(01-20-2014 10:29 AM)JMUNation Wrote:  Wither's has been looking for the right head coaching job for three years now. He has been at some good programs. I am giving him the benefit of the doubt that he has been thinking about how he would run a staff and who he would hire as coaches if he found the right job. I am not going to judge his staff by looking at their resume's. Every young man with ambition wants a shot. Someone gave me one almost 30 years ago.

I would have been fine with keeping O'Cain. His offense had good stats but we all some it struggle to score in the red zone. Losing him is not the end of the world. I thought Curt and Hanson were good coaches too.

What I heard was that the existing coaching staff lacked fire and that started with the head coach. The Mickey we saw on the sideline was not the Mickey addressing players in the locker room. This comes from people who were actually in the locker room. I think this is what the players are alluding to in some of the posts in this thread. The old staff seemed to be going about things in a businessman like manner. Wither's is bringing more emotion to the program and it seems to be well received.

I was all for Flip and feel confident he would have put together a good staff. I also feel good about Wither's so far. If Wither's does well, he won't be at JMU very long. Flip may still get his first HC job with us.

Seeing is believing for me. Wither's is the HC and is carrying out his plan for his program. The cupboard is not bare so I am expecting him to have a good season next year. JMU is not in rebuilding mode so there are no free passes. He needs to win day one for me to feel good about him as a head coach. IMO, JMU is a good program that needs to be made better.