Out of 92 votes 71 voted that he doesn’t deserve. 77%. I guess the fans have spoken. Lol

23% is too high. Maybe these are the same morons who watch all those damn CSI shows.

No.

Dumbest thread ever.

Well, this was in today's Frazier's Corner:

http://niu.sidearmsports.com/news/2018/1...ccess.aspx

Quote:Leading the way for the last five years of this era of success, Head Coach Rod Carey has undeniably raised the bar for Huskie Football. He now ranks 25th nationally in career winning percentage among active coaches (with at least five years as a head coach), ahead of household names like Navy's Ken Niumatalolo, Charlie Strong of USF, Washington State's Mike Leach and Dana Holgorsen of West Virginia, and is in the Top 10 all-time among MAC coaches. Since NIU became an FBS institution in 298891969, only two coaches have led the Huskies to four or more winning seasons – Rod, with four winning seasons, and Joe Novak, with seven from 1996-2007. All-time, NIU has eight victories over Big Ten opponents (in 45 games), with four of those wins in the last five years, including last season's upset at Nebraska, the first win by a MAC team at Memorial Stadium.

(01-25-2018 10:23 PM)thxjoenovak Wrote:  Well, this was in today's Frazier's Corner:

http://niu.sidearmsports.com/news/2018/1...ccess.aspx

Quote:Leading the way for the last five years of this era of success, Head Coach Rod Carey has undeniably raised the bar for Huskie Football. He now ranks 25th nationally in career winning percentage among active coaches (with at least five years as a head coach), ahead of household names like Navy's Ken Niumatalolo, Charlie Strong of USF, Washington State's Mike Leach and Dana Holgorsen of West Virginia, and is in the Top 10 all-time among MAC coaches. Since NIU became an FBS institution in 298891969, only two coaches have led the Huskies to four or more winning seasons – Rod, with four winning seasons, and Joe Novak, with seven from 1996-2007. All-time, NIU has eight victories over Big Ten opponents (in 45 games), with four of those wins in the last five years, including last season's upset at Nebraska, the first win by a MAC team at Memorial Stadium.

Carey is one of the top coaches in college football. I'm sure Monty is, too. Extensions all around for our great coaches!!

(01-25-2018 10:54 PM)Dog Fan Wrote:  

(01-25-2018 10:23 PM)thxjoenovak Wrote:  Well, this was in today's Frazier's Corner:

http://niu.sidearmsports.com/news/2018/1...ccess.aspx

Quote:Leading the way for the last five years of this era of success, Head Coach Rod Carey has undeniably raised the bar for Huskie Football. He now ranks 25th nationally in career winning percentage among active coaches (with at least five years as a head coach), ahead of household names like Navy's Ken Niumatalolo, Charlie Strong of USF, Washington State's Mike Leach and Dana Holgorsen of West Virginia, and is in the Top 10 all-time among MAC coaches. Since NIU became an FBS institution in 298891969, only two coaches have led the Huskies to four or more winning seasons – Rod, with four winning seasons, and Joe Novak, with seven from 1996-2007. All-time, NIU has eight victories over Big Ten opponents (in 45 games), with four of those wins in the last five years, including last season's upset at Nebraska, the first win by a MAC team at Memorial Stadium.

Carey is one of the top coaches in college football. I'm sure Monty is, too. Extensions all around for our great coaches!!

Did anyone ask him of his thoughts on the fake punt?

Frazier obviously doesn't watch NIU sports, so no thoughts on punt.

(01-26-2018 08:06 AM)NIUfrank Wrote:  Frazier obviously doesn't watch NIU sports, so no thoughts on punt.

He's just not into fake news.

How long has he had this gig? I thought he was this hot, AD candidate? Looks like we're stuck with this serviceable at best jackas,s!

(01-26-2018 09:22 AM)NIUfrank Wrote:  How long has he had this gig? I thought he was this hot, AD candidate? Looks like we're stuck with this serviceable at best jackas,s!

He has been limited by working for a university with an anemic budget and no support from the state. It's like trying to walk up a down escalator. He has also learned that it is virtually impossible to generate the donations he needs from NIU's small group of supporters. Add all this to the declining interest in college sports in general and in NIU sports in particular, as well as the mediocre performance of its teams. This is not a formula for creating a huge multimillion dollar master plan. His optimism that everything is great is not fooling a lot of people.

Yeah. STF loves Carey. In my opinion any decent coach coaching at NIU would have that kind of winning percentage. We’re talented and we recruit well. Outside of non-conference though we play some of the worst programs in the nation and the difference shows especially when we show up for our bowl games. Our coaching is not on that level that STF says we are. Winning in the MAC can be deceiving. If our coaching was really that good we would be the next Boise,UCF,TCU(heck even FAU is better than us right now). Right now with coach Carey we can’t beat Central Michigan or Toledo. Every year we seem to start strong and finish terribly. Ever heard the quote.....”It’s not about how you start, it’s how you finish “. We suck at finishing right now( that’s coaching)

(01-27-2018 08:31 AM)Dog Fan Wrote:  

(01-26-2018 09:22 AM)NIUfrank Wrote:  How long has he had this gig? I thought he was this hot, AD candidate? Looks like we're stuck with this serviceable at best jackas,s!

He has been limited by working for a university with an anemic budget and no support from the state. It's like trying to walk up a down escalator. He has also learned that it is virtually impossible to generate the donations he needs from NIU's small group of supporters. Add all this to the declining interest in college sports in general and in NIU sports in particular, as well as the mediocre performance of its teams. This is not a formula for creating a huge multimillion dollar master plan. His optimism that everything is great is not fooling a lot of people.

There was more money and interest when we were winning with achievable scheduling. 8-5 and 7-6 doesn't move the needle.

Didn't that previous AD do well with this **** budget and fan support. He parlayed it into a better gig. Carey and Frazier would have been poached by now if they were qualified candidates.

(01-27-2018 08:32 AM)BDB5yp Wrote:  Yeah. STF loves Carey. In my opinion any decent coach coaching at NIU would have that kind of winning percentage. We’re talented and we recruit well. Outside of non-conference though we play some of the worst programs in the nation and the difference shows especially when we show up for our bowl games. Our coaching is not on that level that STF says we are. Winning in the MAC can be deceiving. If our coaching was really that good we would be the next Boise,UCF,TCU(heck even FAU is better than us right now). Right now with coach Carey we can’t beat Central Michigan or Toledo. Every year we seem to start strong and finish terribly. Ever heard the quote.....”It’s not about how you start, it’s how you finish “. We suck at finishing right now( that’s coaching)

Valid points. We simply did not improve as the year went on. Our best games end up being the Nebraska win and the BC and SDSU losses. Toledo, CMU and Duke were poor performances against slightly better than average teams.

(01-07-2018 07:37 AM)BDB5yp Wrote:  Out of 92 votes 71 voted that he doesn’t deserve. 77%. I guess the fans have spoken. Lol

So says the fans who want us to be the next Boise but don’t put their money where there mouth is to make something like that happen. State of Illinois, declining enrollment, this subject is nothing but message board fodder ... End ‘O Subject.

Winning season, competing for a MAC West title, and going to bowl games is the benchmark MAC schools have the resources to go for, and that is where Rod Carey has us.

(01-28-2018 02:26 PM)HuskieJoe Wrote:  

(01-07-2018 07:37 AM)BDB5yp Wrote:  Out of 92 votes 71 voted that he doesn’t deserve. 77%. I guess the fans have spoken. Lol

So says the fans who want us to be the next Boise but don’t put their money where there mouth is to make something like that happen. State of Illinois, declining enrollment, this subject is nothing but message board fodder ... End ‘O Subject.

Winning season, competing for a MAC West title, and going to bowl games is the benchmark MAC schools have the resources to go for, and that is where Rod Carey has us.

We’re talking about coaching. We’re not talking about the resources. Carey is mediocre at best. Boise is Boise because of great coaching. TCU is TCU because of great coaching. We don’t need amazing resources, to be able to show improvement on the field. Novak did more with less.

(01-28-2018 02:47 PM)BDB5yp Wrote:  

(01-28-2018 02:26 PM)HuskieJoe Wrote:  

(01-07-2018 07:37 AM)BDB5yp Wrote:  Out of 92 votes 71 voted that he doesn’t deserve. 77%. I guess the fans have spoken. Lol

So says the fans who want us to be the next Boise but don’t put their money where there mouth is to make something like that happen. State of Illinois, declining enrollment, this subject is nothing but message board fodder ... End ‘O Subject.

Winning season, competing for a MAC West title, and going to bowl games is the benchmark MAC schools have the resources to go for, and that is where Rod Carey has us.

We’re talking about coaching. We’re not talking about the resources. Carey is mediocre at best. Boise is Boise because of great coaching. TCU is TCU because of great coaching. We don’t need amazing resources, to be able to show improvement on the field. Novak did more with less.

Gary Patterson's minimum base salary at TCU is $4.75M/year, so, yes, you are talking about resources.

(01-28-2018 04:03 PM)HuskieDave Wrote:  

(01-28-2018 02:47 PM)BDB5yp Wrote:  

(01-28-2018 02:26 PM)HuskieJoe Wrote:  

(01-07-2018 07:37 AM)BDB5yp Wrote:  Out of 92 votes 71 voted that he doesn’t deserve. 77%. I guess the fans have spoken. Lol

So says the fans who want us to be the next Boise but don’t put their money where there mouth is to make something like that happen. State of Illinois, declining enrollment, this subject is nothing but message board fodder ... End ‘O Subject.

Winning season, competing for a MAC West title, and going to bowl games is the benchmark MAC schools have the resources to go for, and that is where Rod Carey has us.

We’re talking about coaching. We’re not talking about the resources. Carey is mediocre at best. Boise is Boise because of great coaching. TCU is TCU because of great coaching. We don’t need amazing resources, to be able to show improvement on the field. Novak did more with less.

Gary Patterson's minimum base salary at TCU is $4.75M/year, so, yes, you are talking about resources.

So are you saying Carey sucks because of lack of resources?

(01-29-2018 10:17 AM)BDB5yp Wrote:  

(01-28-2018 04:03 PM)HuskieDave Wrote:  

(01-28-2018 02:47 PM)BDB5yp Wrote:  

(01-28-2018 02:26 PM)HuskieJoe Wrote:  

(01-07-2018 07:37 AM)BDB5yp Wrote:  Out of 92 votes 71 voted that he doesn’t deserve. 77%. I guess the fans have spoken. Lol

So says the fans who want us to be the next Boise but don’t put their money where there mouth is to make something like that happen. State of Illinois, declining enrollment, this subject is nothing but message board fodder ... End ‘O Subject.

Winning season, competing for a MAC West title, and going to bowl games is the benchmark MAC schools have the resources to go for, and that is where Rod Carey has us.

We’re talking about coaching. We’re not talking about the resources. Carey is mediocre at best. Boise is Boise because of great coaching. TCU is TCU because of great coaching. We don’t need amazing resources, to be able to show improvement on the field. Novak did more with less.

Gary Patterson's minimum base salary at TCU is $4.75M/year, so, yes, you are talking about resources.

So are you saying Carey sucks because of lack of resources?

Hello all . I am an alumnus who lives in the Atlanta Ga area. I have seen here the reputation of NIU'S football program be tarnished by the hiring of Carey. After the Orange bowl , NIU was the talk of the town along with the name of Lynch. When I mentioned to people at the fitness center or at work that I graduated from NIU, comments were, great football program , great school , great accounting program ;now nothing.

Yesterday I was in an uber and shared a ride with a young guy who was from Chicago and attended MT Carmel , but came here to Atlanta to attend Morehouse college. He is a sophomore. I mentioned to him I was from Chi town and went to NIU . His comment was interesting. He said NIU is on a downward trend in football. If a Sophomore in college in Atlanta can see that, the NIU administration should be able to recognize something needs to be done before even more damage is done. The only thing Carey has done has kept us off of probation;

I'm from New Orleans, same thing here.

(01-28-2018 02:26 PM)HuskieJoe Wrote:  

(01-07-2018 07:37 AM)BDB5yp Wrote:  Out of 92 votes 71 voted that he doesn’t deserve. 77%. I guess the fans have spoken. Lol

So says the fans who want us to be the next Boise but don’t put their money where there mouth is to make something like that happen. State of Illinois, declining enrollment, this subject is nothing but message board fodder ... End ‘O Subject.

Winning season, competing for a MAC West title, and going to bowl games is the benchmark MAC schools have the resources to go for, and that is where Rod Carey has us.

The bar has been lowered from competing for (and winning) MAC titles and bowl games to being content with competing for a division title and just being invited to a bowl.

How pathetic.