(09-09-2014 06:27 AM)GO_MONARKS Wrote:  The D should do well against these guys if we can focus on stopping the run?

(09-09-2014 09:01 AM)ODU True Blue Wrote:  Hey they can't pass and we can't stop the pass. Something has to give!

(09-09-2014 09:01 AM)ODU True Blue Wrote:  Hey they can't pass and we can't stop the pass. Something has to give!

(09-09-2014 12:17 PM)ODUalum78 Wrote:  I have spent some time reading the Eastern Michigan and MAC boards, and find myself in an unusual position.

Normally I enjoy argument, heated debate, and smack. However, given the state of their program, players, fans, and even location, I have no stomach for it.

I am going to do nothing but wish them the best. I genuinely hope their situation improves.

(09-09-2014 03:22 PM)owynn Wrote:  

(09-09-2014 12:17 PM)ODUalum78 Wrote:  I have spent some time reading the Eastern Michigan and MAC boards, and find myself in an unusual position.

Normally I enjoy argument, heated debate, and smack. However, given the state of their program, players, fans, and even location, I have no stomach for it.

I am going to do nothing but wish them the best. I genuinely hope their situation improves.

What exactly is going on with their program? I know about the shooting incident, but I saw the football team has more road games than home games (7 to 5) this season, including a four-week stretch.

(09-08-2014 10:41 AM)realistEagle Wrote:  Two games into our season and I must say we have very little room to be optimistic for the rest of the upcoming schedule. Of course, for use EMU fans this is nothing new, year in and year out we fail to put out a competitive product on the field.

For some reason I couldn't stop thinking how and what will it take to get this program around.

Here are some of the things I would to as an EMU AD to help CC help this program become competitive again. I do truly believe that a great coach alone WILL NOT help this program out by himself unless it is a big name football personality which we will never have funds to hire.

1. Make changes to Rynerson. First of, I would cover the side sections on both sides of the stadium until people actually start showing up for the game. This way we could have people sit in the middle sections on both sides which would make the already empty stadium look a little more appealing for the respective recruits.

I am talking something like this:



2. Market our school, market our team. If I was the AD, in all the free time the players and the staff have would be used for community events and meetings, volunteer work and etc. We need to get the citizens of Ypsilanti and surround towns out to the games. I know this seems desperate and what not but WE need to build up a fan base ASAP. In today's recruiting having butts in the seats in my opinion is just as important as a good team, good coach or great facilities. WE NEED TO PRACTICALLY FORCE THE PEOPLE TO COME.

Kids want to play in front of people not somewhere were there is less fans than they had at their high school games.

3. Which leads to my next point. Why charge people for these tickets ? Okay I get it maybe have some sections for purchase to die hards like us, but other than that if I was our AD I would be sending out free tickets to houses around Washtenaw county or handing them out at bigger local events. No one normal, who has seen our team play in recent years will pay to watch this type of product.

4. Atmosphere. Look at Chicago Cubs, arguably one of the worst organizations in the country when it comes to on the field product but their games and rooftops are almost always full no matter how bad the team is. People come for the good time. I say build some other entertainment around the stadium, for example across the street in those empty parking lots. Throw some bars around, let the people get drunk so they don't care about this crappy product.

And to finish up my post.

I do not know if this makes sense to anyone but our school has an awful perception in the local press along with a terrible football crowd and even worst team. I seriously believe that a good coach alone will not get anything done. He needs help from the community, he needs help from the press, university staff, our president and even our students. I really hope we have the leadership to understand that because CC alone will not change things.

Opinion on my thoughts very welcome.

(09-05-2014 01:15 PM)luckeyone1 Wrote:  All, I, for one, do not condone violence to resolve conflict; however, in light of these traumatic circumstances, I fully understand why the EMU football players have taken this matter into their own hands by confronting this Taylor guy. I do not know Taylor, but we know the company he associates with a convicted murderer, drug dealers and thieves. I will tell everyone that this Taylor guy is lucky that he only received some minor injuries. I believe that Mr. Scott, Mr. Jones, and Mr. Jones showed great restraint in this minor confrontation.

Now message to our administration, in light of these unusual circumstances, all three players should be reinstated effective immediately pending the hearing on the 8th.

Message to EMU players: Time to let this go. Certainly Mr. Reed was your brother, but it is time to start healing.......God Bless

(09-09-2014 08:56 PM)ODU AGGIE Wrote:  Reading about the disarray that EMU appears to be in got me to wondering about how their recruiting has been going. I reviewed their recruiting over the past four years, and a consistent decline in recruiting success is evident. According to 247sports, the national rankings of their recruiting classes since 2011 look like this:

2011 95
2012 109
2013 114
2014 120

The 2015 class is currently ranked at 113.

This trend would seem to be a pretty good indicator of how the program been in a clear state of decline for at least the last four years. I am not sure what the cause is, but it does seem they have their hands full trying to turn the program around. As some others have noted, I wish them nothing but the best in their efforts.

This game should not be close.