It has begun…

Macon? Seriously.

We suck. Fire everyone!

Can you guys remind me why you didn’t do a coaching search?

Dump the AD while we are at it!

Haha. Tap the brakes son. Need several more games before we can decide that.
Meanwhile... as always, FIRE FRAZIER!

Honestly I agree at this point. NIU has a high school coach running around on the sidelines.

The fact that he decided to trot that Macon guy out there for the second week in a row and gave ISU 21 points might be the dumbest thing I’ve ever seen in football.

Harley .. and Peterson .. don’t really care about winning for NIU as all .. this was very frustrating

(09-12-2026 09:00 PM)Big_Man Wrote:  Honestly I agree at this point. NIU has a high school coach running around on the sidelines.

The fact that he decided to trot that Macon guy out there for the second week in a row and gave ISU 21 points might be the dumbest thing I’ve ever seen in football.

We promoted the coordinator of a mid defense. What was STF thinking with that? Sure we are still rebuilding, but we have a QB that can play and a proven RB. We just lost to an FCS school who was also seeing new players, including their QB.

Cry transfer portal and nil all you want. But ISU has even less than us as far as nil resources go, and they deal with transfers just the same.

We just flat out stink. Giving them 21 free points by way of starting Macon who has NO business behind center in any collegiate capacity is ridiculous.

Easy win if you let Dickens football. Scared coaching in the second half. Most chicken shitt coaching I’ve ever seen.

(09-12-2026 09:33 PM)HawaiiToNIU Wrote:  

(09-12-2026 09:00 PM)Big_Man Wrote:  Honestly I agree at this point. NIU has a high school coach running around on the sidelines.

The fact that he decided to trot that Macon guy out there for the second week in a row and gave ISU 21 points might be the dumbest thing I’ve ever seen in football.

We promoted the coordinator of a mid defense. What was STF thinking with that? Sure we are still rebuilding, but we have a QB that can play and a proven RB. We just lost to an FCS school who was also seeing new players, including their QB.

Cry transfer portal and nil all you want. But ISU has even less than us as far as nil resources go, and they deal with transfers just the same.

We just flat out stink. Giving them 21 free points by way of starting Macon who has NO business behind center in any collegiate capacity is ridiculous.

So we agree.

Conventional wisdom...

-lets promote someone with success with ties to NIU? Matt Simon, Kevin Kane, Nick Benedetto, Jeff Knowles, Sam Pittman,
-we can pick a successful coach from the FCS level? Or maybe a successful coordinator with strong local ties?

No....let's default to the defensive coordinator who led the 64th ranked defense in yards and points allowed
-STF

(09-12-2026 09:43 PM)Big_Man Wrote:  

(09-12-2026 09:33 PM)HawaiiToNIU Wrote:  

(09-12-2026 09:00 PM)Big_Man Wrote:  Honestly I agree at this point. NIU has a high school coach running around on the sidelines.

The fact that he decided to trot that Macon guy out there for the second week in a row and gave ISU 21 points might be the dumbest thing I’ve ever seen in football.

We promoted the coordinator of a mid defense. What was STF thinking with that? Sure we are still rebuilding, but we have a QB that can play and a proven RB. We just lost to an FCS school who was also seeing new players, including their QB.

Cry transfer portal and nil all you want. But ISU has even less than us as far as nil resources go, and they deal with transfers just the same.

We just flat out stink. Giving them 21 free points by way of starting Macon who has NO business behind center in any collegiate capacity is ridiculous.

So we agree.

Just get Jordan Lynch.... Sure he's completely unproven at the HS level

But he's got attitude

It’s pretty apparent that the coaching staff doesn’t have a clue on how to utilize talent that they have. Is Harley still interim?

This would be like if Kill kept trotting Grady out there over Harnish.

Harley does not give off the "I know what I am doing" vibe, he looks a bit lost and figuring it out as he goes.
I guess the switch from broadcasting to head coaching isn't as easy as it looks :).
Happy to eat my words if this team wins a lot but ain't seeing that happen as of right now.

And I'd bet we didn't have the funds for a full coaching search, or STF was under pressure not to spend on this and not expend more budget than needed.

My concern is that if a coaching staff isn’t starting the best player at the most important position, then where else are they making this mistake?

(09-12-2026 10:02 PM)NIU84 Wrote:  Harley does not give off the "I know what I am doing" vibe, he looks a bit lost and figuring it out as he goes.
I guess the switch from broadcasting to head coaching isn't as easy as it looks :).
Happy to eat my words if this team wins a lot but ain't seeing that happen as of right now.

And I'd bet we didn't have the funds for a full coaching search, or STF was under pressure not to spend on this and not expend more budget than needed.

Jeez....that would point to bigger problems with how the entire university is ran vs just the athletic dept

How couldn't we have money? Seattle bought out Hammock's contract and we just got Mountain West money? Seems like absolute laziness on NIUs part, which is really onbrand.

Fire the strength and conditioning coach. He has done a horrible job with our lineman. Fat and slow is no way to go through life son.

(09-12-2026 10:02 PM)NIU84 Wrote:  Harley does not give off the "I know what I am doing" vibe, he looks a bit lost and figuring it out as he goes.
I guess the switch from broadcasting to head coaching isn't as easy as it looks :).
Happy to eat my words if this team wins a lot but ain't seeing that happen as of right now.

And I'd bet we didn't have the funds for a full coaching search, or STF was under pressure not to spend on this and not expend more budget than needed.

Yep … watching his interview before this game was a little squirrelly and his favorite word is “stupid” .. …. he can still grow and is our coach this year so wish him the best …but man why did they stick with Macon at the beginning …

A case could be made here at the end of the season as he clearly started the wrong quarterback that is solely on the coach and he needs to be held accountable at some point this does not build his case to become the permanent head coach