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RE: Let’s find some positives to build on(to save our sanity)
Positive: Our program has progressed to the point where our fans are expecting to beat BigTen teams, and are beside themselves when we on occasion do not.
(This post was last modified: 09-07-2018 10:55 AM by NIUfilmmaker.)
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RE: Let’s find some positives to build on(to save our sanity)
(09-07-2018 11:04 AM)HuskieTap22 Wrote: (09-07-2018 10:37 AM)MiamiHuskie Wrote: (09-07-2018 09:35 AM)JKHuskie45 Wrote: Also, if Carey goes, expect some good players to transfer out (via uncertainty and the relations Carey established with some of the players) Not sure what how he does it, but one thing that can be denied is he is a really good recruiter.
Recruiting is great but he doesn't use the talent that he gets.
Remember when Toledo always had the best recruiting classes but NIU won the West.
I think recruiting has been a mixed bag. Been some good gets but looking at the current lineup the top QB, WR, RB, S, and K are all transfers. NIU struggling to land good QBs doesn’t really make sense either when you consider almost every other MAC team has had success recruiting the position. Ratings are what they are but even the bad MAC teams are landing three star recruits at QB.
This is true. But, I don't think Carey is interested in recruiting the type of QBs that other teams are. He recruits what he sees as a dual threat QB (to fit into our "system"), but he has been generally unsuccessful in identifying a QB that can handle both parts of the dual threat well. When he indeed had a decent dual threat QB, he rode the pine, was sent away, or turned into a WR (or a combination of these).
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RE: Let’s find some positives to build on(to save our sanity)
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RE: Let’s find some positives to build on(to save our sanity)
(09-07-2018 10:37 AM)MiamiHuskie Wrote: (09-07-2018 09:35 AM)JKHuskie45 Wrote: Also, if Carey goes, expect some good players to transfer out (via uncertainty and the relations Carey established with some of the players) Not sure what how he does it, but one thing that can be denied is he is a really good recruiter.
Recruiting is great but he doesn't use the talent that he gets.
Remember when Toledo always had the best recruiting classes but NIU won the West.
Lasted from 2010 thru 2013. CMU was #1 in 2009 and WMU#1 in 2014.
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RE: Let’s find some positives to build on(to save our sanity)
(09-07-2018 08:36 PM)Boca Rocket Wrote: (09-07-2018 10:37 AM)MiamiHuskie Wrote: (09-07-2018 09:35 AM)JKHuskie45 Wrote: Also, if Carey goes, expect some good players to transfer out (via uncertainty and the relations Carey established with some of the players) Not sure what how he does it, but one thing that can be denied is he is a really good recruiter.
Recruiting is great but he doesn't use the talent that he gets.
Remember when Toledo always had the best recruiting classes but NIU won the West.
Lasted from 2010 thru 2013. CMU was #1 in 2009 and WMU#1 in 2014.
And Toledo was #2 in 2009 AND 2014. Since 2006 Toledo has been 1 or 2 every year but twice. The fell all the way to #3 and to #4 once each. Toledo has consistently been a top Mac team. But it really illustrates how championships are won with Qbs. No coincidence Toledo didn't win a crown in that period until Woodside kicked ass.
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RE: Let’s find some positives to build on(to save our sanity)
I think the O line did a good job run blocking, and the to average for the RBs showed that. Although Iowa had inexperienced LBs which helped I'm sure.
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RE: Let’s find some positives to build on(to save our sanity)
Here’s a positive. Carey isn’t Tim Lester. When Lester took over WMU was coming off of a better season than NIU has ever had and some of the best recruiting classes ever. Lester has ruined all of that it seems.
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09-08-2018 12:31 PM |
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