Golden Elephant
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It seems there are 4 coaches who are under prime consideration (or at least speculation) around here: Golden (Temple), Calhoun (Air Force), Hoke (SDSU) & Mullen (Miss St).
I've heard concern from some posters that Golden would surely leave us in a couple years when the Penn St job opens up. That seems to be a reasonable concern, but I haven't heard a similar concern about 2 of the other 4 guys (Hoke & Mullen) would be leaving their current schools after only 2 years.
My point/question is this: Doesn't this indicate that those 2 guys - if they have success here like we hope - would also bolt us after about 2 years here for some big-time job?
I mean, I understand the coaching world is transient, and there's risk that ANY coach would leave us after 2 successful years (a la Holtz), but wouldn't hiring guys who just explicitly showed they would leave a place after 2 years make us feel less certain they'd stay here?
I'd especially be concerned about Mullen, since going from Miss St to MN isn't really much more than a lateral move, at best. I mean, even if another school in the caliber of say Purdue or Illinois was willing to pay the guy an additional $500K or $1M, wouldn't we be worried about losing him?
I've heard concern from some posters that Golden would surely leave us in a couple years when the Penn St job opens up. That seems to be a reasonable concern, but I haven't heard a similar concern about 2 of the other 4 guys (Hoke & Mullen) would be leaving their current schools after only 2 years.
My point/question is this: Doesn't this indicate that those 2 guys - if they have success here like we hope - would also bolt us after about 2 years here for some big-time job?
I mean, I understand the coaching world is transient, and there's risk that ANY coach would leave us after 2 successful years (a la Holtz), but wouldn't hiring guys who just explicitly showed they would leave a place after 2 years make us feel less certain they'd stay here?
I'd especially be concerned about Mullen, since going from Miss St to MN isn't really much more than a lateral move, at best. I mean, even if another school in the caliber of say Purdue or Illinois was willing to pay the guy an additional $500K or $1M, wouldn't we be worried about losing him?