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In the last couple of hires, we should have hired Butch. I disagreed with the Admin regarding him being too controversial at the time because of the UNC debacle, but I kind of understood the logic and then saw what Golden did at Temple (which later was explained away, but I digress) and just thought, "OK, I wanted Butch, but this can actually work."
When Golden got Clemsoned and they didn't really take Butch or Mullen seriously, and instead went with a coach who had every advantage and still was fired for underperformance, I was extremely disappointed. Again, I wanted Butch when they hired Golden, but although I disagreed, I grudgingly conceded that there may be some method to the madness. When Richt was hired?? Absolute idiocy!! Butch would've, at minimum, stacked the team with studs and the coaching staff with future HC's.
Bottom line, the administration absolutely screwed up when they didn't hire Butch (or a couple of other coaches like Mullen) and instead hired a nice guy who happened to be an alum. Dumb, dumb, dumb.
I wanted Manny to succeed, but we should have done a proper search. If he had hired well, I would be stupidly optimistic that things will turn around and truth is, I hope I've given up too soon on him and he proves us all wrong. Unfortunately, we know that's not going to happen. Wish I was wrong about that.
Now, they are faced with another choice and they will probably ***** this one up as well, but they don't have to ***** it up. They aren't required to ***** this up. They could do the right thing, this time. In the words of the Florida AD who fired Zook in the middle of the season and hired Meyer, "What needs to be done eventually, should be done immediately!" or something like that.
So, what needs to "be done immediately" is hire Mario. I had my own hesitations about him, but in his 2nd season at a P5 school, he's killing it on the recruiting trail, his teams "look coached" and from multiple sources, this is his dream job. His team might be the favorite to win the PAC 12, and he's probably one, or at the most, two recruiting cycles away from eclipsing USC as the most physically talented team on the West Coast.
I think there are multiple coaches who could come here and win, but we kind of know we could get Mario if we paid him enough since his fantasy (if rumors be true) is to resurrect his alma mater's team. I've seen enough this season that I now believe he can do it. My Christmas wish is for the U to go all in, do what needs to be done sooner rather than later, and back up the Brinks truck at Autzen Stadium.
In the last couple of hires, we should have hired Butch. I disagreed with the Admin regarding him being too controversial at the time because of the UNC debacle, but I kind of understood the logic and then saw what Golden did at Temple (which later was explained away, but I digress) and just thought, "OK, I wanted Butch, but this can actually work."
When Golden got Clemsoned and they didn't really take Butch or Mullen seriously, and instead went with a coach who had every advantage and still was fired for underperformance, I was extremely disappointed. Again, I wanted Butch when they hired Golden, but although I disagreed, I grudgingly conceded that there may be some method to the madness. When Richt was hired?? Absolute idiocy!! Butch would've, at minimum, stacked the team with studs and the coaching staff with future HC's.
Bottom line, the administration absolutely screwed up when they didn't hire Butch (or a couple of other coaches like Mullen) and instead hired a nice guy who happened to be an alum. Dumb, dumb, dumb.
I wanted Manny to succeed, but we should have done a proper search. If he had hired well, I would be stupidly optimistic that things will turn around and truth is, I hope I've given up too soon on him and he proves us all wrong. Unfortunately, we know that's not going to happen. Wish I was wrong about that.
Now, they are faced with another choice and they will probably ***** this one up as well, but they don't have to ***** it up. They aren't required to ***** this up. They could do the right thing, this time. In the words of the Florida AD who fired Zook in the middle of the season and hired Meyer, "What needs to be done eventually, should be done immediately!" or something like that.
So, what needs to "be done immediately" is hire Mario. I had my own hesitations about him, but in his 2nd season at a P5 school, he's killing it on the recruiting trail, his teams "look coached" and from multiple sources, this is his dream job. His team might be the favorite to win the PAC 12, and he's probably one, or at the most, two recruiting cycles away from eclipsing USC as the most physically talented team on the West Coast.
I think there are multiple coaches who could come here and win, but we kind of know we could get Mario if we paid him enough since his fantasy (if rumors be true) is to resurrect his alma mater's team. I've seen enough this season that I now believe he can do it. My Christmas wish is for the U to go all in, do what needs to be done sooner rather than later, and back up the Brinks truck at Autzen Stadium.
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