(06-30-2017 12:45 PM)niu1980 Wrote: (06-30-2017 11:20 AM)uiniu57 Wrote: (06-29-2017 09:18 PM)cagy cager Wrote: yeah, makes sense to root AGAINST the Huskies because some internet trolls who probably never coached or played football a day in their lives decided the guy with a nearly 75% winning percentage with a half dozen or more significant quarterback injuries cannot coach.
For the record, Carey's 41-26 record is a 61.2 winning percentage -- technically it could just as easily be described as nearer to 50% than "nearly 75%".
Vegas was suggesting we root against the Huskies because of his dislike of Carey. Do you agree with that idea?
Never have and never intend to root "against" the Huskies, but as Vegas suggested, it appears the only way a change will be made is if things get worse. Extremely disappointed in Frazier for extending the contracts on Carey and Montgomery when it was neither necessary or merited. That having been said, it appears any type of success will simply prolong the stagnation of either program.
It's one thing for someone like cagey to stick up for a coach and it's another for him to immediately label anyone with a different opinion as being uneducated trolls and then twist actual numbers (.612 being nearly 75%) or provide "alternative facts":
I have sufficient playing and coaching experience to know. Is that in basketball or football? Is that the Division I level, or D-III, high school, varsity or JV? What exactly is "sufficient"?
Pinning wins and losses on injuries is one thing in basketball, it's another in football considering a quarterback doesn't play defense or take part in special teams. NIU's recent shortcomings encompassed more than one position and it's an indictment of the coaching staff not to recruit or develop depth.
There isn't a single loyal Huskie among us who doesn't want players to stay healthy, but there also isn't a single program in the MAC or any other conference that couldn't play would of, could of, or should of in light of injuries. Or in the case of basketball, adopt "we're young" as a mantra.
For those of us who have been around NIU athletics for decades, we've seen a lack of commitment from Corso, a failure to recruit or develop depth from Sadler despite his incoming resume, the lack of progress despite Judson's name and reputation as an assistant, the steady decline under Patton despite his time at Colorado, etc. Despite raising a program from rock bottom, it took only one bad season even more impacted by injuries for some to discount Novak's ability to continue to elevate the program. So rooting "FOR" the Huskies includes honest assessment.