agree, but it will never happen with the admin. they have now...it definitely helps to get Hammershmit out of thereSWsportsfan wrote:What Shanley should have done three years ago is give Feeney a blank check and tell him to fill in the amount that he needed to stay. Then Shanley should have turned him into the next Sid Cichy and sent him out in the offseason to recruit. It would only have taken a year or two and Shanley would have been a power again. They made a huge mistake letting him go.
What should Shanley do now that Feeney's gone? They first of all need to find a good coach that is willing to stick around there for the long hall and build a program. If you look at the successful programs in the state you'll see that there is a great amount of communication between the coaches at the various levels. I'll use Trinity for an example. Gordon has his junior high and freshman coaches indoctrinating their kids with the Titan offensive and defensive schemes as soon as they put on the pads. That way you don't have to spend as much time on the basics. Shanley needs to get a program like this in place.
Secondly, why not recruit? I know they don't right now, but why don't they? It worked when Sid was there and it could work again. There are several good players from the surrounding areas that would love to play for the bigger crowds that you see in Fargo and they aren't that far away. There are probably 20-30 towns within a 30-mile radius of Fargo and the Shanley campus. Heck, give the kids a break in tuition if that will make the difference. Do some fundraising, talk to the bishop. Offer scholarships.
Of course there are several things that would have to fall in place for this to work. You would have to have an administration and an athletic director that would be willing to stand up to the criticsm that would like come from this sort of aggressive recruiting in eastern ND and western Minn. You would also have to have a Bishop, like they did back in the day, that was willing to help the school out on a financial level that it hasn't had to. I think Shanley could be a Class A power again if this kind of stuff happened.
This could of course apply to all the private schools in the state, Trinity, Shiloh, Trinity Christian, Minot Ryan, etc..
i've heard that they hired a new ad...does any1 know who it is?
i think laqua (sp?) will be named head football coach
ndfan wrote:[user=996]shs01240[/user] wrote:i think laqua (sp?) will be named head football coach
You have is spelled right, its pronounced Lockway. If he is named head coach I think they found a darn good one in my opinion.
cough cough...cavalier bias...cough cough
ndfan wrote:[user=267]rep[/user] wrote:ndfan wrote:[user=996]shs01240[/user] wrote:i think laqua (sp?) will be named head football coach
You have is spelled right, its pronounced Lockway. If he is named head coach I think they found a darn good one in my opinion.
cough cough...cavalier bias...cough cough
Your darn right its cavalier bias :) You have a problem with that? :)
ndfan wrote:[user=267]rep[/user] wrote:ndfan wrote:[user=996]shs01240[/user] wrote:i think laqua (sp?) will be named head football coach
You have is spelled right, its pronounced Lockway. If he is named head coach I think they found a darn good one in my opinion.
cough cough...cavalier bias...cough cough
Your darn right its cavalier bias :) You have a problem with that? :)
love the cavalier bias:D
Wild Wolves wrote:I thought the AD and FB coach job went together?
</span>Did Nelson help make that choice?
</span>Laqua is the new head coach there and former Cavalier head coach Rod Oksendahl will be a assistant to him at Shanley. Things could be on the rise for Shanley in the future.
ndfan wrote:Laqua is the new head coach there and former Cavalier head coach Rod Oksendahl will be a assistant to him at Shanley. Things could be on the rise for Shanley in the future.
Spoof_Team wrote:ndfan wrote:Laqua is the new head coach there and former Cavalier head coach Rod Oksendahl will be a assistant to him at Shanley. Things could be on the rise for Shanley in the future.
Shanley certainly did better than I expected vs. Minot. Maybe things will be better in a few years at Shanley. I know it's early and such judgments are usually best reserved for later in the season, but I think Laqua's going to do really well at Shanley. The trick will be to keep him away from another big public school with more $$$ to throw at him...
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