(01-09-2021 09:19 PM)@ES Trader Wrote:  

(01-09-2021 08:54 PM)GameTime_21 Wrote:  Fick never agreed to terms with Michigan State. They interviewed that morning, the Michigan State folks left and he went to church with his wife. They talked it over that afternoon/evening and he called the "inner circle" over to his house that night to let them know he was staying. There was nothing to "sleep on". He went to bed that night knowing he had decided to stay at Cincinnati...

Randomly heard you on the radio the other day as I never listen to sports talk. You did a very good job and it was nice to hear your thoughts on UC. Hope you’re on the air more.

Agreed...always love hearing your segments or random bullpen shows when Mo doesn't feel like coming into work.

(01-09-2021 09:19 PM)@ES Trader Wrote:  

(01-09-2021 08:54 PM)GameTime_21 Wrote:  Fick never agreed to terms with Michigan State. They interviewed that morning, the Michigan State folks left and he went to church with his wife. They talked it over that afternoon/evening and he called the "inner circle" over to his house that night to let them know he was staying. There was nothing to "sleep on". He went to bed that night knowing he had decided to stay at Cincinnati...

Randomly heard you on the radio the other day as I never listen to sports talk. You did a very good job and it was nice to hear your thoughts on UC. Hope you’re on the air more.

Much appreciated. Pretty much if Mo or Tony take a day off, I'm on the air. Can't really commit to full time radio these days, so that fill in role is perfect for me...

(01-09-2021 09:25 PM)GameTime_21 Wrote:  

(01-09-2021 09:19 PM)@ES Trader Wrote:  

(01-09-2021 08:54 PM)GameTime_21 Wrote:  Fick never agreed to terms with Michigan State. They interviewed that morning, the Michigan State folks left and he went to church with his wife. They talked it over that afternoon/evening and he called the "inner circle" over to his house that night to let them know he was staying. There was nothing to "sleep on". He went to bed that night knowing he had decided to stay at Cincinnati...

Randomly heard you on the radio the other day as I never listen to sports talk. You did a very good job and it was nice to hear your thoughts on UC. Hope you’re on the air more.

Much appreciated. Pretty much if Mo or Tony take a day off, I'm on the air. Can't really commit to full time radio these days, so that fill in role is perfect for me...

i tune in for the music

(01-09-2021 07:34 PM)doss2 Wrote:  We need to continue to overspend until 2025 to be positioned for realignment. If we do not get a call up then start retrenching the spending.

Never let it be said that we disagree on everything.

(01-09-2021 07:05 PM)BearcatMan Wrote:  

(01-09-2021 06:54 PM)bearcatmark Wrote:  

(01-09-2021 06:48 PM)Bearhawkeye Wrote:  

(01-09-2021 04:34 PM)BearcatMan Wrote:  ND insiders are reporting that Freeman is expected to being in at least two new position coaches...if he takes Scruggs too...

Any links to this? I've been browsing around and haven't seen that info specifically but there's a ton of threads it might be in. Heck they've even got a whole thread speculating on Ahmad Gardner entering the portal.

Hope they're as on top of it as the Michigan state boards.

Lol. No, this isn't like the MSU situation at all, but the false equivalency can reign in your mind if you'd like it to be.

And Hawkeye, its on Purdue's board that they're targeting Elston for DC and the safeties coach has been confirmed to Texas. Speculation on both ND's 247 and Rivals pages that Freeman would bring guys from UC with him (though obviously thats the same as us saying it here).

Yeah I'm familiar with the MSU safeties coach to Texas and Elston to Purdue stuff - in fact I think I've already posted it here probably more than once.

I was asking more about Freeman poaching assistants on the way out. Is this just poster speculation or are "insiders" saying it's in the works? I haven't seen anybody credible (and I use that word very loosely in this area) saying anything is actually in the works.

(01-09-2021 07:13 PM)rath v2.0 Wrote:  

(01-09-2021 07:05 PM)BearcatMan Wrote:  

(01-09-2021 06:54 PM)bearcatmark Wrote:  

(01-09-2021 06:48 PM)Bearhawkeye Wrote:  

(01-09-2021 04:34 PM)BearcatMan Wrote:  ND insiders are reporting that Freeman is expected to being in at least two new position coaches...if he takes Scruggs too...

Any links to this? I've been browsing around and haven't seen that info specifically but there's a ton of threads it might be in. Heck they've even got a whole thread speculating on Ahmad Gardner entering the portal.

Hope they're as on top of it as the Michigan state boards.

Lol. No, this isn't like the MSU situation at all, but the false equivalency can reign in your mind if you'd like it to be.

And Hawkeye, its on Purdue's board that they're targeting Elston for DC and the safeties coach has been confirmed to Texas. Speculation on both ND's 247 and Rivals pages that Freeman would bring guys from UC with him (though obviously thats the same as us saying it here).

A neighbor who spends half of the year in Northern Michigan has an award hanging on his wall for being the Michigan State athletic donor of the year a few years back. Gets to go with the basketball team on their charter when they play over seas and got a seat when they played that game on the aircraft carrier. Connected guy. They were told internally CLF accepted and it would be announced the next day. Next day CLF had a change of heart. Caught everyone in East Lansing unprepared.

Not saying any of this didn't happen, but this seems to be becoming a "thing" these days. LSU "Insiders" are swearing the Freeman accepted the LSU job before catching his plane back. Also Fickell/MSU and Mick/UNLV as has been mentioned.

(01-09-2021 10:41 PM)Lush Wrote:  

(01-09-2021 09:25 PM)GameTime_21 Wrote:  

(01-09-2021 09:19 PM)@ES Trader Wrote:  

(01-09-2021 08:54 PM)GameTime_21 Wrote:  Fick never agreed to terms with Michigan State. They interviewed that morning, the Michigan State folks left and he went to church with his wife. They talked it over that afternoon/evening and he called the "inner circle" over to his house that night to let them know he was staying. There was nothing to "sleep on". He went to bed that night knowing he had decided to stay at Cincinnati...

Randomly heard you on the radio the other day as I never listen to sports talk. You did a very good job and it was nice to hear your thoughts on UC. Hope you’re on the air more.

Much appreciated. Pretty much if Mo or Tony take a day off, I'm on the air. Can't really commit to full time radio these days, so that fill in role is perfect for me...

i tune in for the music

I take a lot of pride in Tarren's music selection when I fill in...

(01-09-2021 06:38 PM)BearcatMan Wrote:  

(01-09-2021 06:32 PM)Bearhawkeye Wrote:  Yeah it sounds like Elston was the guy internally who'd become ND DC if they didn't get Freeman (or maybe someone else externally). I mentioned him before as I think he might be a nice DC for us but nobody else seems to be connecting us.

Slightly relatedly, it's kind of amazing how far Bob Diaco seems to have fallen from grace. He won the Broyles award at ND after leaving UC with BK. After flaming out as HC at UConn he's gone to Nebraska, Oklahoma, Louisiana Tech and Purdue for one shot seasons with each. Now Purdue has announced he's not returning. Despite our success with a previous DC fired by Purdue, Diaco doesn't seem to be on the radar at all these days.

Diaco rode Manti Teo to that award, then he had to actually coach again and ended up showing his true colors. He is just an awful coach.

Makes sense. Fake girlfriend. Fake coach.

(01-10-2021 12:35 AM)QSECOFR Wrote:  

(01-09-2021 06:38 PM)BearcatMan Wrote:  

(01-09-2021 06:32 PM)Bearhawkeye Wrote:  Yeah it sounds like Elston was the guy internally who'd become ND DC if they didn't get Freeman (or maybe someone else externally). I mentioned him before as I think he might be a nice DC for us but nobody else seems to be connecting us.

Slightly relatedly, it's kind of amazing how far Bob Diaco seems to have fallen from grace. He won the Broyles award at ND after leaving UC with BK. After flaming out as HC at UConn he's gone to Nebraska, Oklahoma, Louisiana Tech and Purdue for one shot seasons with each. Now Purdue has announced he's not returning. Despite our success with a previous DC fired by Purdue, Diaco doesn't seem to be on the radar at all these days.

Diaco rode Manti Teo to that award, then he had to actually coach again and ended up showing his true colors. He is just an awful coach.

Makes sense. Fake girlfriend. Fake coach.

I suspect she was real. A real blowup girl from PornsAreUs.com

(01-08-2021 06:07 PM)rath v2.0 Wrote:  I’d have rather he went anywhere but there.

Thank you Marcus...but I hope they give up 40 a game next year. Lol

Now who takes his place is really important.

best wishes and good luck to coach marcus freeman at Notre Dame. It is tough to compete with a university with unlimited funds. Just hope and pray that Coach Luke Fickell will have plenty of info on a coach to replace Coach Freeman. He did an unbelievable job with UC's Defense in just a few years.

MF parting comments:

https://notredame.rivals.com/news/marcus...cincinnati

(01-12-2021 12:59 PM)dsquare Wrote:  MF parting comments:

https://notredame.rivals.com/news/marcus...cincinnati

As with everything Marcus did, very classy.

I have no love for ND but from a career management perspective it would appear to be a very good move. If successful there, I suspect he might be in succession for Kelly's job someday soon. That might actually prove beneficial to UC in the longer run if the ND job never comes open publicly but is filled internally by Freeman.

While we were celebrating a NY6 bowl bid, UC just set a new high water mark for retaining a successful head coach. Fickell staying has truly distinguished him in my mind and while we'll always live year to year with a head coach in G5 world, he's been loyal and a man of his word. We may just be a P5 invitation away from him staying here and building an unchallenged legacy.

Way to much dinero for a guy with 6 or 7 kids to turn down.

(01-12-2021 01:20 PM)OKIcat Wrote:  

(01-12-2021 12:59 PM)dsquare Wrote:  MF parting comments:

https://notredame.rivals.com/news/marcus...cincinnati

As with everything Marcus did, very classy.

I have no love for ND but from a career management perspective it would appear to be a very good move. If successful there, I suspect he might be in succession for Kelly's job someday soon. That might actually prove beneficial to UC in the longer run if the ND job never comes open publicly but is filled internally by Freeman.

While we were celebrating a NY6 bowl bid, UC just set a new high water mark for retaining a successful head coach. Fickell staying has truly distinguished him in my mind and while we'll always live year to year with a head coach in G5 world, he's been loyal and a man of his word. We may just be a P5 invitation away from him staying here and building an unchallenged legacy.

In the absolute worst case, Fickell has re-established Cincinnati as a brand where up-and-coming coaches can have a lot of success, and his blueprint can be followed by a future coach of high integrity with local recruiting ties.