Here were some coaches over the years and their beliefs. Hard to argue with some of these:
I am not a name-on-the-back-of-the-jersey guy,” Coach Randy Edsall told Eric Prisbell. “To me, it’s all about the name on the front. It’s all about Maryland. To me, it’s about being a team and let’s just worry about being Maryland and taking care of business that way. It’s a team sport we are playing. It is not an individual sport.”
“I’m just a firm believer that you play for what’s on the front of the jersey,” Edsall said this week, via the Baltimore Sun, while noting that the names are hard to read from the stands anyhow. “When we’re long gone, Maryland is still going to be here, and that’s what it’s all about.”
Addazio told fans during his chat on SportsNation that Boston College is "going to take our names off of the back of the jerseys, so we stand as one."
“When I became the coach, I really liked the tradition or what they were calling the throwback jerseys,” said the Virginia head coach. “The throwback jerseys, when I came, what I inherited, did not have names on the back.I guess symbolic, some of the tradition from before is what I assumed.
“The players also really like those jerseys and so we kind of just took them as is and I never really revisited it. I’ve been asked by a couple of folks why, there wasn’t another reason than I just assumed that was the traditional UVA look from that jersey style.”
“We will return Cowboy football back to our roots," Bohl declared at halftime of a men's basketball game on Jan. 18, followed by a roar of ecstatic applause. "I'm making this promise: when we come running down that ramp, you will recognize the colors we wear. We'll wear brown and gold, and the days of all these other colors are over!"
Bohl emphasized the last word, sticking his hand in the air and giving the Arena-Auditorium crowd an emphatic thumbs up.
And in that moment, the camouflage uniform -- and the philosophy it represented -- was officially dead.
Bohl is an old-school coach with an old-school scheme and, visually, the Cowboys will represent that.
Does this mean that a potential recruit may compare the chrome helmets or anthracite pants of a rival with Wyoming's simplicity, and choose the competitor?
Sure.
But would that recruit really fit Bohl's "Wyoming profile"?
In recruiting, Bohl isn't searching for the best athlete. He's trying to find the right one. He wants that blue collar guy who greets contact with a smile. He seeks the big, physical linebacker who chases down ball carriers, then spits out blood.”
Oh, and for those not paying attention, more recruits have actually asked about the lack of a mascot than they have the uniforms or the size of the weight room. Some commented it was “odd.”
So, for many of you guys touting the names on the jerseys, you are the same ones against the mascot idea.....and recruits have noticed it.
One commented “behind the times.”
I am not a name-on-the-back-of-the-jersey guy,” Coach Randy Edsall told Eric Prisbell. “To me, it’s all about the name on the front. It’s all about Maryland. To me, it’s about being a team and let’s just worry about being Maryland and taking care of business that way. It’s a team sport we are playing. It is not an individual sport.”
“I’m just a firm believer that you play for what’s on the front of the jersey,” Edsall said this week, via the Baltimore Sun, while noting that the names are hard to read from the stands anyhow. “When we’re long gone, Maryland is still going to be here, and that’s what it’s all about.”
Addazio told fans during his chat on SportsNation that Boston College is "going to take our names off of the back of the jerseys, so we stand as one."
“When I became the coach, I really liked the tradition or what they were calling the throwback jerseys,” said the Virginia head coach. “The throwback jerseys, when I came, what I inherited, did not have names on the back.I guess symbolic, some of the tradition from before is what I assumed.
“The players also really like those jerseys and so we kind of just took them as is and I never really revisited it. I’ve been asked by a couple of folks why, there wasn’t another reason than I just assumed that was the traditional UVA look from that jersey style.”
“We will return Cowboy football back to our roots," Bohl declared at halftime of a men's basketball game on Jan. 18, followed by a roar of ecstatic applause. "I'm making this promise: when we come running down that ramp, you will recognize the colors we wear. We'll wear brown and gold, and the days of all these other colors are over!"
Bohl emphasized the last word, sticking his hand in the air and giving the Arena-Auditorium crowd an emphatic thumbs up.
And in that moment, the camouflage uniform -- and the philosophy it represented -- was officially dead.
Bohl is an old-school coach with an old-school scheme and, visually, the Cowboys will represent that.
Does this mean that a potential recruit may compare the chrome helmets or anthracite pants of a rival with Wyoming's simplicity, and choose the competitor?
Sure.
But would that recruit really fit Bohl's "Wyoming profile"?
In recruiting, Bohl isn't searching for the best athlete. He's trying to find the right one. He wants that blue collar guy who greets contact with a smile. He seeks the big, physical linebacker who chases down ball carriers, then spits out blood.”
Oh, and for those not paying attention, more recruits have actually asked about the lack of a mascot than they have the uniforms or the size of the weight room. Some commented it was “odd.”
So, for many of you guys touting the names on the jerseys, you are the same ones against the mascot idea.....and recruits have noticed it.
One commented “behind the times.”
