Tunde is a man playing against boys....   Congrats KIR!!!

KIR,

You finally hit a homerun on a post.  Great interview by Tunde.  Hope everyone gets a chance to watch it.  Outstanding personality.  Hope he has a great year in Europe.......

Former Maryville HC Tony Ierulli has joined the coaching staff at Carson-Newman College coaching outside linebackers.

Two more articles:

http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2012/jan/20/mike-rader-brings-offence-to-maryville-college/



http://www.thedailytimes.com/Sports_News/story/Rader-introduced-as-MCs-28th-head-football-coach-id-019945

Quote from: MCSID on January 20, 2012, 10:34:11 PM
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2012/jan/20/mike-rader-brings-offence-to-maryville-college/

Knoxville News Sentinel article on Mike Rader bringing offense to Maryville College

The comments below the article explains the state of Maryville College football right now......

http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2012/jan/20/mike-rader-brings-offence-to-maryville-college/

Quote from: batteredbard on January 20, 2012, 12:04:35 AM
Night owls can get it before it prints.

Column on MC coach search and Ierulli.
http://www.thedailytimes.com/Marcus_Fitzsimmons/story/Choosing-the-next-Ierulli-an-epic-decision-for-MC-id-019784

Great article on Coach I.  Many positive responses from MC alums from it. 

Good luck to the new HC.  It's going to be a rough ride.  You are walking into a hornets nest right now.....

Here is the link to Burston leaving MC

http://www.thedailytimes.com/Sports_News/story/Scots-QB-transfers-to-Webber-id-019748

It's a tragedy about Melvin's sister, but the word was out before he left to go home that he was looking to leave.  Ierulli recruted him and he's from Ierulli's home town in Florida.

I have heard that Melvin Burston has transferred out of Maryville and is going to Webber College.  From what I hear he was unhappy with the coaching change and the direction the athletics was going.  That was the freshman player of the year for the conference and the Qb of the future.  Not to mention our only remaining offensive weapon.  I can't help but wonder if this is not the first of many transfers.  All I can say is, if true, that offensively (with the graduation of Idolette and other key wide recievers) this looks like it is going to be a rough season for Maryville's offense.

I've been waiting for sometime since Coach Ierulli was fired to let my feeling be known.  I love Maryville College.  Maryville College did not do this to Coach I, but it is the work of a terrible AD in Kandy Schram and VP of low character in Vandy Kemp.

Thanks to all who have commented on the MC situation during the past few weeks.  It is clear you have seen through the smoke and understand what has developed at MC.

The most recent article is major spin-control by AD Schram who is getting blasted by alums, fans, and (yes Scottiedoug) former Ierulli football players on a daily basis.  Kemp is really behind the removal of Coach I and Schram is her mouthpiece.  Schram has been the AD for 3 years and the department is in great disarray.  Have you wonder why the 2 strong figures in the athletic department, Randy Lambert and Pepe Fernandez, are not on the search committee??  Simple, Schram doesn't want to get them involved in the search for the new head coach because both strongly supported Coach I.

Here's some misleading facts from the article in which Schram implied that Coach Ierulli had not been involved. 

1) She wants someone to be able to speak to the local Kiwanis Club  --  Ierulli is a member Maryville Kiwanis Club and has spoken to the club on several occasions.  In fact, he spoke to the Alcoa Club twice which Schram is a member of the organization.

2) Ierulli had his players get involved with the "Reading is Fundamental" program at the local elementary schools every year.

3) Last March when tornadoes ripped through Tennessee and especially in the Greenback area, Ierulli sent his football team out in the Greenback community for a day helping the residence cleanup from the damages caused by the tornadoes.  Maryville College, the MC community outreach program and the MC Volleyball team never volunteered their time to help out the local residence.  The article is still posted in the hallway of the MC athletic complex....

4) Schram commented there is no reason why the football team can't be as good as the basketball, soccer and her volleyball teams.  Everyone with MC knows that the football program has been association with the USA-South Conference while the rest of MC athletic teams are in the Great South Athletic Conference which is probably one of the worst conferences is Division III.  There are only 4 men's teams in the conference and most of the women's teams are so bad that most average high school teams can beat the GSAC's volleyball teams.  Why do you think Schram has such a good record and was fighting against Maryville joining the USA-South Conference in all sports. 

5)  Finally the implication that Coach I didn't treat his players well is just laughable.  Just ask the many alums, parents and others who watched the practices and games.  Watch Randy Lambert get in the face of his players during a game when they make a mistake, not any difference between the two coaches.

Finally, with an Athletic Director who took her volleyball team twice overseas this past summer to get ready for her season, taken away all concessions revenue from the basketball and soccer teams as a source of revenue for their program and given the running of all athletic concessions to a former volleyball player and her husband, and tearing apart a great enviroment which Coach Randy Lambert put together during his 20+ years as an athletic director – Kandi "Let's Go" Schram should be looking into a mirror to find out what the real problem is......

Scottiedoug, you can email me anytime. 

Quote from: Allen C on October 30, 2011, 06:57:43 PM
Hard to say- Probably others on this board would know better than me, but for the last several years, GC and MU have really struggled....except two years ago GC had a 6-4 season I think.
Ferrum is much improved this year, and CNU is still the favorite to win the conference. NCW is down compared to recent years, but SU is a good deal better in my opinion.
Averett is sort of up and down, and looks like this is more of a down year, but they have some really good potential. Maryville is coming on strong in the latter part of the season. I think they will be stronger next year.
Is the USASC down? Probably about the same, but just a different order.

My opinion is except for Ferrum, I believe the conference is down this season.  CNU barely beat Greensboro, should have lost to Shenandoah if the placekicker makes the PAT with :23 seconds left in the game and have been close in several other games.  However, they are still undefeated in the conference which is a great place to be at right now.  I've seen Ferrum and they seem to be beating up on their opponents since the conference season began.  They've got great looking athletes on both sides of the ball.  Should be a great game between the 2 teams this week.

Shenandoah has done a great job rebuilding their team to a contender in the conference.  Maryville is on a hot streak right now since putting freshman QB Melvin Burston in at starting QB.  The offense has opened up and the team responds well with Melvin leading the offense.  By the way, that was a great road win for the Fighting Scots this weekend against NCW.  Goalline stand at the end of the game was awesome.  NC Wesleyan doesn't seem to have the 2 or 3 great offensive players like they have had in the past.  However, watching the MC-NCW game on the internet on Saturday, NCW middle linebacker has got to be the best LB in the conference.

Averett, Methodist & Greensboro all seem to be young this season and will hopefully develop their freshmen and sophomores for the next several seasons.

Next to Ryan Tipps, Marcus Fitzsimmons from Maryville Daily-Times has done a great job covering the USA-South Conference and writes a series of articles on each team after Media Day.

Quote from: KEEPING IT REAL on July 06, 2011, 11:35:02 AM
Tunde Ogun has a private workout with the Marty Schottenheimer lead Va Destroyers from the UFL. Could No. 23 come back to the 757. Stay tuned.

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Good insightful article on the future of the USA-South Conference, Pat....

Maryville College just joined the USA-South in all sports on Friday.  Here's the article...

www.thedailytimes.com/Sports_News/story/Maryville_College_joins_USA_South_Athletic_Conference_id_011631

Congrats to Coach Harper and a very good decision by Ferrum.  Many D-3 schools are very unique in many areas and sometimes it is best to "keep it in the family" because they have a good understanding what works and doesn't work at that institution.  Ferrum has been a solid program for many years and part of that reason is Coach Harper and the remaining assistant coaches.  Good luck......