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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Our Future is in Johnson's Hands

« Last post by penguinpower on September 22, 2024, 09:04:13 PM »

Everyone else is experiencing the same challenges.  These excuses don't work for me.  Phillips is a people pleaser.  Who would hug Narduzzi after he made him look so bad?  Does he have any self respect?  He should never have been hired as the head coach.  Moreover STROLLO SHOULD HAVE NEVER EXTENDED HIS CONTRACT.  Where are the details of the EXTENSION?

He's really not a bad coach. That's where everyone is off base.  We don't pay.

Power,

In August, the Youngstown Business Journal investigated NIL and the position of YSU relative to our competition. Here is the link:

https://businessjournaldaily.com/article/penguin-collective-scores-at-raising-money/

This won't last, especially with the collapse of the program. But right now we are above the average for the MVFC and the MAC for that matter.  In 2024, lack of money is NOT the reason for this atrocity.

My job involves statistics and I have a deep understanding of how they're presented.  Bottom line is that they should have used median values because the average is probably skewed by only a few teams
 But I get your point.  Understand there's spin in this.  Hate to say it, but the truth.  Thanks for sharing.. you are one of the elites on this board and I respect everything you post.  Just consider what I'm saying


For those that don't understand my point, here's an example.  I live in Richmond Hill GA.  The average salary of a person living her is close to $500k per year.  However, the average is heavily influenced by the fact that the Ford family has a vacation home here (Henry Ford's family).  But them median income is ~$60k.  So the average doesn't represent the actual population.

That's my point and Wick is a sharp guy that gets it.  I'm just stating my point of view

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Pitt game

« Last post by guinpen on September 22, 2024, 08:47:11 PM »

Have heard two versions, one that Bill was fired and two that his contract just was not renewed, there is a difference. His battle with cancer would make YSU look bad with either option. Was his cancer battle affecting his ability to be a head coach?

Either way, Pat's actions on Sat did nothing to honor the Narduzzi name.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Pitt game

« Last post by penguinpower on September 22, 2024, 08:40:31 PM »

Narduzzi's father was the coach at YSU.. 6 of his ten yeara was spent battling cancer.  He was fired while dealing with cancer.Par was unhappy about it



One has to admire a son's love for his father and when you add that he died of cancer and was fired it makes YSU as the big bad evil and maybe they were.   I left the area in 1981 and Bill Narduzzi was fired almost 40 years ago.  Can someone from that era give some context. The timing sounds terrible but was there justification at the time ?

I was at most of the games his first 6 seasons and 1978 and 79 YSU was a power in D2 and after that his record was average.  Was it the mediocrity that prevailed that got him fired or were there other factors ?

Joe Malmisur was the AD who hire Tressel.  He was the replacement for Narduzzi.  (Aka Duzzer's Bruiser's)

They had recently built the new stadium and decided to go I-AA.  Pit the pieces together

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Our Future is in Johnson's Hands

« Last post by Wick250 on September 22, 2024, 08:23:24 PM »

Everyone else is experiencing the same challenges.  These excuses don't work for me.  Phillips is a people pleaser.  Who would hug Narduzzi after he made him look so bad?  Does he have any self respect?  He should never have been hired as the head coach.  Moreover STROLLO SHOULD HAVE NEVER EXTENDED HIS CONTRACT.  Where are the details of the EXTENSION?

He's really not a bad coach. That's where everyone is off base.  We don't pay.

Power,

In August, the Youngstown Business Journal investigated NIL and the position of YSU relative to our competition. Here is the link:

https://businessjournaldaily.com/article/penguin-collective-scores-at-raising-money/

This won't last, especially with the collapse of the program. But right now we are above the average for the MVFC and the MAC for that matter.  In 2024, lack of money is NOT the reason for this atrocity.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Pitt game

« Last post by ucfpengbuck on September 22, 2024, 08:07:31 PM »

Narduzzi's father was the coach at YSU.. 6 of his ten yeara was spent battling cancer.  He was fired while dealing with cancer.Par was unhappy about it



One has to admire a son's love for his father and when you add that he died of cancer and was fired it makes YSU as the big bad evil and maybe they were.   I left the area in 1981 and Bill Narduzzi was fired almost 40 years ago.  Can someone from that era give some context. The timing sounds terrible but was there justification at the time ?

I was at most of the games his first 6 seasons and 1978 and 79 YSU was a power in D2 and after that his record was average.  Was it the mediocrity that prevailed that got him fired or were there other factors ?

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Pitt game

« Last post by penguinpower on September 22, 2024, 07:21:37 PM »

Why did he make it personal this year?Is Phillips the sort of coach you want to make it personal against? Maybe when YSU played him in 2017 and 2018 and lost 45-37 and 28-21 in OT he wasn’t sure Pitt was good enough
to make it “personal.” Imagine him saying that when Pelini was at YSU. Now our program is down and Phillips is a quiet gentleman and confident Pitt will steamroll YSU…so I’m going to step out and say this is “personal.” What a bush league gesture.

Narduzzi's father was the coach at YSU.. 6 of his ten yeara was spent battling cancer.  He was fired while dealing with cancer.Par was unhappy about it

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Pitt game

« Last post by PENS16 on September 22, 2024, 06:46:10 PM »

Why did he make it personal this year?Is Phillips the sort of coach you want to make it personal against? Maybe when YSU played him in 2017 and 2018 and lost 45-37 and 28-21 in OT he wasn’t sure Pitt was good enough
to make it “personal.” Imagine him saying that when Pelini was at YSU. Now our program is down and Phillips is a quiet gentleman and confident Pitt will steamroll YSU…so I’m going to step out and say this is “personal.” What a bush league gesture.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Our Future is in Johnson's Hands

« Last post by coachtress on September 22, 2024, 06:37:00 PM »

We beat Pitt in 2012.  Lost to them (in a good game) 45 - 37 (something like that) in 2015.  Took them to OT in 2017.  Then in 2024 got run out of the house immediately on the way to giving up 73 points...

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Our Future is in Johnson's Hands

« Last post by penguinpower on September 22, 2024, 06:08:35 PM »

Disagree PenguinPower he is far from a good coach. He can’t recruit or get as D1 QB. Without even an average QB we can’t compete   Davidson was a walk on can’t remember if he came with Pelini.
We had the best RB in the country and even though we could see Crenshaw didn’t have it took him way too long to go to Davidson.
Yes we got to the playoffs but we got a break due to FCS rules to get a close team on the draw. 
Same team beat us the following year why? 
Then Pitt dropped 73 pts in us.  Those kids were not prepared had no fight in them.  Then he hugs the guy Narduzzi I guess it’s think you for the 400k.
Phillips has shown he and his staff cannot evaluate and recruit a division 1 defense period.
Or a D1 QB.  He’s mediocre at best. He’s as D+ version of a Jim Tressel hire.  If YSU can’t afford to compete it’s time to rethink where we are at. To say this 4th rate hire is a great shows how we have lowered our standards. 


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The fact that he played Crenshaw is a coaching critique.  Same with the current QB while the RS that took his team to a state championship sits in the bench.  That part is fair. But he recruited a great class that has been lost to the portal

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Our Future is in Johnson's Hands

« Last post by YSUGO on September 22, 2024, 06:03:23 PM »

Disagree PenguinPower he is far from a good coach. He can’t recruit or get as D1 QB. Without even an average QB we can’t compete   Davidson was a walk on can’t remember if he came with Pelini.
We had the best RB in the country and even though we could see Crenshaw didn’t have it took him way too long to go to Davidson.
Yes we got to the playoffs but we got a break due to FCS rules to get a close team on the draw. 
Same team beat us the following year why? 
Then Pitt dropped 73 pts in us.  Those kids were not prepared had no fight in them.  Then he hugs the guy Narduzzi I guess it’s think you for the 400k.
Phillips has shown he and his staff cannot evaluate and recruit a division 1 defense period.
Or a D1 QB.  He’s mediocre at best. He’s as D+ version of a Jim Tressel hire.  If YSU can’t afford to compete it’s time to rethink where we are at. To say this 4th rate hire is a great shows how we have lowered our standards. 


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