rocketfootball Wrote:HuskieDan Wrote:rocketfootball Wrote:sarasotahuskie Wrote:LakelandRocket Wrote:sarasotahuskie Wrote:RF: "I am quite confused by this thinking. Someone called him a sissy and I said you can call him one"
So, you corraborate what the expert, Elton John,
has to say about Brucie?
"I'm not the man they think I am at home
Oh no no no I'm a rocket man"
Sarasota,
You are forgetting that the Rockets typically play a couple more games than NIU.
(Usually in December)
Bad things can happen in these additional games, such as broken hands (Bruce) and blown ACLs.
I hope that one day you will play in December.
Until you play a full schedule, kindly reserve your opinions to Pee-Wee land. 
We played last December. We won.
Isn't it nice to get to play in December once every 21 years.
Yes, but Joe Novak didn't have a custom-made program's saddle to hop into. 
I didn't know that Joe Novak has coached NIU for the last 21 years. The point wasn't who the coach was, but the program in general over the last 21 years. What does that say that in that span Toledo has had 4 successful coaches and Novak has been the only successful one at NIU?
It says exactly the point I was trying to make - Toledo has had a far better FB program than NIU over that time. It's documented. You had better coaches and better support from the fans and university. I'm not embarrassed by it - it is a little irritating, but at least we have the success and the absolute right guy now - he has whipped the university into shape and created a ton of pride and publicity for NIU, not to mention simple income.
It says a lot about UT's committment to FB that you've had a very good program over a long time. It also says that you haven't had complete muppets as coaches.
But it is also far easier to step into a good situation and succeed than it is to have to build something from the ground up. And there's where Novak should have the utmost respect - 5 straight winning seasons for Huskie FB is unprecendented, and the fact that we've gone from getting slaughtered by the likes of Miami, Akron and BG (pre-recent success) to doing the slaughtering says a lot about what Novak has accomplished.
That's not to say that Amstutz is a lesser coach - obviously he's not, as it isn't too difficult to screw up a good situation (hello Tim Rose's Miami career :wink:). It's just to say that the situation there has been pretty smooth whereas at NIU it has been far from smooth. And this fall will be Novak's 10th season, so he's been here for a good portion of those 21 years.
Novak has the program built now. This spring we'll start construction on the facility we've
desperately needed - an endzone facility for FB offices, meeting rooms, lockerrooms, weight rooms and academic areas. NIU FB will be attractive for more than a successful team on the field, but also one that can help kids fully reach their athletic and academic potential, and that stuff is pretty damn important to 18 year olds. Recruiting will only continue to get better, and that will begin to get NIU's depth on par with the Toledo's and Miami's so that losing a couple guys to injuries won't have huge dropoffs in production. Whether that translates into perenniel MAC titles remains to be seen, but it is only after we're on a reasonable even keel in all factors that a true judgement can be made over who's the better program. Up to now, you've been better than us on the field because you're far ahead of us off the field and historically. Heck, it should be a complete surprise to everyone that Novak has accomplished what he has recently due to our HS facilities and lousy administration support!
