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Post by Sons of Vaval on Dec 7, 2023 18:26:24 GMT -5
Yes, we all know this, but thought it could use its own thread.
I haven't seen it mentioned yet, but he inked a five year deal with JMU.
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Post by Ray on Dec 7, 2023 18:56:01 GMT -5
Thank you, Bob. I wish you'd won a natty at HC, but not ruling out the possibility of you claiming one down the road.
Speaking of down the road, there's a surefire induction to the Crusader Athletics Hall of Fame waiting for you someday.
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Post by mm67 on Dec 7, 2023 19:18:11 GMT -5
Congratulations to Coach Chesney on his move to JMU. It looks like a wonderful opportunity to continue a winning tradition at a fine school in a beautiful location.
Thank you, Coach Chesney for all the joy & love you brought to HC - the entire school, its student-athletes, the student body & alums.Your winning ways provided thrills to many HC fans. You left HC far better off in many ways than it was when you arrived on Mt.St. James. And for this I am grateful. Thank you.
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Post by hcpride on Dec 7, 2023 19:32:31 GMT -5
I certainly congratulate him on turning around the entire program at Holy Cross and wish him well upon advancing to a bigger stage.
Any word on an introductory press conference at JMU?
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Post by newfieguy74 on Dec 7, 2023 19:33:08 GMT -5
I have nothing but gratitude and respect for Bob Chesney. He was all in at HC and lifted the football program to a new level. I wish him and his family the best. JMU football coach is a great job at a good school in a beautiful area. Go Dukes!
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Post by purplehaze on Dec 7, 2023 19:55:13 GMT -5
His introductory press conference is Tuesday
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Post by hc1996 on Dec 7, 2023 19:59:29 GMT -5
His introductory press conference is Tuesday Would expect it to have been sooner. Maybe ours will be before that? That would be ideal. Would be great if it was coordinated as such. |
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Post by longsuffering on Dec 7, 2023 20:01:39 GMT -5
Thank you, Bob. I wish you'd won a natty at HC, but not ruling out the possibility of you claiming one down the road. Speaking of down the road, there's a surefire induction to the Crusader Athletics Hall of Fame waiting for you someday. Duffner was inducted in 2008, 17 years after he left. Carter is not in. That could be an oversight. Let's not wait 17 years for Chesney. |
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Post by midwestsader05 on Dec 7, 2023 21:24:35 GMT -5
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Post by cruskater31 on Dec 7, 2023 21:36:30 GMT -5
I've been pleased with many positive comments from HC and JMU fans back and forth on Twitter
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Post by drjack on Dec 7, 2023 22:08:40 GMT -5
Ha, we are of different minds then.
I've actively been muting anyone replying to posts. I am a grumpy man, yes, but something about it (as a collective) seems disingenuous. Not saying anyone else needs to feel like me, but for my own sake it's just better if they aren't all over my feed.
Edit: maybe I mean it feels condescending? Idk, but just my thoughts on it all. Maybe I spent too much time on their board during all this.
Edit 2: I certainly wish FHCBC well and hope he achieves everything he wants to down there, I just don't need to see them gloat about it 🤣
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Post by hc87 on Dec 7, 2023 23:02:12 GMT -5
Ray-Bans will not have the success at JMU that he had at HC.....just a feeling. It's not a good fit.
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Post by sader1970 on Dec 8, 2023 0:19:27 GMT -5
You might not think so but I assure you it's a better fir than Syracuse and he couldn't wait for the BC job to open up. Here's the thing, Bob Chesney has succeeded every where he has been. I've posted before that I was trained to "look for patterns of past success" when I was going to hire or promote someone and that worked out well for me. He will do very well at JMU, I'm positive, Will he get 5 consecutive league championships? Probably not. But there will be bowl games in his future.
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Post by 78purple on Dec 8, 2023 1:43:41 GMT -5
Congratulations to Coach Chesney on his move to JMU. It looks like a wonderful opportunity to continue a winning tradition at a fine school in a beautiful location. Thank you, Coach Chesney for all the joy & love you brought to HC - the entire school, its student-athletes, the student body & alums.Your winning ways provided thrills to many HC fans. You left HC far better off in many ways than it was when you arrived on Mt.St. James. And for this I am grateful. Thank you. Amen. well said |
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Post by 78purple on Dec 8, 2023 1:48:31 GMT -5
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Post by steken on Dec 8, 2023 7:50:37 GMT -5
January 2008. Announcement from the Penn State athletic department. We are pleased to announce that we have hired Bob Chesney as our next head football coach. Bob comes to PSU after leading James Madison University to four straight winning seasons and achieving a national ranking of tenth in the country in FBS in 2007……
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Post by steken on Dec 8, 2023 7:50:58 GMT -5
Oops 2028.
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Post by drjack on Dec 8, 2023 7:53:57 GMT -5
Ooh, PSU. I hadn't considered that before.
That's a good shout for his eventual P5 landing spot.
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Post by Non Alum Dave on Dec 8, 2023 8:06:48 GMT -5
I wondered if either PSU or Pitt was his favorite big time school as a kid.
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Post by drjack on Dec 8, 2023 8:08:10 GMT -5
He's from Eastern PA, right? I'd assume PSU (or even Notre Dame), having spent a good chunk of my childhood in northeastern PA
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Dec 8, 2023 8:19:25 GMT -5
Chesney has a very different challenge than what he faced at Salve Regina, Assumption, and HC. JMU is already at the pinnacle, and he now has to maintain that high level of success.
For me, the uncertainty of whether he can stems from the tsunamic arrival of three forces largely outside of his ability to control: the current chaotic transfer portal; the unregulated NILs; and the Baker proposal that would further separate most of the Autonomous FBS schools from the Non-Autonomous FBS schools. I say most because there currently are autonomy schools that don't have the revenue stream to compete with paying at least half their athletes. (I also read that Baker's proposal would allow the revenue-distribution-to-athletes schools to set their own scollie caps, which could mean a return to the old days of stockpiling football rosters with 100-120 players on scollies.)
It will be very interesting to see if BC decides to be part of the proposed revenue-distribution subdivision, or punts, or scales back Olympic sports on the men's side, a la JMU. BC's athletic program is institutionally subsidized.
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Post by deep Purple on Dec 8, 2023 8:20:51 GMT -5
Ooh, PSU. I hadn't considered that before. That's a good shout for his eventual P5 landing spot. Why would Franklin leave Penn State? |
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Post by hchoops on Dec 8, 2023 8:44:59 GMT -5
Chesney has a very different challenge than what he faced at Salve Regina, Assumption, and HC. JMU is already at the pinnacle, and he now has to maintain that high level of success. For me, the uncertainty of whether he can stems from the tsunamic arrival of three forces largely outside of his ability to control: the current chaotic transfer portal; the unregulated NILs; and the Baker proposal that would further separate most of the Autonomous FBS schools from the Non-Autonomous FBS schools. I say most because there currently are autonomy schools that don't have the revenue stream to compete with paying at least half their athletes. (I also read that Baker's proposal would allow the revenue-distribution-to-athletes schools to set their own scollie caps, which could mean a return to the old days of stockpiling football rosters with 100-120 players on scollies.) It will be very interesting to see if BC decides to be part of the proposed revenue-distribution subdivision, or punts, or scales back Olympic sports on the men's side, a la JMU. BC's athletic program is institutionally subsidized. Excellent points, especially #3. I presume your last paragraph’s use of BC means Boston College, not Bob Chesney. Posters have confused me these past few days, |
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Post by drjack on Dec 8, 2023 8:47:18 GMT -5
Ooh, PSU. I hadn't considered that before. That's a good shout for his eventual P5 landing spot. Why would Franklin leave Penn State? He probably wouldn't but I have some PSU friends and I don't think Franklin's job is necessarily safe. That might/probably changes in the new playoff, but I wouldn't be shocked to see him fired in a couple years |
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Dec 8, 2023 8:51:12 GMT -5
Chesney has a very different challenge than what he faced at Salve Regina, Assumption, and HC. JMU is already at the pinnacle, and he now has to maintain that high level of success. For me, the uncertainty of whether he can stems from the tsunamic arrival of three forces largely outside of his ability to control: the current chaotic transfer portal; the unregulated NILs; and the Baker proposal that would further separate most of the Autonomous FBS schools from the Non-Autonomous FBS schools. I say most because there currently are autonomy schools that don't have the revenue stream to compete with paying at least half their athletes. (I also read that Baker's proposal would allow the revenue-distribution-to-athletes schools to set their own scollie caps, which could mean a return to the old days of stockpiling football rosters with 100-120 players on scollies.) It will be very interesting to see if BC decides to be part of the proposed revenue-distribution subdivision, or punts, or scales back Olympic sports on the men's side, a la JMU. BC's athletic program is institutionally subsidized. Excellent points, especially #3. I presume your last paragraph’s use of BC means Boston College, not Bob Chesney. Posters have confused me these past few days, Yes, the school in Chestnut Hill. In the haves and have nots thread, I've posted donor support numbers for JMU and University of Delaware. Hard to envision how either school could muster a robust NIL program, for example. Especially Delaware. The great concern about NILs is that the corporate sponsors/licensees etc. that support the athletic program writ large will simply shift those moneys into NILs. |
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