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Future of Sperbeck and Coaching Staff

Coach Sperbeck is the perfect fit for the Hornets, we are very lucky to have him at the controls! Hometown guy, lots of recruiting connections, stays on point with his vision for the program and works hard to achieve it. No hype, BS or complaining as we have seen here before just a firm honest effort to improve and succeed. Coach Sperbeck took over a program that was badly broken and had been for a long time. As was mentioned the APR was in the tank, the team was not disciplined and the talent level was low. All of these things have improved along with a resilience that the team has shown that we all should appreciate and be proud of weather they win or lose. As anyone that has been a competitive athlete or a coach knows the win loss record does not always tell the whole story. There are many variables in athletics that affect the results, injuries, a mistake at a crucial time, a bad bounce of the ball, bad calls etc. all have the potential to overcome preparation and talent. People talk about how lucky we were that Jeff Fleming came along just before MBT was injured and we were. Even more amazing is that we lost 6 starters to injuries and still had enough talent and depth to finish 3rd in the Big Sky. This is due to the recruiting expertise of the coaching staff, if this had happened several years ago, especially as early as happened this season we would have been finished. One interesting thing I heard about Coach Sperbeck was that he had about a .500 win loss record in his first 5 years at Foothill College then won 85% of his games the last ten years.
Appreciate and enjoy what we have in place people!
 
We couldn't hope for a better coach than Coach Sperbeck, the APR, the competitiveness, the depth, the community relations, actually reply to schmucks like me via e-mail to answer questions from a message board... He's done a fantastic job and I know he's feeling like from this point forward we reload, not rebuild.
 
I think the two things that have impressed me the most about Sperbeck are (1) how quickly he became integrated into the Sac high school football recruiting, since he was out in the South Bay for such a long time; and (2) how quickly he has turned the culture around. I remember when the Hornets beat Davis in 2008, 3 or 4 players ran out to the logo to celebrate and Sperbeck and 2 other coaches sprinted there to stop them....sending a message that you play and win with class. That, and their ability that day to make big plays at key points and avoid the mistakes of the past in the game, convinced me that Sac got the right guy for the job.

You guys should send Chris Ault some water from the fountain of youth....keep him coaching up there for many more years.

Hell, i'm so old, i played against Sperbeck when he played under Ault!
 
I kind of get the impression he's a guy to doesn't mind stepping up to a challange. big shoes to fill, but, an awfully solid program to take over. it wouldn't be like taking over the job at San Jose State, or like when Hawkins tried to clean up and rebuild the Colorado job.

i also get the impression Ault's not going anywhere soon.
 
Green Laser said:
Coach Sperbeck is the perfect fit for the Hornets, we are very lucky to have him at the controls! Hometown guy, lots of recruiting connections, stays on point with his vision for the program and works hard to achieve it. No hype, BS or complaining as we have seen here before just a firm honest effort to improve and succeed. Coach Sperbeck took over a program that was badly broken and had been for a long time. As was mentioned the APR was in the tank, the team was not disciplined and the talent level was low. All of these things have improved along with a resilience that the team has shown that we all should appreciate and be proud of weather they win or lose. As anyone that has been a competitive athlete or a coach knows the win loss record does not always tell the whole story. There are many variables in athletics that affect the results, injuries, a mistake at a crucial time, a bad bounce of the ball, bad calls etc. all have the potential to overcome preparation and talent. People talk about how lucky we were that Jeff Fleming came along just before MBT was injured and we were. Even more amazing is that we lost 6 starters to injuries and still had enough talent and depth to finish 3rd in the Big Sky. This is due to the recruiting expertise of the coaching staff, if this had happened several years ago, especially as early as happened this season we would have been finished. One interesting thing I heard about Coach Sperbeck was that he had about a .500 win loss record in his first 5 years at Foothill College then won 85% of his games the last ten years.
Appreciate and enjoy what we have in place people!
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Good points, but actually we finished 4th.
 
hornet4life said:
Green Laser said:
Coach Sperbeck is the perfect fit for the Hornets, we are very lucky to have him at the controls! Hometown guy, lots of recruiting connections, stays on point with his vision for the program and works hard to achieve it. No hype, BS or complaining as we have seen here before just a firm honest effort to improve and succeed. Coach Sperbeck took over a program that was badly broken and had been for a long time. As was mentioned the APR was in the tank, the team was not disciplined and the talent level was low. All of these things have improved along with a resilience that the team has shown that we all should appreciate and be proud of weather they win or lose. As anyone that has been a competitive athlete or a coach knows the win loss record does not always tell the whole story. There are many variables in athletics that affect the results, injuries, a mistake at a crucial time, a bad bounce of the ball, bad calls etc. all have the potential to overcome preparation and talent. People talk about how lucky we were that Jeff Fleming came along just before MBT was injured and we were. Even more amazing is that we lost 6 starters to injuries and still had enough talent and depth to finish 3rd in the Big Sky. This is due to the recruiting expertise of the coaching staff, if this had happened several years ago, especially as early as happened this season we would have been finished. One interesting thing I heard about Coach Sperbeck was that he had about a .500 win loss record in his first 5 years at Foothill College then won 85% of his games the last ten years.
Appreciate and enjoy what we have in place people!
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Good points, but actually we finished 4th.
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We finished tied with Montana and Weber at 5-3 for third.

Montana State 7-1
Eastern Washington 7-1
Montana 5-3
Sacramento State 5-3
Weber State 5-3
Northern Arizona 4-4
Northern Colorado 2-6
Portland State 1-7
Idaho State 0-8
 
Hornet Homer said:
I believe this thread was more appropriate than I thought. Definitely changes sooner than I expected.
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I just assumed you are one of the numerous posters with inside info. ;)
 
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