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re: How can Navy build a good football team but not Army?
Posted on 11/27/15 at 11:44 am to SpartyGator
Posted on 11/27/15 at 11:44 am to SpartyGator
If you think about it, the service academies are the best places to be a head coach outside of the elite Power 5 schools and Notre Dame. The kids are very disciplined so you don't have to deal with any outside shenanigans. They are much more patient with their head coaches. Troy Calhoun has been at Air Force for almost a decade. Same thing with Ken Niumatalolo at Navy. If Coach Ken has a couple losing seasons, nobody is going to be calling for his head because Navy know he's a great coach who's done a lot for their program. Plus if you win the Commander-in-Chief trophy, you get to go to the White House and meet the President. I know a lot of people here don't like Obama but everybody has to admit it would be a pretty cool experience to get to meet the President and chill in the White House for a couple hours. I would much rather coach at Army or Navy or Air Force than a place like Iowa State or Wake Forest.
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Posted on 11/27/15 at 11:47 am to Bench McElroy
Went to the Army-Navy game a few years back. Imagine being around 10,000 young men aged 18-22, and not a single one of them is being a dick.
Posted on 11/27/15 at 12:05 pm to Bench McElroy
Army couldn't find a good college coach if Saban walked through their doors.
Posted on 11/27/15 at 12:08 pm to Bench McElroy
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They are much more patient with their head coaches. Troy Calhoun has been at Air Force for almost a decade. Same thing with Ken Niumatalolo at Navy.
While they don't pull the trigger that quickly, they really aren't especially patient. Army has had 6 head coaches since 1998. Nothing to be patient about re Calhoun and Niumatalolo.
Navy and Air Force sign primarily FCS recruits, but they recruit well over the 25 limit and put them in a prep school. From that they can find enough who turn out to have FBS ability, put them in a system, teach them to play team ball, and they have competitive teams.
This post was edited on 11/27/15 at 12:09 pm
Posted on 11/27/15 at 2:53 pm to Bench McElroy
It wasn't that long ago that Navy used to suck even worse than Army. Then they got a coach worth a damn and kept on giving their program great coaching staffs.
Army hasn't.
Period.
Army hasn't.
Period.
This post was edited on 11/27/15 at 2:58 pm
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