(02-13-2020 02:02 PM)stever20 Wrote:  

(02-13-2020 01:29 PM)SoCalBobcat78 Wrote:  

(02-12-2020 08:51 AM)GoldenWarrior11 Wrote:  Wow. Bad look for Tucker. It's one thing to say you're staying through back channels. When you make the declaration on Twitter and leave just days later, that will stick with you.

PAC in ROUGH shape now. Lost Petersen, Leach and Tucker in one cycle.

I don't see it that way. Each situation is different and each reason for leaving is different. Petersen did not want to coach anymore, at least not at this point. He is staying on as an advisor and he recommended his replacement, Jimmy Lake. The AD wanted Lake as well. The recruiting has gone well and we will see how well Lake does as head coach. Lake was with Petersen for eight years, probably learned a lot from him and will always have Petersen around

With Leach, he had hit a ceiling at WSU. Going to the SEC for the money was a good move for him. WSU replaced him with Nick Rolovich, who did a very good job at Hawaii with his pass happy offense. I don't think things will change much with Rolovich and since he grew up in California, maybe that will work in his favor in California recruiting.

I am not sure the Tucker loss is the end of the world. I think they have a pretty good shot at Eric Bieniemy. I think that would be an upgrade. When Bieniemy was at UCLA, he was the running backs coach and recruiting coordinator. He was the guy that recruited Maurice Jones-Drew to UCLA. He was one of my favorite coaches at UCLA. He was very intense, in a good way. The players respected him. He held people accountable. He is a graduate of CU, but played his high school ball in California. I think he will do a good job of recruiting for CU, especially in California.

I just don't think you can spin it any other way other than bad for the Pac 12. Coaching matters and to have 3 of the top 5-6 coaches all leave at once- is not good.

When did Tucker become one of the top 5-6 coaches in the PAC? He was 5-7 last season. He had blowout losses at Oregon, UCLA, Washington State and Utah. He lost at home to the Arizona, the worst team in the PAC last season. Petersen decided to retire, at least for now. Recruiting went well under Lake and Petersen is still going to be around as an advisor. Petersen has always done a good job of developing coaches. Rolovich had the 5th best passing offense in the nation at Hawaii. He took a two star QB out of Southern California with no D1 offers and developed him into a possible NFL quarterback. I think WSU will be just fine.

The coaches that are hard to replace are the Pete Carroll type of coaches. USC has never been able to find another Pete. That is the thing that is difficult. The others can be replaced.