FB: Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[PRP96]

Well...they still have the chance, considering they haven't hired anybody yet. However, that person won't be Leipold. I don't think even Larry Kehres can make the jump from DIII to DI and have any sort of success.
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Well big fella, being from the Buckeye state, and being a Purple Raider, I feel that I can speak on this topic...Coach Leipold is a great coach, as is Coach Kehres.  Coach Kehres likes to say that "Football is football, regardless of the level, you still have to do the same things well in order to succeed."  Coach Leipold could coach at Wisconsin, just as Coach Kehres could coach on that level and have success.  The difference isn't the coaching ability, it's finding an AD with enough vision, and COURAGE to make that hire.  Most AD's don't have the, um, shall we say, intestinal fortitude to make a hire like that, even though it could very well work.  Many people may not know this, but Coach Tressel sent his offensive coaching staff to visit with Coach Kehres, and was especially eager to have his QB coach talk with Coach Kehres about teaching QB play.  If you think that D1 coaches don't respect D3 coaches, I would suggest that you are mistaken.  As for the Ohio State fan base not liking the Tressel hire, I would also suggest that that is incorrect.  Lee Tressel was a coaching legend in Ohio, and Jim Tressel won 4 national championships at an NCAA D1-AA school.  Most fans I knew were happy to have someone with Ohio roots as a HC, and were excited that they might actually beat Michigan.

[02 Warhawk]

Well big fella, being from the Buckeye state, and being a Purple Raider, I feel that I can speak on this topic...Coach Leipold is a great coach, as is Coach Kehres.  Coach Kehres likes to say that "Football is football, regardless of the level, you still have to do the same things well in order to succeed."  Coach Leipold could coach at Wisconsin, just as Coach Kehres could coach on that level and have success.  The difference isn't the coaching ability, it's finding an AD with enough vision, and COURAGE to make that hire.  Most AD's don't have the, um, shall we say, intestinal fortitude to make a hire like that, even though it could very well work.  Many people may not know this, but Coach Tressel sent his offensive coaching staff to visit with Coach Kehres, and was especially eager to have his QB coach talk with Coach Kehres about teaching QB play.  If you think that D1 coaches don't respect D3 coaches, I would suggest that you are mistaken.  As for the Ohio State fan base not liking the Tressel hire, I would also suggest that that is incorrect.  Lee Tressel was a coaching legend in Ohio, and Jim Tressel won 4 national championships at an NCAA D1-AA school.  Most fans I knew were happy to have someone with Ohio roots as a HC, and were excited that they might actually beat Michigan.

You might be right, but it still is a VERY unlikely scenario.

[emma17]

Alvarez to coach Rose Bowl- how cool is that!!

[Just Bill]

I would disagree that a D-III coach can't go to a major FBS and have success. I think that can happen. Like PRP96 said, my point is that no D-III coach will ever get the chance to try, because no major FBS will ever have the guts to make that hire and sell that hire to their alumni/fan base.

[retagent]

Earth to emma, earth to emma. It gets cold in St Paul too.

[02 Warhawk]

I would disagree that a D-III coach can't go to a major FBS and have success. I think that can happen. Like PRP96 said, my point is that no D-III coach will ever get the chance to try, because no major FBS will ever have the guts to make that hire and sell that hire to their alumni/fan base.

All very true. But this is a risk the AD should never have to take. There's plenty of capable coaches at the DI and DII level that can step in and have success.

Why should an AD go down to DIII, risking his job if it doesn't turn out? The press, fanbase and almni will eat him (or her) alive if it didn't turn out. The risks FAR out way the rewards for this.

[emma17]

Earth to emma, earth to emma. It gets cold in St Paul too.

Sadly, it's become apparent to me that, going forward, I must use emoticons to provide notice to the readers that I'm attempting humor. 
 

[pg04]

Earth to emma, earth to emma. It gets cold in St Paul too.

Sadly, it's become apparent to me that, going forward, I must use emoticons to provide notice to the readers that I'm attempting humor. 

Emoticons are apparently the only way to communicate in the West Region Boards.

[02 Warhawk]

Earth to emma, earth to emma. It gets cold in St Paul too.

Sadly, it's become apparent to me that, going forward, I must use emoticons to provide notice to the readers that I'm attempting humor. 

Emoticons are apparently the only way to communicate in the West Region Boards.

Or at least do it for retagent's case. He just looks for reasons to point out WIAC's flawed posts.

[pg04]

Earth to emma, earth to emma. It gets cold in St Paul too.

Sadly, it's become apparent to me that, going forward, I must use emoticons to provide notice to the readers that I'm attempting humor. 

Emoticons are apparently the only way to communicate in the West Region Boards.

Or at least do it for retagent's case. He just looks for reasons to point out WIAC's flawed posts.

I do get the feeling sometimes he isn't the biggest fan of the WIAC. Of course it may be the lack of emoticons.

[02 Warhawk]

..........oopps, sorry. I forgot to end it with a:

[couchp54]

36 degrees on Saturday- Oshkosh football weather for sure.  Those Tommies will melt like Frosty in that kind of December weather.   

I thought the Tommies melting in 36 degree weather was amusing     

Emma - your posts always crack me up   

[bleedpurple]

36 degrees on Saturday- Oshkosh football weather for sure.  Those Tommies will melt like Frosty in that kind of December weather.   

I thought the Tommies melting in 36 degree weather was amusing   

And THAT's why one has to pay attention when reading E17's posts! 

[PRP96]

Well big fella, being from the Buckeye state, and being a Purple Raider, I feel that I can speak on this topic...Coach Leipold is a great coach, as is Coach Kehres.  Coach Kehres likes to say that "Football is football, regardless of the level, you still have to do the same things well in order to succeed."  Coach Leipold could coach at Wisconsin, just as Coach Kehres could coach on that level and have success.  The difference isn't the coaching ability, it's finding an AD with enough vision, and COURAGE to make that hire.  Most AD's don't have the, um, shall we say, intestinal fortitude to make a hire like that, even though it could very well work.  Many people may not know this, but Coach Tressel sent his offensive coaching staff to visit with Coach Kehres, and was especially eager to have his QB coach talk with Coach Kehres about teaching QB play.  If you think that D1 coaches don't respect D3 coaches, I would suggest that you are mistaken.  As for the Ohio State fan base not liking the Tressel hire, I would also suggest that that is incorrect.  Lee Tressel was a coaching legend in Ohio, and Jim Tressel won 4 national championships at an NCAA D1-AA school.  Most fans I knew were happy to have someone with Ohio roots as a HC, and were excited that they might actually beat Michigan.

You might be right, but it still is a VERY unlikely scenario.

VERY unlikely, yes.  VERY improbable, yes.   But very possible that a great D3 coach could have success on that level. 

[emma17]

36 degrees on Saturday- Oshkosh football weather for sure.  Those Tommies will melt like Frosty in that kind of December weather.   

I thought the Tommies melting in 36 degree weather was amusing     

Emma - your posts always crack me up   

Thanks couch- mighty nice of you.  And youz too for getting me Bleed, 02 and pg.