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Amazing performance by The Bulls men’s soccer team in the first round of NCAAs vs Hofstra. Watched with my fiancé, a Hofstra alum and won myself a bet of a batch of freshly baking cookies baby! And more importantly enjoyed watching a USF game of any kind for the first time in awhile. Next up top seed Kentucky on Sunday, let’s do the dang thing family!!!

Looks like The Jim is making the rounds at his old stamping grounds too, so he’s making his presence felt. He must at least be interested in having a conversation. Is MK?…

Which? Mullen was a “bad recruiter” in a cut throat SEC landscape at a school looking for five stars all the time. He did fine at an also-ran lower SEC school. The step down into our G5 landscape with his background would be a lot better fit. Plus, I worked at a university with one of his offensive OCs at Miss St, and he told me the dude is hardcore and a great leader very much in the Leavitt mold. Only drawback would be he’d be a rental. He’d jump at the next best job. But I bet he could turn this existing team into an AAC contender as is, needless to say with some time. But at least he’d get us back on track by 2023 rather than the dreaded Three Year Plan. I’m a realist, I know Jim might not be the best idea. But he’s the only guy on this list with USF (and Pepsi and chocolate milk) pumping through his blood. If you want a change from Scott — who wandered around disconnected from interacting with players, staff, really anyone outside the intern who ran him Gatorade bottles — to a guy who will bring a fanbase level passion into every single thing he did regarding USF, that’s Jim. It might not work, but it’d be nice just to feel the passion all around again.

“And the next Brian Kelly’s and Chris Klieman’s are right there in the FCS now, waiting for a beefy powerhouse in the making just sitting in neutral like we are currently. KC Keeler is 80-24 with multiple Nattys at Sam Houston State, Matt Entz is 43-6 at North Dakota State with two championships in three years, and Curt Cignetti is 38-7 in taking James Madison from FCS into FBS now in year one making big waves after previously being on multiple AAC school staffs and as the WR coach under Saban even for a few years.”… Just bringing back a few of the lower key names I mentioned in my most two weeks ago when I said it was time for Jeff Scott to go. Thoughts? I think these would be great additions to the pool of: The Jim Herman Mullen Prime Time Simmons Chadwell *** Need either a proven program builder or an up and comer. No one else has had success here, and definitely won’t in this environment we’re currently finding ourselves in. Need HC experience.

Did this host really completely whiff on the first chance to pose the “would you consider going back” question to The Jim?!?! What a clown. I’ll tell you what though, the old man sounds as in-the-know and jacked as ever. Would be a shame if he didn’t at least get a call. Only two kinds of coaches have ever had success here: a program builder and an up and coming young HC, and The Jim broke the mold. They say you can’t go back home again, but considering our situation, you might want to try. NO ONE loves this program more than CJL. Could see a winner in FCS as I previously mentioned, the Coastal guy, Deion or Herman too, But CJL has to be in the mix if he wants it. And don’t even @ me with this Gruden garbage Let’s make the right decision this time family!

Thanks! And hey, everyone needs a nickname right? I went with “K-Mart” because it served my metaphor and sounded cool with Green & Gold Light Special wink-wink to the old “Blue Light Special” they used to promote, combined with his name. But I’m open to anything, I just think the kid deserves a good nickname considering he’s about to be The Next Big Thing under center. Maybe: Special K? K-Tray? K12?… …thoughts? Thanks all for getting all this info out to us game day away travelers, I’ve signed up my family for the alumni tailgate, going out to get my 5 and 3 year old some green face paint, and am pumped already about heading down to rep Our Bulls! LETS GOOOO!

DO IT! I’m bringing mine with me, Bulls over all our commitments! My brother, will see you there with Bulls on! Need anything? Pumpkin beer? Cheese doodles? A proper coaching scheme?

Hello all, picking a weird time to start going to USF road games again, but I figure these players need to see us repping them now more than ever! Is there still a decent crew of road warriors going to away games? I used to be at every one before moving back up to NY, but this will be my first road game in years. Would love to link up with the current Road Game Bullies in Philly this weekend or any TBP members, so definitely respond or email me (coachnicknm4pr@gmail.com) if you’ll be there at The Lonely Linc as part of a small but hopefully well hydrated USF Travel Tailgate, if it still exists in some form I hope! And hey if not but you were on the fence about going, now you at least will have another friend in green, too! Should be a chance for maybe our only other win this season, and you heard it here first, I’m betting on a huge Green & Gold Light Special coming out party for our new QB1 K-Mart — this kid is the real deal, Gerry may never see the field again if our coaching staff can keep from sabotaging him. Hope to see you there!

Love all the input, and so many valid points everyone! This all definitely got me thinking with a lot more specificity at the problem-resolution… One of the saddest parts about our current state is that even Coach Scott KNOWS IT. And if you read between the lines/looks on the sidelines/at his press conferences it’s right there. Yesterday postgame he said: “I promise you we’re doing everything we’ve ever known to try to do.” I mean, the guy is all out of answers. And that’s because you can’t make a cow lay eggs, ya know? Actually this cow has presided over a lot of game day egg-laying it seems ironically. The guy just isn’t ready to succeed at this level. Speaking about guys that are though, look at who has had success here. Excluding one coach (CWT) whose success just happened to coincide with QF: Gods Gift Of A College Quarterback — Willie was actually a lot alike CJS to be honest (not great at the actual Xs and Os but a good program manager off the field — only he could recruit and connect with players, which he ended up parlaying into the QF Awakening) — there has only been one who had the magic recipe. Jim Leavitt. And why was that? It wasn’t because of a pretty resume, name-dropping connections, a genius coaching methodology, perfect recruiting, a once in a lifetime prospect, or anything else like that. It was that he was completely invested from all aspects, had been around enough college football over the years for a base of knowledge, with that he had used it to build a vision, never wavered, wore his heart on his sleeve about his love for all things USF which connected with everyone in that locker room and the program and community, was a leader and made sure everyone on board would do the same in their aspect, and all that together turned into a steady course for success that was truly magical and fun to be a part of. And despite how it ended, you can’t argue the type of leader he was suited our program. That kind of thing doesn’t come around much anymore these days, so although we have to be committed on all levels to find it as an organization, we have to look in the right places. As someone mentioned, it’s time to take a look at the FCS level, where there are myriad success stories of guys who came from that level to succeed in FBS. Brian Kelly, Jim Harbaugh, Hal Mumme…more recently Chris Klieman, Lance Leipold…in our own conference Willie Fritz and Mike Houston…these guys have to do less with more every day and year in and out. You have to be 1000% in at all times in the same ways The Jim had to be to bring USF to initial success over a nicely timed period of success for quite a few years. And they’ll cost less than any other coach, with returns far outweighing the overall lay out. USF HAS ALL THE POSSIBILITIES FOR A SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM ALL AROUND OUR SCHOOL’S PERIPHERY. We just need the right people at the top, or have them change and rewind their current out of touch thinking and realize we need to change course, or us fans need to let them know we won’t let them be misguided anymore—because this program can be where it once was and even greater if we just clarify a new plan that reflects a lot of what the old plan got right just under new leadership and with a tweak toward the future. And grab our balls and make some hard changes. And the next Brian Kelly’s and Chris Klieman’s are right there in the FCS now, waiting for a beefy powerhouse in the making just sitting in neutral like we are currently. KC Keeler is 80-24 with multiple Nattys at Sam Houston State, Matt Entz is 43-6 at North Dakota State with two championships in three years, and Curt Cignetti is 38-7 in taking James Madison from FCS into FBS now in year one making big waves after previously being on multiple AAC school staffs and as the WR coach under Saban even for a few years. It’s time to open up eyes around the USF football hierarchy and stop giving out money to underperforming coaches, stop the quick fix schemes, stop being out of touch in all of our sports despite being a sleeping mammoth of athletic department possibilities, AND START OWNING UP AND MAKING CHANGES AND TAKING CHARGE OF OUR DESTINY. Can I get an Amen?!?!

Hello all, this is my first post (I’m a longtime reader) because I literally can’t take The State of USF any longer and want to hear from the Bulls Family on some of these things. First off let me say I love this board, you all are funny, clever, informed, diehards, and I’ve always enjoyed the forum. So let me ask: does everyone at this point see how bad it’s become for football, what are we going to do, and is everyone as gutted and lost as I am? I’m a HUGE USF fan. I played tennis for USF (came all the way from NY!), walked on for football and baseball, was The Oracle Sports Editor for a semester and sports writer for four years, came to know The Jim well, got ripped by Ken Erickson for a story, sat with Big Willie Style at an alum dinner before his second season at which he ripped apart himself and his players for underperformance, and have watched every game since 1999, including running on the field AT Auburn and at home after a GWFG vs ranked Kansas…and this is BY FAR the worst this program has ever been. Agreed? I’m also currently a successful NCAA college tennis coach, and have coached at every NCAA level as a HC, winning conference championships and earning NCAA tourney berths, as well as assisted on this level with other sports. So, with my resume and just like you all who have been riding with USF hardcore, especially if any of you are college level coaches, I definitely know not only when a coach and AD are bad, but when a program is SHOT. And this one has all the signs. Jeff Scott is a lot of things, but a good head football coach is not one of them. I hate to put him on blast because he’s obviously a super nice guy and good man, along with a very good overall administrative manager and rule follower, but none of those things can help you if you can’t coach. When I’ve had bad teams it literally makes me mentally and physically ill until I do everything in my power to change my programs fortunes, overturning every rock and reviewing everything until it’s fixed. In Scott’s case, he has not done the same, do you agree? He has -not gotten any decisions right in-game -can’t call even a minutely sensible game from play to play -hasn’t rotated in more competitive players -has no discipline within the program -has no feel for the game at any point -hasn’t recruited well -hasn’t connected with players -hasn’t been accountable -…and too much more to count I’m sorry, if you have a 3-and-a million record during a three year span in the AAC with a team within the talent laden state of Florida that has attracted multiple top school transfers and stumbled upon gems like Battie and McLain and Grier, and you still can’t win any games you either should be fired or resign. As a coach I know what it looks like when a team has NO CHANCE of winning any week and we are there now. Do you all agree with all I’ve said or am I way off base. Don’t we have to have a change to various things no matter the cost at this point? I remember when everyone smiled and wanted to know more when I said I went to USF. Now they only correct me and say “you mean UCF?” because we aren’t even good enough to be memorable for anything lately. Interested to hear from everyone on this…