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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Doug Phillips

« on: February 09, 2020, 07:23:01 PM »

Excited for the energy that Coach Phillips is bringing to the program.  It's time for us to all get behind him and show our support!

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: The next YSU Head Football Coach

« on: February 04, 2020, 05:42:55 PM »

I didn’t want it to be true but it indeed is. It’s a huge risk for the Athletic Department but I’ll give him a chance.  Hopefully he can turn his vision into reality.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: The next YSU Head Football Coach

« on: February 03, 2020, 08:53:40 PM »

I'm not buying the Tim Tyrrell rumor.  I think we will be pleasantly surprised with the final choice.  It's a good sign there has hardly been any leaks so far. 

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: The next YSU Head Football Coach

« on: February 03, 2020, 11:52:28 AM »

Good for D’Alesio, the D-line was the only consistent position group on the team throughout Pelini’s tenure and especially this past season.

Yes, that's true, but give me Rivers Moss, Smith, Reed, Cook et. al. and I'LL have a good DL!  I'm with the unpaid job in LSU as the best for him.

You're right about him having a lot of talent to work with, but it still was the only group that came to play week in and week out.  It was going to be very difficult for any of his assistants to find good jobs this late into the offseason.  I think many of his assistants will have trouble finding any jobs now because of how late it is and because many lacked any prior experience before coming here.  Hopefully we have a better group of assistants this time around. 

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: The next YSU Head Football Coach

« on: February 03, 2020, 08:39:55 AM »

Good for D’Alesio, the D-line was the only consistent position group on the team throughout Pelini’s tenure and especially this past season.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: The next YSU Head Football Coach

« on: February 01, 2020, 01:10:12 PM »

Go,

Mallory lost his quarterback in the first or second game and that tanked his season as he had no capable replacement. It would be better to judge him on 2018.  He is interesting to me because Indiana State might be one of the very worst jobs in FCS.  If he came here, he would be able to secure better players and many more of them.

There is no "slam dunk" choice.  Everybody is a gamble.  Tressel's legacy (the athletic part) is on the line with this selection.  And he knows it.

This hire has no impact on Tressel’s legacy at Youngstown State at all! His athletic legacy here has already been sealed with his 4 National Championships.  And his mission right now is SO MUCH BIGGER than the football program.  He has done amazing things as President of the University and his impact on both the University and the area will be felt many years to come.

With that being said, my only hope with the next hire is that the Athletic Department does not feel any obligation to hire a local guy for the job. The recent hires in the other sports have been good so I’m hopeful we will finally get the right guy for the job.  It will be interesting to see how much talent was truly left of the roster for the next guy. I’m concerned due to the recruiting record of our previous staff.  I think, in the end, the Penguins were bailed out by LSU because change was needed, the culture of the program had gone bad.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Shane Montgomery

« on: December 19, 2016, 08:20:19 AM »

For the better part of this year and last year, I had thought Montgomery's offense had run stale in the MVFC.  However, since the change back to Hunter, our offense has been clicking on all cylinders and has made up for a few of those low scoring efforts early on in the season.  I hope we can keep him, because he probably is one of the top level coordinators in the FCS.  I'd be surprised if Pitt didn't target someone a little bigger first and then if that doesn't work, try to snag Montgomery.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Possible Player Suspensions

« on: December 12, 2016, 04:09:29 PM »

I am lost as to why Ruiz was the only disciplined this past Saturday.  Did he do something else to receive that?

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Possible Player Suspensions

« on: December 12, 2016, 12:59:54 PM »

C'mon guys, this is obviously an internal matter.  No need to make it public for everyone to see.  Until they make it public, let's not speculate and tarnish the images of these young men.

How can it be "obviously an internal matter" when I read about it on a blog and I am going to know the names of the players when they take the field in EWU Saturday?  What this is, is a "slow release public matter".
Ask Hillary Clinton how the slow release method keeps everything under wraps!  Any attempt at coverup only makes it worse, and doesn't hid a thing.

I personally have no idea what these players have done and it is very worrisome how some are describing it.  I'd much prefer someone just say what they did than leaving the door open to a wide variety of things that these players might have done.  I hope it's not too serious.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Possible Player Suspensions

« on: December 12, 2016, 11:46:26 AM »

C'mon guys, this is obviously an internal matter.  No need to make it public for everyone to see.  Until they make it public, let's not speculate and tarnish the images of these young men. 

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Eastern Washington

« on: December 12, 2016, 11:29:34 AM »

We cannot settle for field goals, as we see how that played out for us this past Saturday.  If we score TDs when we get into the redzone and our defense plays its best game of the year, we have a shot...  Go Guins!  I want to make a trip down to Frisco!!!

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Wofford.

« on: December 10, 2016, 07:48:55 AM »

I'll take YSU 24-13, NDSU 28-21, and EWU (I don't know enough to make a score prediction).

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: over-rated

« on: December 09, 2016, 10:09:55 PM »

Sam Houston may be one of the biggest frauds I've ever seen.  They look afraid to hit and I believe they completely quit once they got down by 21.  Such a shame.  In regards to Jacksonville State, I do believe they were ranked in the right position.  They were able to take care of business in their half of the bracket last year and made were runners-up.  Their only loss came down in Death Valley this year.  Unfortunately for them, they ran into a red hot Penguins team.