Why Coach Delaney is my kind of GRIZ

[SaskGriz]

"What an incredibly class act by Coach Delaney" Panhandle State coach Russell Gaskamp said of UM's decision to plug in reserves before the end of the first quarter. "That game could have gotten out of control. There's a lot of coaches across America that would have used that game to pad stats..."

To steal from Scent of A Woman:

And that, my friends, is called integrity. Now that's the stuff leaders should be made of.

 

[NikeGrizz]

This is football, score as many points as you can. You don't play to feel bad for the other team so just run it up

 

[1Griz_Fan]

"What an incredibly class act by Coach Delaney" Panhandle State coach Russell Gaskamp said of UM's decision to plug in reserves before the end of the first quarter. "That game could have gotten out of control. There's a lot of coaches across America that would have used that game to pad stats..."

To steal from Scent of A Woman:

And that, my friends, is called integrity. Now that's the stuff leaders should be made of.

It's a good thing for your sake then that he didn't allow many games to get out of control. Most coaches with any common sense would have left their starters in for the first half instead of pulling them so quickly regardless of score.

Remind us all how the following week went for the Griz. Do you think playing many of the starters for less than one single quarter benefited anyone other than Panhandle St, NAU and you??? Do you think maybe the Griz could have played a little better against NAU if they had more game time the week prior to that...Hmmm I wonder how wise that was of him to put in reserves after a couple series. It's no wonder why as one Griz O-lineman put it they were in a scrimmage mentality.

 

[GrizFBDad]

That's BS. You get your starters out and you play your reserves. Running up the score against a DII serves no purpose. Any good coach knows that.

 

[1Griz_Fan]

That's BS. You get your starters out and you play your reserves. Running up the score against a DII serves no purpose. Any good coach knows that.

Sure you put the reserves in after halftime, it is not simply about running up the score. Keeping the starters in serves the purpose of establishing a rhythm and allowing the starters to gain experience together while bonding as a unit in game time. Sorry but just because the Griz admin schedules a DII opponent does not mean it should be played as a preseason game.

 

[GrizRanger]

"What an incredibly class act by Coach Delaney" Panhandle State coach Russell Gaskamp said of UM's decision to plug in reserves before the end of the first quarter. "That game could have gotten out of control. There's a lot of coaches across America that would have used that game to pad stats..."

To steal from Scent of A Woman:

And that, my friends, is called integrity. Now that's the stuff leaders should be made of.

Most coaches would put in reserves when playing a vastly inferior team like Panhandle State to give reserves an opportunity to play and gain experience, as well as to avoid injury to starters. Don't make it sound like Delaney did anything that was very unusual.

I do agree that Coach Delaney is a good guy and acts with integrity, but don't make it sound like he is a superlative coach.

His team performed poorly in their next game against NAU, acting like they thought they were playing Panhandle State again. A good coach would have had his team better prepared for NAU.

 

[GrizFBDad]

I agree 100% that every effort should be made to avoid scheduling games with teams that have no chance of competing. It's not fair to the fans who pay good money to see a good game.

 

[NativeGriz]

I agree, classy, but I also agree with what BW said after the game-I am not going to repeat, but it made a lot of sense. But again, Classy just not great coaching. Griz took no swagger out of that game. I walked out uninspired.

 

[SaskGriz]

"What an incredibly class act by Coach Delaney" Panhandle State coach Russell Gaskamp said of UM's decision to plug in reserves before the end of the first quarter. "That game could have gotten out of control. There's a lot of coaches across America that would have used that game to pad stats..."

To steal from Scent of A Woman:

And that, my friends, is called integrity. Now that's the stuff leaders should be made of.

It's a good thing for your sake then that he didn't allow many games to get out of control. Most coaches with any common sense would have left their starters in for the first half instead of pulling them so quickly regardless of score.

Remind us all how the following week went for the Griz. Do you think playing many of the starters for less than one single quarter benefited anyone other than Panhandle St, NAU and you??? Do you think maybe the Griz could have played a little better against NAU if they had more game time the week prior to that...Hmmm I wonder how wise that was of him to put in reserves after a couple series. It's no wonder why as one Griz O-lineman put it they were in a scrimmage mentality.

If not playing very much for a week against PHSU hurt our guys, image what not playing at all for a week between APP State and UND must have done. It's not wonder we lost to UND...oh wait. In the BCS championship game, I am taking whichever team keeps playing through the Christmas holidays because their team will be battle tested, where as their opponents will just be healthy and well rested.

 

[1Griz_Fan]

I agree 100% that every effort should be made to avoid scheduling games with teams that have no chance of competing. It's not fair to the fans who pay good money to see a good game.

Good point and it is not fair to the players as well, well maybe the reserves I guess even though still think they should not have pulled starters so quickly.

 

[1Griz_Fan]

"What an incredibly class act by Coach Delaney" Panhandle State coach Russell Gaskamp said of UM's decision to plug in reserves before the end of the first quarter. "That game could have gotten out of control. There's a lot of coaches across America that would have used that game to pad stats..."

To steal from Scent of A Woman:

And that, my friends, is called integrity. Now that's the stuff leaders should be made of.

It's a good thing for your sake then that he didn't allow many games to get out of control. Most coaches with any common sense would have left their starters in for the first half instead of pulling them so quickly regardless of score.

Remind us all how the following week went for the Griz. Do you think playing many of the starters for less than one single quarter benefited anyone other than Panhandle St, NAU and you??? Do you think maybe the Griz could have played a little better against NAU if they had more game time the week prior to that...Hmmm I wonder how wise that was of him to put in reserves after a couple series. It's no wonder why as one Griz O-lineman put it they were in a scrimmage mentality.

If not playing very much for a week against PHSU hurt our guys, image what not playing at all for a week between APP State and UND must have done. It's not wonder we lost to UND...oh wait. In the BCS championship game, I am taking whichever team keeps playing through the Christmas holidays because their team will be battle tested, where as their opponents will just be healthy and well rested.

Dude, try to spin it any way you want but North Dakota was a pretty bad team this season too.

 

[SaskGriz]

"I do agree that Coach Delaney is a good guy and acts with integrity, but don't make it sound like he is a superlative coach."

Not splitting hairs with you GrizRanger. I'm not trying to make it sound like he is a superlative coach. I am only saying he has the sort of integrity that I like to see leading the University of Montana Grizzlies.

Every head coach we have had has brought different things and the only common denominator seems to be success. Coach Pflu, Coach Hauck, Coach Glenn, Coach Dennehy and Coach Read were all excellent. I will always be a Coach Read backer, he took over while I was in school and brought us our first sustained success. I was fortunate enough to get to take a couple of classes from him and was blown away by his knowledge and ability to convey ideas. I learned more from him than even reading this website. LOL

 

[SaskGriz]

"What an incredibly class act by Coach Delaney" Panhandle State coach Russell Gaskamp said of UM's decision to plug in reserves before the end of the first quarter. "That game could have gotten out of control. There's a lot of coaches across America that would have used that game to pad stats..."

To steal from Scent of A Woman:

And that, my friends, is called integrity. Now that's the stuff leaders should be made of.

It's a good thing for your sake then that he didn't allow many games to get out of control. Most coaches with any common sense would have left their starters in for the first half instead of pulling them so quickly regardless of score.

Remind us all how the following week went for the Griz. Do you think playing many of the starters for less than one single quarter benefited anyone other than Panhandle St, NAU and you??? Do you think maybe the Griz could have played a little better against NAU if they had more game time the week prior to that...Hmmm I wonder how wise that was of him to put in reserves after a couple series. It's no wonder why as one Griz O-lineman put it they were in a scrimmage mentality.

If not playing very much for a week against PHSU hurt our guys, image what not playing at all for a week between APP State and UND must have done. It's not wonder we lost to UND...oh wait. In the BCS championship game, I am taking whichever team keeps playing through the Christmas holidays because their team will be battle tested, where as their opponents will just be healthy and well rested.

Dude, try to spin it any way you want but North Dakota was a pretty bad team this season too.

Dude, if I was really going to spin it; I'd point out that UND was within a TD of SDSU who kicked the crap out of NAU. So the lay-off must have really helped because we beat UND like they stole something.

 

[tgriz]

No argument. He is a great guy. He is not, and has not (check his overall record) been a good head football coach.

 

[jodcon]

I assume he'd call the dogs off against Hellgate too, this was a game that should have never been scheduled and accomplished nothing.

 

[1Griz_Fan]

It's a good thing for your sake then that he didn't allow many games to get out of control. Most coaches with any common sense would have left their starters in for the first half instead of pulling them so quickly regardless of score.

Remind us all how the following week went for the Griz. Do you think playing many of the starters for less than one single quarter benefited anyone other than Panhandle St, NAU and you??? Do you think maybe the Griz could have played a little better against NAU if they had more game time the week prior to that...Hmmm I wonder how wise that was of him to put in reserves after a couple series. It's no wonder why as one Griz O-lineman put it they were in a scrimmage mentality.

If not playing very much for a week against PHSU hurt our guys, image what not playing at all for a week between APP State and UND must have done. It's not wonder we lost to UND...oh wait. In the BCS championship game, I am taking whichever team keeps playing through the Christmas holidays because their team will be battle tested, where as their opponents will just be healthy and well rested.

Dude, try to spin it any way you want but North Dakota was a pretty bad team this season too.

Dude, if I was really going to spin it; I'd point out that UND was within a TD of SDSU who kicked the crap out of NAU. So the lay-off must have really helped because we beat UND like they stole something.

Like dude, they totally stole something from the Griz, their pride on defense the previous year when they shattered passing records against Hangover's D.

The comparisons with other teams playing against other teams means nothing to me. If it did the Griz would have gotten spanked by the Bobcats since they beat down NAU after NAU did the same to the Griz. And how did the Griz beat App St who lost a lot of games this year yet still beat Georgia Southern who beat Florida. Maybe because those comparisons are pointless.

 

[griz5700]

The approach and attitude of the OPSU game was evident the following week in NAU. I'm all for getting reserves playing time, but let them loose and score as many points as possible.

 

[Savage74]

I assume he'd call the dogs off against Hellgate too, this was a game that should have never been scheduled and accomplished nothing.

Exactly. I get so tired of there always being at least one team like this on the schedule every year. Does the program zero good. I would rather see them schedule Carroll or an FCS independent,pay the $ for a mid-level non-conference FCS opponent or do a multi-year home and home series with a top another FCS program.

The other thing I'd like to see more night games in Sept. What is the point for spending all that $ on putting in the lights for one game a year?