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1 minute ago, rma said:

Whoever is taking this job has absurd leverage. 

A laptop and phone plan might not be enough anymore?

Regarding NIL, there have been several comments about money going to students.  I'm wondering if there are any examples of what the student does, or how their likeness is used to compensate for those funds.  Photoshoot?  Infomercial?  Nothing?

14 minutes ago, MuchMany said:

I loved Skeete. My memories of Boudreau are admittedly a little foggy (undergrad 😅), but his UB bio says he was a good hockey goalie and his favorite athletes were Jordan and Maurice Richard, which is the sweet spot I'm looking for. What about you? 

Rodell Wigginton was good too, but a 2(?) year transfer won't get my vote.  Dom Johnson is interesting because of two sports.  Yeah, it's gotta be Skeete, right?

15 minutes ago, MuchMany said:

..., I'm long-term obsessed with the idea of recruiting the GTA and Montreal. ...

Do you have a favorite former Bull from Canada?  Skeete, I presume.  Possibly Boudreau?

2 minutes ago, UBinMD said:

One or 2 lines, agreed, a 5 minute scroll for 1 post, not interested. 

Me neither.  Only takes .2 sec to scroll though.

1 minute ago, MuchMany said:

I'd agree if they showed any sign of being a fan of UB. And the block feature allows you to click and show individual messages by a blocked user, which can be fun in the same way a smelling salt can be.

At least they are finally responding to a few replies.  Maybe they will eventually come around?  (I doubt it, but...)

8 minutes ago, UBinMD said:

The block feature has been fantastic!

Disagree.  Our tiny fan base needs to grow, not shrink.  Simply scrolling past is better than cutting off completely.

13 minutes ago, UBinMD said:

In all fairness, the fire JW thread was 4 years old. I think it started the day of his hire.

We all know that.  I wasn't unfair?

Less than half the original fire Jim thread

Could easily be a bit of both.  Coach A wants time with fam, and School wants time for coach B.  The sky isn't necessarily falling.

If I didn't know any better, some of you must just scroll past UB92's comments

1 minute ago, DocCas86 said:

Oh sorry. I got it now!  Lol

No worries.  You probably didn't get it because I'm not a linguist (my fault, poor delivery).

2 minutes ago, DocCas86 said:

..for him and his coaches.  Since this phrase is used as an object in the sentence not the subject. 

I was saying a trick to make it clearer is to remove the other part of the object 'and his coaches' so you can focus on which is correct, he or him.

Understood.  But, he got it wrong, so he should not be given a contract extension... Drop (fire) him!  🤣

Seems like HE should be dropped, not his coaches, amirite?

I wouldn’t mind another ‘retread’, *if* that brings the potential to be replaced by a young up and coming assistant.  
A down year in the BE is still better than an average MAC season. 
So much focus is on the HC.  I’d rather judge the entire staff. (and possible continuity)

I think good cop, bad cop makes a huge impact in coaching hierarchy. 

6 hours ago, BrooklynBull said:

You assume that the New York Times has a normal sports section.  It does not.  Which is a shame because some of their columnist, who are rarely published any more are great writer.

I enjoy the writing style of Bill Pennington. 

I always appreciate insight from local folks who regularly attend games.  They/you get those personal interactions that I just can’t process. 

2 hours ago, Tee4three said:

This made me laugh more than it should have 

Sadly, the forum will always have a ‘horizontal line’ or ‘should have stayed on the bus’ type person. 

I’d like to say ‘good’, but I won’t until we know who the replacement is. 

On 12/22/2022 at 2:48 AM, BrooklynBull said:

It [best recruiting class] is announced after the signing day in February. …

Has the signing period closed, is the final ranking known?

I thought I was reading about the set of Rust

22 minutes ago, xDerekRx said:

... I look back at the Hurley/Oats era with amazement that we hit back to back. In fact Oats was better. ,,,

If the coaching timeline went from Hurley directly to Whitesell, I don't think there would be an era.  IMO, it was all Nate.

Based on historical head to head results, BG, Miami and Akron should be the biggest rivals.  I voted for Kent though, because they were some of UB’s biggest early conference wins, and they seemed to alternate for a few years. 

What MAC board?   I don’t think that has been mentioned here before. 

9 minutes ago, clodney said:

18 posts during a road game at Ohio with important seeding implications. Doesn’t seem like anyone’s entertained anymore.

I wasn’t entertained today, but I was last game.  Both losses. Who knows how entertaining the next game will be.  

Don’t confuse entertainment with the desire to win.  We all want that.