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dwj:
Our AD is a bean counter by trade. Does not care about winning programs just bringing in money. Apparently the big money supporters keep donating so he is happy. Instead of building winning athletic programs he is more interested in adding sports like bowling and lacross & building facilities that remain mostly empty. This is the current situation so until there is a change at the top in personnel & priorities do not expect much improvement. We as low level fans do not have much impact on the revenue flow and really are insignificant to these people.
Double ET:
--- Quote from: YSUGO on October 03, 2021, 10:25:30 AM ---Couple of quick thoughts?
What did Coach Wolford have when he recruited? Why could he find offensive lineman? I know the year he got released he said he was actively going to recruit lineman prospects from the upper Midwest. He to to compete in our league size and length was essential.
We all know he could recruit. So instead of blowing it up why didn’t we ante up to get better a$$istant coaches. Isn’t that the AD job to find$$$. If you think about it our line was pretty good after 5 years of recruiting by Wolford. In my opinion till we increase budget we will never be a top 3 team in this conference. Year after year we say the same things about the lines.
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My thought exactly.
As I posted before, if Coach W had the $$ to get himself a good DC and #8 held on to the interception ( right in his hands and that would have put us into the playoff), Wofford could still be the HC today somewhere, if not at YSU.
There is no question in my mind that Wofford’s team had the talents to compete with the top teams in our conference.
On the other hand, Coach P did not even have the talents (his recruits) to compete with the bottom teams in our conference although he was given higer budget to bring in assistants. Amazingly, he brought back #8 to coach the D. That screwed us up big time. He even took #8 to the next job with him. We all know what happened to the LSU defense.
It is difficult to watch the games any more ( I have been watching the team since 1966, my Freshmen year at Youngstown University).
Wick250:
--- Quote from: dwj on October 03, 2021, 10:51:42 AM ---Our AD is a bean counter by trade. Does not care about winning programs just bringing in money. Apparently the big money supporters keep donating so he is happy. Instead of building winning athletic programs he is more interested in adding sports like bowling and lacross & building facilities that remain mostly empty. This is the current situation so until there is a change at the top in personnel & priorities do not expect much improvement. We as low level fans do not have much impact on the revenue flow and really are insignificant to these people.
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An accurate summary. Strollo does not even care about common season ticket holders who choose not to join his Penguin Club. I'm not going to complain about the big money contributors because they do a lot of good. But I wonder if we would be in better shape if they demanded excellence in exchange for their funds. Would fear of losing donations and not filling his precious loges spur Strollo to get serious about winning?
YSU1:
I just don't want us to turn into a FCS version of the AKRON ZIPS.
YSUGO:
Here is what makes me sad.
We won 4 championships and of all the Dominant FCS schools we parlayed them for what?
A 4000 other side of the stadium.
Apply St. moved up
Georgia S moved up
Marshall moved up
Boise moved up
We haven’t done sh** in 20 years other than what 2 playoff appearances.
I have said this countless times we are in the wrong conference. We have no chance of ever winning it for years. If at all.
They will use us as a schedule filler for every Homecoming that’s what we have become. Being in a tough league means sh** if you don’t have the resources we are like the missouri and S Carolina of the SEC they ain’t winning sh**. We when we were dominant we should of made a move to a different league or hell we should have started one.
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