Taggert gone to Oregon
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That's why I don't mind losing Frost. We can pay the next guy $3 million/year.
I guess I should have learned from the UCF search last year to only trust 247 on recruiting news, not coaching searches
That's the point. We can afford to pay him more if the contract includes a large buy-out. Unlike GOL, there's little risk we'll have buyer's remorse because Frost has already demonstrated his strengths as advertised and renegotiating his contract would be, in effect, like hiring a new guy with a full year's head coaching experience.
In the wake of Oregon choosing Willie Taggart, coaches and agents were left buzzing more about what the search revealed than the hire itself.
Boiling it down: Perhaps the Oregon job is not what we thought it was.
Several sources have told 247Sports this week that multiple Power 5 coaches passed on the Oregon job when vetted by the search firm and the school.
An agent indicated that the resources at Oregon are somewhat overblown.
“The facilities are not exaggerated - they’re ridiculous; you’ve seen them - but the money beyond that is (exaggerated),” the source said. “Everyone thinks ‘Oh, but it’s Nike,’ but it’s not like (Phil Knight) is spending unlimited amounts of money for coaches.”
Think about it, the agent added: Jeff Brohm got one more year and more money (reported $3.3 million) from Purdue than Taggart received from Oregon (reported $3.2 million).
Topping off the thought, Brohm came directly from Western Kentucky; Taggart was there 2010-12. Brohm was making about $800,000 at WKU; Taggart was making around $1.8 million at USF.
And yet Purdue outdid Oregon. How crazy would that have sounded if we said that a few months ago? Mark Helfrich’s $11 million-plus buyout is a factor, but so was the candidate pool from which Oregon was drawing.
Higher-end Power 5 coaches - including an SEC coach and a Big 12 coach - were largely spooked by the recruiting component at Oregon, a number of coaches and agents told us. Eugene is about 90 minutes from Portland - and it’s not as if Portland, Oregon, is a recruiting hotbed.
California and the Pacific Rim become vital to Oregon’s success, but that’s also the case for every top-shelf Pac-12 team. Taggart was previously at Stanford, but that was in 2009; coaches said he’ll have to renew relationships in California, and that could be a challenge, even for someone with familiarity.
Additionally, some coaches talked about the trepidation of entering a division with Washington seemingly set up for a run of success under Chris Petersen.
“(Petersen) is building a program; they’re not going away,” one coach told us this week.
An agent added that the college football world wasn’t entirely sure how to evaluate the Oregon job - because it had never really opened. The program had promoted from within the past three times the head coaching gig had opened.
But when it fired Helfrich, it constituted a new direction - and a new moment - for Oregon. Now we have a better idea; it’s a more difficult and less appealing job than many had perceived.
http://247sports.com/Article/Oregon...-less-than-Purdue-paying-Jeff-Brohm--49661031
Boiling it down: Perhaps the Oregon job is not what we thought it was.
Several sources have told 247Sports this week that multiple Power 5 coaches passed on the Oregon job when vetted by the search firm and the school.
An agent indicated that the resources at Oregon are somewhat overblown.
“The facilities are not exaggerated - they’re ridiculous; you’ve seen them - but the money beyond that is (exaggerated),” the source said. “Everyone thinks ‘Oh, but it’s Nike,’ but it’s not like (Phil Knight) is spending unlimited amounts of money for coaches.”
Think about it, the agent added: Jeff Brohm got one more year and more money (reported $3.3 million) from Purdue than Taggart received from Oregon (reported $3.2 million).
Topping off the thought, Brohm came directly from Western Kentucky; Taggart was there 2010-12. Brohm was making about $800,000 at WKU; Taggart was making around $1.8 million at USF.
And yet Purdue outdid Oregon. How crazy would that have sounded if we said that a few months ago? Mark Helfrich’s $11 million-plus buyout is a factor, but so was the candidate pool from which Oregon was drawing.
Higher-end Power 5 coaches - including an SEC coach and a Big 12 coach - were largely spooked by the recruiting component at Oregon, a number of coaches and agents told us. Eugene is about 90 minutes from Portland - and it’s not as if Portland, Oregon, is a recruiting hotbed.
California and the Pacific Rim become vital to Oregon’s success, but that’s also the case for every top-shelf Pac-12 team. Taggart was previously at Stanford, but that was in 2009; coaches said he’ll have to renew relationships in California, and that could be a challenge, even for someone with familiarity.
Additionally, some coaches talked about the trepidation of entering a division with Washington seemingly set up for a run of success under Chris Petersen.
“(Petersen) is building a program; they’re not going away,” one coach told us this week.
An agent added that the college football world wasn’t entirely sure how to evaluate the Oregon job - because it had never really opened. The program had promoted from within the past three times the head coaching gig had opened.
But when it fired Helfrich, it constituted a new direction - and a new moment - for Oregon. Now we have a better idea; it’s a more difficult and less appealing job than many had perceived.
http://247sports.com/Article/Oregon...-less-than-Purdue-paying-Jeff-Brohm--49661031
But the other way to look at that is that Purdue was a LESS attractive position (2/3 the attendance of Oregon, worse facitilies) so they HAD to offer more to get someone any good! In fact, that's likely what happened.
So., if Taggart doesn't have Flowers and Mack, what would he be at USF??
They are 10-2 and got beat badly by an OK FSU team at home. Temple ran all over them and they didn't exactly blow us out.
They haven't been good until this year and the Defense is terrible
We will soon find out how good Taggart really is, but he hasn't proven that much as a coach.
They are 10-2 and got beat badly by an OK FSU team at home. Temple ran all over them and they didn't exactly blow us out.
They haven't been good until this year and the Defense is terrible
We will soon find out how good Taggart really is, but he hasn't proven that much as a coach.
Big Ten TV's future contract "dwarfs" that of the Pac-12...that's why Purdue has all the future CA$H coming to them.
Pac-12's Network has been basically a failure while the Big Ten Network is just "printing" money.
In some markets...but its also fandom that allows them to get so many subscribers...as Big Ten has lead the nation for 37 years in a row for BASKETBALL attendance...let alone some strong followings of major statewide flagship programs in football.
Willie Taggart on leaving USF for Oregon: "I was ready”
"You started something there and you ask yourself do you think you’re going to have a chance to win a championship at South Florida,”
Read more here: http://www.bradenton.com/sports/article120765128.html#storylink=cpy
"You started something there and you ask yourself do you think you’re going to have a chance to win a championship at South Florida,”
Read more here: http://www.bradenton.com/sports/article120765128.html#storylink=cpy
Charlie Strong needs to talk to taggart about that winning championships...
"The former Texas and Louisville coach was formally introduced Thursday as a proven winner capable of transforming a program that’s never won a conference championship into one that competes for national titles."
http://wtop.com/ncaa-football/2016/12/strong-envisions-south-florida-rising-among-nations-elite/
"The former Texas and Louisville coach was formally introduced Thursday as a proven winner capable of transforming a program that’s never won a conference championship into one that competes for national titles."
http://wtop.com/ncaa-football/2016/12/strong-envisions-south-florida-rising-among-nations-elite/
