Maye if had shown this much passion as the Tech Head Coach, he would still be the Tech Head Coach.
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Maye if had shown this much passion as the Tech Head Coach, he would still be the Tech Head Coach.
https://twitter.com/i/status/1465345603165200389
Good ridance!
Okay...Wood just earned a measure of "well done" from me. He's right, one season doesn't determine a whole career, but the trajectory is clearly trending down. Cut bait and get out now, rather than later when the hole would be even deeper.
Now...the replacement. This is an important hire for Tech Football.
Dr. Wood earned my respect, too.Quote:
Originally Posted by dawg80
2021 was not the only bad year. 2020 was not good.
For some reason 2020 was tougher on Holtz and Tech than others who managed to win… No the bowling in 2020 was not a plus
I always thought Skip was a nice guy, but was a coach to just keep the status quo. I guess he is just working to save his career with this statement, but I applaud Dr. Wood now more than ever and I was FOR letting him go. Maybe this tweet will let other coaches know that they need to do more, so it may help narrow down our candidates.
Holtz’s comment of ‘Wow’ tells you all you need to know. He essentially said he thought he was too good to have his recent substandard years questioned. I fully expect that if he was relieved of his job, he would’ve coasted as long as possible creating one excuse after another while all the while repeating the fading bowl run record.
Thank you AD Wood for seeing the truth of Holtz’s low standards and getting him out of the way. It’s a job well started now just add to it. There’s a lot of work to be done to get things fixed over McClelland’s screw ups.
Awe Coach....where's that "COMPETE" label now? LOL! :laugh: Get out there and go compete.....for another job. You lazy bastard. :laugh:Quote:
Originally Posted by Brad
BTW, why do some people have trouble understanding that losing 70% of your last 20 football games as a coach puts your job at risk, NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE. Dumbasses.
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Holtz' career highs and lows came on the assistants that he brought in...Quote:
Originally Posted by champion110
For every great one like Diaz, Baker, Peterson, Sloan there was one that stunk like Blackwell, Guge, Fitch, Damron, Macfarland
And the fact that he couldn't get out of his damn way.
This is the BEST decision LA Tech has made in the last 5 years. Holtz HAD TO GO! And you are correct; if Tech didn't fire him now, we'd have ridden Holtz's "compete" train all the way to 0-12, and severely damaged the program long term. At least this way, LA Tech has a chance to bounce back to respectability in a year or two.Quote:
Originally Posted by dawg80
Not only that, but LA Tech wasn't even competitive against TCU (lost 52-10), BYU (lost 45-14), Marshall (lost 35-17, at home) and even Georgia Southern (lost 38-3, in bowl game) in the 2020 season. LA Tech was outscored 170-44 in those 4 losses. That's pretty damn pathetic folks. I don't know why Holtz doesn't just wear a skirt.Quote:
Originally Posted by PawDawg
And that asshole (Holtz) wonders why he got fired? Seriously? If so, he's truly mental, and should be fired on that basis alone.
‘Wow”? As if it was a surprise? People generally know when they are in jeopardy of being fired. ESPECIALLY HCs. If he genuinely did not see this coming, it confirms even more so that he doesn’t read people well and his general “situational awareness” is poor.
Frankly, I am pleasantly surprised Tech did this. I wish Skip well and actually hope he ends up at a future Tech opponent.
Does this news clip of USF’s firing seem familiar? Even the names of the assistants were the same that he brought here. https://youtu.be/I3vfFk_u_fw
No one would have even known about it though. He was working to make it where no one even cared anymore. It's a great job if you can get it - $800k with no expectations- or so he thought. Thankfully we will not have to hear another excuse or "compete' comment from his at TECH again. I saw where he says he isn't finished coaching- I'm guessing he is finished.Quote:
Originally Posted by HogDawg
Oh yes, he's finished in the FBS. NOBODY can sell Holtz's 6-14 record over his last 20 games to alumni and not get run out of town. :laugh:Quote:
Originally Posted by Cal&Ken
Unless someone has another teenager AD who is easily impressed by freshly fired coachesQuote:
Originally Posted by HogDawg
Well, La Tech hired him. How many involved in that decision are still employed at La Tech or members of the Athletic Council?Quote:
Originally Posted by HogDawg
The current president was still a VP, and the Boy Wonder wouldn't arrive for another seven months after Holtz.Quote:
Originally Posted by Blue Dawg
So this was Reneau's parting shot along with the lame-duck AD at the time. The Boy Wonder was Guice's awful first hire.
And if they dig deeper they would find 5 4th quarter come-from-ahead losses with 3 of those being double-digit specials in those last 20 games.Quote:
Originally Posted by HogDawg
Skippy is what his record says he is, and nothing says that better than those last 20 games.
Keep in mind this all happened to shift money intended for the football HC who "skipped" town over to the MBB HC who would soon "skip" town.Quote:
Originally Posted by FriscoDawg
We keep setting salaries higher, but never include buyout money that will benefit us.
Who negotiates contracts for La Tech?Quote:
Originally Posted by PawDawg
Skippy's "pay us" amount would have been $200K if someone had hired him away before the end of next season. The "pay us" figures need to be at least 2 or 3 times higher than what was in Skippy's contract.Quote:
Originally Posted by PawDawg
Well our lame duck Dr Reneau and not likely our lame duck AD negotiated the original contract with Holtz. I distinctly remember Dr. Reneau setting Dr. Guice up for failure in his usual lame ass introduction speech. This was ALL ABOUT shifting funds. Holtz was the man who could make it happen and allowed us to keep White for a little longer.Quote:
Originally Posted by eagle2180
Currently all our contracts have been put together by the boy wonder whether they deserved renewals or not.
This video is stunning. I don’t recall ever seeing it before. Now that I do see it, I’m absolutely amazed that Holtz won anything. I’ve talked repeatedly about how underachieving our teams have been under Holtz. As it turns out now, I know how really good our players have been to offset how really terrible Holtz is at his core.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rama Jama
Surely we have legal counsel or someone that reviews theses contracts. If not it shouldn’t be a hard gig for someone to be really successful. (Insert name) the official non-idiot of La Tech Athletics.Quote:
Originally Posted by PawDawg
I'd do it for free!Quote:
Originally Posted by eagle2180
Hah! other attorneys are gonna ream ya for that!Quote:
Originally Posted by CARTEK
I've done a lot of pro bono "work" in real estate, and I mean a LOT, and have been cussed and even threatened by other real estate agents and some brokers. Say I am setting a "dangerous" precedent.
I know you would! Please make that known to Guice. Our failure at writing contract terms is ridiculous and embarrassing.Quote:
Originally Posted by CARTEK
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I'm happy I get to retire this, though I was likely the only one laughing at it still (to keep from crying). :laugh:
Oh, I wasn't laughing.Quote:
Originally Posted by JuBru
I think for many of us LA Tech Football fans the seeds of discontent with Holtz started well before the last 20 games.
2014 (2nd year) Disappointing late season loss at ODU followed by losing at Marshall in the C-USA championship game. Oh yeah, some players flunked out and couldn't play. Bad luck for Holtz right? Add in a loss to FCS NSU.
2015 Got B-slapped last game at home by S Miss when we had been on a roll
2016 Probably the peak for Holtz's tenure, but suffered another late season loss to S Miss that cost us hosting the C-USA Championship against WKU. Lost the conference championship at WKU. We did finish with a great bowl win vs Navy.
2017 Three 1-pt losses to S Car, UAB, and UNT. Also, S Miss once again beats us in Ruston. More bad luck for Holtz, right?
2018 More late season disappointment with losses to S Miss and WKU.
2019 The 12-1 season. Oh, wait, no it was 10-3. More bad luck for Holtz not having a backup QB, right? There were probably high schools in Louisiana that had tougher schedules than we did that year. Winning only 10 was a bit of a disappointment.
And then the already mentioned 6-14 record for 2020 and 2021 and all of those late game failures.
It is baffling that Holtz beat S Miss in 2013.
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Originally Posted by Blue Dawg
I agree with several posts in this thread. The MOST telling reason why Skip needed to be replaced was Skip's reaction to being replaced. His default is to defend himself from criticism instead of challenging himself with criticism.
I'm so happy we moved on from Holtz and TMac. Having both here really hurt us in the long run.
Holtz - did enough to look good for TMac (no championship, but good enough for a low tier bowl)
TMac - wanted that one big game a year so he can have a nice photo of a packed house for Guice (show that he's doing well as AD), ie Northwestern, Southern, Miss State. He gives zero F's about overall attendance at any of our venues.
Agreed. Skip doesn't understand that when you point your finger elsewhere, there are three pointing back at you. I'm not convinced that he didn't seal his coffin for being a head coach at an upper tier school with the way he handled this. Just accept that in the HC world, this stuff happens.Quote:
Originally Posted by boxerdog
He thought incorrectly that the 3 years left on his contract would allow him to skate by with that 6-14 record in his last 20 games. More importantly he was only 4-11 in the games Wood attended in person.Quote:
Originally Posted by BCSDAWG
Agreed. Seemed incapable of self reflection and meaningful assumption of responsibility.Quote:
Originally Posted by boxerdog
Bury this thread! Skip is gone and I hope to never hear anything again about him until of course Tech52 and thewyldman bloviate about how great of a mentor, leader, and coach he was!
That's an interesting factoid that I hadn't heard.Quote:
Originally Posted by FriscoDawg
Eric Wood had to be thinking to himself, "What the hell is this guy doing coaching here"?
I really havent said anything like that, but sure, continue to act as though I have.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lotsudo