IDK- when are we going to admit that there may be structural problems at Texas? They've chewed up 3 coaches in a row- 4 if you count Mac's later years. Tom Herman should have killed it there and actually wasn't doing a terrible job.
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The 2021-2022 Coaching Carousel
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Same with hoops. Does anyone think that Shaka can't coach, recruit or win big games? It's an institutional issue. They're bloated with too many stakeholders to please.
Big Jim
WTF?
He is 50-42 as a HC cumulatively at UW, USC and UT. The only mystery to me is why Sark is given so many chances without ever being more than moderately successful at three premium programs.
Pete Carroll going back to USC would be a great hire at USC if he can bring in some rock star assistants so he can just CEO the program.
Hope Bohn screws it up though
Hope Bohn screws it up though
He was wasted for the first two jobs. And, the UDub program he inherited wasn’t exactly premium when he took over.
Big Jim
WTF?
Those are the reasons often sited to excuse his record. Given his historic performance at UT I'm not sure they are legit reasons, he seems to just simply be a mediocre coach.
Fwiw, I wanted him mostly because he's the best west coast QB recruiter in the game. He'd have loaded the CU cupboard to a level we haven't seen since around 2003. Then, even if he didn't win and we had to move on, we'd be set up to win. Like what happened at UW. That wasn't the situation at UT where recruiting was going great, so it was a questionable hire for them.
Big Jim
WTF?
I'm of like mind on this. I think Sark's sweet spot would be at a program like CU where he can quickly and dramatically improve the talent and not have the pressure to win much more than go to a bowl game each season. I think his record at UW is par for his course where in years 2-5 they went 7-6, 7-6, 7-6 and 8-4.
I think most of us would be pretty happy with a string of 7-6, 7-6, 7-6 and 8-4.
He’s been at Texas for one season. I’m not realky even worried about them.
They should have scheduled more games against Nebraska
CU could have had Sark, but they CU'd it like they do with everything
I'd love to know what caused negotiations to fall through.
I thought it was well known that Sark verbally accepted the CU job and then Saban convinced him to stay and wait for a better job with a huge raise. Rick George basically then gave the same salary package to Dorrell. Not sure negotiations fell thru. Sark just decided he didn’t want it.
That's what we have heard. There's always more to a story. At the time, I believe there was also speculation that Bama made him the de facto HC-in-waiting, which was untrue.
Or was the AD lazy and tried running out the same excuse story as the Gary Kubiak saga and hired Gary Barnett.
“Ahhh shucks, we did everything we could, but those other other guys pulled at his heartstrings and convinced him to stay. I guess now we need to hire a former McCartney assistant.”
History repeats when the excuses are predetermined.
I would take the Barnett era again.
I think the main reason this carousel is spinning so quickly is because a lot of these guys were on the downward trend but some of these schools didn't want to fire during the COVID year. AD's stuck between a rock and a hard place so it makes sense to me.
You go back and look at the last 3 years of hires and it's pretty mind boggling how some of the highest profile ones turned to crap so fast.
I'd pencil in Coach Jake Dickert (acting head coach) at WSU to have the acting removed from his title. He is the DC, the team has responded well the 4 games he's coached, and he has good pedigree, while being not well know. That pedigree includes coaching under Craig Bohl (NDSU and Wyoming), DC at Minnesota State which played for the D-2 national championship, the very successful S. Dakota State teams, and a decently coached D at WSU. It would be foolish to try to blow it up so soon, so I'd think WSU gives him a realistic contract (not a KD contract) to take a run at being the Head Coach.
Not to single you out @Buffs35, but responding in general to the idea. While the sentiment of consistently winning 60-70% of games played is fine. But the religious harkening back to McCartney or Barnett era and using the relative successes in those timelines as the guide for present operation is an organizational failure.
Since Mac left the dialogue from the AD has never changed. They send out the same recycled cover their ass, act blameless, woah is us, if you are not with us you are against us story. I had thought with hiring Tucker RG had the gumption and the plan to buck this trend. Show change via action and setting achievable goals but nope, he folded like napkin.
GoBuffs08
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LSU close to making a decision. I hope they go with Aranda, because **** Bailer
LSU close to making a decision. I hope they go with Aranda, because **** Bailer
Pac-12 coaching carousel: Hot Seat updates and the potential for vacancies across the conference
There are three vacancies currently (Washington, Washington State and USC), but more could be coming under the right circumstances.
www.mercurynews.com
Wilner's take on every coach in the PAC 12. He also thinks Wittingham might retire at the end of the season. His comment about Dorrell seems out of touch.
Long article about Bohn, I found very interesting. Talks a lot about his time at CU:
www.latimes.com
Meet Mike Bohn, the man tasked with resurrecting USC football with one perfect hire
USC athletic director Mike Bohn is drawing on lessons learned throughout his career as he pursues his biggest hire, the Trojans' next football coach.
www.latimes.com
Admissions restrictions Id dare to guess.
I distinctly recall Kubiak turning Tharp down and thanking him and CU for the interest.
Kubiak accepted and then backed out at the last minute.