Bout Time to Bring Leavitt Back

[GaUSFBull]

USF needs someone that can recruit out of their minds. I really don't care if they can coach

Ron Zook?

[Bull-by-Marriage]

USF needs someone that can recruit out of their minds. I really don't care if they can coach

Ron Zook?

PERFECT example.

[Brad]

21 years in a 100+ year history or 13 years in a 13 year history?

False equivalence? Yes, I guess tenure is different. :eyeroll

When CJL is elected to go into the CFB hall of fame, we can name a stadium after him. In his first 11 years he won 2 conference titles. Yes, false equivalence indeed.

Nice jump.

[Mission9]

USF needs someone that can recruit out of their minds. I really don't care if they can coach

Ron Zook?

Hey, at one time I would have laughed at that. Now, it seems to be not a bad idea. Could things really get worse? Think not.

Disclaimer: This is NOT and endorsement of Zook, merely stating that our coach is worse......

Edited November 19, 2012 by Mission9

[Plantation Pete]

Wow!

USFFreak lives! Greta to hear from you!

Bringing Leavitt back is an interesting idea....but it will never happen. Nor is it the only way to cleanup this mess.

I just remember folks wanting to run him out of town before Paul Miller's lying a$$ ever stepped on campus....so I am not sure how or why things would change. Unless of course we think that USF will suddenly learn not to take their program for granted or realize that we are not entitled to anything.....especially as a program less than 20 years old.

That begs the question...Can USF afford the risk of making another bad hire?

Would a top flight coach in demand even consider taking the job, especially knowing how Leavitt was railroaded?

absolutely

Dude...put the crack pipe down.

[Plantation Pete]

1) never gonna happen

2) leave Leavitt alone-- this crap we are seeing has nothing to do with him at all

3) dumb idea imo

Bring in a new young coach who has potential and let him develop into a great coach. Stop trying to buy some proven winning coach that we can't afford and who will fail anyway. We need to take a few steps back and reload this program. Be patient with that prcess and hope like hell someone decides this is the right way to fix what is broken.

Holtz was a new, young coach. How's that workin for ya?

[Plantation Pete]

1) never gonna happen

2) leave Leavitt alone-- this crap we are seeing has nothing to do with him at all

3) dumb idea imo

Bring in a new young coach who has potential and let him develop into a great coach. Stop trying to buy some proven winning coach that we can't afford and who will fail anyway. We need to take a few steps back and reload this program. Be patient with that prcess and hope like hell someone decides this is the right way to fix what is broken.

i agree with 1 2 and 3

and could live with a new young coach with ties to the state as long as he has a dynamic personality

did someone hack smazza's account?

lol

Ha ha. I agree too Mike. I think most know he is not coming back and would prefer to move on. It seems that most coaches are at their best in a 10 to 12 year window and then fade back. I just like to point out that things were not so back when we were going to the MagicPizzaJack.com bowl like some made it out to be. I had a feeling if we picked the wrong guy that things could get ugly and they have.

It wasn't Leavitt's fault the Big Least has ****** bowl games. If you want good bowl games then USF needs to be in the SEC or Big 12.

[LifeIsBully]

1) never gonna happen

2) leave Leavitt alone-- this crap we are seeing has nothing to do with him at all

3) dumb idea imo

Bring in a new young coach who has potential and let him develop into a great coach. Stop trying to buy some proven winning coach that we can't afford and who will fail anyway. We need to take a few steps back and reload this program. Be patient with that prcess and hope like hell someone decides this is the right way to fix what is broken.

i agree with 1 2 and 3

and could live with a new young coach with ties to the state as long as he has a dynamic personality

did someone hack smazza's account?

lol

Ha ha. I agree too Mike. I think most know he is not coming back and would prefer to move on. It seems that most coaches are at their best in a 10 to 12 year window and then fade back. I just like to point out that things were not so back when we were going to the MagicPizzaJack.com bowl like some made it out to be. I had a feeling if we picked the wrong guy that things could get ugly and they have.

It wasn't Leavitt's fault the Big Least has ****** bowl games. If you want good bowl games then USF needs to be in the SEC or Big 12.

Well, he had a shot in a decent bowl (Sun Bowl), remember how that turned out?

The Leavitt talk is coming from people who are looking back and going "Gee golly wiz, remember how great that was?". And that's not the way to look at it. Sure Leavitt bleeds green and gold, but he is the king of the mid season collapse. Honorable winner of ZERO conference championships. So while he is better than Holtz (who strangely has more championships than Leavitt), we need to aim higher. Or you do a disservice to the program.

Not to mention it will never happen while Judy is President. Never.

[pascobull]

Leavitt is looking old these days. We need a youthful coach that will build this program for the next ten years.

[USFreak]

Leavitt is looking old these days. We need a youthful coach that will build this program for the next ten years.

Bill Snyder is almost 20 years older. Working out ok for him. These old dogs only know how to coach football.

And I think Leavitt would easily win a conference championship when he comes back. Every team of consequence will be gone. I do love the people who say let's get a young coach and build slowly. I don't see that happening. The Big East continues to crumble. You simply don't pack a 63,000 seat stadium to watch a glorified MAC conference.

The big problem is USF was "good enough" for many years. They beat some big teams, found their way into the rankings, got their name on TV - they weren't perfect, but at least there was some relevance. With these two cellar-dwellar years and no real hope of getting better (not to mention the recruiting blowback) USF is in nobody's mind to move anywhere. We've made the full transition from "up-and-comer" to "done and doner."

You may be correct that Leavitt has moved on and has no interest. After seeing Holtz implode his own career a lot of other coaches may see this as a very unwelcoming and risky career stop as well.