What happened to Rocco?
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He decided to take the job at Liberty when it was suddenly announced that Turner Gill was hired at Delaware. I just got word from a reliable source. It's not even with the press yet. Search your Twitter account for links to the scoop. Link from DelawareOnline to follow when available. Kevin Tresolini is all over it.
You really missed your chance to rip Crutcher a new one for that crappy grilled cheese sandwich you had at D-Hall last month. Fire that guy!
Bob Black said that as of today, Danny Rocco is still the coach at UR. Bob was as perplexed by a move to Delaware at this time as the rest of us. Bob Black would not reveal anything either official or otherwise. He said he was aware of whisperings, but nothing beyond that. He would not share the whisperings on the air. He said that Coach Rocco is the only one who knows at this point. He did reiterate the comments in the press about Rocco to Temple and Rocco to Delaware.
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I asked Bob about the comments by Rocco to John Oconnor of the RTD and the comments a week later after his meeting with Dr. Crutcher. He said that Coach probably did not intend for it to sound like there was no support at UR for football. I did not ask Bob about plans to upgrade facilities, improve the weight room, provide better equipment, etc. I had him on the line for about 10 minutes. In some parts, he got a little defensive. He eventually ended the call.
This is interesting that we get to meet with him last. Could be a positive if we get a chance to match. Could be a negative if he's just going to say goodbye.
Burton is from Delaware, UD alum and works for VDU. You know he is gloating.
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obviously the delaware job is his and am sure he told them he will give them an answer tomorrow. hopefully it will be over at that point and we will either have a coach or be looking for one.
Our administration could possibly outbid Delaware, but if he gets the Temple offer, he's gone for sure. I mean he's from PA for crying out loud, and it's a FBS job that will probably pay him triple what we could offer. I have no problem with any coach of ours that go to FBS.
not sure if our "feelings" play into this situation at all. certainly would rather see him at temple
Rocco is certainly not popular as a selection on the Temple message board. They feel he is underqualified. I realize that the message board members do not make the decision, but from what I gather, higher ups feel the same. They are considering many others with experience in FBS.
That's a pretty good job now. Last two coaches successful and moved up. Top 25 two years in a row. I suspect they can get FBS coach if that's what they want. Remember, this why Clawson left. Its too hard to get an FBS head job without FBS experience no matter how good you are.
Kiffin went FAU of all places.Talk about a low level FBS program.He'll look to get out of purgatory ASAP if successful.
http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/18262108
http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/18262108
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Exactly. Why I would rather if he goes anywhere it would be Delaware. Plus it makes that annual game really juicy.
Nothing against Rocco and your program, but we were paying Rhule $2.5M, and were willing to giving him more to stay. We've won our division back to back years, are 20-7 in the last two years, and won the 6th best conference in college football. Temple Football in 2016, almost 2017 is not Temple Football in 2006. The university is growing tremendously, we have full administrative support, and the football program is improving in every facet possible.
We should not be hiring an FCS coach at this point. We should be hiring a very well-regarded coordinator from a major program, a HC from another G5 school, or someone in the NFL with both college and NFL coordinator experience to some degree.
Many of us are frustrated, because it doesn't look like our AD had much of plan in the event that Coach Rhule left. Charlie Strong, Joe Moorhead, and Matt Canada were all viable options that are not coming here for some reason. It doesn't appear that we have interest in ODU's coach. All of our Temple people in the NFL are either firmly entrenched, old, our not quite qualified. Rhule took basically all of our coaches. Our players want our DC to be named HC, and for whatever reason, he has never particularly wanted to be a HC. Our other internal option was a poor HC at Fordham, and everyone else internally is not qualified.
Our last 3 coaches left for Baylor ($4M+), Boston College ($1.75M initially), and Miami ($2.25M?). Even the coach before Golden is in the D2 national championship.
Temple will name a new coach shortly and he will be from the college ranks not pro. OSC
http://www.philly.com/philly/sports...e_to_naming_new_football_coach.html?mobi=true
http://www.philly.com/philly/sports...e_to_naming_new_football_coach.html?mobi=true
The truth is it is highly likely that DR is gone. Gill should go as well, as he let this escalate by not redoing the locker and weight rooms as promised. Someone, due to budget restraints, decided to roll that into the new athletic fund raising campaign. This sounded good in a budget meeting but with Rocco likely gone, it will be harder not easier to raise funds. I don't mind loosing Rocco to Temple as they will pay a lot more and he will do well for them. He will work for it as I do not know how anyone recruits at Temple despite their recent success. Loosing him to UD would 100% on our administration.
I have been reading your board and I agree with you completely. Other schools similarly situated did not hesitate to take the steps necessary to land such a coach. It is almost a slap in the face to your fans and alumni that your school has not already landed someone with experience and/or obvious potential from the FBS ranks. It appears to me that your athletic department or administrators have decided that the program must cut back its expenses regardless of the damage to the sustained progress of the football program, which, we all know, will certainly ensue should you hire other than such a coach. As others have pointed out, it is not only a very myopic view with respect to the continued success of your program, but it will also undoubtedly produce irreparable harm.
A donor needs to step up. With the size of your school and its large number of alumni, it is hard to imagine that there is no one around willing to step to the plate, and there is absolutely no reason that a bastion of education and sports prowess such as the University of Temple should lower its standards to the point that it must stoop to such a low level as the FCS ranks for a new coach.
It's almost incomprehensible. You need to stick to your guns.
Have you considered approaching Bill Cosby for a large donation? He sure could use the good press which would result from a large charitable contribution.
I wish Temple the best no matter what happens, Your problem is you're in the 6th best conference, The power 5 wants to keep it that way and NCAA complies; it's pitiful. the Mountain West, Mid-America and American are in a difficult situation.
in their minds it lets them off the hook. I don't know about the rest of you but I want to know what is going on and how do we fix it. I've said before and indoor practice facility, or a 10 year contract are simply no goes, but decent locker rooms, assistant coach pay, come on.
Aren't one of Gill's and Crutcher's primary duties fund raising?
having a vision and implementing a process to reach that vision are two different animals. seems we have been inundated by dreamers but not doers.
I would say the DC at the University of Florida, one of the most well-regarded bright young minds in the sport accepting the HC position indicates that I'm not delusional.
