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There is no way Bobby Wilder is leaving without Brian McMurphy tweeting it first lol

There is no way he is leaving without Twitter blowing up for that matter.

Even if he did, there is no doubt that this job will be highly coveted. It will no doubt attract some major talent from across the country.

I think Bobby Wilder is here for his career though. If he had come in to replace someone that's one thing, but this is his program that he personally put together. This is his legacy. He will be here until retirement. Job security. He has it here.

Maybe it's coincidence but Boston College just announced today the hiring of a defensive coordinator as the new coach is building his staff

(12-19-2012 12:31 PM)ODUalum78 Wrote:  Yeah.

From a standpoint of personality and maturity; it is almost blasphemy to mention BW and Kiffin in the same sentence.

It is blasphemous but BW wasn't compared to Lame Kitten or even mentioned in the sentence.

Scratch that they already have an OC

Harry Minium tweeted that the Press Conference is to announce the signing of possibly six junior college players. Not the gloom and doom of Wilder leaving the program. When that happens it most likely would not be announced at an ODU press conference, but a press conference at the school he's leaving for.

Minium:
Bobby Wilder says ODU has had "meaningful conversations" with Conf. USA about becoming eligible for league title and bowl bid in 2014

That would be big

Yes, that really would. That would be make 2014 quite a bit more exciting.

This would benefit the existing team in a big way from a psychological standpoint; AND would be absolutely huge from a recruiting perspective.

Would be huge; and he wouldn't have said it if it was not a very real possibility.

Harry tweets that 9 players will enroll in January. Including our two highest rated high school recruits: Kanyia Anderson a DE from Oscar Smith and TJ Armstrong a LB from PA. Both will participate in Spring Drills. Great news.

Nice to see that two of our top recruits will be building a rapport with the team this spring. The earlier the better, especially at DE.

(12-19-2012 02:39 AM)Old Dominion Navy Wrote:  Unfortunately, that's the only reason i can think of. Anything else i feel like Wood would be announcing.

Really? When people leave a school, there's a press conference at the school they are leaving to announce it, not the school hiring him?

Quote:I hope so cuz we just gave him a massive contract.

Not really. We gave him a good FCS contract. For an FBS coach it's nowhere near massive and will be renegotiated.

http://www.odusports.com/sports/m-footbl...12aad.html

Welcome to odu! Have no doubt, you made the right choice and will be playing in ab awesome atmosphere for an amazing coach here in Norfolk!

(12-19-2012 04:29 PM)djnva Wrote:  

(12-19-2012 02:39 AM)Old Dominion Navy Wrote:  Unfortunately, that's the only reason i can think of. Anything else i feel like Wood would be announcing.

Really? When people leave a school, there's a press conference at the school they are leaving to announce it, not the school hiring him?

Quote:I hope so cuz we just gave him a massive contract.

Not really. We gave him a good FCS contract. For an FBS coach it's nowhere near massive and will be renegotiated.

Massive in terms of years.

Wood said on the radio tonight that they are going to market Heinicke for Heisman

Sounds like ambition bordering on hubris. Lets get him thru a partial FBS year before making heisman noise.

Don't see anything wrong with it.

Absolutely nothing wrong with it! The powers that be want to send a clear message to Taylor that he is the current face of the program and that they have the utmost confidence in his ability to produce at the Fbs level

While I understand the point that it does put some unnecessary pressure on Mr. Heinecke, I do think that a. He can handle it well, he is mentally mature enough to take this pressure and use it as motivation and that b. Even if there is a very slim chance he ever wins it, even with outrageous stats, just putting that out there can have a very positive effect on recruiting, even if it's not entirely realistic.

Kids want to play with a winner at qb, and Taylor heinecke is most certainly that.