The Portal, 2025 Style

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Excerpt from The Express article from LH:

"Now, the attention turns to who will fill the shoes Mulrooney has left, and while there are some outside options that make sense, all signs point to Lock Haven keeping the hiring in house and promoting a current member of the staff. Current offensive coordinator Joe Battaglia is the obvious replacement candidate, but there are numerous other names on the current staff that make sense as well.

The problem with losing a coach at this point in the recruiting cycle is that Lock Haven now has to re-pitch to every recruit that has already verbally committed, and they risk losing them if they can’t sell it well enough. The question becomes who did they commit to, Lock Haven? Or coach Mulrooney?

Current interim athletic director Albert Jones has an impossible task ahead of him, as he not only has to hire the right successor for the program, but also do it as fast as possible to attempt to save their recruiting class and keep the positive momentum rolling.

The coming weeks for Lock Haven football will be a critical turning point for the future of the program, will they fall back into the losing ways of old? Or can they steady the ship, and continue their upward rise to 2025 and beyond?"

Pretty much says it all.

The b!tch in our system is if you go outside you're probably looking at 6 weeks (following all the Union regulations).

You have to be a great salesman to get kids in to that program. Mulrooney certainly was.

[iupgroundhog]

Excerpt from The Express article from LH:

"Now, the attention turns to who will fill the shoes Mulrooney has left, and while there are some outside options that make sense, all signs point to Lock Haven keeping the hiring in house and promoting a current member of the staff. Current offensive coordinator Joe Battaglia is the obvious replacement candidate, but there are numerous other names on the current staff that make sense as well.

The problem with losing a coach at this point in the recruiting cycle is that Lock Haven now has to re-pitch to every recruit that has already verbally committed, and they risk losing them if they can’t sell it well enough. The question becomes who did they commit to, Lock Haven? Or coach Mulrooney?

Current interim athletic director Albert Jones has an impossible task ahead of him, as he not only has to hire the right successor for the program, but also do it as fast as possible to attempt to save their recruiting class and keep the positive momentum rolling.

The coming weeks for Lock Haven football will be a critical turning point for the future of the program, will they fall back into the losing ways of old? Or can they steady the ship, and continue their upward rise to 2025 and beyond?"

Pretty much says it all.

[iupgroundhog]

They'll (players) bounce outta there like bugs starting Monday.

Cute story while it lasted.

Maybe. Maybe not. QB Ostrowsky is on the Spring Roster. So is RB Damir Green. Should be interesting to see what happens. It's not like Mulrooney is taking these guys to Brown with him. They will do an authentic national search. We'll see what comes out of it. Mulrooney had strong coordinators. I think the DC who came with him from New England probably has the same connections to recruit in NE and NY.

It could go either way. I wouldn't write them off just yet.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

A family member of mine once visited Minot to see her then-BF who was stationed at the AFB up there. Said it was a very dreary place in October. I can only imagine those late-season Saturdays are going to be rough for a pair of dudes from the Sun Belt. And agreed on Diaz especially with the potential increase in the scholarship cap. You’d think that one of the crap tier FCS teams in this state at least would have given them a call even if none of the big FCS teams wanted him.

Coaches get too enamored with height and weight. The LB is small (despite being a tackling machine). The DL is on the smaller side, too (by DL standards).

That's the only thing I can think of ... both are tough players. I was hoping Tort was going to grab both.

[TheBigCat2192]

They have a nice stadium. But two guys from Florida trading Edinboro, PA for Minot, ND is a little comical. I'm really surprised that Diaz wasn't scooped up by a quality program or FCS team.

A family member of mine once visited Minot to see her then-BF who was stationed at the AFB up there. Said it was a very dreary place in October. I can only imagine those late-season Saturdays are going to be rough for a pair of dudes from the Sun Belt. And agreed on Diaz especially with the potential increase in the scholarship cap. You’d think that one of the crap tier FCS teams in this state at least would have given them a call even if none of the big FCS teams wanted him.

[EyeoftheHawk]

They have a nice stadium. But two guys from Florida trading Edinboro, PA for Minot, ND is a little comical. I'm really surprised that Diaz wasn't scooped up by a quality program or FCS team.

That’s like moving to a different planet. For a short time I lived in Bismarck, ND and have been in Minot, ND several times. Why anyone would go there on purpose is beyond me.

[Fightingscot82]

Minot State has more one-win seasons than winning seasons since moving up from NAIA. Hopefully they’re getting some serious scholly money to transfer to an abysmal program.

They have a nice stadium. But two guys from Florida trading Edinboro, PA for Minot, ND is a little comical. I'm really surprised that Diaz wasn't scooped up by a quality program or FCS team.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Gonna post this here because it seems like it fits. Dan Mulrooney goes to Brown as their new Defensive Coordinator. He used the Transfer Portal to get himself a D-1 coaching position! good luck Coach Mulrooney.

https://x.com/BrownU_Football/status...96038126342399

That's what young(ish) coaches mostly do.

We're a stepping stone league for them. It happens constantly. Keep angling for the big coin. He was making peanuts at Lock Haven.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Well Lock Haven sucks again!

Ms. Taylor is laughing somewhere.

They'll (players) bounce outta there like bugs starting Monday.

Cute story while it lasted.

[IUPNation]

Gonna post this here because it seems like it fits. Dan Mulrooney goes to Brown as their new Defensive Coordinator. He used the Transfer Portal to get himself a D-1 coaching position! good luck Coach Mulrooney.

https://x.com/BrownU_Football/status...96038126342399

Well Lock Haven sucks again!

Ms. Taylor is laughing somewhere.

[TheBigCat2192]

Edinboro's Wilfredo Diaz and Zach Malpica both transfer to Minot State in North Dakota.

Minot State has more one-win seasons than winning seasons since moving up from NAIA. Hopefully they’re getting some serious scholly money to transfer to an abysmal program.

[iupgroundhog]

Gonna post this here because it seems like it fits. Dan Mulrooney goes to Brown as their new Defensive Coordinator. He used the Transfer Portal to get himself a D-1 coaching position! good luck Coach Mulrooney.

https://x.com/BrownU_Football/status...96038126342399

Wow. That's quite a leap.

[Fightingscot82]

Edinboro's Wilfredo Diaz and Zach Malpica both transfer to Minot State in North Dakota.

[Tdobson]

Who does Lock Haven get as a new coach?

[WarriorVoice]

Gonna post this here because it seems like it fits. Dan Mulrooney goes to Brown as their new Defensive Coordinator. He used the Transfer Portal to get himself a D-1 coaching position! good luck Coach Mulrooney.

https://x.com/BrownU_Football/status...96038126342399