2006-07 SCHEDULE

Globetrotter · Post by **Globetrotter** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 5:10 pm

OptionQB wrote:If you are a Division I head coach with an Internet connection and Gametracker, how in the hell does coming to Anderson Arena in the what last 4 years scare anyone? And teams should be lining up on Wooster to play our Jekyl and Hyde road show.

I don't buy Dakich's perceived scheduling problems at all. Just another paranoid attempt to make our team "seem" better than what it actually is.

If it smells like crap and looks like crap, then chances are that's what it is and welcome to our 2006-07 schedule.

complete with all new freshman.....each easily transferable.

BGSUfalcons · Post by **BGSUfalcons** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 1:09 am

Considering where the program is right now, I like the schedule. Sure, I would love to see more quality opponents. But this team needs confidence and having so many OOC home games is nice. South Alabama was very good last year, Furman is respectible, and there are many D-1A teams worse than Arkansas St and Troy.

JoeFalcon · Post by **JoeFalcon** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 10:47 am

MatelaAntwerp wrote:
OptionQB wrote:If you are a Division I head coach with an Internet connection and Gametracker, how in the hell does coming to Anderson Arena in the what last 4 years scare anyone? And teams should be lining up on Wooster to play our Jekyl and Hyde road show.

I don't buy Dakich's perceived scheduling problems at all. Just another paranoid attempt to make our team "seem" better than what it actually is.

If it smells like crap and looks like crap, then chances are that's what it is and welcome to our 2006-07 schedule.
complete with all new freshman.....each easily transferable.

There are many reasons to transfer from a program, most of which we've heard the past few years. The Debbie Downer wing of the fan base is free to contemplate and analyze them.

I just don't think a team's non-conference schedule for a given year is among them.

Globetrotter · Post by **Globetrotter** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 2:18 pm

JoeFalcon wrote:
MatelaAntwerp wrote:
OptionQB wrote:If you are a Division I head coach with an Internet connection and Gametracker, how in the hell does coming to Anderson Arena in the what last 4 years scare anyone? And teams should be lining up on Wooster to play our Jekyl and Hyde road show.

I don't buy Dakich's perceived scheduling problems at all. Just another paranoid attempt to make our team "seem" better than what it actually is.

If it smells like crap and looks like crap, then chances are that's what it is and welcome to our 2006-07 schedule.
complete with all new freshman.....each easily transferable.
There are many reasons to transfer from a program, most of which we've heard the past few years. The Debbie Downer wing of the fan base is free to contemplate and analyze them.

I just don't think a team's non-conference schedule for a given year is among them.

Ron Lewis transferred to play better competition.

Jacobs4Heisman · Post by **Jacobs4Heisman** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 2:31 pm

And games at Iowa state and home against Depaul on the non-con would've changed his mind?

hammb · Post by **hammb** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 2:35 pm

MatelaAntwerp wrote:
JoeFalcon wrote:
MatelaAntwerp wrote:
OptionQB wrote:If you are a Division I head coach with an Internet connection and Gametracker, how in the hell does coming to Anderson Arena in the what last 4 years scare anyone? And teams should be lining up on Wooster to play our Jekyl and Hyde road show.

I don't buy Dakich's perceived scheduling problems at all. Just another paranoid attempt to make our team "seem" better than what it actually is.

If it smells like crap and looks like crap, then chances are that's what it is and welcome to our 2006-07 schedule.
complete with all new freshman.....each easily transferable.
There are many reasons to transfer from a program, most of which we've heard the past few years. The Debbie Downer wing of the fan base is free to contemplate and analyze them.

I just don't think a team's non-conference schedule for a given year is among them.
Ron Lewis transferred to play better competition.

I thought he transferred because he wanted to play PG for the NBA? Or was it that he was homesick? Or did he transfer because he didn't get enough playing time? Or was it his parents wanting him closer to home? Maybe he had a family emergency?

Who knows.

What do all these things have in common? They're all convenient excuses for a staff that cannot find a way to keep players in the system.

BGorDeath · Post by **BGorDeath** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 2:39 pm

MatelaAntwerp wrote:
JoeFalcon wrote:
MatelaAntwerp wrote:
OptionQB wrote:If you are a Division I head coach with an Internet connection and Gametracker, how in the hell does coming to Anderson Arena in the what last 4 years scare anyone? And teams should be lining up on Wooster to play our Jekyl and Hyde road show.

I don't buy Dakich's perceived scheduling problems at all. Just another paranoid attempt to make our team "seem" better than what it actually is.

If it smells like crap and looks like crap, then chances are that's what it is and welcome to our 2006-07 schedule.
complete with all new freshman.....each easily transferable.
There are many reasons to transfer from a program, most of which we've heard the past few years. The Debbie Downer wing of the fan base is free to contemplate and analyze them.

I just don't think a team's non-conference schedule for a given year is among them.
Ron Lewis transferred to play better competition.

Ron Lewis transferred because he and his brother are tools. Anywho, if Dakich is padding the schedule with patsies to allow him to get an extension, as many on this board are insinuating, what's wrong with that? If you were seen on the verge of losing your job that you liked and supported your family with, wouldn't you try to create an enviroment that would allow you to remain employed? Dakich is damned if he does, damned if he doesn't with most people around this site. Just go to the freaking games and support the team.

hammb · Post by **hammb** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 4:03 pm

BGorDeath wrote: Ron Lewis transferred because he and his brother are tools. Anywho, if Dakich is padding the schedule with patsies to allow him to get an extension, as many on this board are insinuating, what's wrong with that? If you were seen on the verge of losing your job that you liked and supported your family with, wouldn't you try to create an enviroment that would allow you to remain employed? Dakich is damned if he does, damned if he doesn't with most people around this site. Just go to the freaking games and support the team.

I go to nearly all the home games (I've missed on or two a year at most for the past 6-7 years). I support the team by being vocal when necessary, etc. I have went to the Gund to watch the MAC tourney, especially BG's games, for the last 5 years. I have made at least one road game each of the last 6 years, usually I get to a couple of the roadies.

I think I support this team as well as anyone on this board.

One nice thing about going to all these games to support the team is that I get to watch them, and see what they are. You know what I've seen in most of that time frame? A heaping pile of pig crap.

Yeah, you're darn right that Dakich cannot win for losing with a lot of us, and I'll tell ya why. He has ruined this program and stomped it into the ground in the last 4 years. Did he do it on purpose? I highly doubt that. Does it pain him as much or more than it does the rest of us? I'm sure it does. Unfortunately, I also don't think that he realizes what he's doing wrong, and I don't think he knows how to fix it. If he does, damn well start making strides in the correct direction real freaking quick.

At the time Dan left for WVU I was a senior and knew some of the players. Dan Dakich lost that team when he left, and he has NEVER been able to regain the trust of the players. Is that his fault, or the fault of the AD for bringing him back? I don't know, but I do know that the lack of trust has proliferated down to all the new players year after year. He has NEVER been able to get his team to buy into his philosophy, and he cannot even get individual players to buy into him as a coach any more. As a result we look like a lost team on the court, and we have players leaving like mad after every season.

Dan Dakich was, at one time, a very good & respected coach in the MAC. I don't believe that the man forgot how to coach, but I also don't believe he will ever be a successful coach for this program again. It is time for both him & the program to move on without one another. He could still be a good coach someday, but that will never happen again in BG...unfortunately he burned that bridge on a weekend trip to Morgantown.

Yeah, I'll still be at all these games, rooting for this team. I still want what's best for the team & the program. But Dan would have to prove a helluva lot to me before I'd even begin to think he deserved an extension.

Rollo83 · Post by **Rollo83** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 4:23 pm

I disagree that he can't win at BG anymore because he burnt a bridge leaving for WV. The kids on the current team probably don't even realize her ever left for West Virginia...nor do they care. I think his coaching style is probably his biggets hurdle to recruiting talent.., and thus ultimately winning.

Yes, he may have "lost" the team he returned to after the WV fiasco, but I doubt anyone associated with the team, other than some of the fans, really give a rats ass.

KPAFalcon · Post by **KPAFalcon** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 4:25 pm

What is your definition of "helluva lot"? I think he has the horses this year to do well. 18+ win and a run at the MAC (at least final 4 in the tourament) and the majority of the team coming back for 2-3 more years.

Jacobs4Heisman · Post by **Jacobs4Heisman** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 4:30 pm

KPAFalcon wrote: and the majority of the team coming back for 2-3 more years.

Really?

hammb · Post by **hammb** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 4:38 pm

KPAFalcon wrote:What is your definition of "helluva lot"? I think he has the horses this year to do well. 18+ win and a run at the MAC (at least final 4 in the tourament) and the majority of the team coming back for 2-3 more years.

A win in the NCAA tournament. Nothing short of it.

I refuse to let an 18 win season (not that I think that will happen) against a weak schedule erase what has happened here for the past 4 years.

orangeandbrown · Post by **orangeandbrown** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 4:43 pm

Rollo83 wrote:I disagree that he can't win at BG anymore because he burnt a bridge leaving for WV. The kids on the current team probably don't even realize her ever left for West Virginia...nor do they care. I think his coaching style is probably his biggets hurdle to recruiting talent.., and thus ultimately winning.

Yes, he may have "lost" the team he returned to after the WV fiasco, but I doubt anyone associated with the team, other than some of the fans, really give a rats ass.

Well, to follow the logic, each team is an extension of the one the year before and the bad culture in year one just kept going from year to year. I don't entirely see it that why but I think that is the idea.

BGorDeath · Post by **BGorDeath** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 4:52 pm

Ok...let's see here, our program sucks because of:

1. Transfers
2. Lefeld's feet
3. Floyd's drinking
4. Dakich's temperment
5. Dakich going to WVU for a day
6. Anderson Arena
7. The Dance Team
8. Our OOC schedule
9. Krebs leaving
10. The MAC front office
11. Campus parking
12. Lack of alumni fincancial support
13. The PA announcer
14. The motion offense
15. The pep band playing Mr. Roboto
16. The kid jumping on Fitch
17. Fitch's doobage
18. Vandermeer's dad
19. Cornrows
20. Cheeseburgers
21. Netter's brain
22. Ribeau's house
23. Hokey game day contests
24. JUCO players
25. The Sideline Squad getting seating preferences
26. Rattlesnake Bob
27. Michael Reghi's toupee
28. Ohio State
29. Lack of television exposure
30. Eyink not being POY

I think I got most of them, but I am sure there are some I overlooked. Feel free to add to the list because I am getting tired of the whole transfer, WVU, motion offense reasons.

hammb · Post by **hammb** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 4:53 pm

orangeandbrown wrote:
Rollo83 wrote:I disagree that he can't win at BG anymore because he burnt a bridge leaving for WV. The kids on the current team probably don't even realize her ever left for West Virginia...nor do they care. I think his coaching style is probably his biggets hurdle to recruiting talent.., and thus ultimately winning.

Yes, he may have "lost" the team he returned to after the WV fiasco, but I doubt anyone associated with the team, other than some of the fans, really give a rats ass.
Well, to follow the logic, each team is an extension of the one the year before and the bad culture in year one just kept going from year to year. I don't entirely see it that why but I think that is the idea.

I've heard from sources I trust that we had players up until last season telling recruits not to come here, because they wouldn't want to play for Dan Dakich. Maybe that lineage has ended, but the guy that I've heard telling them this wasn't here when Dan jumped and came back, so I find it naive to believe that the culture will just stop to proliferate. That lockerroom was destroyed the second he came back from Morgantown, and those guys that were against him then turned the underclassmen against him too. Then those underclassmen set that same example for the new players. In the end you get a team full of players that refuse to buy what their coach is selling, and they jump ship the first opportunity they got.

I know, at the very least, that both Steven Wright & John Floyd had quit the team in the lockerroom in the past. They both were talked back into returning. What the hell kind of lockerroom culture is created where we have to beg players to stay here and keep our $10k+ a year scholarship offers!?

I'm sorry, but I think a mentality has been created that can only be solved by Dan & BG going their separate ways. I was a huge fan of Dan Dakich 5 years ago, and I think he can still win elsewhere, but I just don't see it here in BG.

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