Ed Zaunbrecher

[Hammer58]

_ Except that Larry Blakeney is a cheat. _

And he wasn't 62 when they hired him.

[Roddy44]

Son, Where do you get off? Blakely was totally cleared of any wrong doing several years ago. He took all the flack for Pat Dye. Auburn never changed their ways.

[Hammer58]

_ Son, Where do you get off? Blakely was totally cleared of any wrong doing several years ago. He took all the flack for Pat Dye. Auburn never changed their ways. _

The NCAA may not have sanctioned him but you can find excerpts from the "60 minutes" story on the Auburn scandal on YouTube and Blakely can be heard discussing cash payoffs with the player.

[Roddy44]

Oh, he was sanctioned, but had to retract it. The bag man is usually not on the staff.

[BabbForHeisman]

So back on topic, I assume we're all cool with Zaunbrecher as the next coach, right?


igeaux.mobi

[Roddy44]

_ So back on topic, I assume we're all cool with Zaunbrecher as the next coach, right?


igeaux.mobi _

Yes, he is a fine man and coach. Think he was from Rayne, La. I think ULM was sorry that they let him go. Their hopes were too high when they moved up.

[KAjunRaider]

From where did Coach Z graduate and play college football ?



NLU fired him, and he was their best 1-A coach they've had.

[Square Head]

_ From where did Coach Z graduate and play college football ?

I knew is was in Tenessee and when I saw that wink, it had to be MT. His dad's job took him and his family from Rayne, LA to Tenessee in the 1950's.

[allncr1966]

_ You better talk to BOP (Jay) about calling out 60 year olds. Jay got the evil eye, a cold shoulder, and a harsh age clarification! _

Its old to begin again as a head coach and I am 65 so I can call 60 old if I wish. These type of hires don't usually work out well whether he has local ties or not.

[allncr1966]

_ Dang. Good post. _

You may think so but Cajun Nation didn't get what I was talking about and didn't research these coaches too well. The Nevada coach first became HC there in 1976. So he didn't start out at 50 or 60. At Troy their head coach has been there 19 years again he didn't start out as a HC at 50 or 60. The Northern Illinois coach has only been there 3 years but he had been a very successful HC at 3 smaller schools. He did start at NI late but he had a successful resume before becoming their HC. The Hawaii coach I will give you since he stared there 2 years ago at 63. Over the years I have observed that coaches who are in their 50 or 60's that come into a program like UL's who is down and doesn't have a winning tradition as a whole don't do well. There are of course exceptions but this is something I have observed over 55 years of watching football. If Zaunbrecher or Crowton had been extremely successful head coaches at their previous stops I might have a different opinion but they have been medicore at best and UL has had medicore for too long. UL whether people want to admit it or not is in a rebuilding stage and that is usually a young man's game.