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Post by trianglephan on Nov 23, 2013 19:27:33 GMT -5
And the speculation begins....
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Post by Deleted on Nov 23, 2013 20:05:20 GMT -5
Change the "will" to "should" & my answer will be different.
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Post by trianglephan on Nov 23, 2013 20:27:00 GMT -5
I get your point. Just wanted to see what everyone thinks "will" happen.
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Post by whoanellie on Nov 24, 2013 0:49:28 GMT -5
The Administration has had several weeks to evaluate this train wreck.
All about winning. Setting the right culture and cutting from the all the BS.
Are the powers that be up for it?
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Post by fc97 on Nov 24, 2013 9:15:01 GMT -5
Nothing's going to happen. Bank on it.
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Post by trianglephan on Nov 24, 2013 9:32:37 GMT -5
For a second there, I thought you made a freudian slip and wrote "Blank on it". :}
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Post by Deleted on Nov 25, 2013 6:52:25 GMT -5
Elon coach says he expects to keep job
November 25
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Jason Swepson expects to remain in place as Elon’s football coach.
He responded “absolutely” when asked after Saturday’s season finale if he anticipates staying on board for next year, what would be his fourth season in charge of the program.
“I think we’ve shown that we can compete,” he said, continuing his answer. “I think we all knew coming into this season it was going to be difficult, and it proved to be difficult.
“But I think we’ve got a lot of young talent and they didn’t quit on us. If the team quit on me and my staff, then I’d be concerned. But I don’t think anyone has seen any quit in this football team.”
Swepson, the longtime assistant coach to Tom O’Brien at Boston College and North Carolina State, has two years left on the five-year contract he signed when Elon hired him in January 2011.
His job status increasingly has become a conversation topic among those who hold connections to the campus and people in the community in general.
Elon suffered six straight losses — three of them by painfully close margins — to end this season 2-10 overall and 1-7 in the Southern Conference, the program’s worst record since 2003.
Combined with last season’s 3-8 mark, which also included a finish of 1-7 in the league, Elon has experienced its lowliest final records in succession under the same coach since 1965-66, when the then-Elon College Fighting Christians went 3-17.
“A tough season to swallow,” Swepson said, referring to 2013. “But sometimes you learn through adversity and we’ve had a whole season of adversity. I can turn the page on this season, which is going to be hard to do, because the future looks bright. Got a lot of young kids coming back, a lot of tough kids.
“We lost some 15-rounders. But I think the program is still standing. I think the program is still going to go in the right direction, and I’m excited about the future. We need another year in the weight room. I’ve been saying that for a while now, and I’m looking forward to seeing the progress.”
Athletics director Dave Blank was in Los Angeles during the weekend as part of the traveling contingent with the Elon men’s soccer team, which played at UCLA late Sunday night in the NCAA Tournament.
Thus, Blank wasn’t in Alabama on Saturday, when Samford’s fourth-down touchdown pass with 7.6 seconds left dealt Elon a heartbreaking 33-32 defeat and also served to encapsulate a frustrating season marred by near misses.
The Phoenix lost at Wofford 31-27, at Western Carolina 27-24 in overtime and at Samford in dramatic finishes that were decided by the final snaps from scrimmage.
Samford’s narrow comeback victory against Elon clinched a share of the Southern Conference title and essentially secured the Bulldogs a spot in the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs. That 24-team field was unveiled Sunday.
Elon changes leagues next year and joins the Colonial Athletic Association. In recent weeks, linebacker Jonathan Spain, when speaking about the path ahead for the Phoenix, has expressed support for Swepson moving forward. Spain, a junior, led the team in tackles this season.
Elon junior quarterback Mike Quinn backed Swepson following Saturday’s game.
“I think he’s doing the right things for our program,” Quinn said. “I think the whole staff really wants to win and is doing the right things to win.”
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Post by fc97 on Nov 25, 2013 7:08:28 GMT -5
Hate to say I told you guys, but, I did.
Expect next year to be worse. We don't play Albany or Rhode Island. Next year could easily be worse.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 25, 2013 8:33:09 GMT -5
From a Wofford fan on AGS:
If I were Elon, moving forward in the CAA I would definitely fire their coach.
The dude sucks. They've regressed. They lost so many games this year that were certainly winnable, but it came to playcalling and decisions and it just didn't materialize:
Samford, Wofford, NC a&t, laying a ginormous egg against Georgia Tech, heck even the chattanooga game was winnable (they went for field goals instead of touchdowns it would seem). Not to mention they lost to western, and I recognize western is on the upswing but with that said you can't say Elon is not under-performing.
They'll have a new conference which means a new identity, and they should fire their coach.
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