When will the decision be made?

JoeFalcon · Post by **JoeFalcon** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 12:48 pm

As was stated previosely, Christopher needs to act promptly either way, both for Dan's sake and the sake of the program. Waiting until next week and having a "meeting" drags the process out much too long.

I want DD (and the assistants, for that matter) reinvigorated and ready to recruit like madmen or searching for the next opportunity in their own careers. This limbo period does no-one any good.

Evansville, Illinois State, Indiana State and now St. Bonaventure are all actively searching for head coaches and will be selecting from the same potential candidate pool.

Post by **ZiggyZoomba** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 12:50 pm

I think a one year extension would be the WORST possible scenario! Why go from lame-duck to lame-duck. If the administration thinks it's time for a change, then make it now. If the administration doesn't think we need a change, then give him a multi-year deal. One more year isn't going to prove anything to anyone.

A one year extension would be horrible for recruiting ("Come play for me, see how much confidence the administration has in me??"), for potential donors (the Dakich haters won't give, nor will the Dakich lovers...), for almost all parties involved (Come see the unchanged for another year Falcons!). So, I'm sure that's what'll happen...

TG1996 · Post by **TG1996** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 1:05 pm

I can see that side, G, which is why I think if they give him a one-year deal, it has to come with definitive goals or else he's done. No "we'll talk at the end of the year to see what the future might be like" business.

I rambled about it here

Post by **ZiggyZoomba** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 1:20 pm

TG1996 wrote:I rambled about it here

Mr. Long, meet Mr. Winded!

lol

Falconfreak90 · Post by **Falconfreak90** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 1:30 pm

ZiggyZoomba wrote:I think a one year extension would be the WORST possible scenario! Why go from lame-duck to lame-duck. If the administration thinks it's time for a change, then make it now. If the administration doesn't think we need a change, then give him a multi-year deal. One more year isn't going to prove anything to anyone.

A one year extension would be horrible for recruiting ("Come play for me, see how much confidence the administration has in me??"), for potential donors (the Dakich haters won't give, nor will the Dakich lovers...), for almost all parties involved (Come see the unchanged for another year Falcons!). So, I'm sure that's what'll happen...

Hmmm...never thought about it that way. Good points raised there.

TG1996 · Post by **TG1996** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 1:33 pm

ZiggyZoomba wrote:
TG1996 wrote:I rambled about it here
Mr. Long, meet Mr. Winded! lol

Wow. Pick on TG day today, eh G?

San Diego Falcon · Post by **San Diego Falcon** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 1:41 pm

Given the recent track record, if he does get a contract renewal, is there any scenario that he eventually ceases being the BG HC until one of the following?

1) He voluntarily leaves for another job
2) He retires
3) He dies
4) He has an untimely melt-down moment that goes too far

Flipper · Post by **Flipper** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 1:50 pm

A one year extension is meaningless...it offers nothing in in the way of a vote of confidence. That is why I suggested a two year deal...it says "you get another chance...but a very limited one"

A one year extension is like getting stay of execution from the govenor, but they're moving your cell riiiight next to the electric chair.

JoeFalcon · Post by **JoeFalcon** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 2:09 pm

San Diego Falcon wrote:Given the recent track record, if he does get a contract renewal, is there any scenario that he eventually ceases being the BG HC until one of the following?

1) He voluntarily leaves for another job
2) He retires
3) He dies
4) He has an untimely melt-down moment that goes too far

Excellent point SanDiegoFalcon. If we're going to establish that 4 losing season in 5 years and being non-competitive in the conference for the last two is grounds for retention, you might as well be establishing a precedent that W's and L's don't matter at all. Heck, even the Ivy League teams dismiss coaches for losing records.

The comments from Maureen's blog about Krebs wildly praising him for "playing with football players" and doing OK despite losing half the team really scare me.

It wasn't as if he was dropped into a program where he had to play football players or had a gutted roster. It was the position *he* put *himself* in after 5 years as head coach. If he didn't want to play with a depleted roster, he should have recruited players who fit the system better and not run off the ones he did have.

The excuses, rationalizations and justifications for losing are wearing thin and getting more bizarre by the day.

Flipper · Post by **Flipper** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 2:17 pm

If I'm mistaken and I don't think I am but if I am I'll eat some Arby's, the year Dan had to play football players the issue had more to do with injuries than departing "crybabies".

Speaking of fast food...what fast food restautant is most popular with pirates?

Aaaaaaaarrrrrby's

Tech83 · Post by **Tech83** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 2:31 pm

I talked to Charlie Coles in 2003 .... the year after Magner played Bball. Charlie had high marks for Cole and was hoping never to see him again.

So I have no problem with football players playing a little round ball.

Post by **ZiggyZoomba** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 2:38 pm

commonsense · Post by **commonsense** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 2:39 pm

MarkL wrote:I'd love to see him get a one year extension. He recruited all of those young guys, and there are loads of talented freshmen there. I'd love to see what Dakich could do with the talent he saw in those guys for one more year.

We do not have loads of talented freshman, and our talent level of the entire team is average at best, excluding Miller.

Our freshman class included Ryan Simms, Otis Polk, Mark Larson, and Brandon Bland. Simms is fast, and showed the ability to hit the three. But he can't play the point, he turned it over more than he assisted, and DD's first comment about getting better is to get the team a pg. That puts Simms at the two behind Hamblet, Moten, and Clements. We could have played Polk this season to get on court experience in a season where the team had the worst MAC record in recent history. Instead we started Matt Lefeld, and recieved no production from him on offense or defense. Otis wasted a year plain and simple. He never got comfortable on the court. He is a long way off from being able to give you 20-25 solid minutes a night. He can't run the floor, has no post moves, and can't shoot free throws. He has showed the ability to block shots, but picks up a foul every three minutes he is on the court, which worries me. Mainly because Lefeld did this all four years of his career and never improved. I think Marc Larson should have red-shirted, same with Polk. He didn't get a chance to show much. Brandon Bland.......M.I.A.

When will the decision be made?

What people are failing to see.