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Thoughts on Coach Da Prato

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24 minutes ago, CousinRicky said:

Failed? Guess it depends on how you define failure.

Just for comparison sake. Scott took over from Charlie Strong and won 4 games in 3 years. Herman took over from Charlie Strong and, I believe, led them to winning seasons.

he won 4 bowl games in 4 years including a BCS game against Georgia.

Texas fired him and now are worse off with Sarkesian

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I watched his press conference and it's clear he is driven and full of energy.  Is there anything Coach Da Prato can do that would lead you to support him as the full time head coach. This won't

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Da Prato has no previous head coaching experience. We're not doing that again. 

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Washing out the bad taste of failure  and replacing with with wins should be very high on Michael Kelly's list.

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47 minutes ago, Bull94 said:

he won 4 bowl games in 4 years including a BCS game against Georgia.

Texas fired him and now are worse off with Sarkesian

Texas is going to be interesting in the SEC.  Much harder road...

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1 hour ago, Rocky Style said:

Texas is going to be interesting in the SEC.  Much harder road...

much much harder. will be lucky to play for SEC championship once every ten years let alone national championships. they couldn't win consistently in the big 12.

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2 hours ago, CousinRicky said:

Failed? Guess it depends on how you define failure.

Just for comparison sake. Scott took over from Charlie Strong and won 4 games in 3 years. Herman took over from Charlie Strong and, I believe, led them to winning seasons.

But did he do magical things like improve the culture?

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But did he do magical things like improve the culture?

I would imagine he had to.

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52 minutes ago, Bull94 said:

much much harder. will be lucky to play for SEC championship once every ten years let alone national championships. they couldn't win consistently in the big 12.

There's going to by 9 teams in that conference with brands on the Auburn/Florida/A&M level or higher. There's going to be a handful of teams that have fanbases expecting 10+ wins almost every year that will turn into middling 6-6 programs.

If some of these 80k stadiums start becoming 60% full after a few years of that I wonder if you have big brands looking to break off into smaller more manageable conferences. 

These conferences make sense from a money viewpoint, but fans don't see that money. If I'm a fan of Arkansas or Ole Miss I'm not that excited going 4-8 every year

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14 minutes ago, bulloni said:

There's going to by 9 teams in that conference with brands on the Auburn/Florida/A&M level or higher. There's going to be a handful of teams that have fanbases expecting 10+ wins almost every year that will turn into middling 6-6 programs.

If some of these 80k stadiums start becoming 60% full after a few years of that I wonder if you have big brands looking to break off into smaller more manageable conferences. 

These conferences make sense from a money viewpoint, but fans don't see that money. If I'm a fan of Arkansas or Ole Miss I'm not that excited going 4-8 every year

that's exactly right. great for the money. not so great for the fans.

look at the old big east teams. they were consistently top 25 teams that played huge bowl games and now they can barely crack .500 most years.

west virginia is 68-56 since leaving big east. that's an average of 7-6 every year.

miami dominated college football when they were in the big east. they are an also ran in the acc

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1 minute ago, Bull94 said:

that's exactly right. great for the money. not so great for the fans.

look at the old big east teams. they were consistently top 25 teams that played huge bowl games and now they can barely crack .500 most years.

west virginia is 68-56 since leaving big east. that's an average of 7-6 every year.

Was thinking about that the other day...WVU, Pitt, Louisville, Rutgers may make more money now but I have to imagine their fans had a lot more fun before they left the Big East

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Was thinking about that the other day...WVU, Pitt, Louisville, Rutgers may make more money now but I have to imagine their fans had a lot more fun before they left the Big East

so true.

 

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13 minutes ago, bulloni said:

Was thinking about that the other day...WVU, Pitt, Louisville, Rutgers may make more money now but I have to imagine their fans had a lot more fun before they left the Big East

An interesting article on realignment, sort of. https://www.si.com/college/louisville/football/si-ranks-conference-realignment-value

 

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