Harder job??? No. They are in the top 20.
More competition?? Yeah
Less resources?? It's LSU in the SEC
They have plenty of resources.
Nick Saban won't be coaching forever and LSU could rule the SEC. He will be 66 in 2017.
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Harder job??? No. They are in the top 20.
More competition?? Yeah
Less resources?? It's LSU in the SEC
They have plenty of resources.
Nick Saban won't be coaching forever and LSU could rule the SEC. He will be 66 in 2017.
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Hope he stays at Houston. That would be big for the AAC, UCF, and keeping Frost.
I think some of these AAC schools can find the resources to at least pay the head coach P5 money.
Hope he stays at Houston. That would be big for the AAC, UCF, and keeping Frost.
I think some of these AAC schools can find the resources to at least pay the head coach P5 money.
Texas fans have been humbled by so many years of drought. They see how wizard offensive coordinators have come to places like Oklahoma and turned them around in 1 or 2 years. Yet their hiring has been TOO focused on a coach who can work with alums and donors. Look how Penn State and Ohio State went to town with a modern offense.
Oregon has had a great run, I wouldn't say it is a great program. They are not in a good recruiting area,
Just on quality of life, Austin is a zillion times better than Baton Rouge.
Never heard of a big time coach and job even take that into consideration
I was just in Houston. The stadium was nice, but the city? Meh. He's been there
That's because Austin is unique among college or even college/state capital towns. Tallahassee may be the closest for livability, especially if a coach has a family, but lacks the size for the urban amenities (whereas OSU's Columbus is too large and cultureless). When you are at the top of your profession, you can go anywhere. College football is a coach's game, rather than primarily a recruiting game the way basketball is, and you can have your assistant coach's live on the road. Moreover, He knows Texas and that is enough talent for a national championship (U Michigan has almost no locals starting). The nice thing about Austin is a coach can ignore his family and know they are still gonna be happy.
I agree that Austin is probably the best live/work market in Major College Football but the Booster meddling is a big problem. One of the biggest boosters did a radio interview just 1 week after Strong was hired saying he was better served 'just being a coordinator'.
LSU is already a loaded roster with another Top 5 Recruiting Class coming in.
LSU is already a loaded roster with another Top 5 Recruiting Class coming in.
We'll know real soon if he signs with LSU. Don't do it! Louisiana is ranked worst in quality of life, racism, and political corruption. Baton Rouge is known in particular for its racist cops and, as state capital, the center of the corruption. Herman has hands the best and longest resume of anyone available, so he'll get other top offers before the year ends. Nobody's mentioned that he was a grad asst. at Texas and got his masters there. I hadn't known that. His tenure at Sam Houston, Rice and Texas St. makes him a Texas guy through and through.
When you're going to make like 5-6 million dollars a year quality of life statistics for the state don't mean squat. His family's quality of life will be just fine. Good for him. He has earned it.
If CFP Coaches cared about Progressive Talking Points Tuscaloosa, Alabama wouldn't be the home of one of most dominant dynasties in the modern era.
Quality of life index figures apply to regular people, not multi-millionaire coaches who can live isolated amongst the elite in any city if they so choose.
Job satisfaction is much more important and that hasn't existed for awhile at Texas. At LSU, The coaches are very happy, it's just that they are expected to be top 15 or so, not top 20-25. Herman would have them near the top yearly
Job satisfaction is much more important and that hasn't existed for awhile at Texas. At LSU, The coaches are very happy, it's just that they are expected to be top 15 or so, not top 20-25. Herman would have them near the top yearly
I said that would be the outcome. LSU needs a reality check. As bad as Texas' alums are, they're much worse at LSU, a tougher conference schedule, and zero upside. When I read about Herman's connections with UT, it was a no brainer as long at Texas was wise enough to make an offer.
tweet is about last night. He was still lying to his players after the last game when they confronted him about the rumors
Herman had one good year. This year he pulled a Jim Leavitt. Won the big games and wet the bed in conference. They had to come from behind to beat us. I think he is overrated but I guarantee Charlie Strong will not leave the cubboard bare.
Yes. Saban will be there next year and probably 2018. You only get 3 years to make a splash. Texas has more resources.
Why's it funny? That's the P-5 business model! They grab any proven talent we develop. You can't beat them at their own rigged game. Certainly, winning won't do it, nor great coaches. Most of the best recruits head to P-5, so the G-4 must innovate offenses that are more exciting to watch or can negate superior talent advantages. Those innovation and the coaches or coordinators who develop them get bid away by wealthier athletic programs. And the cycle begins anew. It's the Globetrotters vs. the Washington Generals. We are meant to lose.
Chump change! Their donor resources are a bottomless pit, as is everything UT. For example, they are are the only state university with multibillion dollar endowments up there with some of the top private universities. It's like 5 times UF's and 30 times ours (though still only one-sixth of Harvard's). And football is EVERYTHING in Texas. Even JC games are broadcast. Finally, UT dominates the entire multi-state region from New Mexico to Oklahoma to Louisiana.
