Game Four: CCU

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Re: Game Three: CCU

Post by photoman » Sat Sep 25, 2021 5:39 pm

LS71 wrote: Sat Sep 25, 2021 4:56 pm ^ FBS on a tight budget isn’t working. That’s for sure. It’s pretty clear that in order to compete at the FBS level UMass needs to go big $-wise do something else.

There are better ways to spend the tax payers’ money.
The taxpayers couldn't care less if UMass plays FBS football (or any football for that matter). As other's have stated this just isn't big-time college football territory.

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Post by inthescoop » Sat Sep 25, 2021 5:39 pm

Does anyone even see Walt in Western Mass? Does he even care about the community and the area as a whole outside of the football team and his salary?

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Post by UMass1991 » Sat Sep 25, 2021 5:54 pm

inthescoop wrote: Sat Sep 25, 2021 5:39 pm Does anyone even see Walt in Western Mass? Does he even care about the community and the area as a whole outside of the football team and his salary?
Did Whipple?

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Re: Game Three: CCU

Post by 69MG » Sat Sep 25, 2021 6:12 pm

inthescoop wrote: Sat Sep 25, 2021 5:39 pm Does anyone even see Walt in Western Mass? Does he even care about the community and the area as a whole outside of the football team and his salary?
The fact that football is not participating in the Sports Luncheons tells you all you need to know.

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Re: Game Three: CCU

Post by photoman » Sat Sep 25, 2021 6:17 pm

Kinda sad that the post-game discussion has come down to whether the coach has made an appearance at the 4-H fair. I think even the worst predictions for today's game had us scoring a touchdown.

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Post by econalum » Sat Sep 25, 2021 8:39 pm

UM football has the highest % of its budget paid by student fees IN THE COUNTRY. Not a taxpayer issue.
Feeling entitled is JUST a feeling...

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Re: Game Three: CCU

Post by jpatsfan » Sat Sep 25, 2021 8:54 pm

I'm sorry but this program is a joke. We have FBS players and high school coaches. You cannot run this program on a two buck chuck budget and expect to compete. This program needs to get serious about being an FBS program and get into a an conference.

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Re: Game Three: CCU

Post by dennisdent » Sat Sep 25, 2021 8:57 pm

Bell and Bamford are state employees--it is a tax payer issue:

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/01/18/ ... e-payroll/

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Re: Game Three: CCU

Post by Quann » Sat Sep 25, 2021 8:59 pm

This has nothing to do with budgets, the northeast, yada yada yada. It’s the fact we hired some kid that’s not qualified to even be an FCS head coach. His offense was a joke at FSU, he’s proven nothing as a coach.

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Post by jpatsfan » Sat Sep 25, 2021 9:09 pm

Quann wrote: Sat Sep 25, 2021 8:59 pm This has nothing to do with budgets, the northeast, yada yada yada. It’s the fact we hired some kid that’s not qualified to even be an FCS head coach. His offense was a joke at FSU, he’s proven nothing as a coach.
Agreed and that's why we suck week in and week out. We have high school coaches coaching our team. But what really needs to change besides Bell being shown the door is the AD needs to go as well. Say what you want about him hiring Carvel. Even a broken clock is right twice a day. Bamford has got to go and McCall who has no business coaching in the A10 has to go and Bell has to go if he loses to ConnU.

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Re: Game Three: CCU

Post by dennisdent » Sat Sep 25, 2021 9:11 pm

Quann wrote: Sat Sep 25, 2021 8:59 pm This has nothing to do with budgets, the northeast, yada yada yada. It’s the fact we hired some kid that’s not qualified to even be an FCS head coach. His offense was a joke at FSU, he’s proven nothing as a coach.
Thank you! 1000% correct! He has zero leadership ability!!! Football teams take on the personality of their coaches and what is this team's--confused, lost, out of their league, UNPREPARED. Four games and two of them they have to call a timeout before they even make a first play on offensive to start the game!!!

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Re: Game Three: CCU

Post by ZooMass84 » Sat Sep 25, 2021 9:23 pm

jpatsfan wrote: Sat Sep 25, 2021 9:09 pm
Quann wrote: Sat Sep 25, 2021 8:59 pm This has nothing to do with budgets, the northeast, yada yada yada. It’s the fact we hired some kid that’s not qualified to even be an FCS head coach. His offense was a joke at FSU, he’s proven nothing as a coach.
Agreed and that's why we suck week in and week out. We have high school coaches coaching our team. But what really needs to change besides Bell being shown the door is the AD needs to go as well. Say what you want about him hiring Carvel. Even a broken clock is right twice a day. Bamford has got to go and McCall who has no business coaching in the A10 has to go and Bell has to go if he loses to ConnU.
1 win saves his job. It’s probably Maine.

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Re: Game Three: CCU

Post by wmmmfan » Sat Sep 25, 2021 11:34 pm

We can dump on Bell all we want but he didn’t hire himself, this is on the AD.

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Re: Game Three: CCU

Post by classof60 » Sun Sep 26, 2021 8:21 am

A few years ago Coastal Carolina was inits first year in FBS and won in Amherst...in that short period of time they are ranked and we are still a laughing stock

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Re: Game Three: CCU

Post by TheInsider » Sun Sep 26, 2021 8:27 am

^^ Investment into the program and as any realtor will say... location, location, location.

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