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Re: Delaware HC Danny Rocco Fired

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Rocco looks a little like Rudy Giuliani.

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Re: Delaware HC Danny Rocco Fired

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93henfan wrote: Mon Nov 29, 2021 8:02 pm
Gil Dobie wrote: Mon Nov 29, 2021 4:10 pm Joe Flacco for the next coach at Delaware.
Has a Super Bowl MVP ever coached an FCS team before? That would be cool!
I'm thinking Doug Williams
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You guys are right. Very few Super Bowl MVPs have done any sort of coaching. And only one has become a college HC: Doug Williams. Flacco would be an interesting choice at his alma mater. Just keep in mind, though, that outstanding QBs don't have a good track record as HCs. Examples include the Rams' Bob Waterfield (9-24-1 in three years leading the Rams) and Norm Van Brocklin (66-100-7 in 6 years leading MIN and 7 years leading ATL), both of whom would have been Super Bowl MVPs had the Super Bowl existed when they played and the first Super Bowl MVP himself, Bart Starr
(two winning seasons, one of which was a strike year, in 9 years leading the Packers, 52-76-3, with only two playoff games). Props to 89 for knowing this....

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Super Bowl III: Joe Namath no coaching
Super Bowl IV: Len Dawson no coaching
Super Bowl V: Chuck Howley no coaching
Super Bowl VI: Roger Staubach no coaching
Super Bowl VII: Jake Scott no coaching
Super Bowl VIII: Larry Csonka no coaching
Super Bowl IX: Franco Harris no coaching
Super Bowl X: Lynn Swann no coaching
Super Bowl XI: Fred Biletnikoff no head coaching
Super Bowl XII: Harvey Martin no coaching and Randy White no coaching
Super Bowl XIII-XIV: Terry Bradshaw no coaching
Super Bowl XV: Jim Plunkett no coaching
Super Bowl XVI, XIX, XXIV: Joe Montana no coaching
Super Bowl XVII: John Riggins no coaching
Super Bowl XVIII: Marcus Allen no coaching
Super Bowl XX: Richard Dent no coaching
Super Bowl XXI: Phil Simms no coaching
Super Bowl XXII: Doug Williams, HC Grambling 1998-2003, 2011-2013
Super Bowl XXIII: Jerry Rice no coaching
Super Bowl XXV: OJ Anderson no coaching
Super Bowl XXVI: Mark Rypien no coaching
Super Bowl XXVII: Troy Aikman no coaching
Super Bowl XXVIII: Emmitt Smith no coaching
Super Bowl XXIX: Steve Young no coaching
Super Bowl XXX: Larry Brown no coaching
Super Bowl XXXI: Desmond Howard no coaching
Super Bowl XXXII: Terrell Davis no coaching
Super Bowl XXXIII: John Elway no coaching (now President of Football Ops Denver Broncos)
Super Bowl XXXIV: Kurt Warner no coaching
Super Bowl XXXV: Ray Lewis no coaching
Super Bowl XXXVI, XXXVIII, XLIX, LI, LV: Tom Brady still playing
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Super Bowl XXXIX: Deion Branch no coaching
Super Bowl XL: Hines Ward no HC (WRs coach FAU, no FCS)
Super Bowl XLI: Peyton Manning no coaching
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Super Bowl XLVIII: Malcolm Smith still playing
Super Bowl L: Von Miller still playing
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Super Bowl LIII: Julian Edelman no coaching
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Re: Delaware HC Danny Rocco Fired

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After the UD Board of Trustees puts the kabosh on rehiring KC, UD AD Chrissi Rawak goes with his OC, another former UD player, Ryan Carty:

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I'm not sure why this happened. Rocco was named AFCA Region 1 Coach of the Year. for the Spring 2021 season. What happened in the interim?

The others were:

Region 2: Scott Wachenheim, VMI
Region 3: Dean Hood, Murray State
Region 4: Matt Entz, NDSU
Region 5: Jay Hill, Weber State
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SuperHornet wrote: Tue Dec 07, 2021 11:55 am I'm not sure why this happened. Rocco was named AFCA Region 1 Coach of the Year. for the Spring 2021 season. What happened in the interim?

The others were:

Region 2: Scott Wachenheim, VMI
Region 3: Dean Hood, Murray State
Region 4: Matt Entz, NDSU
Region 5: Jay Hill, Weber State
Um, the Fall 2021 season happened in the interim. :roll:
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GannonFan wrote: Tue Dec 07, 2021 1:06 pm
SuperHornet wrote: Tue Dec 07, 2021 11:55 am I'm not sure why this happened. Rocco was named AFCA Region 1 Coach of the Year. for the Spring 2021 season. What happened in the interim?

The others were:

Region 2: Scott Wachenheim, VMI
Region 3: Dean Hood, Murray State
Region 4: Matt Entz, NDSU
Region 5: Jay Hill, Weber State
Um, the Fall 2021 season happened in the interim. :roll:
My point is that one bad season shouldn't be enough to can a coach, particularly that close to receiving a major award.

Of course, I'm biased because he used to coach at Liberty. LOL....
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SuperHornet wrote: Tue Dec 07, 2021 1:15 pm My point is that one bad season shouldn't be enough to can a coach, particularly that close to receiving a major award.
5-7 the year before.
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Re: Delaware HC Danny Rocco Fired

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SuperHornet wrote: Tue Dec 07, 2021 11:55 am I'm not sure why this happened. Rocco was named AFCA Region 1 Coach of the Year. for the Spring 2021 season. What happened in the interim?

The others were:

Region 2: Scott Wachenheim, VMI
Region 3: Dean Hood, Murray State
Region 4: Matt Entz, NDSU
Region 5: Jay Hill, Weber State
:lol: my dirty underwear could outcoach Jethro Bodine.
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89Hen wrote: Tue Dec 07, 2021 1:18 pm
SuperHornet wrote: Tue Dec 07, 2021 1:15 pm My point is that one bad season shouldn't be enough to can a coach, particularly that close to receiving a major award.
5-7 the year before.
Not only that, but as nice as the spring success was, remember, you're talking about AFCA Region 1 here - last spring many teams just weren't playing, some were just using the spring season as an extended spring workout, and some were just going through the motions. And as the season progressed, some just up and quit on the spring. Rocco deserved credit for having his team ready, but there wasn't really a lot of competition either. And it couldn't overcome the fact that he hadn't really done anything else of note in his 5 years, with being given everything he asked for (facility improvements, bumped up salaries for him and all of his assistants, etc). And on top of everything his teams were boring and attendance was plummeting. Not a bad guy, just not a great coach.
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Re: Delaware HC Danny Rocco Fired

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Not a great coach, GF?

Playoffs 5x with two different teams, SFs 2x, QFs once, second round once. Ten-win seasons 3x (one of which was a snub year). Seven 8-win seasons. Conference title 7x (3x in CAA). Conference COY 5x (2x in CAA). I don't know what went wrong at Delaware, but those sound like good things to me. Particularly since much of that happened in the CAA, a tough league generally.
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SuperHornet wrote: Tue Dec 07, 2021 1:54 pm Not a great coach, GF?

Playoffs 5x with two different teams, SFs 2x, QFs once, second round once. Ten-win seasons 3x (one of which was a snub year). Seven 8-win seasons. Conference title 7x (3x in CAA). Conference COY 5x (2x in CAA). I don't know what went wrong at Delaware, but those sound like good things to me. Particularly since much of that happened in the CAA, a tough league generally.
Pretty paltry playoff record - again, including the spring, not only with the abbreviated/not everyone playing regular season, but then the shorter playoffs and UD clearly got a favorable draw (Sacred Heart and Jacksonville St just to reach the semis, where they were dismissed easily by SDSU). Richmond folks said we'd win more than we'd lose with Rocco, and they were right. But they were also right that we wouldn't like him. Turns out they were right about that too. Stubborn as a mule and not terribly exciting. And the CAA isn't even all that tough anymore.
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Guy was a total pussy. Clenz level pussy.
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SeattleGriz wrote: Fri Dec 10, 2021 3:24 pm Guy was a total pussy. Clenz level pussy.
Are you talking about Rocco or Keeler?
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UNI88 wrote: Fri Dec 10, 2021 4:24 pm
SeattleGriz wrote: Fri Dec 10, 2021 3:24 pm Guy was a total pussy. Clenz level pussy.
Are you talking about Rocco or Keeler?
Whoever was fired. Talking out my ass. :lol:
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SeattleGriz wrote: Fri Dec 10, 2021 4:29 pm
UNI88 wrote: Fri Dec 10, 2021 4:24 pm
Are you talking about Rocco or Keeler?
Whoever was fired. Talking out my ass. :lol:
If you make it about Keeler being a flaming pussy it will add a lot more fuel to the fire.
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UNI88 wrote: Fri Dec 10, 2021 4:34 pm
SeattleGriz wrote: Fri Dec 10, 2021 4:29 pm

Whoever was fired. Talking out my ass. :lol:
If you make it about Keeler being a flaming pussy it will add a lot more fuel to the fire.
Damn it. Thank you for the advice.

Keeler is a flaming pussy. Only bigger pussy is Clenz who cried in his Wheaties over UNI getting stomped by the worst D in FCS. It's okay.
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SeattleGriz wrote: Fri Dec 10, 2021 4:29 pm
UNI88 wrote: Fri Dec 10, 2021 4:24 pm

Are you talking about Rocco or Keeler?
Whoever was fired. Talking out my ass. :lol:
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Good article by KT on the Hens.
Delaware had been relying on its winning tradition, large fan base and football notoriety.
https://www.delawareonline.com/story/sp ... 415094001/
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89Hen wrote: Wed Jan 12, 2022 1:50 pm Good article by KT on the Hens.
Delaware had been relying on its winning tradition, large fan base and football notoriety.
https://www.delawareonline.com/story/sp ... 415094001/
An OC that beat the Bison, moving in a positive direction.
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