Marathon Blazer
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Trent Dilfer contract approved
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Marathon Blazer
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RE: Trent Dilfer contract approved
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blazerjay
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RE: Trent Dilfer contract approved
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03-13-2023 04:20 PM |
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DuelingDragon
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RE: Trent Dilfer contract approved
Basically, took some $ that was going to BC and dispersed to the staff. Good move, imo.
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03-13-2023 04:28 PM |
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The Answer UAB
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RE: Trent Dilfer contract approved
What was BC making?
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DuelingDragon
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RE: Trent Dilfer contract approved
$1.6M
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03-13-2023 05:03 PM |
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RE: Trent Dilfer contract approved
How do we measure up vs ACC coaches and coordinators?
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03-13-2023 11:33 PM |
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DuelingDragon
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RE: Trent Dilfer contract approved
Near the bottom but not sure that is a bad thing
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03-14-2023 12:20 AM |
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Golden-Ticket
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RE: Trent Dilfer contract approved
I wouldn’t put much thought into where we stack up against the rest of the AAC, Dilfer isn’t a proven head coach to demand our best offer yet. Pretty good to get 1.3 as a new coach
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03-14-2023 06:28 AM |
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FNblazer
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RE: Trent Dilfer contract approved
...and Dilfer is already personally wealthy so he can elect to pour those resources into a larger staff.
(This post was last modified: 03-14-2023 10:55 AM by FNblazer.)
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03-14-2023 10:55 AM |
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RE: Trent Dilfer contract approved
I suspect that's exactly what happened. He hired a lot of people.
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03-14-2023 11:12 AM |
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Auburn_Blazer
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RE: Trent Dilfer contract approved
(03-14-2023 11:12 AM)UAB Band Dad Wrote: I suspect that's exactly what happened. He hired a lot of people.
+1. Staff seems like it might be 3x the size of the last one.
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03-14-2023 01:02 PM |
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blazr
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RE: Trent Dilfer contract approved
So, this means we could not find anyone with college coaching experience to come to UAB for $1.2 million.
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03-15-2023 01:44 PM |
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DuelingDragon
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RE: Trent Dilfer contract approved
(03-15-2023 01:44 PM)blazr Wrote: So, this means we could not find anyone with college coaching experience to come to UAB for $1.2 million.
No I don’t think that is so.
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03-15-2023 01:54 PM |
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UAB Band Dad
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RE: Trent Dilfer contract approved
(03-15-2023 01:44 PM)blazr Wrote: So, this means we could not find anyone with college coaching experience to come to UAB for $1.2 million.
No. They could have hired a retread or given an assistant his shot.
Ingram thought way outside the box. He swung for the fences. He knows that if Dilfer crashes and burns that he'll look like an idiot, too.
Everything I'm seeing from this guy looks right. We're recruiting players as good or better than we ever had. A quarter to a third of the HS guys we're offering now are 4 stars, guys who in the past we might or might not have made even a token run at recruiting. We may miss on all of them, but I think he's going to sign some. We already have more four star recruits than we have ever had before.
The game calling, offensive and defensive philosophy sounds good in chat on a podcast, but we have yet to see it work on the field. Doubt is more than reasonable at this point. I still like what I'm seeing and hearing.
We'll see.
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03-15-2023 04:00 PM |
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blazerwkr
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RE: Trent Dilfer contract approved
I think there were proven coaches willing to come but their price wasn't in our range.
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03-15-2023 04:10 PM |
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blazers9911
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RE: Trent Dilfer contract approved
Define proven I guess. I don’t believe we couldn’t hire a coach with experience at that price. I just think Ingram wanted to swing for the fences.
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03-15-2023 06:55 PM |
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DuelingDragon
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RE: Trent Dilfer contract approved
Tom Herman got 1.2 million from FAU.
Maybe schools are going to wise up and not get into bidding wars
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03-15-2023 08:34 PM |
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blazr
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RE: Trent Dilfer contract approved
Gotcha. No guts, no glory.
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03-15-2023 08:35 PM |
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RE: Trent Dilfer contract approved
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