(12-23-2016 10:05 AM)GE and MTS Wrote:  

(12-23-2016 09:57 AM)Curtisc83 Wrote:  

(12-23-2016 08:47 AM)GE and MTS Wrote:  

(12-23-2016 02:06 AM)army56mike Wrote:  Why is it assumed LU wants to make a high profile hire? Has the admin suggested this. I know Gill was a high profile hire, but Rocko wasn't such a big hire was he? I think if/when the day comes, they will hire the best coach.

Yeah I don't get the high profile talk either. Liberty wants to go FBS and they need wins to do it, not names. Rocco wasn't a name, McKay wasn't a name either time, Lawyer wasn't a name. Gill was a name and also a hot commodity.

We don't need wins. Wins would be nice and welcomed but not needed. Seems like it's forgotten how some schools went from no FB program to FCS Independent for
1 year then FBS. FBS is about money and politics.

Liberty has money which is one of the reasons they didn't get invited to the Sun Belt. Winning would provide no excuses for FBS conferences to reject Liberty and give them the sympathy to move up. As a 6-5 team who made the playoffs once, there is no such sympathy. Everyone wants North Dakota State to move up because they win. Same with the Montana schools. As long as we are average then nobody will want us despite our money.

So Coach Sam, and McKay and Dot Richardson were not big name hires?

"Richardson is considered one of the most decorated collegiate, national and international players in softball history. She helped Team USA win Olympic gold in Atlanta in 1996 and Sydney in 2000, hitting the game-winning home run in the gold medal game in 1996." from http://www.liberty.edu/flames/index.cfm?...3&TeamID=2

Coach Sam everyone knows.

McKay did come as the Assistant HC from an ACC school and was a previous HC at LU and other schools.

Does everyone believe that the new AD's hire in FB is going to be a FCS coach such as Chadwell? I don't think so. I believe he will think the faster way to accelerate the program is with a high profile HC, an expansion of Williams Stadium, and a strong push to sign the skill player(s) (QB, RB) that other peer players will want to play with.

Liberty has money which is one of the reasons they didn't get invited to the Sun Belt. Money is a consideration, but to say that is the reason LU did not receive an SBC invite because of that, gives no credence to the multitude of bad/improper/unwise actions, statements and inactions of the past and how that has branded LU as unappealing and unacceptable, except only to the LU faithful.

Everyone wants North Dakota State to move up because they win. Same with the Montana schools. Those schools are appealing because they win and they have a strong, appealing perception. Would a 11-0 LU team be more appealing? Of course, but unlike NDS and MS, LU would still be perceived, because of the past, as the prettiest girl at the prom who no one wants to dance with.

If I'm wrong that the new AD will let Gil's contract expire and then hire his guy, someone from as an assistant from a P5 school or someone such as Golden formerly from the UofM, then I'll admit I am wrong. Time will tell and I'll bet the inclination is the high profile hire rather than the successful FCS coach.