cmhatter Posted December 3, 2012 Group: Member Topic Count: 576 Content Count: 8,174 Reputation: 268 Days Won: 6 Joined: 09/02/2007 Author Share Posted December 3, 2012 and oh he can coach a bit... really turned around a terrible program in WKU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoonknightUSF Posted December 3, 2012 Group: Member Topic Count: 9 Content Count: 149 Reputation: 6 Days Won: 0 Joined: 06/24/2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 ECU was in the crapper also before Holtz....The next coach for the Pirates would be then defensive coordinator from the University of Florida John Thompson. Coach Thompson's tenure set the Pirates back several years, accumulating only three wins over two years. His teams beat only Army both years and Tulane his second year. Newly hired Athletic Director from the University of Virginia, Terry Holland, immediately fired Coach Thompson after the 2004 season. Did it make Skip a better hire for us? Face it folks we need 3 things from our new coach.... 1. Recruiting 2. Experience coaching at big time programs 3. Big Splash Name....this is important with all the shuffling in college football these days. A coach and his AD can help broker us a deal to a better situation.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted December 3, 2012 Group: Member Topic Count: 197 Content Count: 10,251 Reputation: 270 Days Won: 14 Joined: 08/16/2005 Share Posted December 3, 2012 Face it folks we need 3 things from our new coach.... 1. Recruiting 2. Experience coaching at big time programs 3. Big Splash Name....this is important with all the shuffling in college football these days. A coach and his AD can help broker us a deal to a better situation.... This is the unreasonable point of view that will leave some of our fans pissed about the hire no matter who we get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wert_the_gwert Posted December 3, 2012 Group: Member Topic Count: 12 Content Count: 579 Reputation: 1 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/03/2009 Share Posted December 3, 2012 2 and 3 should go hand and hand. Not many big names that haven't coached big time programs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wert_the_gwert Posted December 3, 2012 Group: Member Topic Count: 12 Content Count: 579 Reputation: 1 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/03/2009 Share Posted December 3, 2012 BTW someone like pre-Louisville Charlie Strong is what we need. I remember this board begging to get Strong last go 'round. This is the realistic type of person we can grab. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2000bull Posted December 3, 2012 Group: Member Topic Count: 83 Content Count: 7,037 Reputation: 633 Days Won: 11 Joined: 06/04/2009 Share Posted December 3, 2012 BTW someone like pre-Louisville Charlie Strong is what we need. I remember this board begging to get Strong last go 'round. This is the realistic type of person we can grab. didnt we still have coach when strong was hired by lville? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wert_the_gwert Posted December 3, 2012 Group: Member Topic Count: 12 Content Count: 579 Reputation: 1 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/03/2009 Share Posted December 3, 2012 BTW someone like pre-Louisville Charlie Strong is what we need. I remember this board begging to get Strong last go 'round. This is the realistic type of person we can grab. didnt we still have coach when strong was hired by lville? If I remember the way it went down, Leavitt was most likely getting fired right when he got hired by Louisville. I distinctly remember the board talking of the possibility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danm1983 Posted December 3, 2012 Group: Member Topic Count: 44 Content Count: 2,994 Reputation: 151 Days Won: 4 Joined: 08/20/2009 Share Posted December 3, 2012 I think this guy may be #1 on my list right now. His local hero status alone seems to be helping his recruiting abilities with the FL kids currently....getting them to middle-of-nowhere, KY. His overall win/loss record isn't pretty, but WKU was making transition from FCS to FBS, endured ~23 game losing streak at one point (including losses to USF away and home). Seems like a young, energetic guy, but sideline demeanor seems Dungy-like, very collected. Only downsides are if this is his best team so far, still was beaten by the likes of Gus Malzahn at Arkansas State, and one or both of the Louisiana teams. I think he could be a very solid option, low risk, high reward type if we can get him without breaking the bank. Only thing is, we'd have to do that early, because the other schools said to be targeting him can pony up too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triple B Posted December 3, 2012 Group: Moderator Topic Count: 1,610 Content Count: 74,508 Reputation: 10,798 Days Won: 422 Joined: 11/25/2005 Share Posted December 3, 2012 I think this guy may be #1 on my list right now. His local hero status alone seems to be helping his recruiting abilities with the FL kids currently....getting them to middle-of-nowhere, KY. His overall win/loss record isn't pretty, but WKU was making transition from FCS to FBS, endured ~23 game losing streak at one point (including losses to USF away and home). Seems like a young, energetic guy, but sideline demeanor seems Dungy-like, very collected. Only downsides are if this is his best team so far, still was beaten by the likes of Gus Malzahn at Arkansas State, and one or both of the Louisiana teams. I think he could be a very solid option, low risk, high reward type if we can get him without breaking the bank. Only thing is, we'd have to do that early, because the other schools said to be targeting him can pony up too. I think the only real competition for him would have been Kentucky and they landed a Stoops ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoBulls84 Posted December 3, 2012 Group: Member Topic Count: 43 Content Count: 3,899 Reputation: 871 Days Won: 8 Joined: 12/10/2006 Share Posted December 3, 2012 I've heard USF is supposedly his "dream job". Not sure what truth there is to that, but if it really is, then that would tell me he'd bring a passion for the program, probably not at the level Leavitt did, but close and I can respect that and get behind that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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