Fire Mohl!

[BrassBulls12]

I think he needs to go out a get a dedicated pitching coach. I don't think he has done well juggling both hats. 

[Triple B]

2 hours ago, Brad said:

FWIW, my comment was not about Mohl, but this idea coaches need some number of years before evaluation, in this case three.  I think evaluations start immediately and so too should actions that should result from that evaluation.  We kept Antigua WAYYYYYYYY too long.

20/20 hindsight is a wonderful thing. If evaluations start immediately, CWT should have been fired before getting on the bus back after McCheese State. I just don't think programs like ours can afford to have knee jerk reactions, relatively speaking, when it comes to head coaches. Three years seems reasonable unless faced with something like Antigua, where it needs to be cut a little short.

[Brad]

I would have unregrettably fired Taggart.  

[NewEnglandBull]

43 minutes ago, Brad said:

I would have unregrettably fired Taggart.  

 

[JTrue]

46 minutes ago, Brad said:

I would have unregrettably fired Taggart.  

The best recruiter in USF sports history?!? 

[Brad]

18 minutes ago, JTrue said:

The best recruiter in USF sports history?!? 

As head coach? Yes.  Without a doubt.  

Not sure I’d give him “best recruiter” status among all sports, but that was his strength, short term, in football.  

[JTrue]

1 hour ago, Brad said:

As head coach? Yes.  Without a doubt.  

Not sure I’d give him “best recruiter” status among all sports, but that was his strength, short term, in football.  

Would you base this on recruiting site rankings or players who reached the NFL?

[Brad]

My own eyeballs and judgment. Recruiting sites?    NFL is a different game.  

[Mike Stuben]

Let me ask you all a question. 

 

Let's say we hire a head coach, and their record over their first three seasons are the following:

4-24

14-13

7-20

First year the coach is coaching the previous coach's players, and the 4-24 is excused. Year two, big turnaround, 14-13, looking good. Year three, all the new coach's players now, 7-20. We all agree, fire that coach, right?

 

Guess, what, the coach in the above example didn't get fired. Over the next 16 seasons he took his team to the postseason 15 times, the only 15 postseason trips in USF's history in that sport. 

Our program deserves consistency, our student athletes deserve consistency. Do I want to win, YES. But, we have to give people a chance to win. 

I will say it again, every coach deserves 4 years, unless they are breaking rules, doing morally questionable things or hurting student athletes (physical, emotional, academically). 

[NewEnglandBull]

6 minutes ago, Mike Stuben said:

Let me ask you all a question. 

 

Let's say we hire a head coach, and their record over their first three seasons are the following:

4-24

14-13

7-20

First year the coach is coaching the previous coach's players, and the 4-24 is excused. Year two, big turnaround, 14-13, looking good. Year three, all the new coach's players now, 7-20. We all agree, fire that coach, right?

 

Guess, what, the coach in the above example didn't get fired. Over the next 16 seasons he took his team to the postseason 15 times, the only 15 postseason trips in USF's history in that sport. 

Our program deserves consistency, our student athletes deserve consistency. Do I want to win, YES. But, we have to give people a chance to win. 

I will say it again, every coach deserves 4 years, unless they are breaking rules, doing morally questionable things or hurting student athletes (physical, emotional, academically). 

Four year rule works great for Olympic sports but no way can you use it for football. Three bad year and you have to go...too much riding on that sport.