Blackice12

Hey give credit to Holtz for making sure the players play hard on game day.

Did DW really deny Fulmer the opportunity to interview? If so it was a dumb move on DW's part. Fulmer should take USF up on age discrimination charges because his resume is glaringly better than Holtz's resume.

Arkansas would be my guess Charlie Strong could be a candidate at Arkansas too. "Strong is a native of Arkansas and graduated from the University of Central Arkansas, where he played college football."

Wow this sounds awfully familiar like I've seen it somewhere before. hmmm.......

Maybe we can have another shot at a defensive coordinator.

Holtz is going no where. He will be coaching USF Football next year. Not to mention he will continue to give out scholarship to local area talent like hanging out fliers on the Las Vegas strip.

Oh next year is going to be a glorious mess!!!! To the admins of thebullspen.com please make sure the website is optimized for the traffic. I can imagine the foul language and the criticizing messages are going to get off the charts.

Oh next year is going to be a glorious mess!!!!

Incompetently "Competing our tails off"

Not to mention at least the ball would have been in the middle of the field. "Oh yeah lets give Bonani a 40+ yard kick on angle for no reason!!!"

The best thing Woolard and company can do it is to take the defensive coordinator decision out of Holtz's hands.

Thats what I think of everytime I hear or read this.... "We had an inside play called initially," he (HOLTZ) said. "We had been having some success up the middle. It wasn't half a yard. It was a yard and a half, a little bit longer. We felt as much as we had gone inside, Coach Fitch mentioned we could get on the perimeter with the Big T, which I thought really was a good idea. As much as we had run quarterback sneaks and fullback bellies and things like that up inside, we didn't execute. We ran right by one defender. Again, I don't think it's as much the play call as the job we did executing the play. They did have the middle of it loaded." http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/bulls/content/usf-coaches-explain-wide-run-play-fg

http://www.bradenton.com/2012/07/11/4110171/net-header-contract-extension.html "But the school could be on the hook for about $8-$10 million if it decides in the next few years Holtz is the wrong person to run its football program." ----- "Temple made a nice rebound since joining the Mid-American Conference, but doesn't figure to pose a threat in '12. In the last three years, it has not beaten a MAC team with a winning record and has the fewest returning starters in the Big East " You should be able to pencil in Temple and Syracuse as victories for USF, which means all Holtz has to do is win two of his other five conference games to have a winning record in the Big East and a few more might give the Bulls that elusive title." Read more here: http://www.bradenton.com/2012/07/11/4110171/net-header-contract-extension.html#storylink=cpy'>http://www.bradenton.com/2012/07/11/4110171/net-header-contract-extension.html#storylink=cpy Read more here: http://www.bradenton.com/2012/07/11/4110171/net-header-contract-extension.html#storylink=c

You make the assumption that Woolard and Genshaft made the decision to fire Leavitt.

I am not sure Judy and Doug understand how important football is in the south and in the state of Florida. It is not just a game.

Woolard in 6/2012 http://www.tampabay.com/sports/doug-woolards-contract-as-usf-athletic-director-extended-enriched/1250867 Holtz in 7/2012 http://espn.go.com/blog/bigeast/post/_/id/34184/skip-holtz-gets-contract-extension

I hope USF wins the homecoming game or else it will be a disaster.

http://www.al.com/auburnfootball/index.ssf/2012/10/auburns_gene_chizik_apologizes.html 1:25 mark

http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/bulls/content/video-holtz-talks-after-usf-loss-temple#comments This is the first time I have seen him sit down during an interview.He looks dejected Comments: 1st Video: On the 15 yard personal foul penalty by shaw which moved the ball to the 23 yard line was rather insignificant because temple drove down the field and scored on that drive. (IMO USF just took 15 yards off the drive) 2nd Video: Holtz is claiming that the team is ready for a break due to summer camp and the games played 2nd Video: He basically saying that the defense it out of whack but will not come out and say it. (Good Job Auman calling out the facts at 1:49 mark saying Temple punted 2 times in 6 drives in the 2nd half) 3rd Video: This just sad to hear between the 0:56 mark and the 1:53 mark. essentially said the call was good the execution was bad Overall: Too much coach speak not stating what needs to happen to improve.

Kansas 2010: 3-9 2011: 2-10 2012: 1-4 Texas Tech: 2010: 8-5 2011: 5-7 2012: 4-1 USF: 2010: 8-5 2011: 5-7 2012: 2-4

Instead of naming names it would be beneficial to list the attributes of the coach and what they would need to do as head football coach besides just winning games.

SKIP get out of TOWN! I only thought that was funny. I actually feel sorry for the guy. I did not think this job would be over his head. If he gets fired from USF it will really impact his coaching career. Then he will need to build it back up. Maybe once Gus Malzahn takes a bigger job after Arkansas State he can go back to his home state of Arkansas and coach up the ASU Red Wolves..

Jay Gruden: (signed a 3 year $1.2M/yr contract with the Bengels in 2012) http://www.nflgridir...hree-year-deal/ Mike Bobo: ($300K) http://onlineathens....alary-structure Jim Tressel (Have to wait another 3 years until you touch this guy) http://espn.go.com/c...tion-akron-zips Bud Foster (Interviewed for Pitt job in 2011, makes about $471K / year) http://sports.espn.g...=ncf&id=8428421 http://voices.washin...oster_inte.html Butch Davis: (Not currently Coaching) http://espn.go.com/c...h-college-again Phillip Fulmer (Not Currently Coaching) If USF goes on the search this year they will be competing with Auburn Arkansas Kentucky Also whoever is chosen will need to bring in a staff that is able to hit the ground running.

USF is Calvin McGees dream job, and he would do well. No Head Coaching experience to my knowledge. USF must find someone who has been a head coach and know the elements needed to become a successful team.

I hate to say this but right now I have WAY MORE RESPECT for Doug Marrone than for Skip Holtz.