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Absolutely did have an impact and affect on the years after the firing. First the coaches fraternity respected CDR, the way he was treated was awful. Second, the way the administration handled contracts and negotiating was absolutely a joke. Remember the Cronin thing, it was supposed to be a deal involving Reebok or Under Armour that would help pay for Cronin on top of a substantial deal for the merch rights.I agree: mid season firings should never happen. I don’t agree that the firing caused us to be crappy for the next decade. An after season firing coupled with who they hired would yield our same results.
Even if only one plays to the level of Woodard, that would in itself be huge!Exactly. These guys have gone against some of the best players in the country. The MW is certainly a step down in competition from the SEC. Hopefully these new guys can have as big of an impact as Woodard. That would be amazing!
Exactly. These guys have gone against some of the best players in the country. The MW is certainly a step down in competition from the SEC. Hopefully these new guys can have as big of an impact as Woodard. That would be amazing!Many of the defensive transfers that UNLV has coming in should be game changers. Looking at what Woodard did coming in off the bench at Arkansas says a lot about major school transfers and the potential that gets locked deep into the bench. Most of the transfers are coming from major programs and should be a major upgrade from a defense that struggled against the pass on the big plays.
Kodi Decambra - Oregon CB (86.26/89.25) - out of Bishop Gorman
Jarvis Ware - UCF CB (82.50/81.96) - 3 years playing at Missouri, 2 years at UCF
Mani Powell - Arkansas LB ( /86.92)
Tony Grimes - Texas A&M CB (88.03/97.64) - started 3 years at North Carolina , sat out at Texas A&M
LaDarrius Bishop - Arkansas CB (83.50/87.13) played 5 years at Arkansas in almost all games
Jaden Navarrette - Oregon LB (84.50/89.77)
Antonio Doyle - Jackson State Edge (86.00/94.19) transfer from Texas A&M to JS played 11 games fifth in tackles.
Malik Chavis - Arkansas CB (83.00/85.57) Played 5 years at Arkansas playing in most of the games as backup
Jalen Catalon - Texas S (88.47/90.62) 4 years at Arkansas 1 at Texas Played a lot in 2020-2021 for Arkansas played some at Texas in 2023
Jeremiah Vessel New Mexico State CB (83.50/82.65) Played in about half of the games as a freshman
TKM was a disaster of epic proportions. It’s not so much the midseason firing as it is her incompetence. She had a problem and it showed in her decisions, the waffling, the statements to the press. She had no business being AD. Zero.Yeah, definitely had an impact but it impacted every school in the same manner.
Jessup, a freaking gutless President, throwing his hands in the air and saying just to hire whoever is available (essentially) because of the nationally embarrassing eventual dumpster fire process of the coaching hire … that shows poor leadership. But what did he care? He wasn’t staying, he knew it, just get it off your plate, it won’t follow him around, he won’t take any hits for his incompetence.
I DO think TMK could have done better and wanted to do better, she didn’t want to settle on Marv, nobody wanted him, Jessup just wanted the process to end.
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This can’t hurt recruiting!
“Do you want NFL eyes on you during the preseason? Come be a Rebel!”
** Maybe the Raiders can’t scout these practices?? I did hear that NFL teams can have unlimited visits with players from local Universities so SF would be able to get Cal and Stanford players to visit as often as they want. Likewise with LVR and UNLV players **
Many of the defensive transfers that UNLV has coming in should be game changers. Looking at what Woodard did coming in off the bench at Arkansas says a lot about major school transfers and the potential that gets locked deep into the bench. Most of the transfers are coming from major programs and should be a major upgrade from a defense that struggled against the pass on the big plays.Maybe we are second best in the MWC, then. We are definitely carving out a good overall offense.
Defense, last year being around 88th overall, needs to really improve in a big way. Loyalty is one thing, but Odom hit HR's with Marion and ST Coach, not so much with DC.
Yeah, I agree. It would basically need to be a total restart or removal of the party system.Problem is if you peel portions away from either to create a third and a fourth, you end up like Europe where your selling out in order to create a coalition government but then the larger block takes control and does whatever it wants anyways. Imagine losing 10% of your base the way elections are here, that's an immediate L and the larger party that you might more idealisticly align with won't care.
For sure. Even with the terrible decision of a mid season firing, a good hire means you can get back on some sort of track in lesser time and not hemorrhage fans. But we hired a used car salesman politician type that was more interested in creating a false narrative (look at the 20 wins, I’m so valuable ucla might come calling) than actually coaching basketball.
Eventually fans saw through the smokescreen and they started to bolt heavily. It took awhile for some fans to see it, I thought it was very obvious early. The hiring of Menzies really sped up the death spiral that we are still dealing with.
You are right about never recovered from Maxon, but if you think we are a shell of the program or even recognized nationally before Rice mid-season firing You sir are in straight denial. Everyone here recognizes his shortcomings, but spare Mae with that nonsense. All you have to do is show up to a game at the T&M to notice the drastic difference. Mid season firings should never happen unless it’s egregious. It won’t happen this time either.#1. The UNLV department of basketball
revenue should be worry about our
schedule.
#2. Zero quality wins and no Quad 3 or 4
losses will get you jack-shit
#3. We still haven’t recovered from the
Rice mid season firing?? Recover from what? He never led us to any conference titles. Never accomplished much except a few big wins. Underachieved…Didn’t like his demeanor on the sidelines. Etc.. glad he’s gone. PS. We have never recovered from the Maxon mistake. Looks like we never will.
Not to beat a dead horse but Menzies really did damage to fans' desire to attend. The drop in talent was immediate and drastic. We became the St Kat's teams that we were destroying. Any team with a pulse was beating us.Fans remained through meager Spoon years, through Mass Grg and early Bayno … through early Lon … and even for Rices last three seasons … that’s a pretty loyal fanbase for 3 NCAAT wins over 25 years. Then the bottom fell out drastically.
Maybe we are second best in the MWC, then. We are definitely carving out a good overall offense.Dubar and Sire are serious. Very good backs.
Dubar and Sire are serious. Very good backs.BSU will lose a little but not much when SO Jambres "Breezy" Dubar or FR Sire Gaines spells Jeanty. Yards after contact is what makes Jeanty so special.
Did they not do that last season?You going to witness a game plan Coach O and Scherer devised a defensive plan against Jeanty specifically. I saw it with the recruits he amassed.
UNLV athletics is in the red big time? Based on what? Everything I have seen or read has shown UNLV athletics had made a profit for the last four years. https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Daily/Issues/2023/06/05/Colleges/unlv-net-revenue.aspxAmen to that. I refuse to pay for tickets in Vegas after I’ve shelled out for season tickets AND contributed to the RAF. Just feels like a total FU to the fans/alumni who put their $$ where they’re heart is. I get that athletics is in the red (big time in fact), but more reason to go on the road and toughen up your team while also bringing home some cheddar.
Amen to that. I refuse to pay for tickets in Vegas after I’ve shelled out for season tickets AND contributed to the RAF. Just feels like a total FU to the fans/alumni who put their $$ where they’re heart is. I get that athletics is in the red (big time in fact), but more reason to go on the road and toughen up your team while also bringing home some cheddar.To top it all off, those games are not included in season tickets. Enough of the nonsense and trying to grab every dime you can!
I’m not hoping for negative outcomes but I do struggle to see how this roster is going to be any better than last years. Asking honestly, what do you see in this roster that tells you they will be improved?
I’m not hoping for negative outcomes but I do struggle to see how this roster is going to be any better than last years. Asking honestly, what do you see in this roster that tells you they will be improved?Am I insane to think that this roster could win like 9 OOC games? I don’t think it’s that unreasonable to expect a leap forward, kind of sad how some of you guys almost want negative projections to pan out lol
Plus, it’s not a stationary target … hard to plan … ok, after I say this or make this hand movement, i will slowly tilt my head 30 degrees to the right, make sure you clip the top of my ear.
Unless blanks were fired and he had some sort of Hollywood effects going on.