NDSportsFan wrote: It's hard for some of the out-of-state kids to realize how small these four year colleges, and the towns they are in, are. I know when I went to VCSU some of the kids had no idea where they were going until they got there. Some of them panned out, and others thought they were too big time for that, so they left after the first year. Small, isolated communty, cold weather, homesickness, it all adds up.
dtvman wrote:NDSportsFan wrote: It's hard for some of the out-of-state kids to realize how small these four year colleges, and the towns they are in, are. I know when I went to VCSU some of the kids had no idea where they were going until they got there. Some of them panned out, and others thought they were too big time for that, so they left after the first year. Small, isolated communty, cold weather, homesickness, it all adds up.
The other part of it is the limited types of degrees. The choice of majors at a school like MaSU are really going to be limited.
Wild Wolves wrote:Mayville does have fewer majors than the other DAC schools, I read it and don't recall the actual numbers but it was around 15 compared to 23-25 in the other schools. Granted some of teh programs offered by other schools aren't the kinds that attract FB players (nursing).
Hinsa wrote:I certainly hope that the MSU coaches look at the blueprint of Jamestown - recruit local kids. A wonderful point was made on the Jimmies Playoff Bound thread - if you recruit local kids you will get more support for the alumni foundation.
It is hard to recruit blue-chip local players to Mayville, but I believe that is what has to be done. It's hard work, but it can be done. The once in a blue moon when Mayville has been competitive they have done it with a ton of local kids. And when you recruit local kids, the crowds tend to be bigger, which generates more revenue.
Come on Comet football, figure it out and get busy and recruit local kids and develop them into a competitive team.
Baller wrote:Now that is quite a stereotype...I know many Football players that have gone into nursing...They have either stayed nurses or gone on to Anasthesia (sp) school for which you need to be a nurse first!!
ndlionsfan wrote:dtvman wrote:NDSportsFan wrote: It's hard for some of the out-of-state kids to realize how small these four year colleges, and the towns they are in, are. I know when I went to VCSU some of the kids had no idea where they were going until they got there. Some of them panned out, and others thought they were too big time for that, so they left after the first year. Small, isolated communty, cold weather, homesickness, it all adds up.
The other part of it is the limited types of degrees. The choice of majors at a school like MaSU are really going to be limited.
Maybe compared to UND/NDSU or a larger Div II school, but they have basically the same number of degrees as any other school in the DAC except possibly Minot.
dtvman wrote:ndlionsfan wrote:dtvman wrote:NDSportsFan wrote: It's hard for some of the out-of-state kids to realize how small these four year colleges, and the towns they are in, are. I know when I went to VCSU some of the kids had no idea where they were going until they got there. Some of them panned out, and others thought they were too big time for that, so they left after the first year. Small, isolated communty, cold weather, homesickness, it all adds up.
The other part of it is the limited types of degrees. The choice of majors at a school like MaSU are really going to be limited.
Maybe compared to UND/NDSU or a larger Div II school, but they have basically the same number of degrees as any other school in the DAC except possibly Minot.
I am not trying to compare any of the schools in the DAC to UND or NDSU. Every kid in ND who is looking at any of these schools should be fully aware of the situations at any school in the state. I am looking more at a kid from out of state, and I think that is what Lions is refering to as well. If you bring in a kid from a suburb of Chicago or maybe even Minneapolis, they may be coming from a high school that has as many or more students as the college. They start to wonder why they came to a town of 2000 to play football and get a degree in math, when they could have done the same thing much closer to home.
I agree that they should be focusing more on recruiting kids locally.
dtvman wrote:Any idea how much of a scholarship a school like MaSU can offer someone. When I graduated I looked at wrestling in Dickinson. I can't remember for sure if they could get me any money, if any it was very little. To me the chance to continue wrestling was not worth getting a degree for something I wasn't interested in. That is obviously not the case for everyone. I don't ever really regret my decision not to go there, but I am sure I would have regretted it if I had gone there and now was doing something I wasn't really interested in.
ndfan wrote:DAC board somebody said there is a vacancy for the heading football coaching job at Mayville which would mean Ford stepped down. No clue if that is true and wondering if anybody has a clue if he did or not?
rep wrote:ndfan wrote:DAC board somebody said there is a vacancy for the heading football coaching job at Mayville which would mean Ford stepped down. No clue if that is true and wondering if anybody has a clue if he did or not?
that would be too bad if it is true...they were showing some signs of being competitive this season.
ndfan wrote:rep wrote:ndfan wrote:DAC board somebody said there is a vacancy for the heading football coaching job at Mayville which would mean Ford stepped down. No clue if that is true and wondering if anybody has a clue if he did or not?
that would be too bad if it is true...they were showing some signs of being competitive this season.
I dont think its true, but maybe he got offered a better coaching job somewhere??
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