Blackice12

If you listen to his entire rebuttal, you can substitute Gene C. for Skip H.

We don't need to be in the drivers seat... we are a average team in an under average conference... ANY of the SEC coaches that will be fired at the end of the season would be great hires for USF. I would also imagine that we could get one of the SEC cast outs for half of what we are paying Skippy boy which should allow us to get some decent coordinators with the savings.

USF will need to do something and do it fast... if not then next seasons, season ticket renewals will be a joke.

With the exception of Derek Dooley I do not believe any of those coaches will be good for USF. And I believe Derek may be a stretch with an overall losing record as a head coach; 17-20 La Tech and 14-19 at Tenn.

If we have D, we could score 40 or 50+ points.

BullAdrian I agree if USF's defense was 25% better than what it is now then USF could put up more points. (Although it is tough to determine how conservative Skip would get on offense which could keep a team in the game.)

I am not.

(You can even check the game thread.)

It is time for the USF Football program to put on its big boy pants.

Previously the media loved to talk about how young the USF football program is relative to its competition; therefore it was cool to mention how a young football program beat an established program such as Pitt, West Virginia, Auburn, FSU, etc. But considering the realignment conversations due to media contracts and the constant competition for student athletes it is important for USF to position and market the football program as best as possible.

Coming off a 5 -7 season in 2011 and missing a bowl game for the first time in five years, riding a 6 game losing streak with loses to Ball State, Temple and Syracuse(Homecoming) and not making any significant statements or moves signals that USF is not serious about its football program.

At this point one can not say with certainty whether USF will retain Skip Holtz at the end of the year. Doug Woolard stated the evaluation process will begin at the end of the year.

If USF plans to keep Skip into next year, in order to show that USF is serious about its football program I expect Chris Cosh will be fired in the next coming days and that the remnants of the defensive staff will be fired at the end of the season, this includes Rick Smith, Kevin Patrick and Vernon Hargreaves.

If USF waits until the end of the year to make a move then I would imagine the entire staff will be fired which makes it very important when the firing announcement will come. There will be a competition for coaches at the end of the season with Arkansas, Kentucky, Auburn and Tennessee potentially all on the hunt for new coaches and this does not include the collateral changes those hirings will cause. USF is clearly not in the driver's seat to hire a top notch coach with more money and reputation associated with the other coaching jobs.

Last summer Doug Woolard made a knee jerk reaction and signed Skip Holtz to contract extension after a losing season due to "other teams" being interested in Skip Holtz's services. Now it is time for Doug to determine what is more important;

1. Proving he was right in signing Skip Holtz to a contract extension or
   
2. Ensuring the image of the USF Football Program is preserved
   

The upcoming months will show whether the USF Football program has moved from the toddler stage to the adolescent stage. The decisions made during this period will be a reflection on how much USF values its football program. Without knowing who pulls the strings, it is fair to guess that more than the head football coaches job could be at stake.

I was hoping to wake up and read that at minimum Chris Cosh had been fired.

Wow we are lucky to have 2 wins. Nevada obviously would have beat USF if they had more time.

Rick Smith the assistant head coach set a goal of 25 interceptions this year. He should be fired too. he is responsible for the secondary.

Woolard needs to strip Holtz of anything related to defense. It may take firing all of the coaches on that side of the ball and bringing in someone as the assistant head coach and defensive coordinator who will bring in their staff. It will be rather contentious but Skip is running out of options and I am not sure Woolard can afford to let this ship continue to sail in this direction.

Pathetic. This loss was horrible. Leading most of the game and to lose it at the end by one point is just terrible.

It was homecoming. Welcome back alumni to this crushing and horrific loss.

Bulls took the lead late.

Needed a defensive stop.

Guess what happened next.

http://www.voodoofive.com/2012/10/27/3565186/usf-syracuse-haiku#comments

"Disgusting and unacceptable"

skip put on your big boy pants and fire chris cosh. show that you care.

daniels did everything he needed to do. The Defense is HORRIBLE.

Can not wait until the end of the game interview. What can skip possibly say other than, "I fired Chris Cosh"

"Disgusting and unacceptable"

that was too easy

The look on holtz's face is funny. He looks so depressed.

He is really saying, oh no not again.

WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT!!!!

I wonder what Cosh is thinking right now?

ZONING OUT!!!

Oh Boy.

Kloss is kicking field goals.

I hope the University of South Flori-a can stop SU here.

Bonani is a good kicker. He nailed that with no problem.