Will Healy (Austin Peay) Wins Robinson Award
Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2017 2:07 pm
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Want to see what they do next yr when they can no longer sneak up on the opposition.Gil Dobie wrote:Great season for AP, too bad they were not selected to the playoffs.
In the past they were losing against these same bad teams. Give credit where credit's due.JohnStOnge wrote:I guess it's all relative but the best team Austin Peay beat, 6-5 Tennessee Martin, is currently rated 39th among FCS teams in the Sagarin ratings and playing at home they only beat them by 7-0.
I think he deserves credit for improving a historically bad program but I think Nicholls State's Tim Rebowe has been a little more impressive. There may have been others that arguably had more impressive accomplishments but that's the one I can think of due to familiarity.Gil Dobie wrote:In the past they were losing against these same bad teams. Give credit where credit's due.JohnStOnge wrote:I guess it's all relative but the best team Austin Peay beat, 6-5 Tennessee Martin, is currently rated 39th among FCS teams in the Sagarin ratings and playing at home they only beat them by 7-0.
EWU now so spends around $14 million but has been at or near the bottom of Big Sky athletics budgets and has been able to make deep playoff runs. Just saying.JohnStOnge wrote:I think he deserves credit for improving a historically bad program but I think Nicholls State's Tim Rebowe has been a little more impressive. There may have been others that arguably had more impressive accomplishments but that's the one I can think of due to familiarity.Gil Dobie wrote:
In the past they were losing against these same bad teams. Give credit where credit's due.
Austin Peay actually has a bigger athletic budget than Nicholls State does. According to the numbers at http://sports.usatoday.com/ncaa/finances/ Austin Peay spent $14 million on athletics in 2016 while Nicholls State spent $8 million. Nicholls State went 0-12 the year before Rebowe took over in 2015. In 2016 his squad seriously threatened to beat Georgia. This year his team was tied with Texas A&M at the end of the third quarter and ended up making the playoffs. He's accomplished more than the guy at Austin Peay has at a school that spends about 60% as much on athletics as Austin Peay does.
If the award was going to go to someone who improved a program that's historically had difficulty winning I think Rebowe would have been a better choice.
So how much did Nichols St improve from last year, compared to AP going from 0 wins to 7 wins.JohnStOnge wrote:I think he deserves credit for improving a historically bad program but I think Nicholls State's Tim Rebowe has been a little more impressive. There may have been others that arguably had more impressive accomplishments but that's the one I can think of due to familiarity.Gil Dobie wrote:
In the past they were losing against these same bad teams. Give credit where credit's due.
Austin Peay actually has a bigger athletic budget than Nicholls State does. According to the numbers at http://sports.usatoday.com/ncaa/finances/ Austin Peay spent $14 million on athletics in 2016 while Nicholls State spent $8 million. Nicholls State went 0-12 the year before Rebowe took over in 2015. In 2016 his squad seriously threatened to beat Georgia. This year his team was tied with Texas A&M at the end of the third quarter and ended up making the playoffs. He's accomplished more than the guy at Austin Peay has at a school that spends about 60% as much on athletics as Austin Peay does.
If the award was going to go to someone who improved a program that's historically had difficulty winning I think Rebowe would have been a better choice.
Because he didn't win 8 games with a team that only had 1 win the previous 3 years combined.SuperHornet wrote:How in the heck did Jody Sears not get this?!?
Nicholls State won 5 games in 2016. But the program made the playoffs this year for the first time since 2005. Now, I realize that Austin Peay has never made the playoffs. But they didn't make the playoffs this year either. I also think that Nicholls State's effort against Texas A&M was more impressive than anything Austin Peay did this year by a long shot.Gil Dobie wrote:So how much did Nichols St improve from last year, compared to AP going from 0 wins to 7 wins.JohnStOnge wrote:
I think he deserves credit for improving a historically bad program but I think Nicholls State's Tim Rebowe has been a little more impressive. There may have been others that arguably had more impressive accomplishments but that's the one I can think of due to familiarity.
Austin Peay actually has a bigger athletic budget than Nicholls State does. According to the numbers at http://sports.usatoday.com/ncaa/finances/ Austin Peay spent $14 million on athletics in 2016 while Nicholls State spent $8 million. Nicholls State went 0-12 the year before Rebowe took over in 2015. In 2016 his squad seriously threatened to beat Georgia. This year his team was tied with Texas A&M at the end of the third quarter and ended up making the playoffs. He's accomplished more than the guy at Austin Peay has at a school that spends about 60% as much on athletics as Austin Peay does.
If the award was going to go to someone who improved a program that's historically had difficulty winning I think Rebowe would have been a better choice.
Austin Peay was 0-11 in 2016, 1-45 going into to this season, 29 straight losses. They were 8-1 against FCS opponents this year. McNeese is the only win that stands out for Nichols, otherwise, both won games against bottom teams. Austin Peay, however improved 8 games from 2016.JohnStOnge wrote:Nicholls State won 5 games in 2016. But the program made the playoffs this year for the first time since 2005. Now, I realize that Austin Peay has never made the playoffs. But they didn't make the playoffs this year either. I also think that Nicholls State's effort against Texas A&M was more impressive than anything Austin Peay did this year by a long shot.Gil Dobie wrote:
So how much did Nichols St improve from last year, compared to AP going from 0 wins to 7 wins.