TCY Groupthink - North Carolina State Wolfpack
Per Quik's great idea, I unveil the lastest FOFC Groupthink - TCY Style!
Head Coach - Craigsca Offensive Coordinator - Ravenshawk Defensive Coordinator - MikeVick Recruiting Coordinator - Vexroid QB coach/scout - Backs coach/scout - Receivers coach/scout - OL coach/scout - DL coach/scout - Quiksand LB coach/scout - DB coach/scout - Special Teams coach/scout - Scouting Team (scouts the upcoming opponent): Next on waiting list: No one We have a number of things to work out: Do we have regional recruiters, or just our 2 coordinators? Which type of team do we want? Bad team in a good conference (my personal fave)? Good team/good conf? Bad team/bad conf? Let's determine the type of team first, then we can determine the actual team. Playoffs or bowls? (no preference here) Any house rules? (1 visit, 1 phone call per week per recruit? No scholarship offer until 1 week after initial visit?) Btw, I will be running a CLEAN program here. We will not be bribing people to come to our illustrious school. Input, please! :) |
What about splitting the RC's jobs up in terms of in-state vs. out-of-state recruits? Just a thought if we're going to have two.
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You guys have got to run UTEP. You just got to... :)
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UNLV! Let's debauch and run a college team at the same time!
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I have no particular preference in terms of schools -- using a Sol-8 school has the drawback of seeing the players get mislabeled when explorting to FOF, if that's an issue for us, so I think that's probably not our best option.
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When you are picking a team, don't forget to consider where the Sol 8 will be (in your state, banished to Alaska, or something in between)? Should it have flavor (be renamed to be the Ivy League, etc.) or be ignored?
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Screw this, I quit. j/k I prefer Bowl Games, just because it is realistic. Even though I think the NCAA Bowl systems sucks ass. How is UConn compared to the other Big East schools to start with? |
Harvard!
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We could always try N.C. State, as I mentioned in another thread...
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I vote for Texas. :D
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Air Force?
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I actually thought of Air Force. If it were purely my choice, I would go with the Falcons.
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AF gives us the added bonus of getting to beat up on Colorado State every year. Must kill CSU!
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Although I really wish that the academies had unlimited scholarships. You know, we could just let in all the players over the limit on commissions into the academy. wink, wink.
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Air Force would be very cool.
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I'd be concerned about degree of difficult (or lack thereof, more accurately) with Air Force. Utah usually does well, but the rest in their conference are mediocre or worse. Without some fairly stringent house rules, I'd fear we'll be winning all non-Utah conference games by 30 points after a while.
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Kansas? Vanderbilt? Northwestern?
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I like the idea of NC State as mentioned by The Dark Jedi in another post. With a group think, I don't want our challenge to be easy. NC State provides a good challenge for recruiting players as well as a tough division.
Wolfpack gets my vote. |
NC State...in my Duke dynasty...is actually a pretty decent team. We would definitely be over .500 in year one. Do we want a worse team? Or is this what we're looking for?
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I'm interested in taking the special teams tasks if it's not filled.
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Upon considering, I'm pulling for any not very good team in a conference that has a championship game ('just for more games/fun)
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Baylor. |
Can I be your punter's coach, MC?
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I'd prefer not to start with a scrub team, especially if we are playing at All-Star level, which we should be. Group thinks tend to take more time than a dynasty that you are running on your own. I'm not quite sure what our goals would be as far as completing seasons, considering we want input from all of our coaches.
With that said, we'd be spending a lot of real time at the bottom, even if it wouldn't be a lot of game time. |
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BCS Conferences and Prestige (for your viewing pleasure)
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I'm open to any team, except Michigan.
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Colorado anyone?
Be a fun storyline, too. After all the bad press, the brain trust was fired, and a group of miscreants came in to run the show. |
I think anybody with a prestige of 77-83 playing in one of the major conferences works for me.
Therefore, I would support a choice of Colorado. Maybe we should just create a poll. :D |
Doesn't Colorado, being in the Southwest, have easier access to the "mother lode" of recruits in California? The other thing I like about NC State is that there are plenty of schools nearby that trump them in Academics and/or Prestige.
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IRL, the Head Coach (CraigSca) takes a job at a school and gets to hire his staff (us). I'd be game for that.
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The academics may make it too easy, but Vanderbilt also seems to fit most of that for which people are looking.
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CraigSca has heard from the peanut gallery, he can either choose to listen to us or ignore us either way. He should make the decision.
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I'll go ahead and be the Special Teams Coach.
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Actually, Icy would have dibs on special teams coach if he wants it (as he asked to be included in the group think earlier in the day), but I kind of left it open as I'm not sure what a special teams coach would do in TCY. If Icy wants the position, it's his, however.
I'll think about the school to pick in a little bit, though I will give a lot of careful consideration to your picks. I'd prefer a less than middle of the pack team in a good conference, so there's room to grow but something that won't take us 6 years to get going. As far as Sol-8 is concerned, I'm leaning towards sticking it in Alaska and renaming the teams to represent the Ivy League. I've always had internal objections to playing against what I consider to be "odd" named schools like Barrow, Juneau and Kodiak. Let me know if there are any objections to this. |
I'd like to see you guy's go with a tournament at the end of the season instead of BCS. I think it would add more fun and pressure for you guys instead of worrying about one bowl game. Just a thought.
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If we were looking to divide the Recruiting Coordinator position, we could divide it into Offensive and Defensive Recruiting Coordinators. Just a thought.
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I was thinking that as well, Raven. It's the easiest way to divide recruits since the game uses states for searching as opposed to regions.
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Ok - it seems I've received a few phone calls regarding my availability to coach a college football team this year. As I have no experience coaching any team on any level, I'm at least a little surprised by this. However, I've made arrangements with an agent and we're currently speaking to a few teams about taking over their program. Also, I told my agent that it's an absolute PRIORITY that I bring my entire coaching staff with me to the new school (which is kind of odd considering I have a full coaching staff picked, yet have no experience in running a program).
I've left some feelers out there and here are the offers I've received: Oklahoma State University - Prestige of 75, Ranked #10 of 12 in conference Advantages: great natural rivalries with instant underdog role, tough recruiting region, conference championship game, mediocre academics (#70), in the Big 12 south, so they face Texas and Oklahoma Disadvantages: Access to a recruiting region with a large player pool (Texas) Ole Miss - Prestige of 78, Ranked #9 of 12 in conference Advantages: Tough recruiting region, tough conference, conference championship game, awful academic rating, in the SEC south, so they face LSU, Alabama and Auburn Disadvantages: maybe their academics are too awful (#116)? North Carolina State - Prestige of 80, ranked #7 of 11 in conference Advantages: Tough conference, tough recruiting region, academics are pretty good (#51), but not so good that we can use it to our advantage Disadvantages: Maybe they start off too good? Let me know if you have any preferences, though I promise to make my decision quickly. |
Here are my preferences:
1. NC State 2. OSU 3. Ole Miss |
Any of the three are fine. Depends on how tough you wanna make it, with those three teams.
If I had to rank em, in order of preference... NC State, Ole Miss, OK State. |
As I've said, I have a good feeling about NC State. Their decent academic rating might look good, but with Duke, Carolina and Wake right there, Vandy not far away, and the toning down in 1.3, I think it'll be tough to recruit based on academics. Further, I have a feeling that the Prestige will drop before it rises. That year 1 schedule is TOUGH.
EDIT: My ranking would be NC State, Ole Miss, Ok. State |
1. Ole Miss
2. NC State 3. OK State |
Ole Miss, NC State, OK State are my preferences
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I see Ole Miss as being a very good challenge. NC State would be tough as well. I guess that means my preferences are:
1. Ole Miss 2. NC State 3. OK State |
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