[NU Sports] OSU game highlighted Randy Walker's shortcomings

[John A. DeGroat]

I don't think it is unrealistic to expect NU to be challenging for the 
Big Ten championship without diluting the academic standards and going 
to a major bowl game every year.  It is unrealistic to expect that to 
happen with Randy Walker.

How is this for an idea?  Fire Walker make Murphy the head coach and AD, 
add to his paycheck whatever Walker is getting and let him hire whatever 
assistants he wants.  Murphy has more charisma and probably recruiting 
ability than Walker will ever have.  Murphy would pprobably think it is 
a lousy idea but what the heck look at Alvarez's success.

John DeGroat




Arthur Miller wrote:

>Hi everyone.  I'm enjoying this thread, as it is a variant of a conversation
>I have with myself every week during football season. :)
>
>I tend agree with Harry's statement below.  Other than Notre Dame, there is
>zero precedent for a school like NU challenging for a national title with
>any regularity.  And ND represents such a unique situation that's nearly
>useless for us as an example.
>
>This is not to say it can't be done, however--only that we there is an
>intermediate goal that must be reached before we aspire to be a truly
>top-tier program.  IMHO, this intermediate goal should be to consistently
>achieve winning seasons, and thus bowl games.  By consistent, I mean we go
>bowling 3-4 times every 5 years.  This, in turn, will require us to be
>consistently competitive in the B10, since even with the easiest OOC
>schedule we will need to win 3-4 B10 games to have a winning record.
>
>Realistically, we need to exist at this intermediate state for another 5-10
>years before we are ready to take the next step.  Thus, THE ONLY PRACTICAL
>QUESTION we should be asking about RW is whether he is the man to help us
>achieve/maintain this.  I suggest that his overall record and recent history
>at NU shows that he can.
>
>If, by the end of the 2010 season, we have had 3-4 more 6-7 win seasons (but
>nothing more), then I would fully support replacing RW with someone else who
>may be able to take us to the next level.  But college football (unlike
>college hoops, BTW) is fundamentally and structually biased against small,
>private, academically selective universities.  Those of you who think RW has
>underachieved at NU should address these concerns in order to credibly call
>for his replacement.
>
>Regards-
>Art Miller
>McCormick '91
>
>
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>Behalf Of Hakirsch at aol.com
>Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2005 12:41 PM
>To: jeffb at hilgraeve.com; nwu-sports at tssi.com
>Subject: Re: [NU Sports] OSU game highlighted Randy Walker's shortcomings
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>>I was just looking to compare other programs with high academic standards
>>to point out that none  consistently compete for national titles,  nor go
>>to major bowls in most years.  (Except ND) I believe that a program that
>>takes  prop 48 kids(if that is still the rule number--it may have changed)
>>is not a program i  think compares with us- That is a different set of
>>standards- If none of these other programs can successfully compete at the
>>highest levels, I think it is unrealistic for us to expect that we can
>>except in a small amount of years when we get a perfect storm  going our
>>way.
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