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Well, Jim might have been the difference for that Colorado staff had he stayed.

It really does come down to this to me. There is some unpacking you can do behind that but I can never figure out how a coach does not bring in one true QB prospect a year at least until you have 3 that you feel good about. We got one QB and one project Ath/QB in 3 recruiting classes and he had to notice from day one that we only had one legit qb on the roster when he arrived. Not going to knock the one he did get but you have to bring that kid(prospect) in every year and increase your chance of one developing into a quality starter.

It wasn't even a matter of keeping them eligible when they got here, we were not taking kids based on some unclear criteria that was above and beyond what was required.

They were particularly tough on academics while he was here.

Respect to him for not hiding behind and throwing money away on a search firm that just gives you the names he would've come up with anyway.

A lot of people speculate Dabo would go to Bama but if these Clemson guys (including Scott) are so different why would Dabo ever do that. if they are such a family how could he have more of a sentimental connection to Bama than Clemson. For the same money, a little harder road to championships, and at best end up in a three way tie for all time best coach at your institution while dealing with a super entitled fan base.

& 2 NFL WRs

Actually "we" improved the year after Allen left. The defense regressed but the team overall was better. Allen brought a lot to the team. I'm not sure we turn it around in 2015 without him. Not saying we should look for one and done guys but even Alabama losses it's coordinators every couple of years.

Not a juggernaut but they created turnovers and scored on D. It's a pretty good strategy when you are in an offense heavy conference

It's a nice rule of thumb but a bad official policy. If you don't consider every option you will lose to someone who will. I don't buy this Clemson wouldn't take a transfer either. Let them miss a couple playoffs and be needing a QB.

They slipped a little but they also lost two QBs from last year and wasn't there guy a true freshman. proved there entire team wasn't dependant on one stud QB. Were competing in their losses I'm not so sure they're on the down swing, maybe just leveling off a little

Not sure what we are comparing to Clemson. Our top assistant would be their #3, except you know we just took their #3 so there is nothing to compare. Streeter has been promoted to passing game coordinator and has been there about half as long as Scott. Scott was making a million as the co-oc. Streeter already had the recruiting coordinator tag. The cap on Streeters promoted salary would seem to be less than a million as a lesser tenured lower titled guy. Obviously we will know the $ when we know it. Without a doubt Clemson can pay this guy whatever they need to retain him, if they want to. However my comment was general response to the idea that $500,000 is a little steep for us. We have been paying about 250,000 out of the assistant pool to supplement other staff positions. That would leave 3.25. Clemson had a 7.4 million dollar pool. They paid their top assistant 30% of their total money, paid their coordinator positions(3) 57% of their total money, and were paying out a little under 5% to their lowest paid assistant. That would translate to $975,000, 1.85 million, and $156,000 here. Does that distribution hold up? Can't see us spending over half our money on 2 or 3 guys but there are nearly infinite ways to split the money up. Could realistically handle 1.2 million total on 2 coordinators, 0.5 mil on 3 low staff, and have an average of $310,000 each for the 5 mid staff positions. How Scott distributes the money is obviously unknown right now and is going to be structured around who he CAN get not just who he wants. Plenty of the schools in 2019 who had pools around 3.25 were paying 600-800 ( Rod Smith 800k at Illinois - surprising) Either way our assistant pool appears to have gone from 5th in conference to 1st - very pleased with that.

The new assistant pool was reported at 3.5 million. It is within reason to lay out 650-750k for the right coordinator.

I don't know what talent FAU has returning but I am not worried about a year one Taggart coached team unless he hires Cristobal and Leavitt as his coordinators.

I don't think it is all of our biggest fear, that he is successful and pays us money to leave. My biggest fear is that he sucks and we have to pay him to go away.

Big 12 rumors like UCF to big 12 was a done deal. Surely anyone who was a part of those rumors would never have an ounce of credibility here after that

Depends where you draw the line of big jobs, that is a different set than P5. but UGA, UF, and Tennessee have done it, Miami and FSU although technically Jimbo was internal, he was brought in from the outside to be head coach. But generally I agree there is a lot more professionalism in the high end of the college game, where the quality of a p5 coordinator is super high now and the challenges of p5/g5 programs are diverging. To your point, I don't even know Ohio states coaches name

Am i missing something? That's happened plenty, often in the context of internal hires but with plenty of notable examples when its not.

Best w-l record is a pretty straightforward thing to compare. Overall "record" of accomplishment I think Leavitt stacks up favorably. Without checking i would think Heupel has beat W-l record, as well as a championship. Edsall has 2 Big East championships. Would be curious what his head to head with Leavitt is. His overall win loss has been slipping fast. Holgorsen has a big east.championship but similar to Edsall appears to be on a downward slide Niumatalolo has a nearly identical record as Leavitt. Rod Carey has a similar win percentage as Leavitt, and a couple of MAC championships.

I'd love to see some actual statistics across all schools. My suspicion is that most think their injury numbers are worse than average, and it's much more visible when you're losing/underperforming.

oops

C. It was a joke of an investigation and the report was also a joke, they did not even properly protect the names they blacked out. Regardless of what actually happened it was carried out in an amateur manner. It was a sham, manipulated for the benefit of that administration and a few key influencers. He can't apologize nor can the current admin let him call the university liars, just have to ignore it and move on

Strong and Holtz proved they could win conference championships prior to coming here. Then took over programs on the cusp and floundered. Leavitt and Taggart accomplished much more in different situations. Leavitt had about two years to compete in a conference WITH a roster full of talent recruited into that conference, the second being with a freshman QB, having losses to 3 top 20 teams. Was still a disappointing but context matters. I think their are only 2 or 3 seasons to fairly judge Leavitt on. He has an incredible resume overall with his NFL and DC work since

You're in the right place. Say whatever you want as though it is an unquestionable truth

That is incorrect and not an unimportant detail. Taggart left first.