we should for real start payment plans like the panthers. Iād do it tomorrow. I donāt have 1000 bucks laying around though
Call them. I believe they can be flexible.
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When I bought mine a few years ago they actually asked if I wanted monthly payments.
Any phone call they receive that starts with āI would like to give you moneyā should be followed by āWhat can we do to assist youā.
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They offer that. You just have to have it paid off by like August. You can do it through your ticket account.
Frank Garcia made the comment after their interview today with Mike Hill that āCharlotte HSs donāt trustā the Charlotte 49ers football program. What does that mean? I sent them a text asking them to elaborate. Any thoughts?
Stuff Iāve seen is perception Charlotte doesnāt recruit locally and/or we wonāt take the leftovers, which breeds resentment among the HS coaches.
Thatās too bad. I get it in one sense, but itās very unfair to us to expect us to take leftovers cause weāre āCharlotteā and not a ānameā school. Anyway, I think Healy will heal (pun intended) these hurt butts and get us in better graces with them. I think we initially really tried to get the best local kids, but they rejected us and what was left was not as good as we could get in another area. VERY UNFAIR to us, but itās the reality I guess.
So now we need to fix this as best we can, if we can, because Iām not sure this is something we can overcome since the players that could make a difference for us will continue to want to go to the ānameā schools. We may just be screwed. Hope Healy can change that. I think heāll try. Hope.
I think several of the high school coaches expect us to take their FCS type of players and be happy. I give our current coaches a couple of years and then you will see some of the local coaches making the same comments.
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They probably did because we were consistently recruiting FCS level kids from outside our area.
I think thereās merit in both takes on this. Really has put us between the proverbial rock and hard place.
New staff should 100% not held accountable for the previous regimes failures.
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The whole hs coaches being mad doesnāt make logical sense to me. Why wouldnāt we be able to āwantā who we want?
Part of what can set Healyās staff apart is being honest with coaches about the kids we want, but being open-minded about kids we can look at as projects and preferred walk-ons. Weāll have to take a few of those types of kids to get into the good graces of some coaches, and thatās fine. Remember, Alex Highsmith was a walk-on, and now heās First Team All CUSA. As long as they fit the culture and are willing to work, weāll find some diamonds in the rough that way.
On the other hand, we also need to set our sights high on kids that are borderline P5 types and really convince them, gently (and this is the hard part) that their best hope of playing time a school like UGA or Clemson or Bama might be as a 4th or 5th year senior, and that they might only get slightly more utilized earlier in their careers at places like GT, Tennessee, or CH. Those are the types of kids that we need to get to buy into their ability to stay close to home, get a solid education, and play early and often throughout their careers. The 3 and occasional 4* kids that can really be standouts in CUSA but might need a little extra help getting there. We also have NFL players that we can point to now, so that canāt be used as their excuse.
And of course, landing one or two big name transfers per year and backfilling with JUCOs when appropriate can add much-needed age and experience to our roster, and that will be huge.
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http://www.espncharlotte.net/the-wake-up-call-peter-burns-12-7-2018/
āYou look at what Lane Kiffin did at FAU and thatās what Will Healy can do for you at Charlotte, put you on the national stageā
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After hearing Healy on Wilson and Parcell today, Iām 100% in on him being the right hire! Canāt wait to see the results on the field.
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Agreed, before our game last nigth Frank and I had a good talk about recruiting locally. It isnāt about getting a HSā FCS guys itās about freaking showing up to them. Lambert wasnāt at Mallard Creek for 2-3years, they have a couple guys in that span that we couldāve easily landed. Itās about showing that you care and taking time to build those relationships which Lambert never did. Period.
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