I just read something appalling on Stewart Mandel's column.  Akron's coach found out he was fired while driving to New York for his mother's funeral!  One certainly hopes the Akron AD (or whomever) was unaware of the circumstances.

No problem sac; regardless, you did bring it to our attention to share, so thanks.

I have to agree with both of you, sac and Mr. Ypsi.  Firing Neuheisal before the championship game is a "no class" act.  Also, even if the administration did not know Ianello was on his way to his father's funeral, still, that is also a classless act since they should have informed him in person, regardless of when it was and certainly when he returned since they obviously knew he was out of town for "whatever" reason even if they didn't know it was to attend his father's funeral.  And like you said, if they did know the latter, shame on them.

I do not have a problem with administrators (whether college presidents and/or the ADs) deciding to make a coaching change and letting someone go.  However, they cannot deny that there is a right and a wrong way to do that and, unfortunately, even at the DIII level, some administrators handle that very poorly; well, let's be honest and just say that they have no class in how they have done it and simply, there is no excuse for that, period.  I know of at least 3 occasions in the MIAA where that has happened over the past 2 decades, including in recent years.  Those people who handled the decisions in the way they did should be ashamed of themselves, however, unfortunately, I can't say that they would ever admit or acknowledge such and that is sad.    

Fickell: "Hey, I see Urban Meyer is moving stuff around in my office?"

AD: "Oh hey, Larry, sorry about that. I was going to shoot you an email..."

Fickell: "Luke."

AD: "What?"

Fickell: "It's Luke. My name's Luke."

Quote from: ThunderHead on November 28, 2011, 06:39:06 PM
Fickell: "Hey, I see Urban Meyer is moving stuff around in my office?"

AD: "Oh hey, Larry, sorry about that. I was going to shoot you an email..."

Fickell: "Luke."

AD: "What?"

Fickell: "It's Luke. My name's Luke."

Priceless!  +k

Quote from: ThunderHead on November 28, 2011, 06:39:06 PM
Fickell: "Hey, I see Urban Meyer is moving stuff around in my office?"

AD: "Oh hey, Larry, sorry about that. I was going to shoot you an email..."

Fickell: "Luke."

AD: "What?"

Fickell: "It's Luke. My name's Luke."

Classic! LOL

Quote from: ThunderHead on November 28, 2011, 06:39:06 PM
Fickell: "Hey, I see Urban Meyer is moving stuff around in my office?"

AD: "Oh hey, Larry, sorry about that. I was going to shoot you an email..."

Fickell: "Luke."

AD: "What?"

Fickell: "It's Luke. My name's Luke."

Yes, +k ThunderHead!  That is great!  I think the AD (Gene Smith at Ohio State needs to be let go.  He has "flubbed" -oh, we need to be grammarically correct in the collegiate way ) and say he "mis-handled" many things there over this past year among all this mess.

BTW, guys.  Don't forget to vote for the Gagliardi Trophy in the fan vote section here on d3.com's front page.  "Do your DIII duty"!

What do the MIAA posters think of the playoffs thus far and any predictions going forward?

Hey MIAA, I am a Benedictine follower and I know this is very pre-mature, but I was just wondering what kind of a following Albion has on these boards and if anyone can give me some insight as to what albion has coming back offensively and defensively next season??? I am really looking forward to this match-up and love talking football so if anyone can give me some input that would be great... Thanks guys!

Quote from: d3fan1515 on December 02, 2011, 09:53:29 PM
Hey MIAA, I am a Benedictine follower and I know this is very pre-mature, but I was just wondering what kind of a following Albion has on these boards and if anyone can give me some insight as to what albion has coming back offensively and defensively next season??? I am really looking forward to this match-up and love talking football so if anyone can give me some input that would be great... Thanks guys!

Hello d3fan:
We usuall have 2 or 3 Albion posters who are fairly regular on here.  They can provide you with more indepth info on returning lettermen than I can.  Albion steadily improved this year after opening season consecutive losses.  While they were clearly the best team by the end of the season, they certainly were no powerhouse.  Personally, I thought they were an average team, good, but not great, of which I base that on what I witnessed when they played us (Hope).  While Hope did not deserve to win that game (it was a 12-3 loss and Albion could have score at least once more perhaps twice had they not had turnovers, the actual fact was that Hope played poorly that day.  Hope could have won if they had played the way they did against Trine and Adrian.  Anyway, although Albion was obviously much improved this year over last, and most likely will be more improved next year, they are always a team that you have to look out for.  Yet, they still have a long way to go to get back to their "power years" in consecutive MIAA titles and their Stagg Bowl National Championship calibur team in 1994, i.e. to todays' upper tier, as evidence shows by their being smashed thoroughly by UW-W in the first round playoff game this year.  Anyway, I'm sure our Albion colleagues here will eventually fill you in on what they expect for next year's team.  All the best to you.

formerd3db 

Thank you d3db!

Mr. Ypsi,

Congrats on your +500 K! +k

You are welcome d3fan1515 and thank you also.

Any rumblings at Olivet?

I heard there were "a ton of applications" for the position at Olivet.  However, no statements on progress have been released to the public as yet about either the Olivet or Alma positions.