I disagree that hiring head coaches is not rocket science
by DBCooper (2021-11-22 21:56:31)
Edited on 2021-11-23 09:05:40

In reply to: You know that Kelly is not good enough to win a national  posted by ACross

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Why are easy to succeed programs like USC, Texas, and Florida struggling so much to find these easy to identify Head Coaches? Guys like Tom Herman and Dan Mullen were can’t misses when they were selected. Many people here (and I would include myself) thought Mullen would be a perfect selection as NDs next HC. He just went 2-9 against power 5 teams over his last 11 (and barely beat Samford)

It’s a lot more difficult then you want to acknowledge. That does not mean ND should not have done better than the horrible selections of Davie, Ty, and Weis, but finding a successful head coach is not simple. There is a reason there are only a handful who continuously coach at a high level.


And I agree Kelly does not seem to be Championship caliber. I don’t care if we move on. I just don’t trust JS to pick a championship caliber coach to take his place for a few reasons. One, because he hasnt proven that ability as an AD and two, because it is not an easy thing to do.

Do you have a HC you would select that you are completely confident would be successful here? Fickell is worthy to take a chance on. I personally like Whittingham a lot though I’m not sure he would leave Utah. Day is probably not leaving OSU. We missed our chance with Saban. Urban fucked up. Dabo is not coming here. I’m curious who your list of a few can’t miss guys would be.


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