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owlcountry40 said

owlmart said

Please keep in mind that recruits and parents of recruits could be reading this board…not saying we cant criticize the program but we should be mindful of the things we say regarding coach…were a small program and coach is one of our better recruiting tools I'm sure parents love having a coaching legend in their living room especially the ones that our longtime UM fans…I'm sure the fire coach threads would not go over well with them
Have you ever been on a real message board
define 'real' please
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owlmart said

owlcountry40 said

owlmart said

Please keep in mind that recruits and parents of recruits could be reading this board…not saying we cant criticize the program but we should be mindful of the things we say regarding coach…were a small program and coach is one of our better recruiting tools I'm sure parents love having a coaching legend in their living room especially the ones that our longtime UM fans…I'm sure the fire coach threads would not go over well with them
Have you ever been on a real message board
define 'real' please
 to say that i shouldn't start a fire thread is  retarded  and to say we are worried about recruits reading this are you kidding  we were 121 last year don't blame my thread for that it's out poor ass recruiting that our program has.
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owlcountry40 said

owlmart said

owlcountry40 said

owlmart said

Please keep in mind that recruits and parents of recruits could be reading this board…not saying we cant criticize the program but we should be mindful of the things we say regarding coach…were a small program and coach is one of our better recruiting tools I'm sure parents love having a coaching legend in their living room especially the ones that our longtime UM fans…I'm sure the fire coach threads would not go over well with them
Have you ever been on a real message board
define 'real' please
 to say that i shouldn't start a fire thread is  retarded  and to say we are worried about recruits reading this are you kidding  we were 121 last year don't blame my thread for that it's out poor ass recruiting that our program has.
a) I never said you should not start a 'fire howard' thread
b) I did not blame your thread for last years recruiting
c) You do not think recruits read this board? I do not know how much research you did prior to college but prior to coming to FAU I did many a google searches on the program I was going to be in is it asinine to believe a football player would do the same?
d) you are free to right whatever you want within the rules of the board I simply made a suggestion whether you agree with it or not is completely up to you 
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owlmart said

owlcountry40 said

owlmart said

owlcountry40 said

owlmart said

Please keep in mind that recruits and parents of recruits could be reading this board…not saying we cant criticize the program but we should be mindful of the things we say regarding coach…were a small program and coach is one of our better recruiting tools I'm sure parents love having a coaching legend in their living room especially the ones that our longtime UM fans…I'm sure the fire coach threads would not go over well with them
Have you ever been on a real message board
define 'real' please
 to say that i shouldn't start a fire thread is  retarded  and to say we are worried about recruits reading this are you kidding  we were 121 last year don't blame my thread for that it's out poor ass recruiting that our program has.
a) I never said you should not start a 'fire howard' thread
b) I did not blame your thread for last years recruiting
c) You do not think recruits read this board? I do not know how much research you did prior to college but prior to coming to FAU I did many a google searches on the program I was going to be in is it asinine to believe a football player would do the same?
d) you are free to right whatever you want within the rules of the board I simply made a suggestion whether you agree with it or not is completely up to you
have you ever been on an lsu board they rip les miles and they are 7-1 the fact we are the worst team in the country Howard deserves to be  ripped
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It is your right to rip Howard if you deem it necessary but Howard up until this point was our best recruiting tool…Here are some of the things LSU uses to pull in recruits (Im assuming)

Home games in front of 100,000
Play in the SEC
Chance to go pro
Good education
If you believe what SI had in their last issue $$$$

and the list goes on we have Howard…we play in a state with 6 other teams and countless other BCS teams that come here to recruit people come here to play because they know of his legacy even FIU has a stadium a couple of good programs and its in Miami…Once again we have Howard…Once again you are free to bash him as you see fit perhaps it was my initial post that was out of line if it rubbed you the wrong way as that was not my intention.
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owlmart said

It is your right to rip Howard if you deem it necessary but Howard up until this point was our best recruiting tool…Here are some of the things LSU uses to pull in recruits (Im assuming)

Home games in front of 100,000
Play in the SEC
Chance to go pro
Good education
If you believe what SI had in their last issue $$$$

and the list goes on we have Howard…we play in a state with 6 other teams and countless other BCS teams that come here to recruit people come here to play because they know of his legacy even FIU has a stadium a couple of good programs and its in Miami…Once again we have Howard…Once again you are free to bash him as you see fit perhaps it was my initial post that was out of line if it rubbed you the wrong way as that was not my intention.

I've always defended Howard but please explain how he is our best recruiting tool? These kids have NO IDEA who he is! Yeah they're parents MIGHT if they followed college football. It's not like Howard is bringing in 3 and 4 star recruits every season. We have never had a 4 star recruit and most of our recruits don't get stars and aren't found on rivals when doing a search.

If this was Howard at Louisville then yes he's our biggest recruiting tool. He won the championship with Miami in 1983, not 1 kid on this team was even born yet. Deandre Richardson who started at WR today was born in 1990, Dennis Erickson was coaching in 1990 and he was the defending National champion.

Recruiting is the issue, yeah maybe the stadium will help, who knows but to say Howard is our biggest recruiting tool would be way off base, or just very sad that our biggest recruiting tool has a roster full of walk-ons and 0 star players who were being recruited by Division II schools.

My two favorite teams are FAU, and who ever is beating FIU!
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The whole concept of "Fire Howard" is really silly. Look, I'm all for coaching changes.  I think new blood is needed in this program.  Howard cannot run this thing forever and this program has hit a wall.  Saying all of that, there is no argument that anyone can make to me that would change the fact that Howard gets to coach next year in his stadium.  He gets to lead the first Owls team onto the field in Boca.  Period.  End of discussion.

There is no doubting this is a BAD team right now.  There are many reasons for that and some of them are coaching realted.  The main reason is that the players aren't good enough.  People can blame the coaching staff for recruiting poorly or the lack of discipline or whatever, but the fact remains that the players aren't capable right now.  For fans, blaming the coaching staff is the easy thing to do.  I think the problem is bigger.  In my opinion, the problem is the FAU administration dragged it's feet on this stadium so long, that it finally caught up to us.  There was only so long that Coach and his staff could sell players on coming to FAU while ranking DEAD LAST in terms of facilities in the nation.  I love the fact that we have the stadium coming and cannot wait until next season….but this should have never taken this long.  It handcuffed our coaching staff and now it is showing on the field.

The bottom line is we are terrible this season and may not win another game this year (I sincerely hope I'm wrong and we find a way to beat FIU next week).  But regardless, Howard gets one more year.  If things don't change, I'm all for a whole new staff in 2012, but there are things more important then winning and losing and it would be a tragedy if Howard wasn't allowed to coach in the stadium next year.

GO OWLS!
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A new head coach in waiting MUST be named by the end of the year. We will have NO recruits next year and returners will leave. A new stadium does not mean squat when you have a BAD coaching staff who cannot develop and motivate players, are being outcoached every game and cannot build a TEAM. Very very sad that we are in this position. Angelos better have already made those calls to those he wants to lead this football team because this coaching staff is not getting it done.
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Personally, I would rather keep Howard and FIRE a few ignorant so-called "fans."
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I'm not saying Howard should be fired and I stand by my statement that they should build a statue outside the stadium for him.

I don't think its got anything to do with not having a stadium until now. Look where UCF played until their stadium was built, Look at USF before the Big East. They still found ways to win and send guys to the NFL

Most problems on this team are the result of poor coaching. You don't get 20 penalties called against you in 1 game when you have disciplined players.

I agree that their should be a coach in waiting. This is Howards baby, he built this from nothing and if not for him we don't have a stadium or a football team to complain about.

With all that being said, let him coach in new stadium then he should step down immediately after. We will automatically start 0-3 next season after 3 very tough advanced training games. Then open the stadium and maybe emotions will be high and we win but I don't foresee us winning more than 1 game again next season.

Time to have that coach waiting in the wings, Howard says his goodbyes on Sr. Day in the stadium, then starts the new era of FAU football.

My two favorite teams are FAU, and who ever is beating FIU!
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