Fire Sean Frazier, immediately.

New AD gets on coaching search day one.

I like Harley's lively broadcaster vibe as our HC, but 0-5 is the point of no return.

Harley, should never been anointed to head coach with no coaching experience, alongside na young team. Coach Carey, was handed the keys to the car. This time around there is no car. NIL, not Thomas Hammock took away Huskie football. The thesis was recruiting kids with a chip on their shoulder, who you could develop, and hope their physicality would grow over five years. Another it was a work in progress. In the yearc2026 progress means leaving " The Hard Way,", and loyalty for a paycheck.

Factor in we have the least money to spend year over year, have no association with a confrence, and a head coach with no cache, how can expect anything other than this moving forward?

I don't know who would fire Frazier. Freeman is more useless. At this point we need a fresh start with a new HC. Get rid of everything associated with Hammock. Sorry Harley it worked like this. we are in a dark place

(10-11-2026 09:11 AM)Grant North 10C Wrote:  Harley, should never been anointed to head coach with no coaching experience, alongside na young team. Coach Carey, was handed the keys to the car. This time around there is no car. NIL, not Thomas Hammock took away Huskie football. The thesis was recruiting kids with a chip on their shoulder, who you could develop, and hope their physicality would grow over five years. Another it was a work in progress. In the yearc2026 progress means leaving " The Hard Way,", and loyalty for a paycheck.

Factor in we have the least money to spend year over year, have no association with a confrence, and a head coach with no cache, how can expect anything other than this moving forward?

Other G5 teams in the same position are doing well. NIU has no leadership at this point, Frazier has done nothing in the last 5 years to move any sports program, except for baseball, forward. Credit to him for getting us into the MW, but now we'll be the doormats in a better conference. We'd have been the bottom team in the MAC this year. Sad situation.

How do you fire a head coach who isn’t a coach. He was supposed to fill the headset for a year and not embarrass us. He failed. This is an awful Hammock staff.

It’s time to make an important hire. I like what basketball is looking like. Find that guy for football.

Any thoughts that STF was lead to hire an alumni when one appeared before him? I think that’s gone. STF is in charge. Let’s see what the can do now.

I like Jordan lynch as a player. And i liked his sideline interview sounding annoyed at the defense and explaining how to stop the option. That was cool. I don’t want him as a HC - that’s a reach. So grab a guy who has coached, who has a staff and a plan, and isn’t Thomas “tank the program” hammock.

(10-11-2026 09:39 AM)BigChilla Wrote:  How do you fire a head coach who isn’t a coach. He was supposed to fill the headset for a year and not embarrass us. He failed. This is an awful Hammock staff.

It’s time to make an important hire. I like what basketball is looking like. Find that guy for football.

Any thoughts that STF was lead to hire an alumni when one appeared before him? I think that’s gone. STF is in charge. Let’s see what the can do now.

I like Jordan lynch as a player. And i liked his sideline interview sounding annoyed at the defense and explaining how to stop the option. That was cool. I don’t want him as a HC - that’s a reach. So grab a guy who has coached, who has a staff and a plan, and isn’t Thomas “tank the program” hammock.

For too long we've had a coaching staff that seems afraid to take any chances, with the paradox being that philosophy has tanked the program, now 0-5 on the year.
I was hoping they'd open up the playbook for conference play, some trick plays, fake punts, tempo offense, but no, the same three and out playbook we've run for 5 years.

(10-11-2026 09:39 AM)BigChilla Wrote:  How do you fire a head coach who isn’t a coach. He was supposed to fill the headset for a year and not embarrass us. He failed. This is an awful Hammock staff.

It’s like that episode of Seinfeld where Kramer just started showing up to work at an office and they tried to fire him, but they couldn’t because he didn’t actually work there.

(10-11-2026 09:39 AM)BigChilla Wrote:  How do you fire a head coach who isn’t a coach. He was supposed to fill the headset for a year and not embarrass us. He failed. This is an awful Hammock staff.

It’s time to make an important hire. I like what basketball is looking like. Find that guy for football.

Any thoughts that STF was lead to hire an alumni when one appeared before him? I think that’s gone. STF is in charge. Let’s see what the can do now.

I like Jordan lynch as a player. And i liked his sideline interview sounding annoyed at the defense and explaining how to stop the option. That was cool. I don’t want him as a HC - that’s a reach. So grab a guy who has coached, who has a staff and a plan, and isn’t Thomas “tank the program” hammock.

We don’t need to be hiring a high school coach to run an FBS football program. There are plenty of play callers out there who we can hire as coordinators but we need a guy that understands the portal and business end of the job. Our roster absolutely sucks, and we need someone who can actually get guys into the program. That also means a full commitment from the university to give that coach the money he needs to get that done. That’s STF’s responsibility. Either get it from private donors or raise student fees, as much as that sucks to raise money that way. Each student at JMU is paying an absurd amount in athletic fees, but they are still going there.

(10-11-2026 11:33 AM)Rawdog10 Wrote:  

(10-11-2026 09:39 AM)BigChilla Wrote:  How do you fire a head coach who isn’t a coach. He was supposed to fill the headset for a year and not embarrass us. He failed. This is an awful Hammock staff.

It’s time to make an important hire. I like what basketball is looking like. Find that guy for football.

Any thoughts that STF was lead to hire an alumni when one appeared before him? I think that’s gone. STF is in charge. Let’s see what the can do now.

I like Jordan lynch as a player. And i liked his sideline interview sounding annoyed at the defense and explaining how to stop the option. That was cool. I don’t want him as a HC - that’s a reach. So grab a guy who has coached, who has a staff and a plan, and isn’t Thomas “tank the program” hammock.

We don’t need to be hiring a high school coach to run an FBS football program. There are plenty of play callers out there who we can hire as coordinators but we need a guy that understands the portal and business end of the job. Our roster absolutely sucks, and we need someone who can actually get guys into the program. That also means a full commitment from the university to give that coach the money he needs to get that done. That’s STF’s responsibility. Either get it from private donors or raise student fees, as much as that sucks to raise money that way. Each student at JMU is paying an absurd amount in athletic fees, but they are still going there.

The sad part is that we have a more than decent QB but the staff isn't using the offense around him, especially play calling. I turned the game off at 28-7, did they try to air it out at all after that? I don't remember any downfield passing at all, and that great one handed grab in the 1st quarter was called back on a penalty.
When you're down three scores the entire 4th quarter should be a two-minute drill.

(10-11-2026 11:33 AM)Rawdog10 Wrote:  

(10-11-2026 09:39 AM)BigChilla Wrote:  How do you fire a head coach who isn’t a coach. He was supposed to fill the headset for a year and not embarrass us. He failed. This is an awful Hammock staff.

It’s time to make an important hire. I like what basketball is looking like. Find that guy for football.

Any thoughts that STF was lead to hire an alumni when one appeared before him? I think that’s gone. STF is in charge. Let’s see what the can do now.

I like Jordan lynch as a player. And i liked his sideline interview sounding annoyed at the defense and explaining how to stop the option. That was cool. I don’t want him as a HC - that’s a reach. So grab a guy who has coached, who has a staff and a plan, and isn’t Thomas “tank the program” hammock.

We don’t need to be hiring a high school coach to run an FBS football program. There are plenty of play callers out there who we can hire as coordinators but we need a guy that understands the portal and business end of the job. Our roster absolutely sucks, and we need someone who can actually get guys into the program. That also means a full commitment from the university to give that coach the money he needs to get that done. That’s STF’s responsibility. Either get it from private donors or raise student fees, as much as that sucks to raise money that way. Each student at JMU is paying an absurd amount in athletic fees, but they are still going there.

STF does not want to fundraise or spend the funds to get quality players. He just wants regular donors to fill the coffers to fund his bloated administrative budget while he and his minions “rah rah” to stupid believers how wonderful the program is. Keep letting the program tank and watch those donor dollars quickly dry up, STF.

Sorry to say, but the best thing that can happen now is we go 0-12 so there is not one shred of possibility Harley gets extended.

Frazier also needs to be shown the door. The program has gone from a premier G6 program to the worst in the country on his watch.

(10-11-2026 12:50 PM)DiehardHuskie Wrote:  Sorry to say, but the best thing that can happen now is we go 0-12 so there is not one shred of possibility Harley gets extended.

Frazier also needs to be shown the door. The program has gone from a premier G6 program to the worst in the country on his watch.

0-12 is almost a lock, 2-10 being the best case scenario.

At Northern Illinois University (NIU), the Board of Trustees holds the ultimate legal and institutional authority for major university appointments and contracts, though the hiring process involves key athletic and university administrators:

If Harley were to be hired as HC, the board of trustees would have to approve.

Northern Illinois University Vice President and Director of Athletics and Recreation Sean Frazier's contract expires on June 30, 2027.

Is this true??????

How soon can we fire Harley? We got blown out by a team that didn’t even complete 1 pass

(10-11-2026 02:55 PM)mustangfootball2004 Wrote:  Northern Illinois University Vice President and Director of Athletics and Recreation Sean Frazier's contract expires on June 30, 2027.

Is this true??????

According to Freeman's transparency post, yes.
https://www.niu.edu/president/about/transparency.shtml

According to associated documents, Freeman's extended contract expires June 30, 2028.

Note: a couple of years ago, Freeman's post included all administrative personnel under contract, including all head coaches. That information is no longer included.

(10-11-2026 12:03 PM)Dog Fan Wrote:  

(10-11-2026 11:33 AM)Rawdog10 Wrote:  

(10-11-2026 09:39 AM)BigChilla Wrote:  How do you fire a head coach who isn’t a coach. He was supposed to fill the headset for a year and not embarrass us. He failed. This is an awful Hammock staff.

It’s time to make an important hire. I like what basketball is looking like. Find that guy for football.

Any thoughts that STF was lead to hire an alumni when one appeared before him? I think that’s gone. STF is in charge. Let’s see what the can do now.

I like Jordan lynch as a player. And i liked his sideline interview sounding annoyed at the defense and explaining how to stop the option. That was cool. I don’t want him as a HC - that’s a reach. So grab a guy who has coached, who has a staff and a plan, and isn’t Thomas “tank the program” hammock.

We don’t need to be hiring a high school coach to run an FBS football program. There are plenty of play callers out there who we can hire as coordinators but we need a guy that understands the portal and business end of the job. Our roster absolutely sucks, and we need someone who can actually get guys into the program. That also means a full commitment from the university to give that coach the money he needs to get that done. That’s STF’s responsibility. Either get it from private donors or raise student fees, as much as that sucks to raise money that way. Each student at JMU is paying an absurd amount in athletic fees, but they are still going there.

STF does not want to fundraise or spend the funds to get quality players. He just wants regular donors to fill the coffers to fund his bloated administrative budget while he and his minions “rah rah” to stupid believers how wonderful the program is. Keep letting the program tank and watch those donor dollars quickly dry up, STF.

Agree 100%. NIU has what I call a "tread-water administration." That will not change until changes are made at the top.

That "dry up" is already happening, much as STF et al try to ignore or dismiss it. Alumni with some resources in my age group are sitting back for two major reason, imo: 1) the need for resources for health-related issues, and 2) enjoyment of what used to be called "golden years."

Those "years" may not include much support for NIU, whose track record of success has gradually thinned under the administration I nicknamed earlier.

Have at it.

Technically, Harleys and Fraziers contract expire on the same day.

My resources tell me Rod Carey is gonna be the AD

(10-11-2026 04:41 PM)mustangfootball2004 Wrote:  Technically, Harleys and Fraziers contract expire on the same day.

Fazier is going to collect a very nice SURS pension for the rest of his life.

I can't think of anyone that has done less in 13 years. He's been here longer than Phillips and Compher combined but no one has come to take him from us.