10-10-2005, 05:05 PM
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10-10-2005, 05:05 PM
10-10-2005, 05:09 PM
I kind of expected that to happen...temple is just horrible...this is their schedule:
Miami
Virginia
Clemson
Miami (oh)
Navy
Some other Enormous State University
Nastynastynasty...there are no winnable games there. Poor guy.
The guy had to get out of there at the end of this year, he has only 2 months more of suffering.
Miami
Virginia
Clemson
Miami (oh)
Navy
Some other Enormous State University
Nastynastynasty...there are no winnable games there. Poor guy.
The guy had to get out of there at the end of this year, he has only 2 months more of suffering.
10-10-2005, 05:09 PM
Now if the right coach can just be hired to turn the program around, post-split EAC membership could be had.
10-10-2005, 05:13 PM
Hope they make a good hire, I'd love to see a successful Temple.
10-10-2005, 05:14 PM
nflsucks Wrote:Hope they make a good hire, I'd love to see a successful Temple.I laugh at their pity, for one reason or another...they really hurt the big east last year...
10-10-2005, 05:54 PM
brista21 Wrote:Now if the right coach can just be hired to turn the program around, post-split EAC membership could be had.Bear Bryant ain't coming out of retirement. Wallace is a good coach. I'm not sure if anybody can win at Temple.
10-10-2005, 06:12 PM
3601 Wrote:You can win at Temple if they upgrade their facilities.brista21 Wrote:Now if the right coach can just be hired to turn the program around, post-split EAC membership could be had.Bear Bryant ain't coming out of retirement. Wallace is a good coach. I'm not sure if anybody can win at Temple.
10-10-2005, 06:16 PM
Wallace received support from long-time Owls basketball coach John Chaney, who gave him a hug after he announced he will be stepping aside.
"(Wallace) is something special," Chaney said. "For him to come to this conclusion, I feel bad about that. ... When the Big East rejected us four or five years ago, that was the death knell."
How about that quote by John Chaney? That tells you all you need to know about how he feels about the MAC.
"(Wallace) is something special," Chaney said. "For him to come to this conclusion, I feel bad about that. ... When the Big East rejected us four or five years ago, that was the death knell."
How about that quote by John Chaney? That tells you all you need to know about how he feels about the MAC.
10-10-2005, 07:20 PM
The BE isn't the villan for Temple....his real quote should read if we had just put some cash into our football program 5-10 yrs ago we wouldn't be in this position.....can't just collect the BCS check every and expect eveyone to be happy with you
-- Temple needs to decide if its going to be committed to football....if not might as well drop to IAA like Nova did
Jackson
-- Temple needs to decide if its going to be committed to football....if not might as well drop to IAA like Nova did
Jackson
10-10-2005, 07:22 PM
RC Johnson...the current AD at Memphis...deserves some blame for where Temple football is right now
Jackson
Jackson
10-10-2005, 07:22 PM
Cat's_Claw Wrote:Wallace is a very good coach......too much of a southern guy though and not sure why Temple ever went that direction......Wallace would be good at a place like UAB or Tulane......would probably be best suiting to be a DC at a good southern school........3601 Wrote:You can win at Temple if they upgrade their facilities.brista21 Wrote:Now if the right coach can just be hired to turn the program around, post-split EAC membership could be had.Bear Bryant ain't coming out of retirement. Wallace is a good coach. I'm not sure if anybody can win at Temple.
WALLACE’S CAREER AT A GLANCE
Coaching
Temple: Head Coach, 1998-Present
North Alabama: Head Coach, 1988-97
Illinois: Defensive Backs, 1987
Mississippi State: Defensive Coordinator, 1986-87
Auburn: Defensive Secondary, 1981-85
Wyoming: Defensive Backs, 1980-81
East Carolina: Defensive Secondary, 1977-80
Mississippi State: Graduate Assistant, 1976-77
10-10-2005, 09:25 PM
It looks like Rich Kotite and Wayne Fontz are interested in the Temple head coaching job. Both have NFL experience and Kotite knows the Philly area.
10-10-2005, 10:45 PM
Wallace was named D2 coach of the Quarter Century complining a 82-36-1 at N. Alabama including 13-3 in post season. The guy had at least a clue about how to win which is what makes it scary for Temple.I wouldn't use facilities as an excuse either, because Temple borrows an NFL stadium as does a couple of other Big East teams a handful of other schools across the nation.
10-10-2005, 11:19 PM
Quote:I wouldn't use facilities as an excuse either, because Temple borrows an NFL stadium as does a couple of other Big East teams a handful of other schools across the nation.
-- On campus facilites are a joke though...that is the problem
Jackson
10-11-2005, 04:55 AM
Jackson1011 Wrote:I know that TU built practice facilities in 2001 at their north campus. However, I don't know how these compare to other Div1 schools.Quote:I wouldn't use facilities as an excuse either, because Temple borrows an NFL stadium as does a couple of other Big East teams a handful of other schools across the nation.
-- On campus facilites are a joke though...that is the problem
Jackson
In case anyone wants to check it out, here's a link to the BE demands to TU and their response from president in 1998.
<a href='http://www.temple.edu/chancellor/football.html' target='_blank'>http://www.temple.edu/chancellor/football.html</a>
I really feel bad for TU because Pitt was in a similar situation with lack of adequate facilities and attendance problems. That turned around only after the president made the committment to athletics.
10-11-2005, 10:26 AM
I don't think John Chaney was blaming the Big East for Temple's problems. He has been able to largely overcome those problems as far as his program is concerned. Bobby Wallace, and many of his predecessors, were not able to do that.
Chaney could have meant that getting kicked out of the Big East "doomed" a program that was already crippled and sputtering. Temple has suffered from inept and indifferent administrations and coaches for many years. That's the problem.
They "might" have one last chance, and three more years, to redeem themselves. Wallace's successor better be a heck of a hire because he has a lot of work to do. If Temple screws this up, they will be stuck in the MAC forever (or worse).
In Philadelphia, the hot rumor right now is Rick Neuheisel. We'll see if that turns out to be true. He is certainly a coach who "could" turn things around in a hurry. But the administration needs to get their act together or coaching won't matter.
Because of geography, history, rivalry, and tradition, you have to feel for Temple if you're from the Big East's Old Guard. They have so much of what we need yet now they also have so much of what we don't need. But can they turn it around?
Chaney could have meant that getting kicked out of the Big East "doomed" a program that was already crippled and sputtering. Temple has suffered from inept and indifferent administrations and coaches for many years. That's the problem.
They "might" have one last chance, and three more years, to redeem themselves. Wallace's successor better be a heck of a hire because he has a lot of work to do. If Temple screws this up, they will be stuck in the MAC forever (or worse).
In Philadelphia, the hot rumor right now is Rick Neuheisel. We'll see if that turns out to be true. He is certainly a coach who "could" turn things around in a hurry. But the administration needs to get their act together or coaching won't matter.
Because of geography, history, rivalry, and tradition, you have to feel for Temple if you're from the Big East's Old Guard. They have so much of what we need yet now they also have so much of what we don't need. But can they turn it around?
10-11-2005, 04:13 PM
I'm sorry, I just can't see a name coach going to Temple. It is a graveyard for coaches. I just don't believe you can have a "big time" program there. I hope they prove me wrong.
I think they will get an up and coming 1AA coach (maybe), an assistant coach that wants his own ship, or someone from the list of also rans.
I see no positives for the Temple program.
I think they will get an up and coming 1AA coach (maybe), an assistant coach that wants his own ship, or someone from the list of also rans.
I see no positives for the Temple program.