Hopefully it will be, for the five years or so he's here. If he is successful at BC, he will use it as a stepping stone to move on to greener pastures. And I'm okay with that. BC fans in general should be. BC football is NOT a destination job and never will be. What they should have been doing to whole time is finding guys like this and if he's successful and leaves after five seasons, you go out and find the next one. Rinse and repeat.
That was true in the past, but I don’t see BC losing Hafley to many schools. Sure tOSU, PSU & Michigan offering 8-10 million would do it, but not 85% of the schools out there. Most schools are in the same boat as BC. It’s an above average P5 job. More likely he could leave for an NFL HC job.
You guys are top conf members
Have ooodles of cash
Top strength facilities that puts kids in the nfl year after year.
Tradition
Major tv market
Attract high caliber yutes to a very good school
No reason bc isn’t Clemson north
Outside of the weather there is no excuse. But with the right coach there is no doubt talented kids from Florida wouldn’t want to come
a legend and an out of work bum look a lot alike, daddy.
It takes a very low-IQ individual to question the move to the ACC. And yes, as pointed out, the alternative was to be non-P5 and enjoy the slow death of possibly the entire athletic program due to low cashflows like you're seeing down in Storrs. Perhaps they can sue their way into more cash.
Being in the ACC and grabbing that large check helps fund one of the largest athletic departments in the country in terms of number of varsity teams. BC has shown no desire to really pare that list down very much over the past few decades so it's pretty obvious where the priority is here in the administration and without ACC money that would not be remotely possible.
Again, it isn't rocket science and anyone questioning the move really should go have some genetic testing done to get a chromosome count. It might explain a lot of things.
Originally posted by Greg Ambrose on 3/7/2010
The fact that you BC fans revel in the superiority of your team in an admittedly weak league leads me to believe you will be more sorely disappointed when the end comes than we will.
BC is one of the reasons the ACC expanded in the first place. They desperately needed TV markets and an expanded footprint. You can’t have an Atlantic Coast Conference without Boston.
The ACC is down in football and most of the programs are at the level of BC. A good coach can put BC in top 4-5 programs in the ACC. The same is true in hoops, it all starts with good coaching. BC has lacked good coaching since Gary Williams and Tom Coughlin. They have built up the facilities and fully funded the coaching staff.
BC football is going to fun to watch under Hafley.
Go Eagles!
With the right coach BC can be competitive annually.
Remember what Coughlin did in his short stint ?
Bicknell and Flutie put BC on the map.
The upset win over highly ranked Texas who was coached by Royal and had players like Earl Campbell, Ray Clayborn, Jones boys, etc.
Pete Cronin put a hit on a Texas runner that was heard all over the stadium in that great 14-13 upset win.
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With the right coach BC can be competitive annually.
Remember what Coughlin did in his short stint ?
Bicknell and Flutie put BC on the map.
The upset win over highly ranked Texas who was coached by Royal and had players like Earl Campbell, Ray Clayborn, Jones boys, etc.
Pete Cronin put a hit on a Texas runner that was heard all over the stadium in that great 14-13 upset win.
I believe Russell Erxlaben (?sp) was their FG kicker and just missed a 50 yarder at the buzzer.
Originally posted by mookie1995
bc is superior to bu in nearly everything. while it is sad that it has come to it, it's the truth. if bu doesn't like it, improve.
Rep from Hokydad -"and your an old never been piece of ****"
Originally Posted by Dirty
Why is anyone surprised that Old Pio is acting like a grumpy old f^ck? He is a grumpy old f^ck.
With the right coach BC can be competitive annually.
Remember what Coughlin did in his short stint ?
Bicknell and Flutie put BC on the map.
The upset win over highly ranked Texas who was coached by Royal and had players like Earl Campbell, Ray Clayborn, Jones boys, etc.
Pete Cronin put a hit on a Texas runner that was heard all over the stadium in that great 14-13 upset win.
It depends on what your definition of competitive is. Competitive as in the Tom O'Brien era, 8 to 9 wins, then yes. If you mean competitive as is compete for conference championships, then no.
Yes, I remember what Coughlin did in his short stint. My point is to emphasize the short. Their problem for decades has now has been this obsession with hiring a coach who is "committed" to BC for the long-term. They should have been looking for the new Tom Coughlin. And then when that person left after 3-5 years, find the next one. And so on and so forth.
Bicknell and Flutie put BC on the map. It didn't take them too long to fall back off it. From 1985 through 1990 (post-Flutie to Bicknell's last year) they were a combined 27-41. If you take out the 9-3 year in 1986, they were an atrocious 18-38 the other five years.
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Yes, I remember what Coughlin did in his short stint. My point is to emphasize the short. Their problem for decades has now has been this obsession with hiring a coach who is "committed" to BC for the long-term. They should have been looking for the new Tom Coughlin. And then when that person left after 3-5 years, find the next one. And so on and so forth.
Yes! Just hire the best person. If you're wrong that's fine, it's going to happen; this is not as easy as it sounds. But Gene legit hired the worst coach based on the fact he would never want to leave (read: unmotivated) after getting butthurt by Jagz. Young folks are motivated even if they are using BC as a stepping stone. Already we have seen the results with Jarmond (he has his issues, he is not perfect) but if this guy leaves it's because he did well here and others may poach him. Same with Hafley now. And that makes BC a better place as a result.
Gene really got that wrong. And Bates... we'll never know what went on in that man's head.
Originally posted by Greg Ambrose on 3/7/2010
The fact that you BC fans revel in the superiority of your team in an admittedly weak league leads me to believe you will be more sorely disappointed when the end comes than we will.
Exrleben was the kicker and during warm ups he just pounded it through from plus 50. David Green went 75 yards on the first play from scrimage for the TD. Everyone in the house was stunned.
Yes! Just hire the best person. If you're wrong that's fine, it's going to happen; this is not as easy as it sounds. But Gene legit hired the worst coach based on the fact he would never want to leave (read: unmotivated) after getting butthurt by Jagz. Young folks are motivated even if they are using BC as a stepping stone. Already we have seen the results with Jarmond (he has his issues, he is not perfect) but if this guy leaves it's because he did well here and others may poach him. Same with Hafley now. And that makes BC a better place as a result.
Gene really got that wrong. And Bates... we'll never know what went on in that man's head.
Same with hoops
We had Tom Davis and Gary Williams and left for better pastures
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We had Tom Davis and Gary Williams and left for better pastures
Times are very different now at BC with the ACC revenue. Soon they will be receiving 35 million per year for just being a member. BC football and basketball have the potential to become destination jobs. The money has already had an impact on facilities with the Fish Field House. I expect over the next ten to twenty years BC will build a new arena and a major rebuild of the football stadium. The Power 5 conferences are becoming more like a professional league.
US done at the World Juniors. Given the opponent Saturday is UVM, I'd be stunned if Knight was back for that game. Edquist recently returned from injury. Probably pretty rusty but they should be able to beat UVM without a goalie.
Give Edquist the shot, he sat out the first half, he is finally able to play. He is a Senior and everyone should be all healed up and ready to go. January is a big month, we will see how solid they are in the coming weeks. I saw the summary of the Fin game on You Tube, I don't recall Whalstrom being as good with the puck last year, he has become better but still a long way from NHL good. Zegras is scary good with the puck.
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