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#Post#: 26324--------------------------------------------------
Re: Jeff Boals agrees to Ohio coaching job
DIR By: OldSeawolf
Date: March 18, 2019, 5:42 pm
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--- Quote from: steveoh link ---
>
> A couple of things about this:
>
> 1. He didn't tank the Bingo game. C'mon. They shot the hell
out of the ball and we didn't. And if we play them 10 times, we
beat them 9. It just so happened that was the one.
>
> 2. I don't think anyone can blame him for taking a job at his
alma mater, where he was team captain, in a state he was raised,
for more money and a better conference.
>
> 3. It's been really fun three years, Coach. It's a shame we
didn't get to see this through, because next year and afterwards
would have been special.
>
> 4. I don't know how you can sell the idea of a third coach in
five years to Akwasi and Garcia.
>
> And one last thing: Thank you, Coach.
>
--- End Quote ---
Steveoh, some replies:
1) I don't think anyone accused Boals of "tanking" the game;
that is ludicrous. Personally, I question whether he was fully
vested in this game emotionally, knowing that he probably had an
offer in the works before the game, and as another poster
stated, maybe the players knew about it (?). Certainly not to
take away anything from the way Bing played - but no way you
lose a home game like that;
2) Don't blame him at all; most of us would do the same. I
question the quick-getaway, his very minimal tip of the cap to
SBU who started his HC career, and his immediate Twitter
makeover, allegedly a day after "his kids" found out about him
leaving (they are obviously confused and hurting right now);
3)Yeah, it's a shame he didn't finish what he started. He got
1/2 the way there;
4) Akwasi will walk away, no doubt. For Garcia to leave, he'd
have to sit out a year. That goes for all the kids on the team;
#Post#: 26325--------------------------------------------------
Re: Jeff Boals agrees to Ohio coaching job
DIR By: sbufan
Date: March 18, 2019, 8:33 pm
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--- Quote from: ry1nik link ---
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> Any honest person on this board wouldn’t pass up a $100,000
(or was it more?) raise, especially in a lower cost-of-living
area. Only a fool would have stayed. The best way out of the
team’s seemingly endless cycle of disappointment is a move to a
true mid-major conference.
>
--- End Quote ---
I think you have to look at it from the career view. Pikiell
left for 8 million dollars over 5 years at Rutgers. Boals is
probably looking at 2.5 million over 5 at Ohio. At Stony Brook
you have the best facilities and largest budget in the AE. It
should be easier to build a resume and get the high major money
at Stony Brook than Ohio IMO. Especially considering he's
returning all but one player from 24-8 team.
#Post#: 26331--------------------------------------------------
Re: Jeff Boals agrees to Ohio coaching job
DIR By: Chairman of the Board
Date: March 19, 2019, 8:40 pm
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--- Quote ---
> “My dream job was to be the head coach at Ohio University,”
Boals said. “Jim (Schaus) and I have a great relationship. We
have great dialog. He’s transparent. I know that there are
things out there about hard feelings, but it was more
disappointed on my end. I completely understand that this is a
business. At the time he preferred a head coach, and I wasn’t a
head coach. Thankfully I went out and had a great three-year
stint at Stony Brook.”
--- End Quote ---
HTML https://www.cantonrep.com/sports/20190318/jeff-boals-lands-dream-job-at-ohio-university
#Post#: 26333--------------------------------------------------
Re: Jeff Boals agrees to Ohio coaching job
DIR By: NoVA_Seawolf
Date: March 20, 2019, 1:51 am
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I expect Yeboah to leave, but I think we can hang on to everyone
else. Vermont will probably roll everybody next year as usual,
but we won't be a bad team by any means.
--- Quote from: sbufan link ---
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> [quote author=ry1nik link=topic=763.msg26323#msg26323
date=1552948627]
> Any honest person on this board wouldn’t pass up a $100,000
(or was it more?) raise, especially in a lower cost-of-living
area. Only a fool would have stayed. The best way out of the
team’s seemingly endless cycle of disappointment is a move to a
true mid-major conference.
>
--- End Quote ---
I think you have to look at it from the career view. Pikiell
left for 8 million dollars over 5 years at Rutgers. Boals is
probably looking at 2.5 million over 5 at Ohio. At Stony Brook
you have the best facilities and largest budget in the AE. It
should be easier to build a resume and get the high major money
at Stony Brook than Ohio IMO. Especially considering he's
returning all but one player from 24-8 team.
[/quote]
Definitely agree here. Though he's an Ohio graduate. If it were
any other similar school, I think he stays. We really should
only be losing coaches to A10 programs or better. I doubt he'd
have left to coach at Akron for instance.
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Re: Jeff Boals agrees to Ohio coaching job
DIR By: Hammertime
Date: March 20, 2019, 4:20 am
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--- Quote from: VA_Seawolf link ---
>
> I expect Yeboah to leave, but I think we can hang on to
everyone else. Vermont will probably roll everybody next year as
usual, but we won't be a bad team by any means.
>
> [quote author=sbufan link=topic=763.msg26325#msg26325
date=1552959195]
> [quote author=ry1nik link=topic=763.msg26323#msg26323
date=1552948627]
> Any honest person on this board wouldn’t pass up a $100,000
(or was it more?) raise, especially in a lower cost-of-living
area. Only a fool would have stayed. The best way out of the
team’s seemingly endless cycle of disappointment is a move to a
true mid-major conference.
>
--- End Quote ---
I think you have to look at it from the career view. Pikiell
left for 8 million dollars over 5 years at Rutgers. Boals is
probably looking at 2.5 million over 5 at Ohio. At Stony Brook
you have the best facilities and largest budget in the AE. It
should be easier to build a resume and get the high major money
at Stony Brook than Ohio IMO. Especially considering he's
returning all but one player from 24-8 team.
[/quote]
Definitely agree here. Though he's an Ohio graduate. If it were
any other similar school, I think he stays. We really should
only be losing coaches to A10 programs or better. I doubt he'd
have left to coach at Akron for instance.
[/quote]
If Yeboah leaves this team will be years away from being an NCAA
contender. Totally rebuilding again.
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Re: Jeff Boals agrees to Ohio coaching job
DIR By: ry1nik
Date: March 20, 2019, 7:20 am
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--- Quote from: VA_Seawolf link ---
>
> I expect Yeboah to leave, but I think we can hang on to
everyone else. Vermont will probably roll everybody next year as
usual, but we won't be a bad team by any means.
>
> [quote author=sbufan link=topic=763.msg26325#msg26325
date=1552959195]
> [quote author=ry1nik link=topic=763.msg26323#msg26323
date=1552948627]
> Any honest person on this board wouldn’t pass up a $100,000
(or was it more?) raise, especially in a lower cost-of-living
area. Only a fool would have stayed. The best way out of the
team’s seemingly endless cycle of disappointment is a move to a
true mid-major conference.
>
--- End Quote ---
I think you have to look at it from the career view. Pikiell
left for 8 million dollars over 5 years at Rutgers. Boals is
probably looking at 2.5 million over 5 at Ohio. At Stony Brook
you have the best facilities and largest budget in the AE. It
should be easier to build a resume and get the high major money
at Stony Brook than Ohio IMO. Especially considering he's
returning all but one player from 24-8 team.
[/quote]
Definitely agree here. Though he's an Ohio graduate. If it were
any other similar school, I think he stays. We really should
only be losing coaches to A10 programs or better. I doubt he'd
have left to coach at Akron for instance.
[/quote]
Both the MAC East and West are rated higher than the A10 this
year.
#Post#: 26337--------------------------------------------------
Re: Jeff Boals agrees to Ohio coaching job
DIR By: sbufan
Date: March 20, 2019, 8:13 am
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--- Quote from: Hammertime link ---
>
>
> If Yeboah leaves this team will be years away from being an
NCAA contender. Totally rebuilding again.
>
--- End Quote ---
Yeboah is very good and I definitely hope he stays, but we're
very fortunate to also have Garcia who could slide into Yeboah's
role quite nicely.
#Post#: 26397--------------------------------------------------
Re: Jeff Boals agrees to Ohio coaching job
DIR By: ThegreatK
Date: March 22, 2019, 4:11 am
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Congratulations to Boals, I cant blame a guy for going and
doubling his salary and getting his dream job all in one. As
many of you have hinted ,I also do think it could of been
handled better. But it is what it is. The media got to the
players about Coach Boals moving on, before Boals was able to
get to them. That’s the part of collegiate athletics that really
sucks. Add to the shock value, that they still had a game to
play. This is a real bummer for the kids/student athletes.
Really sucks for a kid like Makale Foreman who came here because
of his personal connection to Thornton and to play for Boals.
The staff can bolt but the kid who served his seasonal sit out
penalty is handcuffed here and has no choice but to play for a
coach that he has no prior relationship with and wasn’t
recruited by.
As far as whether the guys are staying or going, I can say
everyone is waiting to see who the new coach will be. They all
prefer Geno Ford to be the Head coach but that doesn’t look
promising. Some of the players even expressed this to the AD
(Yeboah being one of them).I don’t think Ford will be hired
though.
#Post#: 26398--------------------------------------------------
Re: Jeff Boals agrees to Ohio coaching job
DIR By: iBOsbu
Date: March 22, 2019, 6:32 am
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--- Quote from: ThegreatK link ---
>
> Congratulations to Boals, I cant blame a guy for going and
doubling his salary and getting his dream job all in one. As
many of you have hinted ,I also do think it could of been
handled better. But it is what it is. The media got to the
players about Coach Boals moving on, before Boals was able to
get to them. That’s the part of collegiate athletics that really
sucks. Add to the shock value, that they still had a game to
play. This is a real bummer for the kids/student athletes.
Really sucks for a kid like Makale Foreman who came here because
of his personal connection to Thornton and to play for Boals.
The staff can bolt but the kid who served his seasonal sit out
penalty is handcuffed here and has no choice but to play for a
coach that he has no prior relationship with and wasn’t
recruited by.
> As far as whether the guys are staying or going, I can say
everyone is waiting to see who the new coach will be. They all
prefer Geno Ford to be the Head coach but that doesn’t look
promising. Some of the players even expressed this to the AD
(Yeboah being one of them).I don’t think Ford will be hired
though.
>
--- End Quote ---
Was that before the Binghamton game or USF game?
#Post#: 26401--------------------------------------------------
Re: Jeff Boals agrees to Ohio coaching job
DIR By: ThegreatK
Date: March 22, 2019, 10:58 am
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The players were told before the USF game at a Team meeting on
the 17th at 2PM. What I meant by the media getting to the guys
before Boals could. Articles were already circulating and in the
hands of the kids before the meeting.
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