(11-18-2019 12:28 AM)MaddDawgz02 Wrote:  The best part of this season ending will be that we do not have to follow Rod Carey anymore, the obsession now is beyond healthy.

+1. But I’m afraid the adoration and man love will continue well into the offseason because members of his cult have nothing more in their lives.

Cool, so now we're overinterpretting kinda generic motivational lines

" Tyquan Hammock comes to NIU after spending the 2018 season as defensive backs coach at Kentucky Christian, an NAIA school in Grayson, Ky. Under his guidance, cornerback Harmand St. Hubert earned first team All-Mid South Conference Bluegrass Division honors.

A 2013 graduate of Michigan State, Hammock was a three-year letterwinner for the Spartans from 2009-12. He began his career at MSU at fullback before moving to linebacker his sophomore year and was a key member of the Spartans’ special teams.

The brother of NIU head coach Thomas Hammock, he spent five years as director of group living at Rite of Passage before getting his coaching start at Kentucky Christian. He and his wife Kenya have two daughters, Kyleigh and Sadie. "

Wow!

(11-18-2019 10:15 AM)Huskiepower2003 Wrote:  " Tyquan Hammock comes to NIU after spending the 2018 season as defensive backs coach at Kentucky Christian, an NAIA school in Grayson, Ky. Under his guidance, cornerback Harmand St. Hubert earned first team All-Mid South Conference Bluegrass Division honors.

A 2013 graduate of Michigan State, Hammock was a three-year letterwinner for the Spartans from 2009-12. He began his career at MSU at fullback before moving to linebacker his sophomore year and was a key member of the Spartans’ special teams.

The brother of NIU head coach Thomas Hammock, he spent five years as director of group living at Rite of Passage before getting his coaching start at Kentucky Christian. He and his wife Kenya have two daughters, Kyleigh and Sadie. "

Wow!

Wow what?

(11-17-2019 07:56 PM)HawaiiToNIU Wrote:  I love that Carey carried the torch and got us MAC dominance. But to be honest, I want out. I want to leave the MAC and start having Saturday games again. I want people to take the NIU seriously when we win games. And this means upping our competition and leaving the conference.

This means ripping the band-aid off and running an offense that can not only move the ball, but light up scoreboards. This year has been tough, but I'm all in.

I hate the MAC's contract with ESPN and I do think that too many weeknight games are eroding the fan base. However, aside from that, the MAC is a good fit for NIU. Our sister institutions in the MAC are similarly sized and many of them have good to excellent academic reputations. Athletic facilities are generally comparable and no one school has a strong recruiting advantage over another.

Until or unless the state of Illinois makes a decision to fund NIU at a significantly higher level we are likely staying put. In many ways NIU has declined a bit as a university and like it or not we have been slipping behind some of the other MAC schools. I spent much of my career in Ohio and I worked with and hired staff from Miami, Ohio U., BGSU and Buffalo. These are excellent schools and solid peer institutions for NIU.

I have been impressed with president Freeman so far and I am hoping that she is able to get us on a better trajectory. If she is not, we might be fortunate to remain in the MAC.

(11-18-2019 01:35 PM)bikechuck Wrote:  

(11-17-2019 07:56 PM)HawaiiToNIU Wrote:  I love that Carey carried the torch and got us MAC dominance. But to be honest, I want out. I want to leave the MAC and start having Saturday games again. I want people to take the NIU seriously when we win games. And this means upping our competition and leaving the conference.

This means ripping the band-aid off and running an offense that can not only move the ball, but light up scoreboards. This year has been tough, but I'm all in.

I hate the MAC's contract with ESPN and I do think that too many weeknight games are eroding the fan base. However, aside from that, the MAC is a good fit for NIU. Our sister institutions in the MAC are similarly sized and many of them have good to excellent academic reputations. Athletic facilities are generally comparable and no one school has a strong recruiting advantage over another.

Until or unless the state of Illinois makes a decision to fund NIU at a significantly higher level we are likely staying put. In many ways NIU has declined a bit as a university and like it or not we have been slipping behind some of the other MAC schools. I spent much of my career in Ohio and I worked with and hired staff from Miami, Ohio U., BGSU and Buffalo. These are excellent schools and solid peer institutions for NIU.

I have been impressed with president Freeman so far and I am hoping that she is able to get us on a better trajectory. If she is not, we might be fortunate to remain in the MAC.

Excellent analysis, very well stated.

(11-18-2019 08:32 AM)Dog Fan Wrote:  

(11-18-2019 12:28 AM)MaddDawgz02 Wrote:  The best part of this season ending will be that we do not have to follow Rod Carey anymore, the obsession now is beyond healthy.

+1. But I’m afraid the adoration and man love will continue well into the offseason because members of his cult have nothing more in their lives.

Best way to forget about my boy, Coach carey... stop bringing him up and alluding to him...promise you I won't be cause he has no bearing or relevance on my school at this point. However, being appreciative for what he accomplished I will always go to bat for him as a coach, based on what he did as a coach for my school, and how is doing after getting a hire level, paying job.. Hopefully, the haters with misguided animosity t[towards coach Carey, can stop bringing him up..let's move on girls

(11-18-2019 07:43 PM)Jb 94 Wrote:  

(11-18-2019 08:32 AM)Dog Fan Wrote:  

(11-18-2019 12:28 AM)MaddDawgz02 Wrote:  The best part of this season ending will be that we do not have to follow Rod Carey anymore, the obsession now is beyond healthy.

+1. But I’m afraid the adoration and man love will continue well into the offseason because members of his cult have nothing more in their lives.

Best way to forget about my boy, Coach carey... stop bringing him up and alluding to him...promise you I won't be cause he has no bearing or relevance on my school at this point. However, being appreciative for what he accomplished I will always go to bat for him as a coach, based on what he did as a coach for my school, and how is doing after getting a hire level, paying job.. Hopefully, the haters with misguided animosity t[towards coach Carey, can stop bringing him up..let's move on girls

Ha! What a freakin’ joke. You are the biggest Carey idolizer on this board.

Strange thread

(11-18-2019 10:27 PM)Dog Fan Wrote:  

(11-18-2019 07:43 PM)Jb 94 Wrote:  

(11-18-2019 08:32 AM)Dog Fan Wrote:  

(11-18-2019 12:28 AM)MaddDawgz02 Wrote:  The best part of this season ending will be that we do not have to follow Rod Carey anymore, the obsession now is beyond healthy.

+1. But I’m afraid the adoration and man love will continue well into the offseason because members of his cult have nothing more in their lives.

Best way to forget about my boy, Coach carey... stop bringing him up and alluding to him...promise you I won't be cause he has no bearing or relevance on my school at this point. However, being appreciative for what he accomplished I will always go to bat for him as a coach, based on what he did as a coach for my school, and how is doing after getting a hire level, paying job.. Hopefully, the haters with misguided animosity t[towards coach Carey, can stop bringing him up..let's move on girls

Ha! What a freakin’ joke. You are the biggest Carey idolizer on this board.

Dude, do you know me. Hell yeah Carey was an awesome coach,and did well at my school...not in the habit of idolizing people ( coaches / non coaches).

He's gone. He's never coming back. Carey era is over.

#GoHam