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He probably got a little sick of other programs outwardly recruiting his players while they were still on the field after the game...
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Totally agree. He did what he thought was best for UNI and was timed the best for UNI. He is always thinking of the program. Always honest and will take questions. Like any time, you want to run through a wall for him. We have been lucky. Hartzell new the people to hire. We may wind up with a good football coach, but it would be hard to wind up with a better person.Originally posted by Born-a-Panther View Post
"People gave me a chance; I wanted to give others a chance."Comment
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That's old school. Just text them on the sidelines.Originally posted by BCPanther View Post"Well, that escalated quickly."Comment
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I just hate to see it end this way. While I've been a vocal advocate of moving on from him, I wish he could've gone out on his own terms when he was done in the midst of what we've come to expect from UNI football: a winning season.
I know NIL, and probably more importantly, the Dakotas spending a ton of money and having the luxury of being the only show in town, have really changed the way football looks in the MVFC. I thought when they joined it would be a great thing for UNI football- having a couple more top notch opponents to get them ready for tough postseason games. But it seems like overall it has been a net negative for us as we've not been able to keep up and they've gotten a lot of the recruits that would've contributed to our teams in the past.
Looking back on Coach Farley's career, I also wonder what effect those big losses in the playoffs might have had overall on our program. The '05 game was a heart breaker, but those two D ends for App State absolutely wrecked us. The loss to Flacco in the playoffs continues to look inevitable given his longevity in the NFL, but I always wonder what would've happened if we continued to run the ball where we were having success in that game. The loss to Richmond is the real head scratcher, as it looked like we were primed for a good shot at a national title and we just flat out laid an egg in that home playoff game. Nobody deserves anything they don't earn, but it sure would be nice for his teams to have capitalized and for him to have at least one national title trophy in that trophy case.
Kind of a tangent here, but my college years (mid to late 2000s) seem like the golden era for UNI sports and it looks more and more like we'll never get back there. Between the success and sell outs in the dome for the football team, McLeod opening and the huge successes Coach Mac and Coach Jake had, Coach Peterson's outstanding teams, Bucky on the track/xc side, womens basketball under Tony D and Coach Warren's marginal success, and Doug being hired for wrestling, I feel really lucky to have been a part of the university at a time where we could generally give the two big brother state schools a run for their money in just about every sport. I was fortunate enough to be the mascot while I was a student and still look back fondly on that as one of the best chapters of my life.Comment
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Yepp. My brother is friends with Butler and confirmed this happened during handshakes after the SDSU game.Originally posted by BCPanther View PostComment
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It doesn't seem to me that the portal is that big an issue in MFVC football. I don't think we're losing that many guys; I don't think the power leagues have much respect for the level of play here and the G5 schools can't offer that much more than we can from an NIL perspective. It's not like basketball, where the Valley loses 75% of its all conference guys to the portal every offseason. I dont doubt that tampering is happening but how many guys are we actually losing? We should be able to offset our losses in the portal with guys who are not working out at midwest P4 schools.
I know that UND lost a pretty good tackle who is starting for K State. Minnesota has an FCS QB; Florida has a QB from Yale who is a third starter. It's not a big issue though, I don't think. The G5 schools are getting raided (both players and coaches) and they are the ones I feel bad for.Last edited by nadf.; 11-13-2024, 04:20 PM.Comment
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Now that the news has been out for the better part of the week, have we seen any decommits as a result of Farley leaving?Comment
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Farley was on KXNO Morning Rush this morning. Super thankful for everything he has done for UNI, especially these last 10 years when everything was a mess. But it's time to move on. He came across very bitter about the current state of college athletics and I don't blame him at all for that. UNI cannot succeed unless it embraces the chances and tries to make the most of it. He again called for for "the adults" in the room to come up with some restrictions on transferring - it's just not going to happen until the schools finally accept that there is a need for them to be employees. The Supreme Court will continue to dunk on every restriction you try to put on these non-employees, the NCAA is completely powerless. Farley said he wants to keep coaching; I believe he was asked to step away and this decision was not completely his, and that makes me sad.Comment
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Farley is correct. College football is not friendly for head coaches who develop players.Comment
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