southern or Citadel.
The QB's are running way too much. I think the jury is still out on whether we have a QB that can get it done. English is 19 for 20 passing with no turnovers but no splash plays yet. Mancuso shows some flashes of brilliance, but is still turnover prone. Both QB's run well.
Keith Gill hired Huesman following a 10 minute coaching search. He looked like a good hire on paper but that is why almost every school does a thorough coaching search and doesn't just go out and grab someone who looks good on paper.
I don't blame Huesman, he is in over his head, it appears. That is unfortunate because he seems like a high character coach, who demands excellence and accepts accountability. I don't blame Gill either, who was also in over his head. Someone hired Gill and has now also hired Hardt and we see similar results from both of them. Lots of money raised and little to show in terms of results on the field.
I blame solely and exclusively our administration who conflates putting lots of money into sports with having a vision for athletic success.
I don't blame Huesman, he is in over his head, it appears. That is unfortunate because he seems like a high character coach, who demands excellence and accepts accountability. I don't blame Gill either, who was also in over his head. Someone hired Gill and has now also hired Hardt and we see similar results from both of them. Lots of money raised and little to show in terms of results on the field.
I blame solely and exclusively our administration who conflates putting lots of money into sports with having a vision for athletic success.
Listen to that video of Huesman when he was introduced as coach, and consider how many of the qualities he said his teams would possess we actually possess. It seems like zero to me.
you don't blame Gill? That comment must be a joke. The blame for Rocco's departure falls squarely on his shoulders. and if you don't think Rocco's quote questioning our "commitment" didn't hurt us on the recruiting trail, your fooling yourself. Its almost the same as not allowing a grad transfer to enroll in the School of Continuing Studies, where if you're out of college for 5 years, they don't ask you your GPA (a friend just applies and was never asked), and they give certificates in beer making. BTW, he was hired by our former president who didn't give two sh*ts about athletics.
To clarify, yes Gill deserves 100% responsibility for all that he did during his tenure. But someone(s) had to hire him, someone had to sign off on his 10 minute head football coaching search and then someone allowed him to essentially telecommute from DC during his tenure as AD. And Gill was protected by those same individuals up until he found another job so it didn't look like we had to fire an under-performing AD, who was out of his league. Or maybe this group of people was actually happy to Gill as AD and a guy like Rocco who preached an athletic vision built around winning out of the building.
And then this same group of people left the position open for close to a year until they found the perfect candidate who could come in, raise money, and not rock the boat with this dsyfunctional culture that exists around athletics at UR. So, of course, we found another AD who was weaned in the Patriot League, just like Gill was and the saga continues on.
we are spending way to much time discussing this. But to jog your memory. He resigned. The A-10 threw him a lifeline with what sounded to be a bogus job ( Gill will oversee community relations for the league's Men's Basketball Championship, assist with the implementation of the conference's recently adopted five-year Strategic Plan,)so he could keep his spot on the NCAA basketball committee.( https://www.richmond.com/sports/ex-...cle_d1cdb1f5-49d4-5a21-ab84-3c516f46b07f.html)
He eventually lost that spot. He was hired by Ed Ayers. Maybe the disfunctional culture that you believe exists occurred because of the former AD All of this happened (that we know of) in his tenure:
--JJ Avila was not allowed to transfer to Richmond
--Josh Jones was run out of town
--Malcom Bernard was not admitted
--Back up quarterback was suspended, un suspended, suspended, unsuspended
--Our successful coach said this...Rocco hinted at a difference of opinion between him and Richmond officials in his interview with the Times-Dispatch on Nov. 30, saying, "I think my most singular uncertainty is the vision."
5 major events against the two biggest sports at Richmond and all 5 decisions went against the program(s). I don't profess to know all the facts, but I do think we're the only school not to admit a Grad Transfer into the School of Continuing Studies.
You forgot the most important by orders of magnitude:AJ Hines.Top FCS running back.
Signed LOI and was later in August denied entry.ACT 1 Point short supposedly.
https://goduquesne.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7467
I know its not the football and basketball, but he's the same President that said we had too many athletes and thus got rid of Men's Track and Men's Soccer rather than add Women's Crew (which we have as a Club Sport -- https://urcrew.org/about). We are suffering through our third President that doesn't see athletics as a priority at the school. Not supporting him, but at least Cooper stayed out of the way and let our AD make some progress. I believe it's time for those that support athletics at the University to let the Administration know how important athletics are to the future of the University.
BTW here are the club teams at Richmond. https://recreation.richmond.edu/clubs/active/index.html I find interesting the message for Track and Field compared to the other listed sports. Even Quidditch!
I think we are saying the same thing. The dsyfunctional culture is the internal power struggle that our athletics is constantly losing to some on the academic side of things. And that is coupled with an athletic department that makes bad decision and does not have the best leadership in my opinion to balance out this power struggle.
Huesmans way, his son was the leading rusher on his Chattanooga teams.
I like Mancuso, he has made some bad decisions but I think he has solid skills for our level of football.
Walsh has been a constant in our athletic department with enormous responsibilities for the past decade plus. Our signature sports (except Lax) have all taken a decided downturn over that time. I think logically anyone who has been in a high leadership role would be questioned at this point.
we have had success and failure during many administrations. most of the time when we have enjoyed success, we have had a special coach, Frank Jones, Jim Reid, Dave Clawson, Danny Rocco. am sure, in fact, know, they all had their probs with administrations they served under.
That is strange to me. Receivers in NCAA football are almost always wide open, especially the tight end. I would recruit a decent QB and throw 80% of the time.
Welcome to the Big12. Big numbers doesn’t mean winning record (see Kliff Kingsbury) but it is fun to watch.
Unfortunately (or not, depending on your perspective) I missed the game. Did you find out the answer? Is he injured? To have a zero stat sheet as a starting linebacker is mind-blowing. If the staff is thinking about redshirting this kid (for non-medical reasons) I will jump on the incompetence wagon.
Russ' Post Game Interview: the players have to play better...our coaches have to coach better...we lost to an inferior team...the two long Davis runs should have been 8 yard gains at most (implication: we had them in position, the players didn't deliver)...I told them I hope nobody quit...we can't run the ball if we can't get to the edge (you hear that offensive lineman)...we can't have 4 sacks (again, offensive linemen, you hear me)...Jake can kick (hidden meaning: please don't transfer)….yada...yada...yada!!! Very Poor Hire!!!
Assuming Russ got a 5 year contract at about $450k per year in December of 2016, we'd have 2 years to eat if we cut bait in late November/early December. Would any assistants be under contract too?
Looks like roughly a million bucks to change course. Is Hardt confident he wont be in the situation in 12 months? Assuming not, we are about to find how much much 500k matters to Hardt.
I see our absolute ceiling at 4-8 if we really get our butts in gear.
Looks like roughly a million bucks to change course. Is Hardt confident he wont be in the situation in 12 months? Assuming not, we are about to find how much much 500k matters to Hardt.
I see our absolute ceiling at 4-8 if we really get our butts in gear.
Completely agreed. I have Albany, Yale and Tribe home games as tossups and the rest potentially embarrassing losses.
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