FOOTBALL New Coach Wish List
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What he inherited at TSU he has done a great job. 2 games away from winning the conference this year, beat the conference champ. Has a player as finalist for FCS defensive player of the year the Buck Buchanan award. He actually did some coaching clinics to make himself a better coach.
I think an Eddie George hire would be taking a sizeable risk from an AD hire perspective unless we have enough funds committed in the assistant coaches pool to complement his strengths/weaknesses as a head coach. Not sold on his record based on his OVC performance at Tennessee State. He may give us some recruiting/fan engagement advantages early. But, such intangible will fade very fast if MT isn’t winning beyond 7-5 after his first year. Conversely, a losing record for two years would make MT a far worse job than what we have today. Even Deion’s cachet is diminished after a 4-8 season at Colorado. Deion is still good and has them presumably on the right track, but MT cannot really afford next year to look like 4-8. Our results need to be clearly evident in performance and culture from year one.
There is no doubt we need a strong character to coach the team AND raise some $$$ by reconnecting with the fans and rebuilding what has been lost.
Who in our "list" does that? Not the UT guys.
Who in our "list" does that? Not the UT guys.
At least the "EDDIE, EDDIE, EDDIE!!!" chant will be easy for the entire crowd to catch on to.
You can put all the lipstick on the pig you want.
He is largely unproven and has done nothing to warrant a serious consideration for our opening.
How could we possibly hire a coach with a losing record and mediocre history when we literally just fired Mr. Mediocre himself?
It would be back-asswards to schedule a press conference and “pep rally” without having a coach in hand. If they had a coach in hand it would leak.
Also, isn’t it finals week? How many students do we think would show up for a pep rally in the middle of a Wednesday?
They're gonna do it.
He checks all the boxes except the most important one (Winning %)....
And they don't care about that.
Eddie George it is.
He checks all the boxes except the most important one (Winning %)....
And they don't care about that.
Eddie George it is.
Where’s the announcement from the university on this? Just gonna make a hire in front of droves of nobody??
just caught up on the thread, seems like a whole lot of nothing so far but panicking.
Eddie George, Eddie Munster, I don’t care. We don’t have Stock’s bewildered frown on the sidelines anymore, and that’s good enough for me.
Personally, I totally think Eddie could do a good job here. He’s a big time name the casuals will respond to; he can open up recruits doors (TSU, at the end of the day, is an FCS program), and with the right staff, should have every chance to succeed here.
Eddie George, Eddie Munster, I don’t care. We don’t have Stock’s bewildered frown on the sidelines anymore, and that’s good enough for me.
Personally, I totally think Eddie could do a good job here. He’s a big time name the casuals will respond to; he can open up recruits doors (TSU, at the end of the day, is an FCS program), and with the right staff, should have every chance to succeed here.
A name I considered, but didn’t think he’d want to come out of “retirement” for a G5 job.
Not saying he should be hired, but knowing what I do. He has done a hell of a job there.
Not a name I even thought of because why would we hire someone that went 27-55 as a HC?
Valid argument, but it was Vanderbilt.
I wonder what his OOC record was there ? That might be a more fair record to look at.
I would like to see Derek Mason bring his broadcast colleague Dan Mullen as our OC
double DM's
double DM's
He’s very well respected as a defensive coach. My initial inclination is he is not the “big personality” needed, but it’s hard to turn down the opportunity to hire a SEC level (whether HC or coordinator is up for debate) coach.
Biggest question is not how much the HC is making, what is that assistant and support staff pool.
6 of those wins came vs FCS teams and 4 others from us. Only one OOC P5 win his entire time there.
So what kind of crowds did Eddie's name bring to TSU games at Nissan Stadium last year? 30,000? 40,000? Oh that's right, about the same as what Rick drew here in the 'Boro. Yep, sounds about right for this administration. Why should we expect anything different.
I have no idea, but like I mentioned before Lane took a pay cut to go from Bama to FAU.
Some people would rather be a HC than more and be an assistant.
That was a rare situation. Lane had palpable problems with his boss, Mr. Saban, and was going to be working somewhere else regardless. FAU got lucky.
It's honestly a questionable hire. We could have done better, but also much worse.
I can live with it personally, but I do want to see the assistant pool. That will be the real decider.
Good. More black coaches need opportunities at the FBS level.
