Get ready for this when Eric gets canned

[Dannymacfan]

I promise you, when not if Eric gets his walking papers, I can promise you that he will bitch about the lack of NIL monies he received compared to the other AAC schools.

Fired UMass Football Coach’s Wife Blasts School Over NIL Money

A couple days after his firing, Brown's wife, Deborah, took to social media to air some complaints about her husband's departure from the program. Specifically, Deborah raised the issue of the lack of NIL funding UMass receives.

"The combination of NIL money of the teams UMass played this season is a combined $48,798,653 million dollars to our $36,000. And we played how many teams so close?!" wrote Deborah on X.

 

And I can promise you homeboy Craponi is already saying it!

Link:  https://www.si.com/college-football/fired-umass-football-coach-s-wife-blasts-school-over-nil-money

Edited Wednesday at 08:21 PM by Dannymacfan

[Mean Green 93-98]

It's just sad that's what college football has come to.  50 years from now, people will be reminiscing about how great college football was in the 2010's, when athletes played for the love of the game and would stay at one school their entire careers.

[keith]

He had a 2 years left in a 5 year contract worth a minimum of $4M to him and Mrs. Brown.

"In 2023, Brown was the 6th highest paid state employee, making $831,065."

I wonder how much they contributed to the Football's NIL collective?

https://www.recorder.com/UMass-fires-head-football-coach-Don-Brown-after-nearly-3-seasons-with-the-Minutemen-58048344

[gangrene]

1 hour ago, Mean Green 93-98 said:

It's just sad that's what college football has come to.  50 years from now, people will be reminiscing about how great college football was in the 2010's, when athletes played for the love of the game and would stay at one school their entire careers.

In 50 years we'll be watching robotic players play football because the public has deemed the sport is too dangerous for humans.

[UNTLifer]

2 hours ago, Dannymacfan said:

I promise you, when not if Eric gets his walking papers, I can promise you that he will bitch about the lack of NIL monies he received compared to the other AAC schools.

Fired UMass Football Coach’s Wife Blasts School Over NIL Money

A couple days after his firing, Brown's wife, Deborah, took to social media to air some complaints about her husband's departure from the program. Specifically, Deborah raised the issue of the lack of NIL funding UMass receives.

"The combination of NIL money of the teams UMass played this season is a combined $48,798,653 million dollars to our $36,000. And we played how many teams so close?!" wrote Deborah on X.

 

And I can promise you homeboy Craponi is already saying it!

Link:  https://www.si.com/college-football/fired-umass-football-coach-s-wife-blasts-school-over-nil-money

Why do you feel the need to always post crap like this that doesn't even apply to us?

[greenminer]

How much of this is actually on UMASS?

I don't get the impression she was pinning the blame specifically on the school, just pointing out the disparity.

[GMG_Dallas]

Honestly a bad take by her. They beat zero FBS schools this year and only played Liberty and Miami (OH) close. How much of that NIL disparity is inflated by playing Missouri, Mississippi State, and Liberty? Does it also include Georgia this upcoming game? What's the excuse for double digit losses to Eastern Michigan, Toledo, Buffalo, and Northern Illinois? What's the excuse for beating FCS Central Connecticut by 4? Again, poor take. 

[Coffee and TV]

1 hour ago, UNTLifer said:

Why do you feel the need to always post crap like this that doesn't even apply to us?

I'd say a coach's wife complaining publicly about NIL disparity is relevant to any G5 prpgram, even if her argument isn't in this case.

[southsideguy]

It is going to be hard to be a coach in leagues below the p5 level.   She has a point but  it is reality.  I think this will keep Morris in his job until his contract is up at least.  Shame he spent all the money on a bad bad DC.   Wonder if the defense is going to be charged up or going to be down for the last two games of the season.  ECU qb is on fire.  

[KingDL1]

7 minutes ago, southsideguy said:

It is going to be hard to be a coach in leagues below the p5 level.   She has a point but  it is reality.  I think this will keep Morris in his job until his contract is up at least.  Shame he spent all the money on a bad bad DC.   Wonder if the defense is going to be charged up or going to be down for the last two games of the season.  ECU qb is on fire.  

The good news is that we are in the DC market at the right time of year, and Caponi's contract is over this year. I doubt Eric will get fired anytime soon, either. 

[wardly]

2 hours ago, KingDL1 said:

The good news is that we are in the DC market at the right time of year, and Caponi's contract is over this year. I doubt Eric will get fired anytime soon, either. 

He shouldn't get fired anytime soon. This is just his 2nd year. We should, in my opinion, give him at least 3 years.

[untjim1995]

1 hour ago, wardly said:

He shouldn't get fired anytime soon. This is just his 2nd year. We should, in my opinion, give him at least 3 years.

Agreed--its not like he's had Todd Dodge level seasons here. But the thing with Morris is that he's inherited a situation much better off than what it was when Littrell got here and has done absolutely nothing with it. Right now, he just likes yet another Leach disciple that only focuses his entire time on one side of the ball and even that isn't that great.

[peanuts104]

5 hours ago, untjim1995 said:

Agreed--its not like he's had Todd Dodge level seasons here. But the thing with Morris is that he's inherited a situation much better off than what it was when Littrell got here and has done absolutely nothing with it. Right now, he just likes yet another Leach disciple that only focuses his entire time on one side of the ball and even that isn't that great.

I don't think it's fair to say he's done nothing with it. We had a really good recruiting class and the next one looks decent too and we've recruited DFW better than under Littrell. Also, the offense is much better than the last couple of years of Seth's tenure.

Edit: Hey eyeball roller, suck my taint.

Edited Friday at 02:21 AM by peanuts104

[MrAlien]

I get the frustration, coaches spend years recruiting players but now the NIL is involved and coaches have less control.  It used to be that the coaches had all the offering power, but now the NIL has the power, and coaches are stuck playing middle man. 

[Moobs]

$36k?  Really?  That’s all they have?  That seems REALLY low. 

[Aquila_Viridis]

Maybe if they’d had a better coach, more money would have poured in for their NIL.

[Jonnyeagle]

21 hours ago, Aquila_Viridis said:

Maybe if they’d had a better coach, more money would have poured in for their NIL.

Agree with this.  Eric has done nothing to develop NIL support whatsoever.  Jared?  Please help us save this program before it is too late!