I wish the bar was higher, I do, but BG hasn't been a player in the MAC since Babers left in 2015 until this season.
Yes, the Loeffler era was inconsistent at its best, but that's why the context was important. Jinks left the program entirely bare. Loeffler told me as much early in his tenure. It takes time to build a program, especially at the MAC level and especially with BG's resources.
The whole moonshot thing was a play on Loeffler's "To The Moon" catch line. And yes, Loeffler leaving now could throw BG back in the dark, but I trust van der Merwe to hire a quality candidate.
Whether or not Dino is quality is up for debate. He's just a convenient unemployed coach with ties to the program.
Are you high? Has the bar at BG really fallen that far?
He never won a division title, much less a MAC championship. He had two winning seasons(both at 7-6), and never won a bowl game. And for each fun upset(Minnesota) there was an inexplicable loss(EKU).
And why the hell is winning the MAC ‘taking the program to the moon’? That’s something BG should be competing for regularly like we used to.
Loeffler was competent, no more no less. And the timing of his departure could very easily dump Bowling Green back into the ‘eternal darkness’ you write of him pulling us out of.
Finally, Dino Babers? The guy who coasted by on the team Dave Clawson built and moved on as quick as he could? No thanks
I wish the bar was higher, I do, but BG hasn't been a player in the MAC since Babers left in 2015 until this season.
Yes, the Loeffler era was inconsistent at its best, but that's why the context was important. Jinks left the program entirely bare. Loeffler told me as much early in his tenure. It takes time to build a program, especially at the MAC level and especially with BG's resources.
The whole moonshot thing was a play on Loeffler's "To The Moon" catch line. And yes, Loeffler leaving now could throw BG back in the dark, but I trust van der Merwe to hire a quality candidate.
Whether or not Dino is quality is up for debate. He's just a convenient unemployed coach with ties to the program.
‘Scot Loeffler: Program Savior’
Are you high? Has the bar at BG really fallen that far?
He never won a division title, much less a MAC championship. He had two winning seasons(both at 7-6), and never won a bowl game. And for each fun upset(Minnesota) there was an inexplicable loss(EKU).
And why the hell is winning the MAC ‘taking the program to the moon’? That’s something BG should be competing for regularly like we used to.
Loeffler was competent, no more no less. And the timing of his departure could very easily dump Bowling Green back into the ‘eternal darkness’ you write of him pulling us out of.
Finally, Dino Babers? The guy who coasted by on the team Dave Clawson built and moved on as quick as he could? No thanks