Topic: What Mark Snyder means for Marshall

[DJdaHERDfan]

Of course, new interest that already is bringing in a $hit load of new money from big donors.

But he also brings in a youthful image that could begin a youth movement on campus as he will go to the students and tell them how important they are and how much they are needed at the football games. Students will see this young guy and will identify themselves with him more so than with Pruett in the past.

He brings his defensive resume that will be an agressive style to MU defense.
He will open new doors to Ohio recruiting. No more seeing local southern ohio stars bolt for upper tier MAC teams. Some of them talented kids will be coming to Marshall. And I think he brings an edge with having a pipeline to Columbus, Ohio. His name is known in Ohio. On top of that, he does recruit other areas as well. He can recruit and will be constantly upgrading the Marshall talent.

Snyder brings a no nonsense approach. He demands the best and his players will want to give them their best. He wants defensive players flying to the ball. He wants his Offensive Line to be big, quick, and powerful as to run through or over opposing defenses and allowing our talented RBs to go atleast 5 yards and get full speed before they are even touched. When his O line is not opening holes for RBs, they will be pass protecters in allowing the QB time to make the throw to the WR on the run. Alot of timing throws in the offense.
He wants to keep the offense wide open, but does stress the importance of a better running game.
When he was here, he made the comment of "Earl Charles should have been a 1500 yard back and Bradshaw has the potential to be the same along with alot of receiving yards." He really loves the Bradshaw kid.

For 2005................
Don't expect alot of big changes.
He will definitely focus on O line and defense first.
So expect to see O linemen being really pushed more so than they are now.
If/When Morris gets out of his legal troubles, Snyder really likes this kid and wants him on the field in some sort of fashion if it is not QB.
He knows that MU already has playmakers, so the focus will be on blocking and tackling.
The QB spot won't be decided until August no matter who is declared the winner/front runner after the spring game.
He will push this team all summer long on getting bigger, better and quicker.

[marshalljeff]

Nice post.

[ohioherdfan]

Number one is I freaking pumped!!!!!!!!!!

Respectfully disagree with Ohio recruiting push comment, Ohio is not Florida and between Ohio State and Michigan, Penn State then add all the Mac schools the best bang for the buck as far as a new recruiting market may be Texas. With our new exposure their, I can tell from living in Ohio I don't count on kids from hear to elevate our program.

Also funny enough Snyder's state concentration while with OSU was Georgia, which has always been a fertile recruiting grounds for the Herd (Watts, Spann, others).

Not meant to be confrontation, no need to be on a day like this. I see the light at the end of tunnel. My opinion was either we're going up or going down time to crap or get off the pot with the Direction of the program.

With this hire, expected donations, dedication to IPF I think we're in the moving up direction. New conference, New dedication, and most importantly to me New Found Enthusiasiam for the program.

[bigwormy]

ohio is one of the top 4-5 football states in the country. there are enough players to go around in the state. now we can recruit some in our backyard.

[Anonymous]

Great  post Deej!

[mrherd05]

ohio is one of the top 4-5 football states in the country. there are enough players to go around in the state. now we can recruit some in our backyard.

They also have OSU, Ohio, Toledo, Cincy, Miami, Kent, Akron and BG located inside the state...not to mention, it is dead in the heart of Big 10 country...those kids will go elsewhere...

I doubt we ever tap into that market...

[DJdaHERDfan]

I think you guys forget that Snyder is from IRONTON, OHIO

Take a look back and see the kind of talent that has left Ironton for big schools.

The Snyder influence will be strong in southern Ohio and even stronger at Ironton.

Ironton people will love to see one of their own playing for one of their own.

The door to southern Ohio is opened.

Portsmouth and Ironton always have kids that would have came to MU but MU didn't recruit them as hard as Toledo.
Hell, at one time, Toledo had 3 to 4 kids on their roster from Portsmouth, Ohio.
And for those of you that think Ironton is just Reggie Arden, think again...........
Jason Harmon went to Mich St and started 4 years.
That Frye kid went to Clemson 2to3 years ago.

Snyder will be able to get a few of these kids. Trust me.

[_sturt_]

I think you guys forget that Snyder is from IRONTON, OHIO

Take a look back and see the kind of talent that has left Ironton for big schools.

The Snyder influence will be strong in southern Ohio and even stronger at Ironton.

Ironton people will love to see one of their own playing for one of their own.

The door to southern Ohio is opened.

Portsmouth and Ironton always have kids that would have came to MU but MU didn't recruit them as hard as Toledo.
Hell, at one time, Toledo had 3 to 4 kids on their roster from Portsmouth, Ohio.
And for those of you that think Ironton is just Reggie Arden, think again...........
Jason Harmon went to Mich St and started 4 years.
That Frye kid went to Clemson 2to3 years ago.

Snyder will be able to get a few of these kids. Trust me.

DJ is right. Bigwormy is right.

I've made the point before that we've always enjoyed an advantage on our conference mates over the last 25 years simply due to geography -- we could go into their areas and recruit on-par with them easily, because we were going to be playing away games in that region anyway.

But the key point was that they couldn't reciprocate.

So, while in the MAC, we've owned recruiting south of the Ohio River in comparison to the others (, with the exception of Florida which of course UCF, since their entry, has held a logical advantage).

While in the SoCon, we owned recruiting to the north, again, where none of our conference mates had any good footing.

When you've got, for the sake of argument, twice the recruiting "hunting grounds" of any of your competition, it's no wonder that you're probably going to excel.

Certainly, Snyder's been a known quantity through the years in Ohio, and that just has to be an asset...

And when you think about it, if you were able to say that Marshall had won the 3 best Ohio/Pennsylvania recruits off of Toledo, UMiami, and BG's signing-day-lists over the last four seasons, that would be a pretty significant talent boost all told.

Well, now, we have a real case to be considered by those guys...

First of course in terms of conference -- now, they can play in the MAC or they can play in CUSA... they can play in towns like Kalamazoo and Muncie and Ypsilanti and Athens... or they can play in New Orleans, El Paso, Orlando, and Memphis...

But second, that case will be made by someone their high school coach probably "knows of," if not "knows personally"... someone who is one of their own.

So I totally believe that if recruiting is paramount (...and actually I don't believe it is, but for the sake of argument in this thread, I'm assuming that for the moment...) then, it was going to be difficult to come up with a better idea than Mark Snyder.

P.S. -- You know what else?

Many in that throng of Ironton and Wheelersburg crazies who caravan all over southern Ohio on Friday nights, and who plop into their laZboys on Saturday afternoons for Buckeye games, are now going to have an additional weekend appointment... this isn't going to hurt attendance, either, my friends.

[DJdaHERDfan]

One more thing sturt................

Bob Lutz and Mark Snyder are tight.

FYI.............Even Lutz put in for the Marshall job. LOL

I wouldn't be surprised one bit if Snyder brought in Lutz as some kind of coach.

And if it doesn't happen....................Lutz will be sending his top talented players directly to Snyder.