TurdBomber
Active poster
Cleveland was awesome in the 70's. And black as fuck.
Sa'Vell Smalls, 6* 2020 BUCK, Seattle (Kennedy), WA (SIGNED)
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Cleveland was awesome in the 70's. And black as fuck.
Like I was young in the 70's FFS
BeerThirty
New Fish
I know this kid is a fantastic football player but I'm getting to the point where the attitude is just not worth it. I think we are already out of for him anyways to tell you the truth
BeerThirty
New Fish
good thing I don't give two shits about your no and no
dnc
New Fish
FKA_Mousecop
New Fish
Getting the best player in the country at a position of need is always worth it.
BeerThirty
New Fish
I know. Good thing it isn't my call. We'll see what happens.
EsophagealFeces
Well-known poster
Fuck all this 7 on 7 AAU shit. It’s all dirty as fuck and shouldn’t exist. It’s a bunch of shady ass shitbags using children for their own benefit. Reading all this petty twitter horseshit is making me dumber. FYFMFE.
FremontTroll
New Fish
@Dennis_DeYoung
Maybe he addressed it in the pod. I didn't listen.
The thing is that recruiting has been the focus of every staff change made since the original staff was assembled. And at this point it is a nearly elite staff. Better than Sark's vaunted all-star staff which included duds like Nussmeier, Keisau, the angry oline coach, and Nansen. At this point we are one more stud recruiter away from being elite. Between Gregory, Kwat, and PaoPao we need to replace one guy with another Bush or Jimmy level recruiter.
As for Gregory I don't think this forum gives him enough credit for our defensive success. With his DC experience and history with CP he is much more than a position coach. The problem is we already have one old white dude on defense in Kwat so Bob is redundant.
Dennis_DeYoung
New Fish
@Dennis_DeYoung
Smear campaign that discredits Thomas and gets him fired would be one way to do it.
Another would be to start holding 'minority coaching mentor days' (which I would prefer) and invite all local minority coaches to get a special day of mentoring from our minority coaches (dealing with specific challenges) then some general mentoring from Pete and the rest of the staff.
Have speakers, etc. Take it really seriously.
Why not?
dnc
New Fish
@Dennis_DeYoung
Smear campaign that discredits Thomas and gets him fired would be one way to do it.
Another would be to start holding 'minority coaching mentor days' (which I would prefer) and invite all local minority coaches to get a special day of mentoring from our minority coaches (dealing with specific challenges) then some general mentoring from Pete and the rest of the staff.
Have speakers, etc. Take it really seriously.
Why not both.gif?
FremontTroll
New Fish
As for the Garfield issue specifically it seems like Joey Thomas just wants to appear important. Invite him to pointless events, hold a camp and market him as one of the headlining coaches, offer his guys PWO spots, show up at his home games, basically make meaningless yet public overtures that he can puff his chest about.
FremontTroll
New Fish
Well Dennis wants to do the opposite which is fine too. I was just thinking there might be a way to massage his ego without actually endorsing him in any meaningful way.
GrundleStiltzkin
New Fish
^that
@Dennis_DeYoung
Smear campaign that discredits Thomas and gets him fired would be one way to do it.
Another would be to start holding 'minority coaching mentor days' (which I would prefer) and invite all local minority coaches to get a special day of mentoring from our minority coaches (dealing with specific challenges) then some general mentoring from Pete and the rest of the staff.
Have speakers, etc. Take it really seriously.
Why not?
I would actually vote for option A. Pete would probably never do it but I'd love to see Jimmy Lake swing his dick around in the situation and knock that little shit nugget down a peg.
AIRWOLF
New Fish
This makes sense. Sucking up to high school coaches is an unseemly, but necessary part of being an FBS head coach.
Nobody was better at it than Mack Brown. He was a mediocre coach, at best, and certainly didn't seem like a guy who would relate particularly well with 17-18 year olds, but his ability to ingratiate himself (and the Texas program) with high school coaches was legendary.
His style was homespun corny bullshit, but it was also calculated. That's why a buddy of mine always referred to him as a "small town mayor" type.
He was all about back slapping, remembering everybody's name (and in many cases, their kids' names), and trying to make them feel special. So a few minutes after Vince Young putting away the Rose Bowl, one of the first things Mack said when he hoisted up the trophy was that he dedicated the win to Texas high school football coaches.
Of course he was also utterly uncreative and not a particularly good evaluator or developer of talent. He also got lazy and entitled about recruiting, which led to UT falling into a pit of mediocrity around the end of his tenure, despite highly rated classes.
Petersen isn't the same type of guy, at all, but the lesson to always be selling[/i] HS coaches (particularly local ones) on the program is still a useful one.