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Well, the conference is depleted, may soon be defunct. We joined CUSA and thought we had taken a step forward. Guess we are now taking our two steps back….Originally Posted by techman05
An average coach can win at La Tech, hell Skip has proven that. I would like to see what a good or great coach could accomplish. We probably will never know because our hiring processes are garbage.
You’d think someone could put it all together and get it done right. It’s not like Tech is trying to be the first to invent the wheel or anything like that, it’s just hiring a coach and managing a program that succeeds in winning, being at least an occasional conference champion and getting nationally ranked every few years.
Actual leadership from academia? Never happen.
Ain't that the truth! Have always said universities should have an MBA as president...run 'em like a business.
I’ve been thinking about this a lot since 4AM. I think we need to go out and get Tim Rattay. Reasons why….
#1 He’s currently making $315,000 at OK State, so we should be able to hire him with the budget we will have.
#2 Whoever we hire couldn’t possibly be worse than what we have now.
#3 He’s a Tech legend, and that alone would spark some excitement again in Ruston that is DESPERATELY needed.
#4 He’s a winner, and he can bring back the type of offense that Louisiana Tech is known for.
#5 He’s been in the coaching ranks now for 10 years, so he has a list of contacts that he can hire for assistants.
In my opinion, this is a no lose hire for Tech, and I think Tim would jump on it. We have to get rid of Holtz this year before it’s too late to save what’s left of this program.
Southeastern Louisiana has now quietly moved to 6-1 on the season, after last night's 51-14 spanking of NSU.
I told ya'll that was a good football team. Ross Jenkins is the Special Team's Coordinator there. Maybe Rattay could hire Jenkins to revamp our special teams, and Rich Rod from ULM to be our new OC?
Rattay also is a son of a Coach IIRC, wasn't his dad a well respected coach at a high school?
I watched some of the game before I had to leave for Ruston. When I left NSU trailed just 14-7 with 1:30 to go to halftime. Heard on the radio SLU went 96 yards in 40 seconds to make it 21-7 at the half. NSU was rushing 3 and dropping 8 into coverage and SLU was slow to adapt to that scheme. Saw Kelly force about 5 throws down field into coverage and was nearly picked each time. But, then SLU got smart and started running the ball...8-10 yards at a pop, and throwing short for nice gainers. That forced NSU to bring up more defenders closer to the LOS and then Bam! SLU was able to employ their regular offense and things snowballed from there.
SLU's OL is huge!
BTW, if we were to play SLU now, we'd get whipped! Well-coached teams get better as the season goes on. That ain't happening in Ruston right now.
You are thinking way too small, let's just hire RR. We know he can coach.
He might do it for the promotion, but what a step down in conference prestige!
Time to leave the denial stage.
Yes he was. Coaching is in Tim’s blood.
And, sorry for the sarcasm, that checks the box for admins who think a HC coach at Tech has to have had a parent as a HC.
Haha. Rattay takes a way bigger step down, but it is a bigger promotion.
FYI Rattay's coach, just this week, signed a lifetime contract. That means as long as Rattay doesn't eff it up he has a lifetime contract. He has to be loving that idea. Imagine stability for a journeyman position coach. Just don't think about WFT and all should be well.
I agree wholeheartedly. To add to the reasons why:
- It would be a no brainer for the money people.
- He’s one of us.
- Other than TB12 himself, no one is the quintessential Air Raid QB like Tim was.
Action: everyone on this board needs to (please) email and call Monday morning Guice and AD Wood. (So what if you’ve done this many times, please do it again) I will go further and send The Rattay Sollution to a big donor who knows all of them. Please do the same.
I can testify that just a few people speaking up with a common truthful message gets results. Example: Back in July 2020, in Walton County , Florida only 10 of us spoke before our county commissioners and convinced them NOT to enact a mask mandate (disregard your stance on this issue to see the point). We went up against an organized, vocal group. The commissioners voted 0-5 to enact the mandate.
‘POINT: organized, logical argument from a surprisingly small group can get results.
Can anyone post email addresses for Guice and AD Wood?
Our program is in the 4th quarter. We always want pressure in the 4th. Time for a Zero Blitz.
Just tweet it to them, they love that.
Also use spell check.
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