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Why Weber State is Winless
by hmsben » Wed Oct 17, 2012 12:10 am
Now that Weber State has a new President, one of his first orders of business should be the way the Mr. Bovee handled the replacement for Ron McBride. Here are the reason why Weber State is winless.
First problem, obviously, someone did not do enough of a background check on John L. Smith. A simple credit report would have revealed that he was a potential problem. They could have hired someone else when discrepancies were discovered on Smith's credit report.
Second, Smith fired all but three of Ron McBride's assistants.
Third, Smith did not complete his staff until spring practice had began. The defense began spring practice without a defensive coordinator, who was Jody Sears. He arrived
Third, Jody Sears had nothing to do with recruiting any of the players on the Weber State team. The letters of intent were signed long before Sears was hired.
Fourth, out of the staff that John L. Smith left behind at Weber State, Jody Sears is the most qualified to be a head coach, but not familiar with any of the players on the team. Doesn't know them, their backgrounds or anything about them. Bovee's choice for interim coach should have been one of the assistants that Smith kept in Ogden, someone more familiar with the players on a personal level, like Colton Swann. Outside of football season, coaches are very limited in the amount of time they can spend with players. The coach and the players were strangers to each-other when fall camp kicked off.
Fifth, the death of Jocelyn Stanley had an effect on the team that was not properly dealt with at the time it happened. It should have been behind the team by the time fall camp kicked off. Yes, it happened, and there is a grieving process. But the team should have move on to acceptance as a whole by then. Of course, Ted Stanley probably needs more time to recover. But the whole team?
Sixth, the schedule? The first two games were against FBS teams. Three of the next four games were against ranked FCS teams. Who made this schedule up? Bovee did. It just was not a realistic schedule. Eastern Washington would have struggled to get to 2-4 with this schedule. When Smith ran out of town, the first call that Bovee should have made was to Fresno to beg out of the game. Start with someone like easy like Northern Montana, or better yet, play the Logan Canyon Convent with the off-season you just had.
I say Weber State keeps Sears. He's a good guy. I met him before the McNeese State game and he's a likeable person. He can succeed here.
Let's dump the one responsible for this mess. Let's fire Jerry Bovee!!!
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Why Weber State is Winless
by hmsben » Wed Oct 17, 2012 12:10 am
Now that Weber State has a new President, one of his first orders of business should be the way the Mr. Bovee handled the replacement for Ron McBride. Here are the reason why Weber State is winless.
First problem, obviously, someone did not do enough of a background check on John L. Smith. A simple credit report would have revealed that he was a potential problem. They could have hired someone else when discrepancies were discovered on Smith's credit report.
Second, Smith fired all but three of Ron McBride's assistants.
Third, Smith did not complete his staff until spring practice had began. The defense began spring practice without a defensive coordinator, who was Jody Sears. He arrived
Third, Jody Sears had nothing to do with recruiting any of the players on the Weber State team. The letters of intent were signed long before Sears was hired.
Fourth, out of the staff that John L. Smith left behind at Weber State, Jody Sears is the most qualified to be a head coach, but not familiar with any of the players on the team. Doesn't know them, their backgrounds or anything about them. Bovee's choice for interim coach should have been one of the assistants that Smith kept in Ogden, someone more familiar with the players on a personal level, like Colton Swann. Outside of football season, coaches are very limited in the amount of time they can spend with players. The coach and the players were strangers to each-other when fall camp kicked off.
Fifth, the death of Jocelyn Stanley had an effect on the team that was not properly dealt with at the time it happened. It should have been behind the team by the time fall camp kicked off. Yes, it happened, and there is a grieving process. But the team should have move on to acceptance as a whole by then. Of course, Ted Stanley probably needs more time to recover. But the whole team?
Sixth, the schedule? The first two games were against FBS teams. Three of the next four games were against ranked FCS teams. Who made this schedule up? Bovee did. It just was not a realistic schedule. Eastern Washington would have struggled to get to 2-4 with this schedule. When Smith ran out of town, the first call that Bovee should have made was to Fresno to beg out of the game. Start with someone like easy like Northern Montana, or better yet, play the Logan Canyon Convent with the off-season you just had.
I say Weber State keeps Sears. He's a good guy. I met him before the McNeese State game and he's a likeable person. He can succeed here.
Let's dump the one responsible for this mess. Let's fire Jerry Bovee!!!
hmsben
Posts: 24
Joined: Tue Aug 24, 2010 6:52 am
Location: Ogden, Utah
