“If you don’t get any pulls, from the quarterback standpoint, it’s just going to clog up the middle and I think that’s what we kind of had last year.

“We just couldn’t effectively run the ball the way we wanted to.”

From Derrius Vick in today's Athens Messenger

How did coaching staff allow him to continue to play the way he did.

Deep breaths. Time to let it go. Go Vick!

Considering that our former director of football operations often used the hashtag "#housethatTeTbuilt" when tweeting about the IPF, I'd say our coaches were under Tyler's sway a bit more than was appropriate.

Personally, I would have sat him down after the petulant response to having to return for the closing plays of one of our early wins at Peden. If you recall, he was handing off the ball without moving his feet, in a clear attempt to embarrass the coaches.  I'd have buried his ass on the bench…or perhaps told my center to let a D lineman come through unblocked on the next play.

That's what happens when your dads name is Mickey!! $$$$

He along with 50 others and the coaching staff. Shouldn't we get credit as well, we were his only offer. We tried our best to showcase his talent. What about the players that came before him. He could have went down as a top ten Bobcat. I wish him well in the future. That indoor facility is the house that the Bobcats built.

I agree with this. Unless his father actually paid for it, I'd have to say that you can't credit it to any one player. The Bobcats have been increasingly successful over the years, and there are many players and coaches that have played a part in that. How about the 2006 Seniors that established the winning trend? How about the 2005 recruits that as 5th year Seniors began the bowl streak in 2009? How about the various Ohio players that established that, yes, the NFL will draft players from Ohio, players like Cohen, Mitchell, Price, Brazill, and Herman? How about the coaching staff that was behind the revival of Ohio football? How about guys like Evan Shaw that created "Relentless", and gave great PR to Ohio?

There are too many others also responsible for the success of Ohio to credit the MPF to a single player.

Yeah, I can probably name a few:

Byrum, Wright, Cohen, Muncy, Koenig, Everson, McRae, Mayle, Fitzgerald, Hartke, Owens, Brazill, McCrae, Scott, Jackson, Keller, Renfro, Parson, Mitchell, Harden, Garrett, Abrams, etc.