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Post by LCACAT on Nov 28, 2018 10:42:33 GMT -5
I was told a FCS team backed out after agreeing verbally. Actually it was for this (2018) and 2019 seasons. That was the reason for Newberry this year and whoever next year.
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Post by wcu72 on Nov 28, 2018 12:28:36 GMT -5
I was told a FCS team backed out after agreeing verbally. Actually it was for this (2018) and 2019 seasons. That was the reason for Newberry this year and whoever next year. What kind of an AD would lock in their advance schedule on a verbal agreement? If Eaton locked in a home & home with only a verbal agreement, then he got what he deserved. However, it's the Catamount fans that have to pay the price of having to watch the Cats play non-Division I teams for two years, as well as, the football team having to play the price of reduced opportunity for two years of winning enough D-I games to qualify for the playoffs. Also with a verbal agreement, the offending DCS team did not even have to play a game guarantee for pulling out of a "signed contract" Where did this guy learn to be an AD - on-the-job experience, just like the HC he hired.
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Post by wcugrad95 on Nov 28, 2018 14:17:42 GMT -5
Not that it matters in terms of this discussion about schedules, but weren't Eaton and Speir hired at basically the same time? I think one was announced one week, and the other came about a week later. So I am not sure how much Eaton did in hiring Speir, but clearly they came in together in late 2011.
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Post by LCACAT on Nov 28, 2018 14:22:32 GMT -5
Randy hired Mark.
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Post by wcugamer2 on Nov 29, 2018 11:54:17 GMT -5
I was told a FCS team backed out after agreeing verbally. Actually it was for this (2018) and 2019 seasons. That was the reason for Newberry this year and whoever next year. I am not suggesting WCU should do this, but would the Cats be better off taking a second bye week instead of playing a D2 school that offers no "value" to the schedule? I don't think schools are required to play 12 games next year, but they have the option to
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Post by The Cats on Nov 29, 2018 15:42:49 GMT -5
I was told a FCS team backed out after agreeing verbally. Actually it was for this (2018) and 2019 seasons. That was the reason for Newberry this year and whoever next year. I am not suggesting WCU should do this, but would the Cats be better off taking a second bye week instead of playing a D2 school that offers no "value" to the schedule? I don't think schools are required to play 12 games next year, but they have the option to Playing a non-D-I team is like not playing a game at all, for the purpose of playoff eligibility. However, the non-DI game does give you an additional home game with the game proceeds that go with it. I don't think it does anything for the fans, just like Alabama fans are not happy about playing Western Carolina.
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Post by bonsaiburke on Nov 29, 2018 17:22:16 GMT -5
I was told a FCS team backed out after agreeing verbally. Actually it was for this (2018) and 2019 seasons. That was the reason for Newberry this year and whoever next year. What kind of an AD would lock in their advance schedule on a verbal agreement? If Eaton locked in a home & home with only a verbal agreement, then he got what he deserved. However, it's the Catamount fans that have to pay the price of having to watch the Cats play non-Division I teams for two years, as well as, the football team having to play the price of reduced opportunity for two years of winning enough D-I games to qualify for the playoffs. Also with a verbal agreement, the offending DCS team did not even have to play a game guarantee for pulling out of a "signed contract" Where did this guy learn to be an AD - on-the-job experience, just like the HC he hired. I'm sure you have plenty of experience with the negotiations and dealings when it comes to scheduling football teams. Please enlighten us on how this process is supposed to go and the normal time it takes to sign a contract. More than likely the school that was scheduled decided to go for their own money game of some sort and cancelled the contract with Western. When that happened very few schools had room left on their schedule and we had to settle.
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Post by catamountfanatic07 on Nov 29, 2018 22:09:17 GMT -5
What kind of an AD would lock in their advance schedule on a verbal agreement? If Eaton locked in a home & home with only a verbal agreement, then he got what he deserved. However, it's the Catamount fans that have to pay the price of having to watch the Cats play non-Division I teams for two years, as well as, the football team having to play the price of reduced opportunity for two years of winning enough D-I games to qualify for the playoffs. Also with a verbal agreement, the offending DCS team did not even have to play a game guarantee for pulling out of a "signed contract" Where did this guy learn to be an AD - on-the-job experience, just like the HC he hired. I'm sure you have plenty of experience with the negotiations and dealings when it comes to scheduling football teams. Please enlighten us on how this process is supposed to go and the normal time it takes to sign a contract. More than likely the school that was scheduled decided to go for their own money game of some sort and cancelled the contract with Western. When that happened very few schools had room left on their schedule and we had to settle. That’s exactly what usually is what happens. Someone backs out and then we have to rush to fill the schedule. I’ve heard that there are several lower tier FBS schools that do not want to play us because of the possibility we would beat them.
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Post by wcu72 on Nov 29, 2018 22:59:54 GMT -5
I'm sure you have plenty of experience with the negotiations and dealings when it comes to scheduling football teams. Please enlighten us on how this process is supposed to go and the normal time it takes to sign a contract. More than likely the school that was scheduled decided to go for their own money game of some sort and cancelled the contract with Western. When that happened very few schools had room left on their schedule and we had to settle. That’s exactly what usually is what happens. Someone backs out and then we have to rush to fill the schedule. I’ve heard that there are several lower tier FBS schools that do not want to play us because of the possibility we would beat them.LOL...... thanks, I got a good laugh out of that one!
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Post by catamountfanatic07 on Nov 29, 2018 23:09:45 GMT -5
That’s exactly what usually is what happens. Someone backs out and then we have to rush to fill the schedule. I’ve heard that there are several lower tier FBS schools that do not want to play us because of the possibility we would beat them.LOL...... thanks, I got a good laugh out of that one! Glad you could get a laugh this evening. That was from donor and athletic staff friends of mine at other schools, some of which have been options for wcu to play. And as a disclaimer some of those comments were from before we went 3-8 this year, which would have been relevant based on how schedules are done.
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