Thanks.

So that leaves Mattix.

Hate to pile on here, just kidding, but are there any other examples of a head coach taking a new job - as the UNCC poster put it a better job, better conference, better weather, better city, more money, more NIL - and taking absolutely none of his top assistants?

First thing we heard from Charlotte was they could pay assistants almost double what we could.

Regardless, I think we are getting the clearest look now at maybe how he was perceived by other coaches. Scott has been under Tim in some capacity for TWELVE YEARS and did not go. D-Lo has been there for SEVEN. Zero indication he even considered it.

I honestly am sick of talking about it, but really the further this goes on... Albin really had no plan in place whatsoever. And if he did, woof. Maybe everyone calling for Julie's job have different thoughts now? Maybe she knew all along Brian was in her hip-pocket along with all of his top assistants and didn't budge. He got pissy and accepted the first job that came along. And here we are. Brian got a hefty raise. Most of Tim's assistants stayed in Athens. Tim is three weeks into a "better job" and all he has is a career offensive line coach.

There are only 150 some offensive coordinator jobs in college football, so surely there is a nice crop of interested parties, but three weeks in and your guy isnt there? You have no defensive coordinator? How on earth did you accept a new role and have no paper staff in place? Or again - maybe he did and nobody thought UNCC was even close to a promotion.

I mean, maybe they try to make a splashy hire to try to counter some of the Belichick wave, but truly - I'm just shocked about how this continues to unfold. And happy we're almost entirely outside the wake.

Well, I admitted that I was wrong about Tim's head coaching abilities, so I suppose it is possible was wrong about Julie!

In 2013, National Coach of the Year (winner, not just a semifinalist) and four-time WAC/Mountain West COTY Chris Petersen left Boise State for Washington. Within two years the AD, Marc Coyle, was out the door. Fired? lol. He went to Syracuse then Minnesota, each time with pay raise.

Damn, you've convinced me! I don't think Julie Cromer should have fired Tim Albin.

Mid 70's- what do you have against the first coach to win a conference title in 55 plus seasons? What do you have against the two time MAC coach of the year? Are you not appreciative seeing Ohio as the top conference team record wise in conference games the last four seasons? Didn't you appreciate winning ten games back to back for the first time in Bobcat history? This football program is one of five schools to win 10 games or more the last three years. Coach Albin is responsible for those achievements. Most schools would want to keep a national semi finalist coach of the year around town. The Bobcats lost a valuable trainer to a power four school in the summer and the administration didn't replace that trainer. Ohio's administration failed to value a coach who was the most successful coach in the league the last
four seasons in the league play. He wasn't asking for a million dollars. Do you think if you had just accomplished something that had never been done at your place of employment and was not valued, would you stay around? He certainly deserved to be paid higher than the 6th/7th paid league coach if you include the UMASS coach. Many of you would be protesting on Court Street if the hoops coach had the record Albin did and wasn't getting compensated accordingly. Ohio's AD had all summer and the entire football season to get a deal done. She banked on Ohio winning 5-6 games in 2024 with all the portal losses. She lost that gamble. She failed to get a deal done when she was aware of the Rice offer of twice of what Coach Albin made at Ohio. She dropped the ball. She had plenty of time to get a deal done after the Rice offer was made and she kept putting it off. She was informed other schools were interested, but she didn't care. She refused to show any sense of urgency and it came back to bite her. Ohio's administration was well aware of the time she needed to get a contract deal to Coach Albin before the Ball St game and the title game in Detroit and they didn't do it. She was playing with fire and it burnt her. The administration including the president showed him zero respect. However, it took only a few days to get a contract deal for the new coach. The assistants are getting huge raises because of Coach Albin's buyout. I'm happy for them, but Coach Albin had been advocating to get his staff rewarded with higher pay for a few years. This AD didn't realize that the best hire she made in her short tenure in Athens was the head football coach, that Coach Solich recommended when he retired four years ago. Coach Solich knew what he was doing when he highly suggested that Coach Albin replace him. This administration wanted to rid themselves of what Coach Solich/Albin accomplished the last 20 seasons. This AD wanted "her own hire". She failed to realize her best hire was the guy she didn't value and disrespected. Enjoy these three consecutive ten win seasons. Get back to me in 2028, if Ohio accomplishes this feat again. Anyone willing to wager if the current AD will be around for half the length of Coach Smith's contract?

You writing like 1000 words ignores the few FACTS I posted previously. He was valued and appreciated by fans and the administration. Why do you keep saying he wasn't?

You say the AD could have put forth a new contract last summer. I disagree. Performance does count. And at 4-3 he deserved nothing. And as a former corporate employee I did accomplish things not done previously, like launch a successful AI system that scheduled automotive factories in 1989. Yes, 35 years ago. Quite frankly, I was too busy with other plants at the automotive company desiring a similar kind of system to have a hissy fit on whether I got a significant raise. I knew in time I would be recognized and compensated. I am NOT an instant gratification kind of guy. So, I shall remind you one LAST TIME. The guy you worship abandoned his players PRIOR to the MAC Championship. He CHOSE to leave Ohio. Quit blaming others. He quit on the team.

Hate to tell you but Albin was the coach in the MACC, so that win goes to Albin and not Smith. So if facts do in fact matter, be factual with your comments.

He’s already got a start on recruiting by looking at all the folks sending him videos on X

Has lots of local experience at U Cincinnati , Miami, and Marshall.should know some local HS coaches and others with his work at Auburn and other places. It seems to me that this newly created position consolidates some of the previous responsibilities of recruiting director, coordinator , high school relations etc.

Either way, sure doesn’t seem to support OU cutting the operating budget.

Easily factual comment here.

The lady (or gentleman) doeth protest too much!