USFL Coaches

[SteelCurtain74]

They have announced the first four coaches for the USFL franchises. Kevin Sumlin is coaching the Houston franchise, Todd Haley coaching the Tampa Bay franchise, Mike Riley is coaching the New Jersey franchise and Bart Andrus (coached in the CFL and NFL Europe) is coaching the Philadelphia franchise.

Kickoff in 100 days. Curious to see what type of players they get.

 

[PearlRiverCoDawg]

I saw something about Chizik as being a potential candidate. Should be interesting. I never turn down watching any form of football.

 

[GloryDawg]

Are the teams owned by the league or individual also are they playing all the games in the same stadium?

 

[SteelCurtain74]

Are the teams owned by the league or individual also are they playing all the games in the same stadium?

Not sure on who owns the team. The first season all games will be played in one city. Birmingham is trying to be host city for the first season. They hope to play games in home markets in the 2nd season.

It looks like Chizik will be the Birmingham coach. Marvin Lewis may also coach one of the teams.

 

[HotMop]

Millenz to USFL.

 

[kired]

Why on earth would anyone spend time & money developing a football league that’ll be lucky to last one full season?

 

[SirBarksalot]

This again? How many times have they tried now? 4?

 

[WilCoDawg]

It’s like communism: there’s always someone thinking they can make it succeed, but they never do.*

 

[aTotal360]

Just wait till they get it right. **

 

[Dawgg]

Are the teams owned by the league or individual also are they playing all the games in the same stadium?

I believe I read that they’re trying to find individual buyers for each team.

 

[Dawgg]

Why on earth would anyone spend time & money developing a football league that’ll be lucky to last one full season?

I agree, but there are a lot of people on this board that swear we need a minor league football league for the NFL and that college football should go back to walk-ons and wooden bleachers.

 

[o_Hot Rock]

It’s like communism: there’s always someone thinking they can make it succeed, but they never do.*

Here is the problem with that. The USFL was successful as a spring feeder league. The problem became when a new owner came into power with lots of influence in it's 2nd year and this guys ego could not handle being 2nd fiddle to the NFL. He wanted to be top dog and go head to head with the NFL instead of a complimentary league as it existed. The USFL was a profitable, viable league and this guy bankrupted it because of his ego.

Here was his famous slogan: [FONT=Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif]"If God wanted football in the spring," he once said, "he wouldn't have created baseball." [/FONT]

 

[dorndawg]

I agree, but there are a lot of people on this board that swear we need a minor league football league for the NFL and that college football should go back to walk-ons and wooden bleachers.

You seen the price for 2x10s lately? We'd go broke.

 

[blacklistedbully]

Here is the problem with that. The USFL was successful as a spring feeder league. The problem became when a new owner came into power with lots of influence in it's 2nd year and this guys ego could not handle being 2nd fiddle to the NFL. He wanted to be top dog and go head to head with the NFL instead of a complimentary league as it existed. The USFL was a profitable, viable league and this guy bankrupted it because of his ego.

Here was his famous slogan: "If God wanted football in the spring," he once said, "he wouldn't have created baseball."

Oh goody...yet another TDS sufferer. I suppose you think "Brandon" is doing just great.

 

[patdog]

They were overspending even before Trump came into the league, but there's no doubt that the move to the fall to compete directly with the NFL that was spearheaded by Trump was the death knell for the USFL.

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

I mean that’s pretty much what happened. Why does this have to be about politics?