I still love Dan Dakich

[BGorDeath]

I have a good connection with Dakich, not me personally, but through someone I know very very well. This person spent a lot of time with him over the past 4 years or so, and through all the things I have heard from this person and all the experiences I have had with Coach personally, he is truly a first-rate, top-class guy. He pushes his guys to be the best players and the best people that they can be, and he wants to see his guys through to graduation. He is honest and is fine with taking the blame for a bad season or a mistake that has been made (unlike other coaches we have here at BG who seem to have a book full of random excuses.) All the great things about Coach and all the positive experiences I had had both first- and second-hand were what infuriated me in reading these boards in the past few years. Thread after thread dealt with "Fire Dakich" and who is hosting the party the day his contract expires. Every bad thing that happened with the team landed straight on his head in the eyes of the fans, and he was cool with that. He's an AWESOME guy, I believe he is a wonderful role model for the players and others who interact with him, including the person I spoke of earlier (he does swear a lot more than he used to since hanging with Coach so much, though. ) But I always hoped that through all the anger, people on this board never lost sight of what was really important about the guy. It's not his basketball stats or anything like that; he wants to graduate his guys and make sure that they have the tools to succeed in their future endeavors. He's a first-rate guy who has had a great tenure at BG, whether it ends next month or, by chance, it continues. I'd love to have him around here longer, but wherever he goes next, that place will be lucky.

The game does not make the man. We love ya, Coach- you've done well.

I continue to have a hard time figuring out why people keep using the above quote as a reason to support Coach Dakich. You point out that his finest points as a coach are that "he wants to see his players through and graduate". Unfortunately this is one of the worst things he has done at BGSU. During his ten years, a low percentage of players have completed their time as a basketball player and graduated. It is the truth, plain and simple. As I said before, this is not the place to name names of graduates or non graduates, registration and records or the alumni center it their for you.

If you truly love this man, at least pick some things that he does well and praise him for it. Don't make up ideas. I am usually the voice of sarcastic truth on this site, but if I am going to criticize I should do something to help fix the problem. I will share something Dan actually does/has did. He does a good job hosting his summer camp. There have been instances where he will let kids come for free, if money is tight for the parents at home. That is commendable.

Dude, Netter graduated. If that doesn't say something for Coach's dedication to getting his players an education, I don't know what does.

[Jacobs4Heisman]

Common sense would tell me that transfer rate is an extremely poor indicator of Dan's commitment to education. These kids aren't dropping out of school, they're enrolling in a different institution of higher education (except Ron Lewis ).

[commonsense]

Common sense would tell me that transfer rate is an extremely poor indicator of Dan's commitment to education. These kids aren't dropping out of school, they're enrolling in a different institution of higher education (except Ron Lewis ).

I completely agree with you 100%. The only thing I would bring up is that I think most of these kids are smart enough to see the value in a college education. I don't think any of the transfers heard that a college education was valuable for the first time from Dan Dakich. Obviously not, if they are enrolling in institutions of higher education, without the help of the master educator himself (Dan Dakich).

Yes, the transfer situation will be a poor indicator of his graduation rate, that is why I did not bring it up. I clearly stated that to say that he has done a good job of seeing players through and graduating is false.

[CrazyFan]

I have a good connection with Dakich, not me personally, but through someone I know very very well. This person spent a lot of time with him over the past 4 years or so, and through all the things I have heard from this person and all the experiences I have had with Coach personally, he is truly a first-rate, top-class guy. He pushes his guys to be the best players and the best people that they can be, and he wants to see his guys through to graduation. He is honest and is fine with taking the blame for a bad season or a mistake that has been made (unlike other coaches we have here at BG who seem to have a book full of random excuses.) All the great things about Coach and all the positive experiences I had had both first- and second-hand were what infuriated me in reading these boards in the past few years. Thread after thread dealt with "Fire Dakich" and who is hosting the party the day his contract expires. Every bad thing that happened with the team landed straight on his head in the eyes of the fans, and he was cool with that. He's an AWESOME guy, I believe he is a wonderful role model for the players and others who interact with him, including the person I spoke of earlier (he does swear a lot more than he used to since hanging with Coach so much, though. ) But I always hoped that through all the anger, people on this board never lost sight of what was really important about the guy. It's not his basketball stats or anything like that; he wants to graduate his guys and make sure that they have the tools to succeed in their future endeavors. He's a first-rate guy who has had a great tenure at BG, whether it ends next month or, by chance, it continues. I'd love to have him around here longer, but wherever he goes next, that place will be lucky.

The game does not make the man. We love ya, Coach- you've done well.

I continue to have a hard time figuring out why people keep using the above quote as a reason to support Coach Dakich. You point out that his finest points as a coach are that "he wants to see his players through and graduate". Unfortunately this is one of the worst things he has done at BGSU. During his ten years, a low percentage of players have completed their time as a basketball player and graduated. It is the truth, plain and simple. As I said before, this is not the place to name names of graduates or non graduates, registration and records or the alumni center it their for you.

If you truly love this man, at least pick some things that he does well and praise him for it. Don't make up ideas. I am usually the voice of sarcastic truth on this site, but if I am going to criticize I should do something to help fix the problem. I will share something Dan actually does/has did. He does a good job hosting his summer camp. There have been instances where he will let kids come for free, if money is tight for the parents at home. That is commendable.

People use the above quote to support Dakich because that's part of his job and with the players that have decided to stay he's done ONE HELL OF A JOB with that part. People like you get so focused on the losses that you forget the REAL reason most kids come to college. To get an education. Basketball should ALWAYS come second, and Dakich makes sure of that. He doesn't run a Bobby Huggins type program; he runs his program the way it should be run with education #1. This is why people use that "above quote" and have a great reason to use it.

[commonsense]

I have a good connection with Dakich, not me personally, but through someone I know very very well. This person spent a lot of time with him over the past 4 years or so, and through all the things I have heard from this person and all the experiences I have had with Coach personally, he is truly a first-rate, top-class guy. He pushes his guys to be the best players and the best people that they can be, and he wants to see his guys through to graduation. He is honest and is fine with taking the blame for a bad season or a mistake that has been made (unlike other coaches we have here at BG who seem to have a book full of random excuses.) All the great things about Coach and all the positive experiences I had had both first- and second-hand were what infuriated me in reading these boards in the past few years. Thread after thread dealt with "Fire Dakich" and who is hosting the party the day his contract expires. Every bad thing that happened with the team landed straight on his head in the eyes of the fans, and he was cool with that. He's an AWESOME guy, I believe he is a wonderful role model for the players and others who interact with him, including the person I spoke of earlier (he does swear a lot more than he used to since hanging with Coach so much, though. ) But I always hoped that through all the anger, people on this board never lost sight of what was really important about the guy. It's not his basketball stats or anything like that; he wants to graduate his guys and make sure that they have the tools to succeed in their future endeavors. He's a first-rate guy who has had a great tenure at BG, whether it ends next month or, by chance, it continues. I'd love to have him around here longer, but wherever he goes next, that place will be lucky.

The game does not make the man. We love ya, Coach- you've done well.

I continue to have a hard time figuring out why people keep using the above quote as a reason to support Coach Dakich. You point out that his finest points as a coach are that "he wants to see his players through and graduate". Unfortunately this is one of the worst things he has done at BGSU. During his ten years, a low percentage of players have completed their time as a basketball player and graduated. It is the truth, plain and simple. As I said before, this is not the place to name names of graduates or non graduates, registration and records or the alumni center it their for you.

If you truly love this man, at least pick some things that he does well and praise him for it. Don't make up ideas. I am usually the voice of sarcastic truth on this site, but if I am going to criticize I should do something to help fix the problem. I will share something Dan actually does/has did. He does a good job hosting his summer camp. There have been instances where he will let kids come for free, if money is tight for the parents at home. That is commendable.

People use the above quote to support Dakich because that's part of his job and with the players that have decided to stay he's done ONE HELL OF A JOB with that part. People like you get so focused on the losses that you forget the REAL reason most kids come to college. To get an education. Basketball should ALWAYS come second, and Dakich makes sure of that. He doesn't run a Bobby Huggins type program; he runs his program the way it should be run with education #1. This is why people use that "above quote" and have a great reason to use it.

Once again, not many players have stayed and graduated. So with that in mind, saying he has done a great job of seeing players through and graduating is false. Also I never brought up wins and losses in my posts on this subject. The last two seasons I predicted these low win totals, this is no suprise or exciting thing to talk about. It is what it is, and I am not so focused on it that I forget the real reason kids come to college. You can try and twist my words, but you can't argue with facts and truth and win. It is not possible.