Didn't see any of the Trinity Amherst game but took a quick look at the stats from the Bates tailgate. My thought was I am either going blind or I gotta slow down on my beverage intake. Could not believe it.

I guess Ive been wrong on the Jeffs all year long. I can only summize  that the best coach in the league had something to do with it. Credit to the Jeffs and the Maestro EJ Mills because there is no way they match up personnel wise with Trin to dominate statistically like that.

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Quote from: Brady12 on November 06, 2026, 10:10:00 AMI assume these games would all be played on the same week for scheduling but eventually I would like to see them spread out a bit throughout the season.

It would be fun to see non-conference games throughout the season but even if the NESCAC wanted to do that, they wouldn't have very many options. Very few conferences have open dates or non-conference dates beyond the first three weeks of the season.

Good point. NESCAC teams may have to get creative and incur some travel costs.......nothing makes a D3 administration at a highly endowed college break out in hives more than airline and travel expenses for a party of 80 for a non conference game. They'll start whining about expenses before it's even considered.

Quote from: Brady12 on November 06, 2026, 10:10:00 AMNescacman impressive analysis of Bowdoin. I am curious if you have done an assessment as to who each school would play if they add a non conference game?  I wonder if the Maine schools would schedule weaker opponents for a win.  Would the likes of Trinity and Wesleyan travel to play a "power house?" Also I assume these games would all be played on the same week for scheduling but eventually I would like to see them spread out a bit throughout the season.

Right off the bat, without doing too much analysis gotta do Trinity - Endicott. I keep hearing how great Endicott is under the guidance of Coach McGonagle who hails from the Bob Chesney tree. The Gulls have a couple of signature wins against elite D3 programs but the rest of their schedule is very weak.

I know a little about Nescacmans career exploits (but I don't want to see his portfolio numbers from this market today).
His post today put some old skills to work and it is pretty damn good.
He missed a few classes at Wesleyan like I did at Bates but at the end of the day a NESCAC diploma comes in damn handy as the years progress. 

Someone earlier questioned the attraction of Head Coaching jobs at Hamilton and the CBB schools. Some more than others, but every NESCAC HC job is highly attractive in the D3 Football world and beyond.

When Bates did the last HC search there were over 150 applicants including several names that might be very surprising to all. The applicants included 2 UAA head coaches, 2 NFL assistants, a former 1A OC who secured a D1 FCS HC job in 2024,  his record to date is 25-8. Also at least 2 Ivy League coordinators, multiple positional coaches from the Ivies and Patriot League and more than a handful of NESCAC assistants.

Any NESCAC Football HC position is highly coveted overall in the Northeast and on a national basis. There will be no shortage of applicants for the Bowdoin and Colby jobs and any other future openings.

 

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Wow-2 sides to every story I guess. I have the utmost respect for the guy, but that's my experience. Was he aloof and unengaged before or after you started ripping him?
Either way, I respect your side of the story. I agree in moving on.

He probably will apply for Polar job- I would welcome him on my staff but he won't get any consideration for a HCOF position.

The speculation begins on candidates so I'll start the dialog for openings at Bowdoin and most likely Colby....


Mike Horan DC Marist
Malik Grove OC Amherst
Ron DiGravio DC Central Connecticut
Eric Ludwig Wesleyan
Greg Debeljac HCOF CWRU
Dave Dunn HCOF Christopher Columbus HS Miami,Fl
Shea Dwyer OC Hamilton
Max Beale OC Hampden Sydney
Jeff Comissiong Lehigh DL

I get all the stuff about Heltons misfortunes as a head coach but how many times can we rip a guy when he's down.
I'll admit to being hypersensitive and bias on the subject. I had a couple of close personal interactions with the guy and all should know he is unquestionably a first class human being. His integrity and character are totally intact.
I know what the W-L record says but in observing the way he comported himself in a  situation that transcended X's and O's I observed a great person with truly Elite character.

Ironically, he was a big Hammer supporter in the process when Hammer was hired as HCOF.

Donors such as Fish

What a folly at Bowdoin..... They gas the Head Coach in early September over an incident and don't tell anyone. They wait 90 days before they issue any communication relative to the "incident". Four weeks of the season progress and people throughout the NESCAC actually still think that BJ Hammer is coaching the Bowdoin team along with recruits, parents and Alums, nobody knows he's no longer with the team....he was gone before the season started!
Now AD Ryan turns the page and says we're starting a National Search.
Where is the Bowdoin president in this, does she know what's going on? Feel bad for my Bowdoin aquaintences I have some old friends there -but they are totally embarrassed. Feel worse for the players.

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Quote from: nescac1 on November 01, 2026, 09:35:32 AMOh, and I forgot COTY - whatever happens in the last two weeks, EJ Mills has to be the guy.  For a team with mediocre expectations to be 7-0, with five games that went down to the wire and could have gone either way but where Amherst made all the big plays down the stretch, is super impressive.  No one would say Amherst has more talent than Trinity or Wesleyan ...

Mills, like him or not, has been the best coach in this league for many years.

Congrats to Coach Mills on the lifetime achievement award. I think some might argue that Coach Devanney, and perhaps Coach Dicenzo, have been at/near the top over the past decade as the Mammoths are on pace for their best season since  2018 having averaged less than four wins a season since.

Give Mills the Trinity or Wesleyan personnel since 2018 along with their operating budgets and admissions officers and you would see more championships than either of those great programs.

Quote from: nescac1 on November 01, 2026, 09:35:32 AMOh, and I forgot COTY - whatever happens in the last two weeks, EJ Mills has to be the guy.  For a team with mediocre expectations to be 7-0, with five games that went down to the wire and could have gone either way but where Amherst made all the big plays down the stretch, is super impressive.  No one would say Amherst has more talent than Trinity or Wesleyan ...

Mills, like him or not, has been the best coach in this league for many years.

Quote from: Jonny Utah on October 28, 2026, 02:24:47 PMDon't feel like scrolling through ads for any info on this board but is Hammer out because of Health or an HR investigation? 

I guess you'd call it an HR issue Jonny. Hammer is alleged to have made an ill advised decision in his duties as the HCOF. I now have an eyewitness account of the incident and believe the allegations are accurate and he will be dismissed.
My personal speculation is he may have lawyered up and there is a legal process unfolding but based on my account of the events I think it's unlikely that he would prevail.

The esteemed leader of this forum has censored a posted account of the events so I guess this isn't Radio Free Europe.

Nothing really more than a long awaited press release from Bowdoin - with a couple of notable inaccuracies.

Coach Mac is a great guy and is proving himself as a very good coach/ DC. I'm a huge supporter from his Bates days. However to assume he is the only answer is narrow minded.

Ryans' gotta be the fall guy with the Hammer. From the bushwhacking firing of JB Wells to his folly with the ill planned overhaul of one of the most iconic and historic Football facilities in the country.
He's not a popular guy with influential alums. His stock is at its all time low amid this debacle.
Don't know if the President has a clue- can a grey Polar shed any light on her?