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Does anyone like their coach?

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Re: Does anyone like their coach?

MikeAnderson said:
I would argue that it is the job of everyone on a collegiate campus to prepare students for life after college. Any awards you get along the way are gravy.

For faculty, that means educating and preparing them for their field of work.

For coaches, it means educating and preparing them for their field of work...like the NHL, for instance.

Take football for example and name me one spread-offense quarterback that has gone on to success in the NFL. Sure, the spread wins games, and even championships, but it doesn't prepare your players for professional football.

JMHO.
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I think this is a bit silly, in all honesty. A coach has very little, if any, obligation to prepare players for the pro level because most will never get there. The vast majority of college players in ALL sports will never play professionally. A collegiate coach's job is to make sure the students are meeting their requirements academically, and to win games. Maybe the spread offense quarterback is simply not good enough to play in the NFL, but the college coach knows he can be successful with a spread offense at the college level and win games. That means the coach is doing a good job.
 
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MikeAnderson said:
Take football for example and name me one spread-offense quarterback that has gone on to success in the NFL.
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Drew Brees says hello. Donovan McNabb, while not running a true spread as we know it now, also sends his regards.
 
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From the RMU side. I think Derek has done a great job in starting the program and getting it very competitive very quickly starting from nothing back in 04-05. Already have a couple of signature wins, and twice was one bounce of the puck away from the NCAA's in conference championship games. A great first 5+ seasons so far.
 
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Jofa said:
Last night was an example of vintage Parker getting his team ready for the first weeks of the season. I hope everyday he prays to the pictures of messrs Gilroy, Wilson, Higgy, JLaw, and Yip because they bought him another 5 to 10 years of a free ride. Time to resume 21st century futility and medicocrity.
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This fellow does not care for the coach of the defending National Champions which is his third national championship. This same coach has more than 800 career victories.

Additionally, I have it on good authority that the coach at Maine has several detractors.
 
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I propose a new NCAA-wide rule.

If you lose a game, you must immediately fire your coach.

We'd have a huge pool of defeated teams and free agent coaches after every game, and they'd swap. Rick Comley would end up back at NMU. Jeff Jackson would end up at Bowling Green halfway through the season and coach them to a Frozen Four. {PROVICED would land Don Lucia, then have to give him up in favor of Craig Dahl just in time for first round playoff action.
 
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Twitch Boy said:
I propose a new NCAA-wide rule.

If you lose a game, you must immediately fire your coach.

We'd have a huge pool of defeated teams and free agent coaches after every game, and they'd swap. Rick Comley would end up back at NMU. Jeff Jackson would end up at Bowling Green halfway through the season and coach them to a Frozen Four. {PROVICED would land Don Lucia, then have to give him up in favor of Craig Dahl just in time for first round playoff action.
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Would this rule apply to football? That may be the only way FSU replaces Bowden. :p
 
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I can't believe the Minnesota State fan base hasn't weighed in on this, yet?

Don't let me be the first ;) :D :)

Of course, there is little point after the recent 4 year extension this summer. It is what it is...
 
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Fighting Sioux 23 said:
If you want to look at it that way, then most college coaches are failures.
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JS Tigers said:
I think this is a bit silly, in all honesty. A coach has very little, if any, obligation to prepare players for the pro level because most will never get there. The vast majority of college players in ALL sports will never play professionally. A collegiate coach's job is to make sure the students are meeting their requirements academically, and to win games. Maybe the spread offense quarterback is simply not good enough to play in the NFL, but the college coach knows he can be successful with a spread offense at the college level and win games. That means the coach is doing a good job.
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It is a goal. Every teacher is a failure, because no teacher and no (legitimate) school has a 100% graduation rate. It is a goal, it's hard to obtain, and it's nice when it happens. My teachers are failures, I guess, because they trained me to be a systems analyist and I ended up being a media relations professional.

To be fair, the "prepare players for a professional career" mantle falls more on the junior coaches than anyone else, as it is rare for a hockey player to be drafted *while* he is in college rather than *before* he gets there. Not so much in the realm of basketball or football, where NCAA play is the only real exposure and true preparation a US-based player is going to get.

That said, just like with wins and losses, there are expectations placed on a coach by the fans and by the administration. Some are realistic - showing marked improvement, reaching milestones for conference and NCAA play, etc. Some are not - never lose, never allow a goal, win every national championship ever, sign every big recruit ever.

As long as a coach is living up to those (realistic) expectations, then I doubt you're going to find anyone who will see much fault in him.

JMHO.
 
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I did not read any of ths thread but...

A coach is an easy person to blame after a hard loss. Your coach could be Jesus Christ and they'd still throw him on the cross (pun intended).
 
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French Rage said:
Schafer is the one coach to have.
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