ADVERTISEMENT

Live feed

Forum list Trending threads

Live feed

 Posts

Saint Suge Knight..

RebelScrub
To 4 people who voted No..

In the world of hip hop thuggery, Suge Knight was ahead of his time. No, he wasn’t just ahead, he ruled the rap industry with an iron fist.

Captain of the football team, first black owned business in Death Row Records, NFL player in the NFL strike for the Rams. Suge Knight was a born natural leader.

Sure there are videos of him getting sucker punched by a barber from behind (he’s got an Iron Head), running over people at a movie which made him look “bad” to which he maintains was self defense, you can see the gun slip out of the victim, mass brawling..

He didn’t betray the snitch code.

I think he is a paragon of VIRTUE in 2024.

When are we as “self righteous” fans gonna step back and say..this guy isn’t as bad in the grand scheme of things!!

Look at his east coast contemporary, Sean Puffy Combs. His empire is falling apart as we speak. The guy had his first wife killed, his gf getting beat down near a hotel elevator, and this sh*thead says “well, I took anger management” classes to deal with it.

I dunno, one beats up rivals on the street, the other beats women and whatever happens at his sex club parties..

Can you imagine if UNLV reached out to him in the glory years of the 90’s?. We would be f’n set.
Click to expand...

Can anyone explain this to me?

dcut03
Masked_rebel said:
This...
He probably is going to be a HC, it's fair to interview.. not my points. Being mentored by Odom for 2 years isn't enough for me to want to ever hire another assistant. It's like sometimes you learn your lessons and vow never again repeat the problem. Whittington had been on Utahs staff for 10 years, Peterson for 4 years with Hawkins... Marion would have 2 years. Marion also as stated has a history of job hopping to better jobs. If he's a hot candidate as an assistant, how long does it take to do so as a HC...
I just don't see how one can look at a single season body of work and go "yeah, it could work" given the history UNLV has at hiring first time D1 HCs
Click to expand...
I'm a bit torn on this subject, and it is a scenario that a bit foreign for us UNLV fans.

We have never had a standing assistant coach take over for a successful leaving HC, at least not that I can remember. Hiring an assistant from within is an easier pill to swallow over first time HC from another program, just because they are more familiar with this job and its idiosyncrasies

That being said, if Odom is poached we will have a nice chunk of buyout money and more money in the budget given that the program has been more successful recently. I think you first swing for a bigger name, or more experienced coach. But Marion should be a candidate either way.
Click to expand...
  • Like
Reactions: LVRebel2000

D1 Wins Since 1980

Loyal Coug1
j. spilotro said:
You don’t remember those boomers by Nick?

What about Randall C?

I had a Ray Guy poster on my wall as a young kid.

You have to give some credit to that half footed kicker for showing courage with such a handicap (Dempsey? Memory, faded).

And you always discount kickers as not being real players, not being athletes. Garo would like a word with you.

Login to view embedded media
Click to expand...
Login to view embedded media
Click to expand...

Can anyone explain this to me?

Rosegreen1
bcvegaspt said:
Marion has the knowledge and talent to be a HC here and many other places. That's not in dispute.

The red flag, elephant in the room, etc. is that he's looking for another job before the ink dries on his current contract. He was supposed to be locked into Vegas for at least a second season but still interviewed for the UTEP job. For example, he would leave Ohio State for the NFL, then leave the Jags for the KC Chiefs. His ambition is admirable. His loyalty is not.
Click to expand...
Bottom line is he can coach, and placed unlv in uncharted territory in terms of PPG. I do not want a Marvin Menzies type coach that is willing to stay in Vegas for ten years regardless of the results.

He had the blessing of Odom to interview with Utep. If you watch the interview posted earlier, Marion praised Odom to the hilt. Again, if you look at the coaches he’s worked alongside of (lanning, dillingham etc), they’re running big time programs now. So it’s understandable he’s got the itch and wants to prove himself.

Even Odom has recently said he allows Marion to be in other meetings to gain a better understanding of how a program is run. Certainly grooming him for the job not because Marion was interviewing for jobs but because Odom got a couple phone calls from programs that were kicking the tires .

Any smart person understands that Odom isn’t going to turn down a contract that pays more in one season than 5-6 seasons combined at UNLV.
Click to expand...

D1 Wins Since 1980

Bullmastiff 1
rebswin2 said:
Kind of sucked is being kind.

Do you remember the 1991 game WSU vs UNLV in LV. Drew Bledsoe at QB hammered UNLV but what I remember best was Jason Hanson kicking a 62 yard FG. WSU/Mike Price took a delay of game to move the kick back to 62 yards which was the longest FG without a tee.
Click to expand...


I'm sorry but you remember what a kicker did?


(Writes name in ledger listed 'Probable Communist or French).
Click to expand...
  • Like
Reactions: j. spilotro

See there is NIL money.

M
WarthogRebel said:
I think on the National level NIL is completely out of control. There is no entity with the will or power to enforce any of the original concepts.
Click to expand...
See Lawsuit filed today by a QB who was promised 13 million from Florida and never set foot on campus...
Not sure how you collect on money if your agreement was canceled. Im sure the other end of the 13 million dollar promise had better legal representation prior to terminating the original agreement. But hey, NIL is silly money right?
Click to expand...
  • Like
Reactions: LVRebel2000

D1 Wins Since 1980

rebswin2
Loyal Coug1 said:
Interesting list. You guys have kind of sucked. Did not know that you only have played FB since 1978.
Also a bit surprised at the low # for my Cougs. And Oregon State for that matter, but they were woeful for many years way back when. I remember the Civil War game against Oregon (when they sucked too) which ended in a 0-0 tie.
One question - does D-1 wins include wins over FCS (aka D1-AA) teams? I tried to find the SportsWest article on this but failed.

That said, I had never heard of this site. Lots of great articles. I bookmarked it and am going to delve in for a while before bedtime. Thanks.
Click to expand...

Kind of sucked is being kind.

Do you remember the 1991 game WSU vs UNLV in LV. Drew Bledsoe at QB hammered UNLV but what I remember best was Jason Hanson kicking a 62 yard FG. WSU/Mike Price took a delay of game to move the kick back to 62 yards which was the longest FG without a tee.
Click to expand...
  • Like
Reactions: reb4l, j. spilotro and LVRebel2000

D1 Wins Since 1980

M
1Tripoda said:
If you can put money on it, would you say that 2024 team is another bowl team?
Click to expand...
As a Rebel fan for over 50 years it's hard to be optimistic. That being said I like our chances. The QB position worries me just a bit because I don't know what we are looking at for a starter. The defensive recruiting has been off our normal charts. The defense has me encouraged. We are now going into that second year where we've recruited to our system so we have more pieces suited to our play style. So, yes I can see us in another bowl this year.
Click to expand...
  • Like
Reactions: 1Tripoda and LVRebel2000

D1 Wins Since 1980

M
bcvegaspt said:
They are on Twitter and have put out several "number of wins since (insert year)" lists. We have been dead last on every single one. We haven't "kind of sucked." We've been the epitome of absolute dog (beep).

172 wins / 44 years = 3.9 wins per season. This means that we have eclipsed the 5- and 6-win marks a couple of times but have sat through horrendous 2-win seasons more than any of us would like to admit.
Click to expand...
Yeah, we know bad. My son said to me last year that we have to go to the bowl game because who knows when we might see another one come our way. Sad but true.
Click to expand...
  • Like
Reactions: LVRebel2000

Can anyone explain this to me?

M
bcvegaspt said:
Marion has the knowledge and talent to be a HC here and many other places. That's not in dispute.

The red flag, elephant in the room, etc. is that he's looking for another job before the ink dries on his current contract. He was supposed to be locked into Vegas for at least a second season but still interviewed for the UTEP job. For example, he would leave Ohio State for the NFL, then leave the Jags for the KC Chiefs. His ambition is admirable. His loyalty is not.
Click to expand...
This...
He probably is going to be a HC, it's fair to interview.. not my points. Being mentored by Odom for 2 years isn't enough for me to want to ever hire another assistant. It's like sometimes you learn your lessons and vow never again repeat the problem. Whittington had been on Utahs staff for 10 years, Peterson for 4 years with Hawkins... Marion would have 2 years. Marion also as stated has a history of job hopping to better jobs. If he's a hot candidate as an assistant, how long does it take to do so as a HC...
I just don't see how one can look at a single season body of work and go "yeah, it could work" given the history UNLV has at hiring first time D1 HCs
Click to expand...
  • Like
Reactions: LVRebel2000

Can anyone explain this to me?

R
dcut03 said:
I go to MW connection from time to time. They rated Transfer classes and had to say this about us:

"The Bad

UNLV

This is a difficult group to evaluate. According to 247 Sports, UNLV has the top transfer class in the Mountain West. A big part of that is quantity; the Rebels added 16 players. Three of those players are FCS transfer quarterbacks. I think Holy Cross transfer Matthew Sluka will probably win the job, but the loss of Jayden Maiava was a huge hit to this program. They also lost a number of starters on the defensive side of the ball and were hit really hard in the secondary."

Sure losing our starting QB and second team all MW QB is tough on paper. I can see why superficially that looks like a huge loss, and honestly it could be. But mentioning the secondary as a negative? Sure we lost a lot, but did they see who we have coming in? Many of those departures left because they were recruited over. Brushing off the number 1 transfer class rating as quantity over quality is very lazy. Sure not everyone is going to come in and start in this transfer class, but many are upgrades over what we have now, and would have been upgrades over what we had last season.
Click to expand...
"They" ?

NO brah its just one low level writers opinion. I doubt he did more than 5 min of research before he wrote his article that only you and 123 other people read

EXPLAINED

quit trippin
Click to expand...
Load more
ADVERTISEMENT

Filter

ADVERTISEMENT
Top Bottom
Back