Very fair question. I would have hired Rich Rodriguez. RichRod is a much better coach. He has a much better track record than anything Cumbie has ever even dreamed about. Not to mention the 3-star and less talent that became stars under RichRod’s offense. He took guys like QB Pat White (3-star DB), RB Steve Slaten (3-star), FB Owen Schmitt (D-3 transfer), WR Darius Reynaud (3-star) and built a top 10 program that went 33-5 in his last three years at WVU. Doing this with a much smaller budget than teams he competed against. Let’s see 3-star and less talent and a much smaller budget than teams he competed against. Wow that sounds very much like our situation. WVU was just a couple of Pat McAfee missed chip shot field goals from a shot at a national championship. BTW those missed chip shots allowed Les Miles to back door LSU into a national championship.
How is Rodriguez doing this year? He is 7-2, scoring 35.1 ppg (17th in FCS), 413.4 total offense (35th).
Sagarin rankings through October 29, 2022.
74. Liberty
86. WKU
117. MTSU
141. Jacksonville State
143. Louisiana Tech
144. UTEP
146. SHSU
167. NMSU
169. FIU
185. Kennesaw State
He is still doing more with less. Imagine how much better he will be after he has an FBS roster. We really need RR and Freeze to get new jobs this off season.
Now what from Sonny’s resume has you so excited?
Of course none of this matters Sonny is the guy, hopefully it will just take time for him to figure it out.