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I'll bet dollars to doughnuts Napier got a reality check today at that interview, and to save face, he has withdrawn.Originally Posted by Bulldog Tom
And, after UNT fires Littrell, I'll bet more dollars to doughnuts that Skippy hires him as an asst. coach here.
Probably so. Not sure why they would bring him in and then almost immediately hire Beamer (except they are South Carolina), but Shane Beamer is reported to be the new SC coach. ULaLa reported to be giving Napier another raise. At least he earns his raises, three straight conference championship games and a top 25 ranking this year. He better strike while the iron is hot.
Hiring Littrell sounds like something Skip would do.
This is what we did when we gave Dykes the unnecessary raise at the end of the 2011 season. I suppose Dykes had earned the raise, but I don't understand why we or LaLaff would do this when the raise means NOTHING in the big picture. Restructure the contract with a higher buyout, but don't just give a raise because they did their freekin' job.
I’d be fine hiring Litrell to run the offense...especially if Skip let him call the plays.
Time is your friend. Impulse is your enemy. -John Bogle
Steve Campbell out at South Alabama.
Matt Viator out at ULM.
Per Sean Fox on 97.7 in Ruston. Said he heard it early this morning and then waited to call in to their morning drive show after he confirmed it.
I thought he'd do better there. Was pretty good at UCA. Seems like that would be a good recruiting area, but you've got to contend with quite a bit of regional competition with Troy, USM, Tulane right on you and UAB/Tech/ULL probably close enough to pop in and grab someone here and there. I went to a SB basketball tournament there many years ago (2000 maybe) but don't remember much about the campus.
I know they've had a rough go of it, but is coaching really their problem? I guess they did have their best FBS teams under a more innovative offensive mind, but still. . .
I really thought the coaching carousel would be slow this year with maybe only a couple of extreme situations. As it turns out, there looks to quite a bit of turnover coming. And if one of the top jobs grabs a current HC, the dominoes really start falling.
Collins resignation earlier was a sign. Viator was never given the tools he needed to work with to be competitive in the Sunbelt. Winning 6-7 games consistently is "competitive" IMO.
That is a mercy firing. Hard to recruit to ULM. Last two classes were dead last in SBC. Too many good programs and coaches right now in SBC!
I don't want them to be any better, but what do you guys think would work (even if what we mean by "work" is relative)?
Their best ever coach was local.But that was Viator's selling point, right? Mr. Louisiana (plus some demonstrated success at McNeese).
They've tried the service academy guy up for a challenge bit (twice now).
Should they try again with the super-local guy plugged in to Louisiana High School football and hope they can slowly improve talent by having the inside track on some hidden gems and maybe punching up in recruiting based on personal connections? If so, who would that be? Fobbs? Odums? Scelfo? Wilson?
Or do you go the super young energetic route and look for a high energy Will Healy/Scotty Walden/Sean Lewis type? Try to get some swag and excitement going?
Or would you look to zag instead of zigging and go for an out of the box niche offense (or defense) and try to gain a strategic advantage to compensate for talent (in the hopes of improving that as you win)? Go full on old-school Air Raid with Mumme (or some version of him)? Not sure the unadulterated Air Raid would actually be a huge advantage anymore, but you could also look for some bright innovator from the FCS level or an assistant from that tree (just don't do the bit where you run down the coaching roster of a good offense and pick the first guy low enough to take the job like, was it Bowling Green? that did that recently). Or triple-option. Or something. Their best FBS year was that whole 2 QB thing. Maybe try that again?
I'm not sure they're well-situated for the HC as CEO set-up that is increasingly popular.
I don't know. What do y'all think?
Guys, you’re wasting way too much candle power on nothing more than a glorified high school.
This coming from the guy with 51k posts telling us how evil Liberals are.... and can't accept that his boy lost the election.
Dietrich joined Fletcher this morning and threw 2 names in the pot.... Matt Kubik and Joe Sloan. Really high on both guys.
I think they need to hire a guy that knows the JUCO circuit better than anybody. Recruit it well and load up every two years or so. Make a good run as often as possible and let the chips fall where they may.I don't want them to be any better, but what do you guys think would work (even if what we mean by "work" is relative)?
Their best ever coach was local.
They've tried the service academy guy up for a challenge bit (twice now).
Should they try again with the super-local guy plugged in to Louisiana High School football and hope they can slowly improve talent by having the inside track on some hidden gems and maybe punching up in recruiting based on personal connections? If so, who would that be? Fobbs? Odums? Scelfo? Wilson?
Or do you go the super young energetic route and look for a high energy Will Healy/Scotty Walden/Sean Lewis type? Try to get some swag and excitement going?
Or would you look to zag instead of zigging and go for an out of the box niche offense (or defense) and try to gain a strategic advantage to compensate for talent (in the hopes of improving that as you win)? Go full on old-school Air Raid with Mumme (or some version of him)? Not sure the unadulterated Air Raid would actually be a huge advantage anymore, but you could also look for some bright innovator from the FCS level or an assistant from that tree (just don't do the bit where you run down the coaching roster of a good offense and pick the first guy low enough to take the job like, was it Bowling Green? that did that recently). Or triple-option. Or something. Their best FBS year was that whole 2 QB thing. Maybe try that again?
I'm not sure they're well-situated for the HC as CEO set-up that is increasingly popular.
I don't know. What do y'all think?
Time is your friend. Impulse is your enemy. -John Bogle
They will never be successful at this level with no money. They will never get more money than they have now.
Might make a landing spot for Kubik if he isn't retained at USM. No idea what the new coach might do with his position. This would be a tough first head coaching job. Holy cow.This coming from the guy with 51k posts telling us how evil Liberals are.... and can't accept that his boy lost the election.
Dietrich joined Fletcher this morning and threw 2 names in the pot.... Matt Kubik and Joe Sloan. Really high on both guys.
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