The Painful Truth-Good Intentions Gone Awry

[dennisdent]

FCS FCS FCS !!!

I have no issue with this because it means one step closer to: FIRE WALT BELL and his staff of morons! Over the past nine years who's program has faired worse--not Maine, UNH or even URI--UMass! Save money on coaches bloated salaries and scholarships and bring back regional rivalries.

[ZooMass84]

FCS FCS FCS !!!

STUPID STUPID STUPID !!!

FCS is a total money loser and should not even be an option. Flagship universities in a state with a population of greater than 1,000,000 DO NOT play FCS. That’s like saying “ I’m turning down the University of Michigan to go to Route 9 High (mass bay community college)

[Jack]

Econ once again demonstrating his patented utter cluelessness.

[econalum]

The usual suspects with the usual retorts. Losing hundreds of thousands in FCS with a couple of 'pay to play' games is better than getting our ass kicked each week for 7+ years, losing millions, and our athletic reputation in the balance.

And the athletes are leaving in droves each year. We are in a perpetual rebuild without end.

I may be the 'fall guy' but I am joined by many on this board signaling 'enough is enough'.

P5 is the only profitable game in town, and we are simply wandering in the desert at the bottom of FBS, independent, without any sort of following unlike BYU, LIberty, or Army lo for these many years, with zero chance of P5.

[InnervisionsUMASS]

I may be the 'fall guy' but I am joined by many on this board signaling 'enough is enough'.

Lumping in the boisterous "Fire Bell" people doesn't mean people want the program back to FCS... nice try, though.

[Old Cage]

^ There are plenty of UMass alums that really don't care what happens to any given coach, but who are firmly in the "enough is enough" camp. Let's not try to show that the small sample here is representitive of all grads.

[Steve81]

Rene Ingoglia
@reneingoglia
Dec 26
Tonight I’m in fan mode as I support my good friend & former UMass football teammate
@coachbilldurkin
his OL line has played great this year as
@CoastalFootball
goes for perfection a perfect 12-0 season for the #Chants if they can beat Liberty tonight in
@CureBowl
#ChantsUp

Found the above interesting and we can not exclude people just because they are connected to UMass. Over generalizing is a poor, prejudging attitude.

[InnervisionsUMASS]

I suspect the representation is actually pretty accurate.

[ZooMass84]

The usual suspects with the usual retorts. Losing hundreds of thousands in FCS with a couple of 'pay to play' games is better than getting our ass kicked each week for 7+ years, losing millions, and our athletic reputation in the balance.

And the athletes are leaving in droves each year. We are in a perpetual rebuild without end.

I may be the 'fall guy' but I am joined by many on this board signaling 'enough is enough'.

P5 is the only profitable game in town, and we are simply wandering in the desert at the bottom of FBS, independent, without any sort of following unlike BYU, LIberty, or Army lo for these many years, with zero chance of P5.

WRONG: losing $$$$ in useless FCS is WORSE than getting our asses kicked etc. etc. No one cares about FCS football unless you're NDSU or James Madison. You play in piece of shit "stadiums" and you have zero visibility. I know you are the "FCS is great" guy but you are wrong on the issue. FCS football is a non-starter. And you are not "joined by many" on this board. I would prefer to drop football after Bell goes 0-12 or MAYBE 1-11 in 2021.

[dennisdent]

All I want is a return to competitive, well-coached football that turns out student athletes who go on to successful careers. I could give shit if its in FBS/FCS or freaking D3! UNH just built a new stadium, though small, looks great and URI just made millions in upgrades to theirs. UMass football stinks and will stink for years to come because we have to follow the PLAN by two, skinny suit wearing, bull-shitters in Bell/Bamford. I'm tired of "but they are nice guys," when neither of them shows any true leadership . Bamford's fireside chat pissed me off-"-we will start winning in two more years at least six games, if not more" and "I told Walt that they need to improve on offense."

I'm done, back to teleworking....

[Floyd]

Hey dennis, not quite sure but, can you clarify please if you like Coach Bell?

[ZooMass84]

All I want is a return to competitive, well-coached football that turns out student athletes who go on to successful careers. I could give shit if its in FBS/FCS or freaking D3! UNH just built a new stadium, though small, looks great and URI just made millions in upgrades to theirs. UMass football stinks and will stink for years to come because we have to follow the PLAN by two, skinny suit wearing, bull-shitters in Bell/Bamford. I'm tired of "but they are nice guys," when neither of them shows any true leadership . Bamford's fireside chat pissed me off-"-we will start winning in two more years at least six games, if not more" and "I told Walt that they need to improve on offense."

I'm done, back to teleworking....

AMEN!!!! you hit the nail on the head per usual {skinny suit-wearing BS!!!} but to drop down like Idaho is quite frankly fuckin' BENEATH us. Do like Pacific or Cal State Fullerton and just drop the sport. There is nothing more pussy than to play D3 or some bullshit like that.

[dennisdent]

Hey dennis, not quite sure but, can you clarify please if you like Coach Bell?

I have never met the man and he looks like the kind of guy you would want your daughter to date (if you're from the south ) BUT I don't feel that he is the right fit for a head coaching job in college football--JC, maybe--high school definitely.

What turned me against him the most started after the win last season versus Akron. Bamford, like a proud father, presented the game ball to Bell. Bell then started to talk about himself and didn't acknowledge the PLAYERS--who won the game! They were missing six starters who were benched and Curtis did a great job--but Bell only talked about Bell! He consistently makes excuses--young players, low scholarships, tired after playing four games, on and on. He is not a leader! He and Bamford can sit at the Longmeadow Country Club on our dime, drinking Shirley Temples, going over their great PLAN and playing the dwindling UMass fan base because they are nice guys...

[dennisdent]

I really don't want the program to go down to FCS, and D3 was written as a joke, but I definitely don't want the program to go away. What next playing club football against UVM on the Boyden fields...

[Floyd]

Can't drop football at The University of Massachusetts, just can't. Proud history, successful history, and lots of great football alums. It would be an absolute shame if it was dropped