Should Mark Farley be fired after the season?

[PantherPower79]

Re: Should Mark Farley be fired after the season?

Terrible thread. Just sayin'. I've exhausted many of my thoughts on the "Analyzing the Staff" thread, but I couldn't help but to put my two cents here. I gave abundant praise to our staff (as they rightfully deserve) and now what to state my opinion of Farley here (in the correct thread).

Farley is 120-55 at UNI and has won 7 conference championships- in arguably the best conference in the FCS. That sounds like quite the resume if you ask me!

Let's say theoretically Farley was gone. Who would you hire?! A high caliber D2 coach a D1 position coach?! If another coach came in he would either have a lot of success or he wouldn't. If the theoretical "other guy" had a high level of success then he would most likely bolt for a sub par D1 university that would pay him more (a la Bohl). If "he" didn't have the level of success Farley has, then we would be looking for someone else in 3 years wishing we still had Farley and this staff!

We have a winning coach that is deeply invested in this program and this university, a staff that is full of former UNI players (Paup, Salmon, Nelson, Hord, Farley, Scott) and we are in the 2nd round of the playoffs! Life is good! Enjoy this!

[TravelingPanther]

Re: Should Mark Farley be fired after the season?

7 conference championships in the toughest conference might mean more if we won one when it was the toughest conference.

NDSU owns the conference until someone takes it from them.

[GonzoCat]

Re: Should Mark Farley be fired after the season?

So now we have a poster who started in the "Analyze" thread, which was created in an attempt to end this thread, then worked his way over to this thread which he thinks is the correct one to state his opinion. Meanwhile virtually no one, I'm not going to read back thru 8 pages there may have been one or two, has actually been in favor of firing Farley.

For crying out loud, could a moderator just lock this damn thread?

[jegbomb52]

Re: Should Mark Farley be fired after the season?

So now we have a poster who started in the "Analyze" thread, which was created in an attempt to end this thread, then worked his way over to this thread which he thinks is the correct one to state his opinion. Meanwhile virtually no one, I'm not going to read back thru 8 pages there may have been one or two, has actually been in favor of firing Farley.

For crying out loud, could a moderator just lock this damn thread?

Moderators will do absolutely nothing, not a one will make a decision to lock a thread or block user... we are one of 5 sites that Lakesbison posts on that he hasn't been banned from. Idiot posters should be banned, redundant threads should be locked. Threads clearly being posted in by player's families and now coaches families should also be locked.

[SteinPizza]

Re: Should Mark Farley be fired after the season?

7 conference championships in the toughest conference might mean more if we won one when it was the toughest conference.

NDSU owns the conference until someone takes it from them.

Agreed. The MVFC is pretty good this year, but hasn't been in the past with the exception of NDSU. There was a year in the early/mid 2000s when both UNI and SIU made some noise in the playoffs, but the quality of play fell off immediately afterwards. I think some fans from the CAA would have issue with the original claim of "toughest conference", and they'd be correct.

[TravelingPanther]

Re: Should Mark Farley be fired after the season?

Moderators will do absolutely nothing, not a one will make a decision to lock a thread or block user... we are one of 5 sites that Lakesbison posts on that he hasn't been banned from. Idiot posters should be banned, redundant threads should be locked. Threads clearly being posted in by player's families and now coaches families should also be locked.

Can't make everyone happy. It's always not enough or too much.

I personally have deleted plenty of posts and threads in the past when it was obvious that players, coaches, or their families were starting embarrassing threads. The issue that stood out the most was the Rennie/Davis era.

If people want to argue themselves in circles, I don't see the harm in that.

If you have an issue with a post or poster, report it. All the mods are their own people and may or may not find it necessary to remove it.