This is not a vent board or any other kind of therapy. Before you hit the POST button, ask yourself if your contribution will add to the level of discussion going on.
Important notes on articles:
- Please do not copy entire articles into your post; rather, provide links to them.. We are now links-only for ALL Internet publications. If only a small portion of the article pertains to your post, Fair Use allows you to copy those one or two paragraphs, provided you cite the author's name and the publication for which he writes. Otherwise, put a link in the HTTP Link box.
- Even if you're copying a reference to an article, provide a link to the page from which the article came. We're trying to cut down on duplicate topics, and the posting process will check the link to your article to see if it's already being discussed on this board. At the very least, you'll save yourself some grief on the boards.
- If your first reaction after reading the article you're going to share is the author is uninformed / stupid / a jerk / all of the above, it's not worth sharing with anyone. Not every article needs to be discussed. The more the hair-pulling articles are discussed (e.g. ESPN Page 2), the more the authors will write hair-pulling articles.
Post being replied to
UF's long-term hiring record is no better than ND's... by Scoop80
It whiffed on its last 3, on 4 of last 5, and 7 of last 9. On its 2 HR hires, it had an in w/ Meyer b/c then UF President Bernie Machen had just come from Utah. Their other HR hire was the program's sole Heisman winner (at the time) who was on everyone's short list after overachieving at Duke. It was like ND hiring Leahy after his success at BC.
In the past 52 years (the period covered by UF's last 9 hires), ND had Parseghian for 5 more years, and it then hired Devine, Faust, Holtz, Davie, TW, CW, and BK. Putting those 8 up against Dickey, Pell, Hall, Spurrier, Zook, Meyer, Muschamp, McElwaine, and Mullen makes ND's unimpressive record look less unimpressive in relative terms.