Saw this yesterday and if you are a USM fan you have to be very proud of Monken representing your school.

I didn't know you could do this.

I would assume because they are graduating they no longer count as football players in NCAA rules and regs. If the NCAA comes after you all for this then they should all burn in hell. This is a great guesture and I hope it becomes tradition.

To be honest this should be common place at all programs. There are over 13,000 players in FBS football and the NFL only drafts 224 of them every year. They are technically preparing them for the NFL so why not prepare them for the more likely profession?

I hope Monken gets you all back because you all have a coach that gets it and those are few and far between. Just made me want to root for you guys even harder.

I saw it yesterday too.

I wanted a winning season, but having a coach that gives a d@mn makes a 1 win season less painful.

Great gesture by Monken. He truly gets it...

(12-09-2013 11:14 AM)nastybunch Wrote:  Great gesture by Monken. He truly gets it...

You see the article about the success at Auburn can be attributed to Eloss?

I mean I can see it, the man refused to coach at USM, but now has to since he's a coordinator.

(12-09-2013 10:53 AM)USM@FTL Wrote:  I didn't know you could do this.

Well, those guys aren't eligible anymore, so I guess there isn't really much that can be done about it?

It would be really F'd up of the NCAA to do anything about this....so I expect sanctions to be handed down next week.

I saw it gdunn... Johnson didn't get it as a head coach

The man has CLASS. Need more like him. Wish him every success !

(12-09-2013 11:34 AM)Niner National Wrote:  It would be really F'd up of the NCAA to do anything about this....so I expect sanctions to be handed down next week.

That will depend if any of the school's water was used to rub a stain off one of the suits.

I like it. Very cool. And here's wishing all of C-USA's graduating seniors successful careers.

Once a player has used their eligibility up, you can give them "benefits".

(12-09-2013 11:59 AM)MG61 Wrote:  The man has CLASS. Need more like him. Wish him every success !

On a number of occasions, you hear or read about some wonderful gesture by a head football coach. This is definitely a very heartfelt gesture on his part. Look for his team to be ready to go through a brick wall for him next season. I have a feeling their "culture of losing" is about to meet its' Waterloo.

(12-09-2013 11:26 AM)gdunn Wrote:  

(12-09-2013 11:14 AM)nastybunch Wrote:  Great gesture by Monken. He truly gets it...

You see the article about the success at Auburn can be attributed to Eloss?

I mean I can see it, the man refused to coach at USM, but now has to since he's a coordinator.

Why did you have to take a good thread and start with the Eloss talk? Let it go, man.

I imagine he had to clear this through the NCAA. If he didn't, this is a problem. The NCAA guidelines on benefits extends even beyond graduation. If it didn't then boosters could cut 6 figure checks to graduating seniors and coaches could point that out to recruits.

I think it is a great gesture, just hope it was cleared first.

Classy move by Monken. I sincerely hope he gets you all back on track.

(12-09-2013 12:57 PM)airbornepirate Wrote:  Classy move by Monken. I sincerely hope he gets you all back on track.

+1

(12-09-2013 12:29 PM)demiveeman Wrote:  

(12-09-2013 11:26 AM)gdunn Wrote:  

(12-09-2013 11:14 AM)nastybunch Wrote:  Great gesture by Monken. He truly gets it...

You see the article about the success at Auburn can be attributed to Eloss?

I mean I can see it, the man refused to coach at USM, but now has to since he's a coordinator.

Why did you have to take a good thread and start with the Eloss talk? Let it go, man.

We were discussing the head coach and what he did. It's a different mind set than last season, and notice, we left it at that and then you had to drink kerosene and piss on it. For shame demiveeman, for shame.

(12-09-2013 12:51 PM)banker Wrote:  I imagine he had to clear this through the NCAA. If he didn't, this is a problem. The NCAA guidelines on benefits extends even beyond graduation. If it didn't then boosters could cut 6 figure checks to graduating seniors and coaches could point that out to recruits.

I think it is a great gesture, just hope it was cleared first.

. . . because after all, the players are starving at wvu.