There's no disputing that Albin did a good job here. While I'm not an insider, I am very familiar with contracts and negotiations. Maybe there were hurt feelings somewhere, but as I understand the basic facts...

We had him on contract through 2026, a contract to which he as a party. That did not stop him from shopping for a better deal. It has been posted that the administration offered him a similar deal, a deal which was beyond the ADs authority to unilaterally offer. While there are several accounts of the timing of the offer, it does demonstrate a level of good faith.

Albin is 60ish years old, and according to the Charlotte presser, has vacationed at Lake Norman at least a couple times.

I predict he'll apply that new contract toward a comfortable retirement on Lake Norman, which is probably what he wanted in the first place.

Just because he's a good coach, and by most accounts, a great guy, doesn't mean that his departure wasn't a colossal exercise in bad judgment. One that will affect his reputation here for quite some time. I would at least hope that Albin is pressing to find the source of the leak that led to his dumpster fire departure.

I hope that the players know how much we appreciate their efforts, dedication, and historical victory in the conference championship.

Time to move on. Let's hire Brian and keep the program moving in the right direction.

Very well said. Time to focus on the future.

It is you, and a few others, stating with no actual facts, that the relationship was "strained". If that is FACT, they WHY did Albin, virtually every time he was on the air, thank Cromer and Gonsalez?

Your posts seem to be merely conjecture.

Perhaps you have forgotten, but Ohio started the year with over 50 new players that had to be molded into a team. Game by game they improved. Yes, there were rough spots early on, but by the end of the season, this was a very, very good team. Hate on Albin for leaving, if you want. Hate on Cromer, too. But, don't deny that this was a team that improved a lot, one that significantly outperformed expectations, and one that put in a lot of special performances in must-win scenarios. If you don't want to credit Albin, you should still credit the players who accomplished that improvement, and who won a MAC Championship. They deserve better.

Feel free to believe that Ohio is a P4 team, and that they should win every MAC game, and a world where a 30 point win is not good enough to be a "good win". Some of us enjoy every win, and understand that while Ohio can be better than an average MAC team, they can also be worse than average.

You named that person in the title of this thread.

Now explain, without conjecture, how it's her fault.

Do you think she reads BA?

YES! Conjecture. Kindly state to everyone here how and why it's Cromer's fault based on FACTS.

Since you are conjecturing maybe we all should. Rumor has it he had agreed to the UNC-Charlotte offer a week prior to the MAC Championship. If Miami had beaten us a second time, he'd still have the UNC-Charlotte job. Short of Cromer and Gonzalez having a chat during the Miami game as we clearly dominated, it likely would have come up short, as in too little, too late. He CHOSE to leave prior to the MAC Championship. I thank him for his years in Athens, but his hypocrisy is startling. And I am talking of his total disdain for players who entered the portal prior to a bowl game. He CHOSE to leave prior to not a bowl game, but a game more important than our bowl game.

But it didn't "come out of nowhere". Not sure if you watched the UNCC livestream welcoming Albin as coach but they said they held off announcing it out of respect for Ohio. Thus, it was a done deal before kickoff against Miami.

I suspect he wanted more $$$$ in terms of compensation and more NIL $$$ than he'd ever get in Athens. Sounds like he'll have his work cut out given guys entering the portal there.

You called for her to be fired. But you don't know that it's her fault. Cool.

Had to read up on why Charlotte is the 3rd fastest growing city in the US. Seems like that area of the country is spending money and the 49ers don't want to get left behind. There are some good articles out there, especially with projects addressing their infrastructure needs. And with Belichick on the schedule now, I definitely will be rooting for Coach Albin against UNC.

In 10 years, Frank Solich got $50,000 in annual raises.

In 4 years, Julie Cromer offered Tim Albin $500,000 (and reportedly more!) in annual raises. How terrible lol.

What, should we have hired a Asst Athletic Diector of Coaches Ego?

https://sportsdata.usatoday.com/ncaa/salaries/football/co...

Beyond stupid.

If I had time or care enough, I’d go dig up your posts about how much they screwed up by giving him an $800K autoextension with every 8 wins.

I see no reason to fire Julie at this time. If she let's Smith get away, though, I'll change my tune.