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Posted: 2/13/2019 2:34 PM
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The offensive line has improved tremendously in recent years, first under Dave Johnson, then under Bart Miller. I'm sorry to see him go. Hopefully they can find someone else as good as these two were.
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We should go get AJ Blazek from North Dakota State. Has Big Ten ties....played at Iowa and was an assistant at Iowa when he first started. Iowa has a top Strength & Conditioning programs in the country and would be beneficial to our program working with Dak. They have the top lineman this year in Tanner Volson (6'4" - 306lb Center). NDSU lineman have won all 6 years since the award began.

AJ Blazek - https://gobison.com/coaches.aspx?rc=1336

Top Lineman - https://gobison.com/news/2018/12/20/football-volson-named...
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ExCat21 wrote:expand_more
We should go get AJ Blazek from North Dakota State. Has Big Ten ties....played at Iowa and was an assistant at Iowa when he first started. Iowa has a top Strength & Conditioning programs in the country and would be beneficial to our program working with Dak. They have the top lineman this year in Tanner Volson (6'4" - 306lb Center). NDSU lineman have won all 6 years since the award began.

AJ Blazek - https://gobison.com/coaches.aspx?rc=1336

Top Lineman - https://gobison.com/news/2018/12/20/football-volson-named...
He voluntarily left a $350K job at Rutgers for the NDSU job, what makes you think he would come here for 80-90K, and he coached at Rutgers last season, had nothing to do with NDSU linemen the past 6 years. Blazek, never even coached Tanner Volson. May want to do some research before you go posting things.
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I know he didn't coach him. I'm valuing NDSU's success from a lineman standpoint. The salary part I wasn't aware of. I'll give you credit there. But we may have more to offer in future success than NDSU. And have a decent track record now to promote that. Worth a shot. I might leave Rutgers coaching $350,000 if I know they won't ever be a top tier team in the Big Ten. Hard to get promoted. Im not sure if that is the true reason he declined a raise and still hold assistant coaching title to go back down to FCS. Sometimes winning is better than losing with a few extra bucks in your pocket.
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ExCat21 wrote:expand_more
I know he didn't coach him. I'm valuing NDSU's success from a lineman standpoint. The salary part I wasn't aware of. I'll give you credit there. But we may have more to offer in future success than NDSU. And have a decent track record now to promote that. Worth a shot. I might leave Rutgers coaching $350,000 if I know they won't ever be a top tier team in the Big Ten. Hard to get promoted. Im not sure if that is the true reason he declined a raise and still hold assistant coaching title to go back down to FCS. Sometimes winning is better than losing with a few extra bucks in your pocket.


?wut? I might leave Rutgers coaching $350,000 if I know they won't ever be a top tier team in the Big Ten.

CMON MANNNN No one is leaving a 350k job for a 80k job CMON MANNNN
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?wut? I might leave Rutgers coaching $350,000 if I know they won't ever be a top tier team in the Big Ten.

CMON MANNNN No one is leaving a 350k job for a 80k job CMON MANNNN

I think he's saying that the problem with the $350k Rutgers job is that it is short term. It's great while it lasts, but you know the entire staff will be changed every few years. Getting fired, and being out looking for work with that on your record is going to make it harder to find another job that pays as well. By contrast, getting a job with a winning program like NDSU might be a stepping stone to a more secure long term future.
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?wut? I might leave Rutgers coaching $350,000 if I know they won't ever be a top tier team in the Big Ten.

CMON MANNNN No one is leaving a 350k job for a 80k job CMON MANNNN

I think he's saying that the problem with the $350k Rutgers job is that it is short term. It's great while it lasts, but you know the entire staff will be changed every few years. Getting fired, and being out looking for work with that on your record is going to make it harder to find another job that pays as well. By contrast, getting a job with a winning program like NDSU might be a stepping stone to a more secure long term future.
350k is over 3 years of salary to what a MAC school pays their OL coach. Hell, he could go to Japan and coach for a couple years on that kind of cash.
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Posted: 2/15/2019 3:57 AM
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?wut? I might leave Rutgers coaching $350,000 if I know they won't ever be a top tier team in the Big Ten.

CMON MANNNN No one is leaving a 350k job for a 80k job CMON MANNNN

I think he's saying that the problem with the $350k Rutgers job is that it is short term. It's great while it lasts, but you know the entire staff will be changed every few years. Getting fired, and being out looking for work with that on your record is going to make it harder to find another job that pays as well. By contrast, getting a job with a winning program like NDSU might be a stepping stone to a more secure long term future.
I'd take 3-4 years at $350K because that NDSU job aint going anywhere and if it takes you awhile to get into a new situation well you must made a salary at Rutgers that takes you a DECADE at NDSU to generate. Still dont add up imo but I guess thats why I dont make that much.
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?wut? I might leave Rutgers coaching $350,000 if I know they won't ever be a top tier team in the Big Ten.

CMON MANNNN No one is leaving a 350k job for a 80k job CMON MANNNN

I think he's saying that the problem with the $350k Rutgers job is that it is short term. It's great while it lasts, but you know the entire staff will be changed every few years. Getting fired, and being out looking for work with that on your record is going to make it harder to find another job that pays as well. By contrast, getting a job with a winning program like NDSU might be a stepping stone to a more secure long term future.
I'd take 3-4 years at $350K because that NDSU job aint going anywhere and if it takes you awhile to get into a new situation well you must made a salary at Rutgers that takes you a DECADE at NDSU to generate. Still dont add up imo but I guess thats why I dont make that much.
Depends on where you are from and what you need to be happy. NDSU's QB will be at the NFL combine. Ninth player in ten years at the combine for the Bison. For a kid from Wichita Kansas, stability to raise your family in Fargo is not so bad. Plus he already has experience with the head coach.
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Bobcatzblitz wrote:expand_more
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?wut? I might leave Rutgers coaching $350,000 if I know they won't ever be a top tier team in the Big Ten.

CMON MANNNN No one is leaving a 350k job for a 80k job CMON MANNNN

I think he's saying that the problem with the $350k Rutgers job is that it is short term. It's great while it lasts, but you know the entire staff will be changed every few years. Getting fired, and being out looking for work with that on your record is going to make it harder to find another job that pays as well. By contrast, getting a job with a winning program like NDSU might be a stepping stone to a more secure long term future.
I'd take 3-4 years at $350K because that NDSU job aint going anywhere and if it takes you awhile to get into a new situation well you must made a salary at Rutgers that takes you a DECADE at NDSU to generate. Still dont add up imo but I guess thats why I dont make that much.

I was just trying to explain how I interpreted ExCat21's post. I have no opinion. I did look up Rutgers football and their coach is Chris Ash, and this year will be his fourth year, and last year he was 1-11. From just a quick glance, I'd say that it seems very possible he is on his final year, and it also seems possible that someone might have believed that he wouldn't even make it to 2019.
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Miller more than doubled his salary by going to Wyoming. Think about that for a second.
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L.C. wrote:expand_more
I did look up Rutgers football and their coach is Chris Ash, and this year will be his fourth year, and last year he was 1-11. From just a quick glance, I'd say that it seems very possible he is on his final year, and it also seems possible that someone might have believed that he wouldn't even make it to 2019.
Based on a pretty easy schedule,there was a lot of optimism on the part of Rutgers fans that they would be at least .500 and go to bowl.

That feel apart fast.

Most of the RU fans I know would like Ash gone.

Problems are:

1.The cost of a buy out.
(RU has the lowest revenue of any B1G team,with no prospects for improvement)

2.Except for wrestling,RU sports have virtually no fan support,outside of some die hards.

3.RU can't recruit well in NJ,let alone the rest of the US

All of this resulted in keeping Ash.
People aren't exactly knocking down RU's door to come there.
Even Schiano isn't interested in coming back.
(Lighting only strikes once)
Most likely nothing will change until Ash's contract ends.
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Miller more than doubled his salary by going to Wyoming. Think about that for a second.
Not surprised. Our salaries are low for FCS and not going anywhere fast.
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BillyTheCat wrote:expand_more
Miller more than doubled his salary by going to Wyoming. Think about that for a second.

Clearly Ohio needs to build that 35,000 seat stadium, and up the ticket price to $40 a game.
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Miller more than doubled his salary by going to Wyoming. Think about that for a second.
Not surprised. Our salaries are low for FCS and not going anywhere fast.
Maybe you have other sources than Arkley, but in his article he wasn't as definitive as your statement ("Sources have confirmed that Miller is expected to double his salary with his move"). But besides that nit-picking point, I was interested to hear from knowledgeable football BAers about a school like Wyoming possibly being able to pay double what we pay for a position coach? Surprised me. Can anyone explain?
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Miller more than doubled his salary by going to Wyoming. Think about that for a second.
Not surprised. Our salaries are low for FCS and not going anywhere fast.
Maybe you have other sources than Arkley, but in his article he wasn't as definitive as your statement ("Sources have confirmed that Miller is expected to double his salary with his move"). But besides that nit-picking point, I was interested to hear from knowledgeable football BAers about a school like Wyoming possibly being able to pay double what we pay for a position coach? Surprised me. Can anyone explain?
THE MW schools get about $1.1 million each for their football from ESPN contract.
They’re the only substantial state university, have about the same endowment as we do and have a statewide, albeit low population, following. They are literally the only game in town. I understand that the university is heavily subsidized by state severance taxes from the states energy production.
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colobobcat66 wrote:expand_more
Miller more than doubled his salary by going to Wyoming. Think about that for a second.
Not surprised. Our salaries are low for FCS and not going anywhere fast.
Maybe you have other sources than Arkley, but in his article he wasn't as definitive as your statement ("Sources have confirmed that Miller is expected to double his salary with his move"). But besides that nit-picking point, I was interested to hear from knowledgeable football BAers about a school like Wyoming possibly being able to pay double what we pay for a position coach? Surprised me. Can anyone explain?
THE MW schools get about $1.1 million each for their football from ESPN contract.
They’re the only substantial state university, have about the same endowment as we do and have a statewide, albeit low population, following. They are literally the only game in town. I understand that the university is heavily subsidized by state severance taxes from the states energy production.
And Wyoming's facilities are nicer also. I just went to their athletics website and saw that they've announced a $44 million expansion of their indoor practice facility, or High Altitude Performance Center as they call it. $24 million raised through private contributions and the remainder coming from the state. Like CB66 said, it helps to be the only major university in the state, at least FBS-wise. From a dollar perspective, Wyomng's more bigtime than Ohio is. What Solich and Ohio have been able to do on a shoestring budget is amazing.
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Hard to blame an asst. coach for leaving to double his salary. According to The USA Today 2018 story on coaches salaries, Wyoming had $1.924 million to spend on assistant coaches compared to Ohio's $1.059 million. Six Wyoming coaches earned over $150,000. Ohio's DC and OC didn't earn that. San Diego State who Ohio shut out in a bowl game had four coaches making more than $189,000 and another over $147,000. The Aztecs total pay for assistants is over $1.7 million yearly. Ohio can't touch either one of those MWC schools in asst. pay.
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Money is never the only criterion that a person looks at when making a job decision. Thought it is important, there are other factors, too. Some of them include job security, potential for advancement, a good work environment, a nice community to live in, and being treated with respect. Ohio obviously can't compete with some of the other schools in terms of salary, so they need to focus on the things they do have to offer. It's surprising, in some respects, how little turnover Ohio has had.
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Money is never the only criterion that a person looks at when making a job decision. Thought it is important, there are other factors, too. Some of them include job security, potential for advancement, a good work environment, a nice community to live in, and being treated with respect. Ohio obviously can't compete with some of the other schools in terms of salary, so they need to focus on the things they do have to offer. It's surprising, in some respects, how little turnover Ohio has had.
Family must also play a significant part in this discussion. Consideration of a spouses career, keeping kids within at least a neighboring state of their grandparents. To some these things are unimportant, to others they are very important.
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L.C. wrote:expand_more
Money is never the only criterion that a person looks at when making a job decision. Thought it is important, there are other factors, too. Some of them include job security, potential for advancement, a good work environment, a nice community to live in, and being treated with respect. Ohio obviously can't compete with some of the other schools in terms of salary, so they need to focus on the things they do have to offer. It's surprising, in some respects, how little turnover Ohio has had.
To play the devils advocate here, but I would guess that Solich’s age should make any potential coach wonder about the long term prospects here. Just saying.
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This guy with Wyoming is on his 9th job since 2010. I don't think loyalty is even in his vocabulary.


http://ohiobobcats.com/sports/fball/coaches/Bart_Miller?v...
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Uncle Wes wrote:expand_more
This guy with Wyoming is on his 9th job since 2010. I don't think loyalty is even in his vocabulary.


http://ohiobobcats.com/sports/fball/coaches/Bart_Miller?v...
Uncle Wes nailed it.

PS...the campus area of Laramie is a dump.
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MedinaCat wrote:expand_more
This guy with Wyoming is on his 9th job since 2010. I don't think loyalty is even in his vocabulary.


http://ohiobobcats.com/sports/fball/coaches/Bart_Miller?v...
Uncle Wes nailed it.

PS...the campus area of Laramie is a dump.
Here's the thread where he was hired:
https://www.bobcatattack.com/messageboard/topic.asp?FromP...
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The Miller File
Air Force: Tight Ends 2017
Minnesota: Offensive Line 2016
Florida Atlantic: Offensive Line 2014-15
New Mexico State: Offensive Line 2013
Wisconsin: Offensive Line, GA 2011-12
New Mexico State: Offensive Line, GA 2010

I like this hire, except for one thing. He's apparently done a good job along the way, but he has never stayed at any one place for more than two years. Only in the case of Minnesota did his job change result from a head coaching change. It will be interesting to see how long he stays in Athens.

We got what we had reason to expect. He did a great job for his one year, and now I hope they can get someone just as good for next year.
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