(10-14-2015 12:01 PM)TerryD Wrote:  

(10-14-2015 11:14 AM)Lou_C Wrote:  They've got a long haul in front of them. You've got a team that was uncompetitive in the ACC, gets a boost in revenue from the B1G, but ends up relative to their conference, even FURTHER behind in resources and fan support.

That's going to be a tough recipe to work with. Virtually impossible. It's like moving from Arkansas to San Francisco to get a $10k raise.

I expect that they'll eventually settle into roughly an Illinois or Indiana level in the B1G. Maybe not quite as consistently bad as Indiana has been, but hang in around 4-7 wins a year, like they did in the ACC.

All that Maryland has to hope for on the football field is to not become Purdue.

Maryland has a superiority complex, when in reality it should have an inferiority complex.

(10-14-2015 02:23 PM)Wilkie01 Wrote:  

(10-14-2015 12:01 PM)TerryD Wrote:  

(10-14-2015 11:14 AM)Lou_C Wrote:  They've got a long haul in front of them. You've got a team that was uncompetitive in the ACC, gets a boost in revenue from the B1G, but ends up relative to their conference, even FURTHER behind in resources and fan support.

That's going to be a tough recipe to work with. Virtually impossible. It's like moving from Arkansas to San Francisco to get a $10k raise.

I expect that they'll eventually settle into roughly an Illinois or Indiana level in the B1G. Maybe not quite as consistently bad as Indiana has been, but hang in around 4-7 wins a year, like they did in the ACC.

All that Maryland has to hope for on the football field is to not become Purdue.

Maryland has a superiority complex, when in reality it should have an inferiority complex.

How do you figure? Maryland is competitive at all sports but football. And that's only because the administration has wanted it that way. You'll find that to be true at nearly all ACC founding member schools. But Loh (I hate the guy) appears to be pro-football. We'll see if he walks the walks.

(10-13-2015 06:43 PM)NJ2MDTerp Wrote:  This is what Wallace Loh had to say about potential candidates:

http://maryland.247sports.com/Bolt/Maryl...w-40207220

Quote:“The choice of the next coach is going to be absolutely critical,” Loh said in a meeting with The Baltimore Sun’s editorial board. “The question becomes, what kind of coach do we want? I think [Anderson] said a coach that plays an exciting brand of football -- wide open, that has the personality to relate to the kids, the personality to project himself well (to boosters, media) … You have to have an outsized personality here. It’s not just knowing the X’s and O’s.

“That’s why you have the Jim Harbaugh’s and Urban Meyer’s,” Loh said, referring to two of the biggest names on coaching, who the Terps have to face on a year-to-year basis.

“We’re in the big leagues now. It’s about football; the Big Ten is not about basketball,” Loh continued. “We have significant new revenue stemming in and we’re going to have an indoor facility … We can have a decrepit Byrd Stadium -- you only use Byrd Stadium five times a year or so -- [but] those kids use an indoor facility every single day. What draws them here in the indoor facility, not Byrd Stadium. With the Big Ten Network and that exposure, and of course the connection to Under Armour, I would say that this is one of the most attractive jobs in the country for somebody that’s ambitious and willing to take risks.”

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“All I can say is Kevin Anderson is committed to getting the right coach to make us highly competitive in the Big Ten,” Loh said. “We will have to pay a competitive rate. I don’t know what competitive is, but Harbaugh and Urban [Meyer] make seven million dollars a year. And Chip Kelly, who is not doing all that well with the Philadelphia Eagles, made far, far less than that at Oregon.”

Not sure why Loh had to take a swipe at the ACC. It's embarrassing.

Because he is a Big 10 guy and he really believes it.