Topic: This is what Marshall Football should do

[svherd]

Correct.  According to sportico.  58 mill to 39 mill.  However we spend 10 mill on football and they spend 4.3 on football.

Article posted this morning says they spend 10 Mil a year on football and look to spend more in the future. They get a vast majority from student fees.

[herdfan48]

Not sure what paper you looked at but the one I looked at showed he was an unproven risky hire.  Home run?  Nope


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I totally agree. The day he was hired I said he was not qualified to be a HC


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[2xBison]

No need to be an a$$.  At the time of his hiring, he was the best candidate ON PAPER.  He checked all the boxes.  He had experience.  He coached elite talent.  He was known for his recruiting.  That's what we thought we needed. 

As I said, so far its not worked out.  I'm still hopeful for the future but I'm generally an optimist.

That's your opinion and not sure what boxes you are looking at.  It was a limited candidate pool but the other finalist candidate was a former coordinator (similar credentials to BP who had best credentials before Huff...your words) and furthermore he had built a start up program and quickly moved up to D1 as HC.  Those are some important boxes to consider.  If you think he was best candidate fine, but don't be declaring it like it is fact while contradicting your own statements.

Listen to yourself. 


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[MicDrass1]

Oh, for gosh sakes.  Huff was an ELITE recruiter that had experience at Penn State, Miss State and Alabama.  He was the ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH at Alabama and Miss State.  He was NOT just the running back coach.

On paper, he was a home run hire.  Hasn't worked out that way, but I'm hopeful he's made the right coordinator, etc. moves recently.

AC vs HC - two opposite ends of the spectrum

[MicDrass1]

Any coaching hire is a risk. Look at Jimbo Fisher at A&M. Natioanl champ at FSU has the big $ for NIL and can't put it together. There is no such thing as a safe hire anymore

Best HC are proven program builders with success at every stop they have been.  HC that have built or revitalized multiple programs to win.  Those are the best types.  Not ones inheriting good programs and then running to the next one up bc elevated the good program some.  Multiple x program builder / winner is the best attribute for securing a great HC

[gochneaur645]

He had better credentials than any coach MU has hired since Pruett.  And even though he's young, his resume was comparable to Bob's or Donnan's.   

I'd argue defensive coordinator at Ohio State was better credentials than Huff. Definitely better than Doc's though.

[MicDrass1]

Other schools have no problem hiring good coaches and do their homework. Marshall is the worst ever at hiring coaches. No vision and never think outside the box.

Mu does Target searches - don?t let the job find the best people.  Already target who they want.  Miss out on better people.

[FilmJunky]

Nebraska is a bottom of the barrel B10 program. That's almost a suicide job for a guy hitting home runs at a G5 like frost was. That's the kind of program a cignetti takes to ride a boatload of cash into retirement.

We aren't bottom of the barrel SBC staring upwards at OSUs, PSUs, michigans, etc. like Nebraska is.

Buddy we are bottom of the barrel in our division in the SBC last time I checked.

[marshallmark]

I'd argue defensive coordinator at Ohio State was better credentials than Huff. Definitely better than Doc's though.

Mark S. would never have received an interview at MU if he didn't have someone with influence advocating for him. 

[2xBison]

Mark S. would never have received an interview at MU if he didn't have someone with influence advocating for him.

So now it's not about credentials.  Got it. 


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk