This is from the Miami board, dude is ticked at Chryst

RobbyFalcon · Post by **RobbyFalcon** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 1:21 pm

"Can Rick Chryst Count to Twelve?
Posted by DevilGrad on 02/13 at 10:30 AM

We’re hearing well-sourced rumors that, because some of our fellow conference members overscheduled non-conference games, the MAC may play a seven-game conference schedule this season. Adding insult to injury, the proposed schedule for Miami would leave the RedHawks with only three conference home games as opposed to four road games.

According to our sources, several MAC members have “inadvertently” scheduled five non-conference games for 2007. Rather than force those schools to pay buyouts or otherwise rework their schedules, the MAC office apparently is considering trimming the conference schedule to seven games. Nevermind that, as an astute observer on the MAC BBS has pointed out, this is mathematically impossible in a 13-team league.

We started off as big Rick Chryst fans, and his work in establishing a foothold for the basketball tournament in Cleveland and a MAC presence on ESPN was nothing short of brilliant. But in recent years, the MAC office has treated us to a series of missteps—Temple for football only, weeknight games with no broadcast coverage, and now this—indicative of a commissioner who no longer consults with the athletic directors at his strongest members.

Time after time, Chryst has asked the relatively strong schools in the MAC to take one for the good of the league. This time, we understand that Miami effectively would be punished twice for the mistakes of others—once by having to find a last-minute non-conference game and again by being forced to play more road games than home games in league play (because Brad Bates had the foresight to get two non-conference home games this year).

We have long suspected that some of our conference brethren take on players who can’t count to twelve, but we expected better from their athletic directors and our conference commissioner. If Rick Chryst wants to keep building this conference, he might want to start establishing policies that reward competence rather than incompetence. And if he can’t do that, it may be time for Miami to look for the exit."

PGY Tiercel · Post by **PGY Tiercel** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 2:54 pm

If a 7 game MAC season turns out to be true, I see no reason not to be ticked at Chryst. BG had to give up our home game with Boise last year to help out the chumps at Ohio. The Weeknight games were horrible, not well covered and used mostly to talk about OSU and Michigan. While many non-BCS conferences are choosing which sport to make their name in, Basketball or football, it seems like the MAC isn't trying to do well in either.

1987alum · Post by **1987alum** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 3:02 pm

I hate to be the eternal optimist, but I'd like to think that the folks at the MAC office had this figured out well in advance and won't be dropping a 7-game conference schedule on members as a surprise.

Bleeding Orange · Post by **Bleeding Orange** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 3:12 pm

1987alum wrote:I hate to be the eternal optimist, but I'd like to think that the folks at the MAC office had this figured out well in advance and won't be dropping a 7-game conference schedule on members as a surprise.

I would love to have such faith, but it is abundantly clear that there is either rampant incompetence, laziness, or a combination of the two affecting the MAC offices. Every year the conference's scheduling is so outrageously convoluted that I think to myself that we have nowhere to go but up, but every year things get progressively worse. Now, I would be inclined to give the conference a pass on the fluidity of the non-conference slate because of the fact that other schools and conferences have a great deal of say in what is going on. But, when we don't even know what the schedule is going to be in our own conference until May every year, I have little faith that anything is being dealt with in a competent manner.

I have gotten pretty fed up with this lately. I am constantly having to defend the MAC as a legitimate conference to all of the Big 10 elitists around me, but it is really hard to do so when our own conference, intentionally or unintentionally (doesn't really matter), doesn't seem to care enough make the effort to portray a professional level of competence.
Rick Christ has done some good things for this conference over the years, but if he can't even implement a scheduling system comparable to EVERY OTHER D1A FOOTBALL CONFERENCE IN THE COUNTRY, then it is time for him to go and bring in someone who can.

Can you tell I'm just as PO'ed as our Skinhawk friend?

NWLB · Post by **NWLB** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 4:34 pm

The conference may have added a few bowl games, but the overall progress is clearly stalled.

Basketball is floundering, these screw-ups in football are inexcusable.

redskins4ever · Post by **redskins4ever** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 5:12 pm

well before I got on my rant about the scheduling issues...

WHO ARE THE MORON SCHOOLS SCHEDULIGN SO MANY DAMN OOC GAMES?

2nd... FAIR USAGE... please chop your article and establish a link to the rest of this... you folks sometimes blantly disregard the law.

Schadenfreude · Post by **Schadenfreude** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 5:34 pm

I can't imagine why a majority of ADs would agree to a seven-game conference schedule.

Half the league would get three-game MAC home schedules -- and recognition of the blatant stupidity of that would seem to get the "no" vote to a majority.

While I suppose certain MAC crossover games could be designated "nonconference" games, the pure fugliness of that ought to carry some weight.

I'll believe this rumor about seven-game MAC schedules when I see it.

redskins4ever · Post by **redskins4ever** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 5:46 pm

7 games and 13 teams isn't mathamatically possible.

Bleeding Orange · Post by **Bleeding Orange** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 7:04 pm

redskins4ever wrote:7 games and 13 teams isn't mathamatically possible.

No, no, no. Thats 12 teams...and Temple. Maybe it works by that math.