Devlin leaving Wood
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As an Ursinus alum, who never went to a game while I was there or since, I personally would not have been in favor of the Devlin hire. He cheats and doesn't think the rules pertain to him, I think they should have found someone better.
As for Schmidt, I've seen his act and I wouldn't want him representing my high school either. There is no way I'd want him to coach my kids.
as most of the board knows I have never been a wood fan (even though my wife went there)... or a Devlin fan for that matter... but I have to say anytime a local guy / or girl does good for themselves.. I want to wish them luck
Barkley stayed and played with his friends from Whitehall & Coplay. 2 offensive linemen who played on the line with Barkley graduate in June. They were freshmen his senior year. It didn't hurt Saquon when it came to college. If a player is that good, FBS finds them.
Watching ABWood play, I always wondered what Devlin would do at a Whitehall. No transfers, no shenanigans.
I would imagine Devlin would do about the same as Gilbert has done. And Gilbert would do as good as Devlin has done at Wood. You can screw up good players too if your incompetent. Brian Gilbert is a very good coach and does more with less, I’d imagine he’d do well at Wood. On the flip side Devlin (or any good coach) does just roll the ball out on Friday night. Those kids love Devlin and he is very hard on them. I’d imagine he would get the most out Whitehall kids. Having bad players doesn’t make you a bad coach, but just because you have great players it doesn’t mean you can only win with talent either.
It's great insight, D-11. But the difference is that Shuey left Widener to coach with Nagy and the Chicago Bears because Nagy had previously coached with Shuey in the NFL. So, Shuey took a step down by going to Widener, but had those relationships with NFL coaches from previous experience. Devlin lacks those relationships because he came from the high school ranks. Just saying that Devlin's chances of making a similar move are almost nil. But it's great to see D-3 coaches make moves to D-1 and the NFL.
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You can't look at this without factoring in the teaching salary. A first year teacher at Ridley makes $45,000 a year. A 15 year teacher at Ridley makes over $100,000 a year. And they are on the low end as far as public schools go. I understand Devlin was at a catholic school , but I would guess that his salary , plus coaching stipend , and whatever other 'perks' he had total more money than he will make at
Ursinus. And while Ursinus is a decent program, there are better athletes and higher profile kids at Wood across the board than ever will suit up for Ursinus. So unless he is using this as a stepping stone to move up the college coaching ranks ( he may be too old for that) I don't see this as a promotion.
You can't look at this without factoring in the teaching salary. A first year teacher at Ridley makes $45,000 a year. A 15 year teacher at Ridley makes over $100,000 a year. And they are on the low end as far as public schools go. I understand Devlin was at a catholic school , but I would guess that his salary , plus coaching stipend , and whatever other 'perks' he had total more money than he will make at
Ursinus. And while Ursinus is a decent program, there are better athletes and higher profile kids at Wood across the board than ever will suit up for Ursinus. So unless he is using this as a stepping stone to move up the college coaching ranks ( he may be too old for that) I don't see this as a promotion.
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Devlin was one of the coaches at the Army All-Star game this year. You may be right in it's a stepping stone the Div1 or pro coaches down the road. I see Connor doing the same thing. 4 or 5 years at Widener, then heading to the NFL where he belongs (pro intelligence) IMO.
Devlin was one of the coaches at the Army All-Star game this year. You may be right in it's a stepping stone the Div1 or pro coaches down the road. I see Connor doing the same thing. 4 or 5 years at Widener, then heading to the NFL where he belongs (pro intelligence) IMO.
Relative stability, location and chance for upward movement? All things considered it’s a good opportunity. And you have to figure taking a break from the administrative side of being a HC to going back to about 90% football had to be alluring.
Agreed with all of those reasons. Additionally, could he be striking while the iron is hot? Back to back state championships coupled with the graduation of lots of talent probably played a role.
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