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Floyd wrote: Sun Jan 04, 2026 9:12 am Juice has a lot of good points. Insult & deflect blame.
Bad energy & vibes around right now. I'd be curious what fans walking out of that game yesterday would say about the atmosphere & game day experience

MakeMullinsGreatAgain wrote: Sun Jan 04, 2026 9:14 am I've been of the mindset that Frank is a good enough recruiter that he will out recruit everyone in the MAC, and just based on talent alone, they will compete for the MAC championship every year - the past couple weeks I no longer feel that way. I'm not about to do the research but I would be willing to bet there is not one player in the MAC that Frank recruited - and if he had I guarantee they would have come to UMass/A-10. I still think, and maybe because I wear my maroon glasses all the time, but I really do think we have one of the most talented rosters in the MAC, but Frank is middle of the pack and maybe lower when it comes to coaches. I also think his assistants are afraid to speak up and point out things to him during the game for fear of getting screamed at like Kellog and Nelson did and ultimately get shown the door after the season. Most good teams have a great coaching "staff" not just a great head coach - Frank talks all the time about how loyal his coaches are - well shoot - if they just do what he says all the time and don't push back of course he's going to keep them on board.

I'm now convinced we need to move on from Frank - he's never going to change and the game has passed him by - he cannot coach in the day and age of NIL.

MakeMullinsGreatAgain wrote: Sun Jan 04, 2026 9:22 am

Floyd wrote: Sun Jan 04, 2026 9:12 am Juice has a lot of good points. Insult & deflect blame.
Bad energy & vibes around right now. I'd be curious what fans walking out of that game yesterday would say about the atmosphere & game day experience

as one who was there I thought the atmosphere was great (during the game) as usual the announced attendance seemed about 1500 less than was actually there - I was convinced there were at least 4000 but who knows. When we lost fans just walked out, no one was upset, it was almost like they knew we'd figure out a way to lose and it didn't really surprise them. I actually heard a guy in front of me say on the last BG possession of regulation to the guy sitting next to him - "watch - we're going to foul while they are shooting a 3 pointer and they will hit it and make the FT and we're going to lose". Sad to think that's the way our fan base thinks now but it's so true.

MakeMullinsGreatAgain wrote: Sun Jan 04, 2026 9:14 am ...I also think his assistants are afraid to speak up and point out things to him during the game for fear of getting screamed at like Kellog and Nelson did and ultimately get shown the door after the season. Most good teams have a great coaching "staff" not just a great head coach - Frank talks all the time about how loyal his coaches are - well shoot - if they just do what he says all the time and don't push back of course he's going to keep them on board...

MakeMullinsGreatAgain wrote: Sun Jan 04, 2026 9:14 am I've been of the mindset that Frank is a good enough recruiter that he will out recruit everyone in the MAC, and just based on talent alone, they will compete for the MAC championship every year - the past couple weeks I no longer feel that way. I'm not about to do the research but I would be willing to bet there is not one player in the MAC that Frank recruited - and if he had I guarantee they would have come to UMass/A-10. I still think, and maybe because I wear my maroon glasses all the time, but I really do think we have one of the most talented rosters in the MAC, but Frank is middle of the pack and maybe lower when it comes to coaches. I also think his assistants are afraid to speak up and point out things to him during the game for fear of getting screamed at like Kellog and Nelson did and ultimately get shown the door after the season. Most good teams have a great coaching "staff" not just a great head coach - Frank talks all the time about how loyal his coaches are - well shoot - if they just do what he says all the time and don't push back of course he's going to keep them on board.

I'm now convinced we need to move on from Frank - he's never going to change and the game has passed him by - he cannot coach in the day and age of NIL.

InnervisionsUMASS wrote: Sun Jan 04, 2026 9:07 am Sounds like yesterday went swimingly. Good thing we played that D3 tuneup!

MakeMullinsGreatAgain wrote: Sun Jan 04, 2026 9:22 am I actually heard a guy in front of me say on the last BG possession of regulation to the guy sitting next to him - "watch - we're going to foul while they are shooting a 3 pointer and they will hit it and make the FT and we're going to lose". Sad to think that's the way our fan base thinks now but it's so true.

MikeUMA wrote: Sun Jan 04, 2026 10:23 pm

InnervisionsUMASS wrote: Sun Jan 04, 2026 9:07 am Sounds like yesterday went swimingly. Good thing we played that D3 tuneup!

I don't like the D3 game, but that's the way things are going now. In the A-15 last season, only one didn't play a sub D-I game. In the MAC this season, 11 of the 13 played multiple sub D-I games (us and EMU held it to just 1). Miami and BG played 3.