RangerRocket
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Briggs need to address the 800-pound gorilla
An open plea to Mr. Briggs to engage the power of the pen regarding the disaster that a Candle-coached Toledo Rockets football team has become. It’s time.
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11-25-2022 11:33 PM |
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stpeterocketfan
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RE: Briggs need to address the 800-pound gorilla
So many times, he says we have to do better, we have to prepare better, etc. Broken record!
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11-26-2022 08:24 AM |
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Somersetco
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RE: Briggs need to address the 800-pound gorilla
I just received my yearly pledge reminder from the athletic department. I wanted to return it noting that I would not make my pledge this year until Candle is fired. My wife said I shouldn’t do it. Still thinking about it.
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11-26-2022 10:26 AM |
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indianasniff
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Briggs need to address the 800-pound gorilla
(11-25-2022 11:33 PM)RangerRocket Wrote: An open plea to Mr. Briggs to engage the power of the pen regarding the disaster that a Candle-coached Toledo Rockets football team has become. It’s time.
I don’t think he should write the article this week but I am sure it is in the laptop as a work in process
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11-26-2022 07:26 PM |
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Nick from Ohio
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RE: Briggs need to address the 800-pound gorilla
(11-26-2022 10:26 AM)Somersetco Wrote: I just received my yearly pledge reminder from the athletic department. I wanted to return it noting that I would not make my pledge this year until Candle is fired. My wife said I shouldn’t do it. Still thinking about it.
Post a picture of the slip or I won't believe you.
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11-27-2022 09:20 PM |
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DetroitRocket
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RE: Briggs need to address the 800-pound gorilla
Briggs is wrong about most things, so I really don't care. Glad I didn't put my $$ on Ohio State per his pick.
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11-28-2022 11:31 AM |
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PaulJ
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RE: Briggs need to address the 800-pound gorilla
(11-28-2022 11:31 AM)DetroitRocket Wrote: Briggs is wrong about most things, so I really don't care. Glad I didn't put my $$ on Ohio State per his pick.
not sure you can blame him for a pick that 90% of the country made plus Vegas had OSU as 7.5/8 point favorities....at this point I suspect he is waiting until after MACC game to give his view on Candles future
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11-28-2022 11:34 AM |
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MotoRocket
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RE: Briggs need to address the 800-pound gorilla
(11-28-2022 11:34 AM)PaulJ Wrote: (11-28-2022 11:31 AM)DetroitRocket Wrote: Briggs is wrong about most things, so I really don't care. Glad I didn't put my $$ on Ohio State per his pick.
not sure you can blame him for a pick that 90% of the country made plus Vegas had OSU as 7.5/8 point favorities....at this point I suspect he is waiting until after MACC game to give his view on Candles future
Looks like Ranger forced his hand on the article he wrote. Blair gave some views on Candle that was pretty well laid out. Basically, he wins the championship and he is (very likely) back. But the unanswered question is - how much of an extension does he give him? He's not going to answer that now and definitely not in an interview with a sports reporter.
What I have to wonder with Kulo and Kehres is whether or not they are jumping in to get the team fired up. Don't wait for Candle to handle it. Better to ask for forgiveness than permission if you know it needs to be done by someone. Act like you want a head coaching job some day.
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12-02-2022 03:24 PM |
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Boca Rocket
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RE: Briggs need to address the 800-pound gorilla
(12-02-2022 03:24 PM)MotoRocket Wrote: (11-28-2022 11:34 AM)PaulJ Wrote: (11-28-2022 11:31 AM)DetroitRocket Wrote: Briggs is wrong about most things, so I really don't care. Glad I didn't put my $$ on Ohio State per his pick.
not sure you can blame him for a pick that 90% of the country made plus Vegas had OSU as 7.5/8 point favorities....at this point I suspect he is waiting until after MACC game to give his view on Candles future
Looks like Ranger forced his hand on the article he wrote. Blair gave some views on Candle that was pretty well laid out. Basically, he wins the championship and he is (very likely) back. But the unanswered question is - how much of an extension does he give him? He's not going to answer that now and definitely not in an interview with a sports reporter.
What I have to wonder with Kulo and Kehres is whether or not they are jumping in to get the team fired up. Don't wait for Candle to handle it. Better to ask for forgiveness than permission if you know it needs to be done by someone. Act like you want a head coaching job some day.
The player leadership needs to ? the team up. Not every Rocket team gets to play for a MAC title.
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12-02-2022 05:25 PM |
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eastisbest
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RE: Briggs need to address the 800-pound gorilla
I am SO disappointed to learn
the heaviest gorilla was only 683 lbs and that was a fat one.
Seems to make all this concern a bit fraudulent.
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12-02-2022 05:37 PM |
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UTfanBGalum
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RE: Briggs need to address the 800-pound gorilla
(12-02-2022 05:37 PM)eastisbest Wrote: I am SO disappointed to learn
the heaviest gorilla was only 683 lbs and that was a fat one.
Seems to make all this concern a bit fraudulent.
Not fraud - Def over 800. ... https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=osr2HEqBwdY
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12-02-2022 05:55 PM |
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eastisbest
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RE: Briggs need to address the 800-pound gorilla
(12-02-2022 05:55 PM)UTfanBGalum Wrote: (12-02-2022 05:37 PM)eastisbest Wrote: I am SO disappointed to learn
the heaviest gorilla was only 683 lbs and that was a fat one.
Seems to make all this concern a bit fraudulent.
Not fraud - Def over 800. ... https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=osr2HEqBwdY
Google needs to be held accountable for fake news!!! My search said 589 in the wild and 683 in capitivity.
Well now I know, Candle's got to go!
Get a better special teams and offensive line coach.
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12-02-2022 06:08 PM |
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Nick from Ohio
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RE: Briggs need to address the 800-pound gorilla
(12-02-2022 06:08 PM)eastisbest Wrote: (12-02-2022 05:55 PM)UTfanBGalum Wrote: (12-02-2022 05:37 PM)eastisbest Wrote: I am SO disappointed to learn
the heaviest gorilla was only 683 lbs and that was a fat one.
Seems to make all this concern a bit fraudulent.
Not fraud - Def over 800. ... https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=osr2HEqBwdY
Google needs to be held accountable for fake news!!! My search said 589 in the wild and 683 in capitivity.
Well now I know, Candle's got to go!
Get a better special teams and offensive line coach.
I hope you aren't celebrating the win today.
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12-03-2022 09:00 PM |
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eastisbest
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RE: Briggs need to address the 800-pound gorilla
(12-03-2022 09:00 PM)Nick from Ohio Wrote: (12-02-2022 06:08 PM)eastisbest Wrote: (12-02-2022 05:55 PM)UTfanBGalum Wrote: (12-02-2022 05:37 PM)eastisbest Wrote: I am SO disappointed to learn
the heaviest gorilla was only 683 lbs and that was a fat one.
Seems to make all this concern a bit fraudulent.
Not fraud - Def over 800. ... https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=osr2HEqBwdY
Google needs to be held accountable for fake news!!! My search said 589 in the wild and 683 in capitivity.
Well now I know, Candle's got to go!
Get a better special teams and offensive line coach.
I hope you aren't celebrating the win today.
I've no idea who you are, what you are, why we should care about your hopes or why you're speaking like that particularly on the posts that you quoted but out of curiosity
Who are you talking to and why? Don't you have an Ohio thread to post on?
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12-03-2022 09:33 PM |
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Lester
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RE: Briggs need to address the 800-pound gorilla
(11-25-2022 11:33 PM)RangerRocket Wrote: An open plea to Mr. Briggs to engage the power of the pen regarding the disaster that a Candle-coached Toledo Rockets football team has become. It’s time.
Yeah, the team was a real disaster.
This team deserves a better fan base. If I were a Rockets player, I would get sick of reading this crap.
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12-03-2022 09:34 PM |
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eastisbest
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RE: Briggs need to address the 800-pound gorilla
(12-03-2022 09:34 PM)Lester Wrote: (11-25-2022 11:33 PM)RangerRocket Wrote: An open plea to Mr. Briggs to engage the power of the pen regarding the disaster that a Candle-coached Toledo Rockets football team has become. It’s time.
Yeah, the team was a real disaster.
This team deserves a better fan base. If I were a Rockets player, I would get sick of reading this crap.
Do you think what you've accomplished for the university can match what that guy has accomplished? Let's hear it.
Why would players be reading this? Why do yu read it if it makes you sick? That's some sort of complex right there.
It's just venting man. How is what you're doing any different, screaming at others here? We're all here rooting the team and the school. If you can't see that, it's a you problem.
(This post was last modified: 12-03-2022 09:52 PM by eastisbest.)
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12-03-2022 09:47 PM |
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RE: Briggs need to address the 800-pound gorilla
(12-03-2022 09:34 PM)Lester Wrote: (11-25-2022 11:33 PM)RangerRocket Wrote: An open plea to Mr. Briggs to engage the power of the pen regarding the disaster that a Candle-coached Toledo Rockets football team has become. It’s time.
Yeah, the team was a real disaster.
This team deserves a better fan base. If I were a Rockets player, I would get sick of reading this crap.
Hey, a guy who gets it.
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12-03-2022 10:02 PM |
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holybovine
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RE: Briggs need to address the 800-pound gorilla
(12-03-2022 09:47 PM)eastisbest Wrote: (12-03-2022 09:34 PM)Lester Wrote: (11-25-2022 11:33 PM)RangerRocket Wrote: An open plea to Mr. Briggs to engage the power of the pen regarding the disaster that a Candle-coached Toledo Rockets football team has become. It’s time.
Yeah, the team was a real disaster.
This team deserves a better fan base. If I were a Rockets player, I would get sick of reading this crap.
Do you think what you've accomplished for the university can match what that guy has accomplished? Let's hear it.
Why would players be reading this? Why do yu read it if it makes you sick? That's some sort of complex right there.
It's just venting man. How is what you're doing any different, screaming at others here? We're all here rooting the team and the school. If you can't see that, it's a you problem.
It’s amazing what people will say to justify their own behavior.
The majority of Toledo fans on this board, who have been crying and bemoaning and wailing for Candle’s ouster all year, are spoiled trash-babies who deserve no part of the team’s success. You wussies DESERVE to be EMU fans.
(This post was last modified: 12-04-2022 01:03 AM by holybovine.)
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12-03-2022 10:05 PM |
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eastisbest
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RE: Briggs need to address the 800-pound gorilla
(12-03-2022 10:05 PM)holybovine Wrote: (12-03-2022 09:47 PM)eastisbest Wrote: (12-03-2022 09:34 PM)Lester Wrote: (11-25-2022 11:33 PM)RangerRocket Wrote: An open plea to Mr. Briggs to engage the power of the pen regarding the disaster that a Candle-coached Toledo Rockets football team has become. It’s time.
Yeah, the team was a real disaster.
This team deserves a better fan base. If I were a Rockets player, I would get sick of reading this crap.
Do you think what you've accomplished for the university can match what that guy has accomplished? Let's hear it.
Why would players be reading this? Why do yu read it if it makes you sick? That's some sort of complex right there.
It's just venting man. How is what you're doing any different, screaming at others here? We're all here rooting the team and the school. If you can't see that, it's a you problem.
It’s amazing what people will say to justify their own behavior.
The majority of Toledo fans on this board, who have been crying and bemoaning and wailing for Candle’s ouster all year, and spoiled trash-babies who deserve no part of the team’s success. You wussies DESERVE to be EMU fans.
Calling people "wussies" from behind a keyboard kinda makes you a ..... But I'm sure you justify it in your own mind. It seems like such a simple thing.
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12-03-2022 10:16 PM |
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RE: Briggs need to address the 800-pound gorilla
(12-03-2022 09:34 PM)Lester Wrote: (11-25-2022 11:33 PM)RangerRocket Wrote: An open plea to Mr. Briggs to engage the power of the pen regarding the disaster that a Candle-coached Toledo Rockets football team has become. It’s time.
Yeah, the team was a real disaster.
This team deserves a better fan base. If I were a Rockets player, I would get sick of reading this crap.
I find it hilarious how you picked Ranger to spew your typical nonsense about how this fan base sucks. He gave his life and soul to this university for years traveling all over the country watching the Rockets while I’m guessing you didn’t. So did I. We’ve earned the right to b*tch. Heaven forbid we have hopes and dreams beyond 8 win seasons
And I’ll bet money if players read this board, they’d probably agree with most of it, particularly with the coaching. We’ve had enough former players on here to confirm that.
Yes winning the MACC is huge. But you looked horrible most of the year doing it. Imagine 2 more wins, 10-3 heading into a bowl game and on the brink of a top 25 ranking. Then, I’d understand people mad if others were complaining.
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12-04-2022 07:29 AM |
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