Bronco Stampede, I too think that Darnell should have been given 1 more year, but neather I nor you know the inside politics of WMU football. There are too many things that we don't know. In few weeks we should be much better informed and then maybe we will know weather or not a blunder.

In the mean time, have a Bells Winter White and hold of on the banjo lessons.


Side bar:
Have you ever noticed that WMU's football down fall ironically coincides with Goerge W.'s taking of the White House.
Coincidence?
I think not.
I know that some how he pre-empted us and will soon do the same to the rest of the MAC.
Why? You might say.
Simple, to bring back the SWC and ensure that it has no compitition.
Come on, do you think what happened to the re-aligned CUSA was just stupid choices? NO.
Goergey Boy and his cronies are behind all of this. ...............it is out of hands.

And I don't care what my mother is saying........I am not crazy!!! :snore:

Bronco stampede Wrote:Another thing is that I never said there was an awesome staff here. If I did please show it to me.

My bad. But you did say that Darnell is "one awesome football coach", and the staff are his direct reports. If they continually screw up, it's GD's responsibility to get on them.

What tipped my scales against GD was the ordeal with Baggett when Darnell announced Cubit as the starter. Baggett stomped off the team and went home to Detroit for a few days to pout. Baggett dictated when he was coming back... and when he did, he was promptly placed back into the #2 spot, returning Haas to #3. While Baggett was away, teammates called him at home to console him, according to his dad who posted about this on BroncosIllustrated (I know that sounds nutty, but it's true).

What kind of message does this send to the rest of the team? If you lose playing time, you can run off in protest, return when you want, and without any repercussions? The inmates are running the asylum.

Our next game, we got whipped by a less-than-mediocre Ball State team (no offense, Cards fans).

This instance, as well as several other bits of inside info, indicated to me that GD was losing control of this team, and was a bit too willing to have players walk all over him. He's a nice guy, but perhaps too nice. When we're losing by 4+ TDs before Halftime on a regular basis, this signals a deep problem.

As far as these "top ranked recruiting classes" Darnell has been bringing in since his JUCO bust, I have yet to see the results on the field (Jennings and Anderson excepted).

Bagget should have never been the starter in the first place. From what I had seen at spring practices, Cubit was the better quarterback. And Haas should just go back to Utah or wherever he is from. He just plain old sucks. He cant even throw it over his linemen. So putting Bagget back as number two after his temper tantrum makes sense. Also I did say that our last two recruiting classes have been rated top three in the MAC. That is why I want him to have one more year. Let some of these players start playing and producing. As for a new coach, I want one to come having coached in a BCS winning program and not because he has ties to the school or his kid plays for the team. I also would prefer an offensive minded coach that will turn Jennnings loose for his senior year than a defensive one.