If USF is looking for the next ‘Jim Leavitt’, look no further than

[bullman3]

Willie was in over his head here and had it not been for the innate natural abilities of flowers, Mack and Adams being let loose he would have been gone last year.  Little coaching is needed with those three. Look at his defense and that will tell you his true head coaching ability.  Look at our offense before flowers begged to be let loose and that will tell you his true coaching ability.  He'll be looking for a new job in December 2019, mark my words.

[tau.reanb]

16 minutes ago, lotsofbull99 said:

I AGREE, ATLEAST WE HAD A PUNCHERS CHANCE DURING THE LEAVITT DAYS.

Yeah.... nothing wrong with choking every now and then...

 

[beastiebull]

Hiring 2 African American coaches in a row would not hurt in building USF'S rep as a Progressive and forward thinking institution.  Hesitant to ask, but has this ever been done in BCS/FCS?

Edited December 8, 2016 by beastiebull

[beastiebull]

1 hour ago, bullman3 said:

Willie was in over his head here and had it not been for the innate natural abilities of flowers, Mack and Adams being let loose he would have been gone last year.  Little coaching is needed with those three. Look at his defense and that will tell you his true head coaching ability.  Look at our offense before flowers begged to be let loose and that will tell you his true coaching ability.  He'll be looking for a new job in December 2019, mark my words.

Huh?  He took an empty cupboard and floundering program to its best season ever and he was in over his head?  Do you really think you can just roll the ball out to college players, especially at USF'S level, and watch them go without coaching them up?  This ain't the Showtime Lakers.

Edited December 8, 2016 by beastiebull

[DJBulls]

15 minutes ago, Mizzou said:

If you're looking for "the next Jim Leavitt" then you are wasting your time.  Jim Leavitt is a one of a kind.  There will never be another.

It's going to be challenging with the position we are in now

[TheUpperHand]

Disclaimer: CJL apologist, here.

Aside from a 10 win season, what more did CWT do that CJL not? CWT, in most other regards, accomplished less. He still didn't win a conference championship. Didn't win a bowl game. He finished the regular season ranked, but that's in jeopardy if we lose the bowl game. If we do win the bowl game and finish the season ranked, does he get credit for that since he bailed before the end of the season?

Im thankful he rebuilt USF football, but he needed another season or two before I'm ready to supplant CJL as the GOAT. He lacked a signature win and didn't deliver on his promise to win multiple championships (or even one).

He was hardheaded -- he's given credit for being flexible, but it took 2 seasons for him to figure out we're not a power run team. How much begging from the team (and probably pressure from his boss) before he saw the light there? His defense cost us the opportunity to play for a conference title. When asked about it, he didn't seem to indicate publicly that any changes would be made. We'll never know if he was going to do anything about it, but on the surface, it sure looked like more hardheadedneds and cronyism.

I don't want to diminish what CWT did, I respect the guy, I want him to stay. However, I'm not ready to call him #1 based on a season and a half of 'success' in the AAC.

[Bear]

Could Schiano get us into the P5?

[python815]

7 minutes ago, TheUpperHand said:

Disclaimer: CJL apologist, here.

Aside from a 10 win season, what more did CWT do that CJL not? CWT, in most other regards, accomplished less. He still didn't win a conference championship. Didn't win a bowl game. He finished the regular season ranked, but that's in jeopardy if we lose the bowl game. If we do win the bowl game and finish the season ranked, does he get credit for that since he bailed before the end of the season?

Im thankful he rebuilt USF football, but he needed another season or two before I'm ready to supplant CJL as the GOAT. He lacked a signature win and didn't deliver on his promise to win multiple championships (or even one).

He was hardheaded -- he's given credit for being flexible, but it took 2 seasons for him to figure out we're not a power run team. How much begging from the team (and probably pressure from his boss) before he saw the light there? His defense cost us the opportunity to play for a conference title. When asked about it, he didn't seem to indicate publicly that any changes would be made. We'll never know if he was going to do anything about it, but on the surface, it sure looked like more hardheadedneds and cronyism.

I don't want to diminish what CWT did, I respect the guy, I want him to stay. However, I'm not ready to call him #1 based on a season and a half of 'success' in the AAC.

I agree with you. I liked Taggart and wanted him to stay but Leavitt won 9 games 3 times against harder competition which isn't too shabby. Leavitt also took us to a bowl 5 years in a row and won 3 of them. Taggart lost his only and bailed before the other. Also in 2007 we ended the regular season ranked under Leavitt just like this year under Taggart before we got screwed by Oregon just like this year. So I still think Leavitt > Taggart.

[Triple B]

5 hours ago, Mizzou said:

If you're looking for "the next Jim Leavitt" then you are wasting your time.  Jim Leavitt is a one of a kind.  There will never be another.

This is one of those stopped clock moments for you ...

[South]

Larry Scott would be a huge blunder.  Let FAU make that mistake.