Quote from: 5 Words or Less on January 01, 2013, 10:32:34 PM

Quote from: doolittledog on January 01, 2013, 09:54:59 PM
Former Simpson HC Jay Niemann is the D-Coordinator at Northern Illinois  

Let go by Simpson, spends 3 years as the D-coordinator at Hardin-Simmons, moves last year to Northern Illinois and is now the D-coordinator/DB's there.  Very interesting.

... Drake's / UNI's DC before Simpson

Jay was coaching at Drake when Dave Doeren was a player. That's the connection.

Quote from: Charlie Kohawk on October 21, 2012, 09:08:26 PM
How about them Kohawks?! 

I was at the game on Saturday. Not much to say, other than I was very impressed with Coe.  Not taking anything away from Coe's performance, but it was apparent that Simpson is not quite there yet.  Although, they are certainly moving in the right direction from previous years.

Now what will we all make fun of...?? 

In all seriousness, glad you guys are upgrading turf. It's a much-needed improvement. I haven't looked very carefully -- will it be ready in time for the '11 season?
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Yep, can't make fun of the old rug any longer. It will be ready for '11 and, frankly, would have to be. Remember, Indianola plays all of their home games on campus, too. I've been told they'll have a nice little upgrade of lettering in the end zones but, alas, the soccer lines will still be there. They went with FieldTurf this time.  I guess it's their newest model... U of Utah installed it last year and Fresno State is putting it in this year.

The SC improvements are much needed and what they've done so far is a nice upgrade. 

This probably answers the BV question.  http://www.bvu.edu/only_at_bvu/news/detail.dot?id=202307

Yes, coach Glo's best season so far was with Niemann's guys. Everyone knew he (Niemann) would probably have one more decent year (the year after he was fired), but they were struggling to get recruits in his final few years and it showed.  Other than that senior class, the cupboard was bare. Now, other than watching on Saturdays, I'm not around the program, but I don't know if it's as much "grooming" as there really aren't upperclassmen that are better.  And it's pretty easy for an upperclassman to say, "well, I didn't get recruited by him, so that's why I'm not playing." Maybe you just aren't better than the freshman.

Here's what I find encouraging.  The starting freshman QB is a Valley grad, the starting freshman RB is an Indianola grad. I'm seeing more CIML kids in the past few years.  Yes, they are very young. The two leading rushers are a FR and SO, respectively. The leading WR is a FR. And the next four are SOs with the exception of one JR.  The top five tacklers are three SOs and two JRs.

Just my two cents.

Quote from: WartTrainer on October 12, 2010, 08:06:06 AM

Quote from: Storm Chaser on October 11, 2010, 09:07:10 PM
Klompen  ( Man I can't stand wooden shoes) 
What gives?  We've been picking on them with jokes all week, no replies, no "we're going to show them attitude".  Nothing.  I think Simpson is the new Cornell.  Makes me wonder how long Coach G will be around.  Any speculation?


I think Coach Glo will be fine,  mine has moved on so not chasing Storm as closely this year but it appears they are trying to groom the youngsters for the future.  As often happens the entirely new staff took a bit of a recruiting hit especially that first year.  Upper classman representation is pretty thin this year so lots of newbies seeing more time than would normally be expected. My son loved playing for Glo and the passion will return but you have to have the horses (3 year olds and up) in the barn - still running too many yearlings.

Hey Storm..   Your son must be the exception when it comes to coach Glo cause I have heard that a bunch of the guys from last years team and this years upper upperclassman (non-Glo recruits) aren't big fans of him.  I was told that he and the rest of his staff won't acknowledge kids that he hasn't recruited and that they shouldn't expect to see the field much.  I don't think he realizes that at the D3 level the upperclassman are a big part of the recruiting process and they aren't going to help recruit kids if they don't like the coach.  Sure he is brining in a ton of kids and numbers are great but you can't make chicken soup out of chicken sh*t.  Also, I think it is funny that the best year Glo has had was his first year when the team was all kids that Neiman recruited.  I guess we will see what happens.... 

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Quote from: Willie University on April 12, 2010, 05:58:19 PM

Quote from: snoop dawg on April 10, 2010, 02:55:47 PM
So far Iowa hospitality has been great and is genuine. I am very impressed.

ps    the walleye is pretty good to

Do NOT eat ANYTHING that came out of STORM LAKE! Even the locals are smart enough not to do that. The lake looks nice but word is.....don't drink, don't swim, and definitely do not eat out of it!

Willie U

I hope you're joking because that is complete and utter BS.

Agreed. Complete BS. 

Didn't he interview for the St. Cloud State job?  So that's at least 3 interviews in the last few years.

Quote from: footballdaddy on February 22, 2010, 09:22:01 AM

Quote from: doolittledog on February 22, 2010, 07:45:43 AM
Wasn't Willis also a finalist for a D2 job in Minny a couple of years ago???



It does seem interesting to me that Willis went 6-2, 6-2 over his initial last 2 years at Wartburg, but got a conference championship.  Then Koeler came in and went 6-2, 7-1 but did not win a conference championship and Wartburg fans said he wasn't getting the job done.  Now, Willis comes back and goes 7-1, 5-3...but gets another conference championship and he is held in high esteem that Koeler never got. 

I would like to hear who was saying that Koehler wasn't getting the job done. I'm sure it wasn't anyone in the Wartburg camp. He was respected by coaches,players, and parents. The face he ended up at a prestigous D2 school known to be a gateway to D1 should be enough testament to his abilities.

As far as Willis, the fact he is in contention for the jobs already mentioned shows the respect for his abilities, unlike some in the IIAC who didn't get jobs at the school where they already had a coahing position.

Details? I have a hard time believing a kid with D1 offers, which are all full scholarships, would decline to play at a DIII school.

Quote from: Klompen on February 05, 2010, 09:28:06 AM

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Quote from: Purple Heys on February 04, 2010, 02:55:03 PM
Any Iowa kids announce their "committment" to any IIAC teams this week?

Here how an asst. coach explained it to me.
First a kid does NOT get a D1 scholly
Then not offered to walk on @ D1
Then does NOT get D2 scholly
Then does NOT get NAIA scholly
Then waits to see how their 2 or 3 favorite D3 schools financial aid packages compare.

I like it when they get the D1 offers and still come to Central.      Dustin Baethke ring a bell?

Quote from: Storm Chaser on November 24, 2009, 08:42:07 PM

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Quote from: Purple Heys on November 24, 2009, 06:16:38 PM
With respect to Wartburg Roster-gate...would I really want a ballplayer who was scared off by reading a roster in the first place?

PH - 
Maybe Wartburg is just getting smart and wants to dispel the recruiting rumor "be careful with Wartburg, they'll bring 90 freshmen in every year and many never get a fair look"  Hell even D1 players often want to play as freshman and worry about what upper classmen are ahead of them. Besides who'd want to go through 4 years of their life wearing "black and orange"   Even Purple would be better than "Black and Orange" For G--'s Sake   

By the way congrats to JR.

First, thanks...we are very proud out here.  I find myself sympathizing with your take on young Mr. Wolfe.  We felt somewhat slighted last year...but you can see that there is a bias against teams with the losing record.  There are lot of good players in the IIAC

I also think there would have been a chance that the 4 players that got All-IIAC nods might not have gotten as much IF we had lost to Loras and finished 0-8 in the conference again.  Jr. and/or Bladt might have been bumped down to 2nd team, and/or,  King and/or Zasada may not have gotten the HM nods.  I think Cornell picked up a tiny bit of momentum for those guys when we won.

Life ain't fair - move on.  I still scratch my head how BV a team Simpson beat lands 7 on 1st and 2nd team and Simpson gets 1 on second team.  No offense but we also beat Cornell in a very good ball game in which John had a pick in the end zone that helped turn that game. I suspect group dynamics plays a role as well, some of the coaches have been around the conference for awhile and Simpson has a bunch of young fiesty bucks - who knows.

I certainly don't want to start any "Storm on Storm" crime, but you say that life isn't fair so move on, then you go right into it not being fair.  Trust me, he may feel slighted right now, but after he graduates no one will care whether he was or wasn't a DIII all-conference athlete. 

If I was a current SC player, I would be more concerned about a 3-7 record and giving up over 40 points/game in the seven losses.  If it wasn't for a last second field goal against BV and a missed extra point by Cornell, they could've been staring at a 1-9 season.

Nieman was shown the door and the team that went 7-3 last year was his kids . The kids that he brought in then graduated and this year 3-7 or 4-6   
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I disagree, unless you're playing all FR and SO.  Other than transfers, all of the juniors and seniors are Niemann's guys.  You can say the same thing about Niemann's first two years, they were all Williams' recruits.  In fact, if you look back on it, most of the impact players from the '03 playoff year were Williams' guys.  Niemann never had a winning record with all of his own guys.  I would be surprised if you will be able to say the same thing about coach Glo four years from now.

Quote from: sportsknight on October 05, 2009, 12:37:19 AM
So is Simpson just underachieving or did we all (or at least most of us) highly over-rate them in the preseason?

Highly overrated.  I visited with someone close to the program shortly before the season started and he said it would be a tough season.  5-5 was the thought.  Just not as talented as last year.

Quote from: sportsknight on September 10, 2009, 11:52:26 AM
Speaking of IIAC two-sport stars, does anyone remember former Simpson TE and basketball star Jesse Harris?  Apparently he's been named Gov. Culver's deputy campaign manager for the Big Lug's re-elect bid.  Link:  http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20090909/NEWS09/909090352/1007/NEWS05

He played basketball at Simpson, but not football.

Quote from: sportsknight on July 17, 2009, 02:36:56 PM

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Quote from: sc_stormchaser on July 17, 2009, 12:21:36 PM
I know some of you liked to give the Simpson SID a hard time for coming on here once a year or so and flying of the handle. But after Simpson ran him out of I-town earlier this spring, I'm glad to see he found a good job.

Darn, I'm gonna miss his annual meltdown...  

Since he's not around anymore, anybody know how long Simpson's streak of not getting shut-out at home is?

I don't know how many posters will get it, but that's funny!

I know some of you liked to give the Simpson SID a hard time for coming on here once a year or so and flying off the handle. But after Simpson ran him out of I-town earlier this spring, I'm glad to see he found a good job.

http://herdzone.cstv.com/genrel/071609aaa.html

Two people (from differing "circles" in Indianola) have told me the SC freshman/transfer football players will be the largest since the days of Jim Williams.  They gave me specific numbers, but I don't like talking specifics because like everyone has said on this board...you really only know how many you have when camp opens.