why Mike Bellotti is a good choice. I know about his success at Oregon. But he turns 60 in December. There is so very little Big Ten talent on this roster and not nearly enough scholarship players number wise. The usually history of coaching changes show lots of roster changes which only compound the problem. This could be a 3-4 year process just to get the numbers and talent level up to a competitive level. Which puts him at 63-64 and getting ready to retire.
Why the administration would pick Mike Leach. Leach was dismissed at Texas Tech for a player incident. Read between the lines and you know that his ego and act was wearing very thin and they were looking for an excuse to fire him. As a retiring president and soon to be retiring AD, it seems unlikely that they would want to leave the next people in charge a guy with his reputation.
Now it appears that the same could be said for Gary Patterson, a man whose character has come into question with his attempt to get a concussed player into a game, berating the team doctor in order to do so.
Kevein Sumlin- Took over a Hoouston program that was on the way up because of Art Briles. Briles left Sumlin a great situation and Sumlin did very well his 1st season. The 2nd season not quite as good. Third season they are now 4-3 with a very bad loss to Rice. Yes, they lost their very good QB. But they have not played very good defense in any of his three years. This program needs someone with a defensive reputation.
Why Jim Harbaugh would leave Stanford to come to Minnesota when the coach at his alma mater is pprobably on his way out and he could punch his ticket at Michigan? Right now, this guy could probably have any open job he wants. Why go to MN, where you will be starting twenty yards behind the starting blocks?
Why a reputable coach in a good situation would come to Minnesota and enter a situation where there is going to be an unknown president when the season starts next fall and most likely a new AD after your first season? Veteran coaches, I believe, are usually very concerend about who there boss is going to be. Don't believe me? Ask Tubby Smith. There is no question that he has put his name out there. If Oregon had an AD in place last spring, I think he would have been their next coach.
Speaking of Tubby Smith, why is Joel Maturi saying we need to find a "Tubby Smith" for this position? Don't get me wrong, I know Tubby has had a great career. But at the U of MN, he has been a .500 coach in Big Ten play, is 0-3 in the post season, and has made a living out of beating up bad nonconference teams (sound familiar Glen Mason)? Is that really the standard?
Why Maturi has boxed himself into a corner saying he wants a veteran name coach, who will focus on the Iowa-Wisconsin model? So now if they can't get that type of coach, what does that say? If they end up with a coordinator, they have already declared that he is far from their 1st choice. He should have apporached this saying as little as possible about what he wants so that he is not setting up the next coach for failure if he ends up not meeting the profile Mature has said he is after.
Why the administration would pick Mike Leach. Leach was dismissed at Texas Tech for a player incident. Read between the lines and you know that his ego and act was wearing very thin and they were looking for an excuse to fire him. As a retiring president and soon to be retiring AD, it seems unlikely that they would want to leave the next people in charge a guy with his reputation.
Now it appears that the same could be said for Gary Patterson, a man whose character has come into question with his attempt to get a concussed player into a game, berating the team doctor in order to do so.
Kevein Sumlin- Took over a Hoouston program that was on the way up because of Art Briles. Briles left Sumlin a great situation and Sumlin did very well his 1st season. The 2nd season not quite as good. Third season they are now 4-3 with a very bad loss to Rice. Yes, they lost their very good QB. But they have not played very good defense in any of his three years. This program needs someone with a defensive reputation.
Why Jim Harbaugh would leave Stanford to come to Minnesota when the coach at his alma mater is pprobably on his way out and he could punch his ticket at Michigan? Right now, this guy could probably have any open job he wants. Why go to MN, where you will be starting twenty yards behind the starting blocks?
Why a reputable coach in a good situation would come to Minnesota and enter a situation where there is going to be an unknown president when the season starts next fall and most likely a new AD after your first season? Veteran coaches, I believe, are usually very concerend about who there boss is going to be. Don't believe me? Ask Tubby Smith. There is no question that he has put his name out there. If Oregon had an AD in place last spring, I think he would have been their next coach.
Speaking of Tubby Smith, why is Joel Maturi saying we need to find a "Tubby Smith" for this position? Don't get me wrong, I know Tubby has had a great career. But at the U of MN, he has been a .500 coach in Big Ten play, is 0-3 in the post season, and has made a living out of beating up bad nonconference teams (sound familiar Glen Mason)? Is that really the standard?
Why Maturi has boxed himself into a corner saying he wants a veteran name coach, who will focus on the Iowa-Wisconsin model? So now if they can't get that type of coach, what does that say? If they end up with a coordinator, they have already declared that he is far from their 1st choice. He should have apporached this saying as little as possible about what he wants so that he is not setting up the next coach for failure if he ends up not meeting the profile Mature has said he is after.
