Dickerson and Austin officially gone

[Flipper]

Not sure...but I think it would be wrong to suggest that they are heading south because they like sweet tea

[JohnFloyd4Life]

Do we even know where they are going?

I haven't been able to find anything. Austin will be attending his 4th school in 4 years so maybe this shouldn't be a surprise. Maybe he is going D3 so he can hit D1, D2, Juco and D3 in his career. That would be an impressive feat.

[BleedOrange]

Eh..they're college kids. College kids are notoriously flaky. So we lose a few more games than we want to next year....does that justify my calling them softer than ice cream and sweeter than a Cinnabon?

They are talented kids in their sexual prime with the world at their fingertips ...making rash, self-serving, and delusional decisions. Oh, and the free education thing, there's that. Hopefully they are pursuing degrees. Neither will be good enough to play overseas.

We have announced only one signing so far.

[fredthefalcon]

.We have announced only one signing so far.

It reminds me of the dearth of information that we received under Louis Orr. Last year was the first time ever that the recruiting sites had more than a half dozen of prospects that BG was interested in. Since the Huger signing we have had two while most of the MAC has completed their rosters and are working on '16 and '17. Not saying the staff is not doing the same but they are behind a huge 8-ball with this late start.

[Globetrotter]

.We have announced only one signing so far.

It reminds me of the dearth of information that we received under Louis Orr. Last year was the first time ever that the recruiting sites had more than a half dozen of prospects that BG was interested in. Since the Huger signing we have had two while most of the MAC has completed their rosters and are working on '16 and '17. Not saying the staff is not doing the same but they are behind a huge 8-ball with this late start.

Sadly yes. I think we have returned to that. I don't think Huger really will use twitter and that is where the news comes out now. Fisher is the only new coach who seems to really use Twitter.

[AyZiggy97]

.We have announced only one signing so far.

It reminds me of the dearth of information that we received under Louis Orr. Last year was the first time ever that the recruiting sites had more than a half dozen of prospects that BG was interested in. Since the Huger signing we have had two while most of the MAC has completed their rosters and are working on '16 and '17. Not saying the staff is not doing the same but they are behind a huge 8-ball with this late start.

Sadly yes. I think we have returned to that. I don't think Huger really will use twitter and that is where the news comes out now. Fisher is the only new coach who seems to really use Twitter.

I have no idea what any of this means. Coaches are restricted from talking about a recruit until they sign a letter of intent. What exactly are you wanting Coach Huger to tweet about?

If you're upset about reporting on the program, I've complained about that for 20 years now. But that has nothing to do with the program itself.

[Globetrotter]

.We have announced only one signing so far.

It reminds me of the dearth of information that we received under Louis Orr. Last year was the first time ever that the recruiting sites had more than a half dozen of prospects that BG was interested in. Since the Huger signing we have had two while most of the MAC has completed their rosters and are working on '16 and '17. Not saying the staff is not doing the same but they are behind a huge 8-ball with this late start.

Sadly yes. I think we have returned to that. I don't think Huger really will use twitter and that is where the news comes out now. Fisher is the only new coach who seems to really use Twitter.

I have no idea what any of this means. Coaches are restricted from talking about a recruit until they sign a letter of intent. What exactly are you wanting Coach Huger to tweet about?

If you're upset about reporting on the program, I've complained about that for 20 years now. But that has nothing to do with the program itself.

Thanks for the question. The last group of coaches did a great job of using Twitter as a tool to connect with the athletes and coaches. A majority of the players we signed or offered had been followed by at least one of the coaches prior to the offer/signing. As far as I can tell none of the 4 coaches has followed anyone new in a long time. It seems that twitter has become yet another tool that coaches have to build relationships with the athletes they are interested in. Orr did not use it that way at all. Huger has used it more to promote the program than Orr ever did and that is good, but nowhere near to the extent of Jans-Downey-Ragland or Reece.

[AyZiggy97]

.We have announced only one signing so far.

It reminds me of the dearth of information that we received under Louis Orr. Last year was the first time ever that the recruiting sites had more than a half dozen of prospects that BG was interested in. Since the Huger signing we have had two while most of the MAC has completed their rosters and are working on '16 and '17. Not saying the staff is not doing the same but they are behind a huge 8-ball with this late start.

Sadly yes. I think we have returned to that. I don't think Huger really will use twitter and that is where the news comes out now. Fisher is the only new coach who seems to really use Twitter.

I have no idea what any of this means. Coaches are restricted from talking about a recruit until they sign a letter of intent. What exactly are you wanting Coach Huger to tweet about?

If you're upset about reporting on the program, I've complained about that for 20 years now. But that has nothing to do with the program itself.

Thanks for the question. The last group of coaches did a great job of using Twitter as a tool to connect with the athletes and coaches. A majority of the players we signed or offered had been followed by at least one of the coaches prior to the offer/signing. As far as I can tell none of the 4 coaches has followed anyone new in a long time. It seems that twitter has become yet another tool that coaches have to build relationships with the athletes they are interested in. Orr did not use it that way at all. Huger has used it more to promote the program than Orr ever did and that is good, but nowhere near to the extent of Jans-Downey-Ragland or Reece.

He doesn't really have time to build relationships with players. He has 15 days left to sign anyone else for 2015-2016, so players brought in are likely in need of a place to play or already have a relationship with one of the coaches.

I'll worry about 2016-2017 recruiting after the roster for 5 months from now is completed.

It seems to be a matter of triage depending on how many people actually transfer. Formulating an opinion about what Huger's program will be like after 18 days seems terribly unfair, given the state of the program he inherited. But sometimes I forget which forum this is.

[Hdog]

.We have announced only one signing so far.

It reminds me of the dearth of information that we received under Louis Orr. Last year was the first time ever that the recruiting sites had more than a half dozen of prospects that BG was interested in. Since the Huger signing we have had two while most of the MAC has completed their rosters and are working on '16 and '17. Not saying the staff is not doing the same but they are behind a huge 8-ball with this late start.

Sadly yes. I think we have returned to that. I don't think Huger really will use twitter and that is where the news comes out now. Fisher is the only new coach who seems to really use Twitter.

I have no idea what any of this means. Coaches are restricted from talking about a recruit until they sign a letter of intent. What exactly are you wanting Coach Huger to tweet about?

If you're upset about reporting on the program, I've complained about that for 20 years now. But that has nothing to do with the program itself.

Thanks for the question. The last group of coaches did a great job of using Twitter as a tool to connect with the athletes and coaches. A majority of the players we signed or offered had been followed by at least one of the coaches prior to the offer/signing. As far as I can tell none of the 4 coaches has followed anyone new in a long time. It seems that twitter has become yet another tool that coaches have to build relationships with the athletes they are interested in. Orr did not use it that way at all. Huger has used it more to promote the program than Orr ever did and that is good, but nowhere near to the extent of Jans-Downey-Ragland or Reece.

Well said - Twitter, Instagram, texts, etc should be used to communicate what's going on with your program and to network with current and prospective athletes. This is a "must do" in this day and age. I don't think you need to hang on every "tweet" these kids make [that would creep them out - and certain recruiting tweets may be illegal per NCAA], but you need to look interested in them in multiple ways, not just with phone calls, letters [old school]. Jans had over 6,000 twitter followers at one point, many were coaches, scouts, and various players from all ranks and all parts of the country. Huger has less than 10% of that number currently.

It seems BG athletics overall is familiar with what needs to be done with social media in this regard. If Huger is not a twitter user, get someone on staff to start strategically using it on his behalf. This is not for Falcon fans benefit, it is just to be sure you are networking hard and smart to get your name out there.

I don't think anyone is attacking Huger at this very early and difficult stage - just pointing out some things that may be helpful for the program

[Globetrotter]

.We have announced only one signing so far.

It reminds me of the dearth of information that we received under Louis Orr. Last year was the first time ever that the recruiting sites had more than a half dozen of prospects that BG was interested in. Since the Huger signing we have had two while most of the MAC has completed their rosters and are working on '16 and '17. Not saying the staff is not doing the same but they are behind a huge 8-ball with this late start.

Sadly yes. I think we have returned to that. I don't think Huger really will use twitter and that is where the news comes out now. Fisher is the only new coach who seems to really use Twitter.

I have no idea what any of this means. Coaches are restricted from talking about a recruit until they sign a letter of intent. What exactly are you wanting Coach Huger to tweet about?

If you're upset about reporting on the program, I've complained about that for 20 years now. But that has nothing to do with the program itself.

Thanks for the question. The last group of coaches did a great job of using Twitter as a tool to connect with the athletes and coaches. A majority of the players we signed or offered had been followed by at least one of the coaches prior to the offer/signing. As far as I can tell none of the 4 coaches has followed anyone new in a long time. It seems that twitter has become yet another tool that coaches have to build relationships with the athletes they are interested in. Orr did not use it that way at all. Huger has used it more to promote the program than Orr ever did and that is good, but nowhere near to the extent of Jans-Downey-Ragland or Reece.

He doesn't really have time to build relationships with players. He has 15 days left to sign anyone else for 2015-2016, so players brought in are likely in need of a place to play or already have a relationship with one of the coaches.

I'll worry about 2016-2017 recruiting after the roster for 5 months from now is completed.

It seems to be a matter of triage depending on how many people actually transfer. Formulating an opinion about what Huger's program will be like after 18 days seems terribly unfair, given the state of the program he inherited. But sometimes I forget which forum this is.

Thanks for the response. Huger has been a coach for a long time and could have had pre-existing relationships with players before being named head coach here. Downey and Jans certainly did.

In addition I didn't realize he only had 15 days to fill out a roster with 5 more players? That's it for 2015?

[Flipper]

I think Huger is using twitter the same way Jans did... a lot of state of the program, rah rah stuff. The assistants need to be the guys who generically talk about recruiting.... Nick Monroe in football does a great job of that.

[Globetrotter]

I think Huger is using twitter the same way Jans did... a lot of state of the program, rah rah stuff. The assistants need to be the guys who generically talk about recruiting.... Nick Monroe in football does a great job of that.

Its not so much that he is doing the promotional stuff wrong, its who he is promoting it too. No one can see it if they are not following him and people won't follow him if he doesn't follow first and make connections.

[mscarn]

I think Huger is using twitter the same way Jans did... a lot of state of the program, rah rah stuff. The assistants need to be the guys who generically talk about recruiting.... Nick Monroe in football does a great job of that.

Its not so much that he is doing the promotional stuff wrong, its who he is promoting it too. No one can see it if they are not following him and people won't follow him if he doesn't follow first and make connections.

Agreed. The odd thing is that Fisher (by far the most active Twitter user) is still going strong about Miami stuff to this day on his account with nothing about BG. Stacey had an active account that has slowed since the hiring and Rowe's account at FIU is empty. Nick Monroe should be the model for every coach in the department.

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[Hdog]

For being "officially gone", we sure have a strange way of recognizing that it is official....

Look at bgsufalcons site on the roster page. What do you see on each side of the page?

[BGSU33]

For being "officially gone", we sure have a strange way of recognizing that it is official....

Look at bgsufalcons site on the roster page. What do you see on each side of the page?

Looks like they are now both gone from the roster.