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Give A Final Grade For Schools On Their Coaching Changes
Posted on 1/22/11 at 1:32 am
Posted on 1/22/11 at 1:32 am
Feel free to throw your 2 cents in on the coaching changes of the season or just pick your best and worst hire.
Upgraded:
UConn - Edsall was a good coach but getting Pasqualoni was a good move. When you think about who they could have ended up with (who wants to coach at UConn?), getting a guy who went 141-76 and led Syracuse of all teams to 4 Big East championships in 14 years...and this was when VA Tech, Miami, and BC were in the conference...along with spending 5 years in the NFL coaching up players like Jason Witten and DeMarcus Ware, UConn scored a TD on this hire.
Miami - I think Al Golden could be the next great coach.
North Texas - Ditching the failed high school coach and getting McCarney, who did a great job at a loser like Iowa State, was a TD hire.
Meh:
Colorado - Embree is a horrible hire but Hawkins was horrible so Colorado stays horrible.
Florida - Its tough to replace a coach who has won 2 national championships but seeing how Meyer was mailing it in all last year I don't really think Florida will be worse off under Muschamp. At least he will be fired up and seem to care.
Indiana
ULL
Maryland
Michigan
Minnesota
Pittsburgh
Vanderbilt
Downgraded:
Stanford - Shaw is a good prospect but it will be tough to continue the magic that Harbaugh was building.
Temple - They actually hired Addazzio. Temple should soon revert to irrelevancy once again. Not counting the Pittsburgh hiring of Mike Haywood, this may be the worse hire of the coaching change season. Its right there with Colorado's hire.
Upgraded:
UConn - Edsall was a good coach but getting Pasqualoni was a good move. When you think about who they could have ended up with (who wants to coach at UConn?), getting a guy who went 141-76 and led Syracuse of all teams to 4 Big East championships in 14 years...and this was when VA Tech, Miami, and BC were in the conference...along with spending 5 years in the NFL coaching up players like Jason Witten and DeMarcus Ware, UConn scored a TD on this hire.
Miami - I think Al Golden could be the next great coach.
North Texas - Ditching the failed high school coach and getting McCarney, who did a great job at a loser like Iowa State, was a TD hire.
Meh:
Colorado - Embree is a horrible hire but Hawkins was horrible so Colorado stays horrible.
Florida - Its tough to replace a coach who has won 2 national championships but seeing how Meyer was mailing it in all last year I don't really think Florida will be worse off under Muschamp. At least he will be fired up and seem to care.
Indiana
ULL
Maryland
Michigan
Minnesota
Pittsburgh
Vanderbilt
Downgraded:
Stanford - Shaw is a good prospect but it will be tough to continue the magic that Harbaugh was building.
Temple - They actually hired Addazzio. Temple should soon revert to irrelevancy once again. Not counting the Pittsburgh hiring of Mike Haywood, this may be the worse hire of the coaching change season. Its right there with Colorado's hire.
Posted on 1/22/11 at 1:53 am to GABlueDog
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Colorado - Embree is a horrible hire but Hawkins was horrible so Colorado stays horrible.
I think this will be a very bad hire. Hawkins at least brought some buzz with him when he got there. Embree is a 1st time head coach and now he's got a 1st time OC. Usually not a good formula.
Posted on 1/22/11 at 4:27 am to saintsfan22
After Colorado's treatment of Barnett, they're getting just what they deserve.
Posted on 1/22/11 at 6:11 am to GABlueDog
Michigan upgraded. Especially their staff.
Posted on 1/22/11 at 10:51 am to GABlueDog
quote:
Florida - Its tough to replace a coach who has won 2 national championships but seeing how Meyer was mailing it in all last year I don't really think Florida will be worse off under Muschamp. At least he will be fired up and seem to care.
The Weis-Muschamp offense-defense combo will be interesting to watch. Will also be interesting to see how Muschamp does as a first time head coach in one the best coaching gigs in all of college football.
Posted on 1/22/11 at 11:47 am to GABlueDog
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McCarney, who did a great job at a loser like Iowa State
As long as he behaves. He has some pretty heavy baggage though and that's one of the reasons ISU cut ties.
Posted on 1/22/11 at 12:06 pm to saintsfan22
For being Minnesota, the Gophers got a pretty good coach in Jerry Kill. Won't ever contend for a conference title, but they'll be improved.
Posted on 1/22/11 at 12:19 pm to derekinne
I believe in the long run Michigan will have upgraded. There was just too much negativity surrounding the program with RR. They DEFINITELY upgraded on the defensive side of the ball.
Posted on 1/22/11 at 12:23 pm to GABlueDog
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ULL
Probably the biggest upgrade coaching wise.The entire coaching staff far superior to previous staff.
Posted on 1/24/11 at 11:27 am to aglandry
Disagree with you on Colorado...watch and see the talent that staff is able to pull in next year. That entire staff, top to bottom, is built to get the right kind of athlete to Boulder.
Embree
Bienemy
Tuiasosopo
Kanavis McGee
Bobby Kennedy
That is a recruiting juggernaut. Who knows about x's and o's, but they are obviously putting a premium on upgrading the talent...and will.
Embree
Bienemy
Tuiasosopo
Kanavis McGee
Bobby Kennedy
That is a recruiting juggernaut. Who knows about x's and o's, but they are obviously putting a premium on upgrading the talent...and will.
Posted on 1/24/11 at 11:54 am to Ex-Popcorn
quote:
That is a recruiting juggernaut. Who knows about x's and o's, but they are obviously putting a premium on upgrading the talent...and will.
Besides Tuiasosopo and Kennedy, none of them from that list really have too much recruiting experience. What makes you consider Embree and Bieniemy recruiting juggernauts? Their NFL coaching expierience? Just asking, no flame.
Posted on 1/24/11 at 12:21 pm to derekinne
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Bieniemy recruiting juggernauts?
bieniemy was a heck of a recruiter at u.c.l.a.
Posted on 1/24/11 at 12:35 pm to dos crystal
ah, ok. Had to do a little bit more research on it. Thanks 
Posted on 1/24/11 at 1:21 pm to derekinne
Embree was known as a recruiter at CU and UCLA as well. he's much more of a college coach than an NFL guy.
Posted on 1/24/11 at 1:40 pm to GABlueDog
I think West Virginia definitely upgraded @ the OC position, soon to be HC
Posted on 1/24/11 at 2:13 pm to chief420
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I think West Virginia definitely upgraded @ the OC position, soon to be HC
No doubt about that one.
Posted on 1/24/11 at 3:44 pm to OldIowaTiger
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As long as he behaves. He has some pretty heavy baggage though and that's one of the reasons ISU cut ties.
And they did kind of dip off the map again near the end of his tenure.
Posted on 1/25/11 at 12:07 am to chief420
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I think West Virginia definitely upgraded @ the OC position, soon to be HC
I completely agree. The Mountaineers have set the table nicely for their future.
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