Off-season Chatter

[Predatory Primates]

I saw a tweet saying Gulker had alot of P4/P5 interest already.

[KleShreen]

His resume sure looks like he has some skills. Not sure how well he can recruit up there, but that's an issue for most. And Saggy's hire appears to be more than adequate. It'll be interesting in how they fill out their staffs and what style of play they prefer.

Yea, we'll see what happens. But I think they went wrong with the Richardson hire because he spent 20 years away from the area by the time he went back to NMU. I think grabbing a guy who has already been recruiting Wisconsin/Minnesota/UP recently is a good get for them. I mean, hell, even if he just brings a bunch of guys with him from La Crosse via the portal, NMU will already be instantly better lol.

[KleShreen]

Carson Gulker in the portal.

Personally, I think he should try to get to Virginia Tech to see if James Franklin wants another Tyler Warren to play all over the field.

[Redwing]

Northern Michigan has hired UW-La Crosse head coach Matt Janus.

I think that's a good hire for them, considering what the team has been.

His resume sure looks like he has some skills. Not sure how well he can recruit up there, but that's an issue for most. And Saggy's hire appears to be more than adequate. It'll be interesting in how they fill out their staffs and what style of play they prefer.

[Gliac_fan10]

Couple of Portal Updates:
-Ahlston Ware to FAU
-Khamani Potts to Colorado State
-Mason McKenzie to Boston College
-Nick Patterson to UIndy
-Dayne Arnett - Uncommitted but now multiple P5 visits/offers
-Looks like Tim Allen is headed to Portal as well

[Gliac_fan10]

Looks like Michael Engle (UIndy OC) will be the new SVSU head coach.

[KleShreen]

Northern Michigan has hired UW-La Crosse head coach Matt Janus.

I think that's a good hire for them, considering what the team has been.

[MrsThortonMelon]

As for Brady Drogosh at GV, it was said that he couldn’t throw the ball. Hmmm….i find that interesting since he threw for nearly 5000 yards in high school. The Detroit papers called him the best dual threat QB ever to come out of a Michigan high school and was “Mr Football” his senior year. The GV offense did not lack skill players…..it just didn’t know how to use them. And if Coach W isn’t scouring the country for an O-coordinator with an imagination to match that guy in Big Rapids and scouring the portal for some D1 O-linemen looking for a place to get on the field, then we’re in for some more disappointment..

Well Wooster is 2-2 against that guy in Big Rapids ending his third year. Considering that the last OC came from Hawaii I would say that the search does cover the country pretty well. I assume getting the O line fixed was the first thing to be addressed in the off season with the coaching changes. It will be interesting to see how a new OC uses the QB room at GVSU. I could not disagree more about your evaluation of Schuster but thats another topic which frankly I do not like to discuss individual players on a message board as I dont think most know enough about what the player is told to do or not do by his coaches. New OC, Line coach, running backs coach...lets give coach Wooster a chance. That guy up north has a lot of experience for sure but...lets just see shall we?

[Thelakerman]

As for Brady Drogosh at GV, it was said that he couldn’t throw the ball. Hmmm….i find that interesting since he threw for nearly 5000 yards in high school. The Detroit papers called him the best dual threat QB ever to come out of a Michigan high school and was “Mr Football” his senior year. The GV offense did not lack skill players…..it just didn’t know how to use them. And if Coach W isn’t scouring the country for an O-coordinator with an imagination to match that guy in Big Rapids and scouring the portal for some D1 O-linemen looking for a place to get on the field, then we’re in for some more disappointment..

[Thelakerman]

I tend to disagree. If you have QB's with different skill sets, then you're telegraphing what you're going to do with them. That was GV's problem when they would bring in Avery Moore for Cade Peterson, and when they would bring in Brady Drogosh for Andrew Schuster. You knew they were going to run the ball. Rendered it entirely ineffective.

Pitt State with Niggemann doesn't even have to pretend they're going to try and throw. He's so big and hard to bring down that even though they know the run is coming, it works anyway lol.

Gotta agree. At least 4 of the 5 guys Ferris played at QB were QB’s in high school. Bower and Carter were their regular starters and Gulker and Rose shifted from their wideout and tight end positions to the QB spot. All 4 can and did throw the ball. Not sure about Tarik Brett’s past but he ran the wildcat too.

[Gliac_fan10]

Dayne arnett is in the portal per his twitter

Byars, Ware, Brett and Lee as well

[KleShreen]

I think multiple QBs work best when they have different skill sets. Like 04 pitt or NW this year, or Ferris, always.

I tend to disagree. If you have QB's with different skill sets, then you're telegraphing what you're going to do with them. That was GV's problem when they would bring in Avery Moore for Cade Peterson, and when they would bring in Brady Drogosh for Andrew Schuster. You knew they were going to run the ball. Rendered it entirely ineffective.

Pitt State with Niggemann doesn't even have to pretend they're going to try and throw. He's so big and hard to bring down that even though they know the run is coming, it works anyway lol.

[Mk63NuclearBomb]

Dayne arnett is in the portal per his twitter

[Predatory Primates]

I’m not a fan of Schuster….Yet! But he was a rs freshman and certainly lacked experience and seemed reluctant to run the ball even with green grass in front of him. TA disproved the theory that if you have 2 QB’s, you don’t have any. Personally (although I hate admitting it) I like his approach. With Rose, Gulker and his outstanding wideout ( forgot his name) he literally played 5 QB’s. The opposing defense had to constantly make adjustments and never settled in. GV, with the right O-coordinator could easily do the same thing. But, then again, there’s that glaring o-line problem.

I’m hoping for a “Ben Johnson” type hire for o-coordinator. GV certainly has the athletes to pull it off.

I think multiple QBs work best when they have different skill sets. Like 04 pitt or NW this year, or Ferris, always.

[Thelakerman]

Running QB's who can't throw that well have won 4 of the last 5 national championships lol.

Also, what makes you think anyone is going to come calling for Schuster? He seems to be at exactly the level he should be at, unless some kind of incredible progression happens this summer.

I’m not a fan of Schuster….Yet! But he was a rs freshman and certainly lacked experience and seemed reluctant to run the ball even with green grass in front of him. TA disproved the theory that if you have 2 QB’s, you don’t have any. Personally (although I hate admitting it) I like his approach. With Rose, Gulker and his outstanding wideout ( forgot his name) he literally played 5 QB’s. The opposing defense had to constantly make adjustments and never settled in. GV, with the right O-coordinator could easily do the same thing. But, then again, there’s that glaring o-line problem.

I’m hoping for a “Ben Johnson” type hire for o-coordinator. GV certainly has the athletes to pull it off.