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GreenSteve · « **on:** March 10, 2005, 07:35:28 AM »

http://www.herald-dispatch.com/2005/March/10/LNspote.htm

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greenskeeper · « **Reply #1 on:** March 10, 2005, 07:53:17 AM »

Personally I'm a Tony Peterson fan.

_sturt_ · « **Reply #2 on:** March 10, 2005, 07:54:49 AM »

(edited for stupidity by the author)

Thundering Lydia · « **Reply #3 on:** March 10, 2005, 08:04:15 AM »

Quote from: "greenskeeper"

Personally I'm a Tony Peterson fan.

Personally, I'm not. He has his spot in Herd lore---and for that I love him---but as our OC, his playcalling was the most conservative, predictable, and unimaginative as we'd seen in a long time.

coryherdman69 · « **Reply #4 on:** March 10, 2005, 08:11:54 AM »

im hope Mark Snyder gets the job

_sturt_ · « **Reply #5 on:** March 10, 2005, 08:15:39 AM »

Personally, this is not a Mike D'Antoni... or, for that matter, a Bob Pruett... situation where there is a plain obvious person that ought to be the quintessential candidate. Certainly Snyder merits serious consideration, and if Donnan is interested -- and I'm not real sure that he would be -- you have to include him. But I think you have to allow for a candidate this time around who doesn't have any particular Marshall ties. Another that I think merits strong consideraton is Larry Blakeney, who competed with Pruett for the job last time... maybe "it's time" for him to move from a Sun Belt school to a CUSA school.

All of this said, all I've read so far in todays papers does nothing to extinguish Tito's suggestion that the deal has already been quietly accomplished with Kueck... Marcum only seems to want to avoid the topic, and that does nothing for my hope that Tito is mistaken.

Chico · « **Reply #6 on:** March 10, 2005, 08:55:26 AM »

In todays Registered Herald (Beckley Paper) they speculate Snyder, Petersen, and Matthews. No mention of Donnan or Whipple.

biggreenthunder · « **Reply #7 on:** March 10, 2005, 09:02:30 AM »

I was surprised the Herald Dispatch didn't include Mickey Mathews.

W0lfman · « **Reply #8 on:** March 10, 2005, 09:17:57 AM »

If Marcum is the kind of guy I'm leaning towards believing he is, this hire wouldnt surprise me...I heard his name mentioned yesterday morning.

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Mark Whipple
Team: Pittsburgh Steelers.
Position: Quarterbacks coach, 1st year.
College: Brown University.
Why: Whipple coached under current Marshall athletic director Bob Marcum at UMass, winning the Division I-AA national championship in 1998.

marcbuff · « **Reply #9 on:** March 10, 2005, 09:22:30 AM »

Right Wolfman, and Mr Whipple could do Charmin commercials on the side too :o

_sturt_ · « **Reply #10 on:** March 10, 2005, 09:43:44 AM »

Wow... I like what I see here... so I guess Whipple was on the opposing sideline when we opened with them in ... what 2001?... as I remember, they played us dead-even the first half.

http://secure2.steelers.com/team/coach/49267/

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Mark Whipple joined the Steelers staff Jan. 24, 2004, as the team’s quarterbacks coach, after a highly successful career as a collegiate head coach.

During his 16 years as a head coach, Whipple developed an impressive reputation as both a head coach and offensive strategist.

Whipple had been the head coach at the University of Massachusetts for the past six years, where he posted a 49-25 (.662) overall record. He compiled five winning seasons and led the Minutemen to a Division I-AA national championship in 1998. Whipple also was a head coach at New Haven (1988-93) and Brown (1994-97) universities.

In his 16-year head-coaching career, Whipple compiled an overall record of 121-59.

Prior to being named head coach at Massachusetts, Whipple served for four years as the head coach at his alma mater Brown University, where he accumulated a 24-16 (.600) overall record without a losing season.

Whipple, 47, earned multiple awards during his head coaching career, including the American Football Coaches Association’s GTE Division I-AA National Coach of the Year award in 1998.

A 1979 graduate of Brown University, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in political science, Whipple was the starting quarterback for the Bears in 1977 and 1978, leading Brown to a 13-5 record and a pair of second-place Ivy League finishes. He also was a member of Brown’s 1976 Ivy League championship team, the first Ivy football championship in school history.

During his three-year varsity career, Whipple completed 175-of-340 passes for 2,365 yards and 13 touchdowns. He also was a four-year letterman as a shortstop on the Bears’ baseball team. Whipple was inducted into the Brown Athletic Hall of Fame in 1996.

Whipple, born April 1, 1957 in Tarrytown, N.Y., and his wife Brenda have two sons Spencer (3/18/89) and Austin (11/19/93).

luvherd · « **Reply #11 on:** March 10, 2005, 09:57:22 AM »

I like all the candidates but would favor Jim Donnan. He can recruit and has become a household name due to ESPN. He left us for Georgia and that was the right career move for him at that time - from 1AA to a major college. However I think it is possible he could be happy for Marshall to be his last coaching stop. He supposedly likes the area, school, has money now and could possibly be happy with this position until retirement.

HerdFans.com · « **Reply #11 on:** March 10, 2005, 09:57:22 AM »

_sturt_ · « **Reply #12 on:** March 10, 2005, 10:05:03 AM »

Quote from: "luvherd"

I like all the candidates but would favor Jim Donnan. He can recruit and has become a household name due to ESPN. He left us for Georgia and that was the right career move for him at that time - from 1AA to a major college. However I think it is possible he could be happy for Marshall to be his last coaching stop. He supposedly likes the area, school, has money now and could possibly be happy with this position until retirement.

I'd be surprised if the interest was reciprocated on his part... Kentucky apparently couldn't sway him away from a relatively cushy TV booth, so I'm not sure we could either.

Probably depends on whether or not he determines really has a long-term future at ESPN... and on that note, I think he could if he ever really let himself be candid, but it's been, what, 3 years now(?), and he still seems very tight-lipped compared to what we all knew he could be while he was here.

biggreenthunder · « **Reply #13 on:** March 10, 2005, 10:17:34 AM »

If I have to choose a successful 1-AA coach, I'd take Mickey Mathews over Mark Whipple. Mathews allegiance would be to Marshall. Whipple's would be to Marcum. I want someone to come to Marshall, not to Marcum. Whipple would probably bolt at the first BCS school to offer him in a couple of years. Mathews might do the same. But at least with his connection to Marshall, he might have to think a little longer about it than Whipple would.

_sturt_ · « **Reply #14 on:** March 10, 2005, 10:32:34 AM »

Quote from: "biggreenthunder"

If I have to choose a successful 1-AA coach, I'd take Mickey Mathews over Mark Whipple. Mathews allegiance would be to Marshall. Whipple's would be to Marcum. I want someone to come to Marshall, not to Marcum. Whipple would probably bolt at the first BCS school to offer him in a couple of years. Mathews might do the same. But at least with his connection to Marshall, he might have to think a little longer about it than Whipple would.

Matthews had some dark years before his very recent success... I'm not anti-Matthews, but I'm not automatically in his court either.

biggreenthunder · « **Reply #15 on:** March 10, 2005, 10:44:04 AM »

Quote from: "_sturt_"

Quote from: "biggreenthunder"
If I have to choose a successful 1-AA coach, I'd take Mickey Mathews over Mark Whipple. Mathews allegiance would be to Marshall. Whipple's would be to Marcum. I want someone to come to Marshall, not to Marcum. Whipple would probably bolt at the first BCS school to offer him in a couple of years. Mathews might do the same. But at least with his connection to Marshall, he might have to think a little longer about it than Whipple would.

Matthews had some dark years before his very recent success... I'm not anti-Matthews, but I'm not automatically in his court either.

Agreed. I'm not saying he's the top choice either. But if it came down to those two for coach, I'd take Mathews over Whipple.

LoveTheHeard · « **Reply #16 on:** March 10, 2005, 10:52:07 AM »

Am I missing something here on Mickey Matthews? Why would anyone choose a coach for at a top 25 1A program that has only had one winning season in the last 4 years at 1AA?

Additionally - I read that he got a new 3 year contract last year, but it included no pay increase because they were that close to firing him - but with the heart wrenching family situation they retained him.

His offense is a ball control running game and that rarely passes.

Is this the best we could do at Marshall, a coach that is a year away from almost being fired at the 1AA level?

I'd be pretty pissed if that is the best option a "national" search came up with. :-?

HerdZone · « **Reply #17 on:** March 10, 2005, 04:40:01 PM »

Anyone think of KC Keeler (Delaware HC) or Bobby Hauck (Montana's HC) both run about the same offense as Marshall does, the question is could they run it with higher talented schools.

jimmyhatherd · « **Reply #18 on:** March 10, 2005, 04:42:04 PM »

We are looking at 3 years of Coach K and then Mchale will return and take over as Head Coach.

HerdZone · « **Reply #19 on:** March 10, 2005, 04:48:09 PM »

Quote from: "jimmyhatherd"

We are looking at 3 years of Coach K and then Mchale will return and take over as Head Coach.

That means 3 yrs of Sub par or worse football then.

biggreenthunder · « **Reply #20 on:** March 10, 2005, 07:02:50 PM »

Considering those two have been the OC's for the last two years, sub-par is a possibility.

carolinaherdfan · « **Reply #21 on:** March 10, 2005, 07:18:03 PM »

Before we sell out to anything, but bigger, and better let's support the new Coach, and pray he hires a good, qualified, and exciting OC. That will begin to tell the tale.

GO THUNDERINGHERD!

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