(11-27-2022 12:39 PM)OptimisticOwl Wrote: Thanks for a serious response. Generically, I am in agreement with most of what you say. But I must say a lot of it reminds me of a teenage girl yearning for a tall dark handsome boyfriend with a sense of humor who will accept her as she is, 4’11”, 315, and fall for her on sight. The only name you mention is RUowls. Name some names, rather than generic characteristics on a wish list.
Um, nope, did you see I already named Key, Deion...people along those lines? From your post it appears you did not. Not sure why you didn't. I'd actually call up winners like Saban and Kirby and ask them for recs. Tell them we're finally willing to pay up, so we want the best fit coaching-wise, not lowball pay-wise. Tell them we decided we're done with that approach after 60 years of it failing miserably, and we are willing to go back to hiring the best from the best again.
If we need to lose some weight (can't do anything about height) then go an a diet and get some exercise. No excuse for the 315 at 4'11". I personally find shorter gals attractive, but some like 'em 6 foot or more. Vive la difference!
(11-27-2022 12:39 PM)OptimisticOwl Wrote: Problem is, most of the available were fired from their last job for failure, so that leaves the standard options of hiring away winners and trying, yet again, an unproven assistant. We don’t have enough money to hire away the winners.
See above. I strongly disagree that lack of money is our issue. Lack of willingness to spend the money we have that most others don't is more to the issue.
Most coaches have been fired at some point. We could try ruowls (were you ever fired, ru?) More importantly is what they learned if they were, what they'd do different and what they'd do the same? Those seem more like the relevant questions in the interview.
(11-27-2022 12:39 PM)OptimisticOwl Wrote: What I gather from previous posts is that you favor short leashes and quick hooks, and think anybody different favors mediocrity. I don’t see how that will help.
Well...I'm ready to go another way (years ago, I'd have said we needed someone who would stay and not leave us, but I was assuming success underneath that idea. Nowadays, I agree more with Owl#s where if we have a coach that is so successful here someone else wants him, that is a good, not bad thing. ) If nothing else it would be different from buy and hold a loser and watch it go down to zero or near-zero when the option expires mentality we've had for 20 years (maybe since Brown? Coach G left on his own accord, so we didn't fire him (although I suppose he eventually would have gotten the boot if he'd stayed long enough? Or would he...that's an interesting tangent.))
(11-27-2022 12:39 PM)OptimisticOwl Wrote: The rest of your stuff is aimed at increasing attendance and interest. Winning is the best way to do that, but your choices have some merit.
I agree. And thank you.
(11-27-2022 12:39 PM)OptimisticOwl Wrote: Agree with the business major, but hasn’t it been a half century or so since we had a Commerce major?
greyowl just answered that we do have that now. I agree with him that it would have been nice to have had it long before, not just mana-stud.
(11-27-2022 12:39 PM)OptimisticOwl Wrote: Bottom line, who do you want to hire for AD and coach, and how much would you have to pay for them? I would suggest OWLnumbers and RUowls, respectively, and pay them whatever they want.
Works for me! Add in Ham in there somewhere, and get NYnightowl to help, too! ('course, we'd need a new mod). Again, as in top of this post, I'd ask folks from long-term winning programs their recs as well. Fellas?
edit: Uggh! missed a bunch of end-quotes!