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Scoring this Year's Coaching Carousel

Postby Water Pony » Wed Jan 05, 2022 12:58 pm

SMU gets good recognition with Rhett in grading the coaching hires.

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Re: Scoring this Year's Coaching Carousel

Postby birddogger » Wed Jan 05, 2022 4:07 pm

We get a 'B' for hiring the "perfect choice" in Lashlee. Does not compute.
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Re: Scoring this Year's Coaching Carousel

Postby Charleston Pony » Wed Jan 05, 2022 5:49 pm

Time will tell
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Re: Scoring this Year's Coaching Carousel

Postby ponyboy » Thu Jan 06, 2022 12:54 am

Of course time will tell. Birddogger’s point still stands.
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Re: Scoring this Year's Coaching Carousel

Postby Charleston Pony » Thu Jan 06, 2022 8:02 am

ponyboy wrote:Of course time will tell. Birddogger’s point still stands.


"Perfect choice" for a school that struggles to compete against P5 schools. Hopefully the best "1st time D-I HC" we could get and someone who already knows the lay of the land, but still a 1st time HC so difficult to give an A grade when he has yet to prove he can succeed at this level. I remember feeling pretty good about Bennett when he was hired.
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Re: Scoring this Year's Coaching Carousel

Postby Water Pony » Thu Jan 06, 2022 12:02 pm

Charleston Pony wrote:
ponyboy wrote:Of course time will tell. Birddogger’s point still stands.


"Perfect choice" for a school that struggles to compete against P5 schools. Hopefully the best "1st time D-I HC" we could get and someone who already knows the lay of the land, but still a 1st time HC so difficult to give an A grade when he has yet to prove he can succeed at this level. I remember feeling pretty good about Bennett when he was hired.


We are not going to get an A, unless we steal a successful, in-demand P5 HC, which is highly unlikely. So, an appealing, first time Head Coach, like Lashlee, a B feels like a good score.
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Re: Scoring this Year's Coaching Carousel

Postby mustangxc » Thu Jan 06, 2022 1:19 pm

Charleston Pony wrote:
ponyboy wrote:Of course time will tell. Birddogger’s point still stands.


"Perfect choice" for a school that struggles to compete against P5 schools. Hopefully the best "1st time D-I HC" we could get and someone who already knows the lay of the land, but still a 1st time HC so difficult to give an A grade when he has yet to prove he can succeed at this level. I remember feeling pretty good about Bennett when he was hired.

I must have missed Brent Venables time as head coach. Please enlighten me!
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Re: Scoring this Year's Coaching Carousel

Postby Charleston Pony » Thu Jan 06, 2022 1:45 pm

mustangxc wrote:
Charleston Pony wrote:
ponyboy wrote:Of course time will tell. Birddogger’s point still stands.


"Perfect choice" for a school that struggles to compete against P5 schools. Hopefully the best "1st time D-I HC" we could get and someone who already knows the lay of the land, but still a 1st time HC so difficult to give an A grade when he has yet to prove he can succeed at this level. I remember feeling pretty good about Bennett when he was hired.

I must have missed Brent Venables time as head coach. Please enlighten me!


Are you familiar with Venables' career? That A- might be a stretch, but the difference in the writer's eyes is that Venables has been highly sought after as a HC candidate for years and turned down several HC offers and was maybe the highest paid coordinator in college football. Perhaps a slight upgrade from Lashlee but both have ties to the schools they are going to, so it's a close call. I would have called Venables a B+ because he certainly hasn't proven he is HC material. I do think Lashlee's B grade is appropriate.
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Re: Scoring this Year's Coaching Carousel

Postby JasonB » Thu Jan 06, 2022 3:49 pm

A blue blood program should never have to hire someone without head coaching experience.

For every Kirby Smart there is a Charlie Strong, which is why I wouldn't have graded that hire more than a B.
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Re: Scoring this Year's Coaching Carousel

Postby tristatecoog » Thu Jan 06, 2022 5:08 pm

Meanwhile, Joey McGuire at Tech gets a C rating.
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Re: Scoring this Year's Coaching Carousel

Postby SoCal_Pony » Thu Jan 06, 2022 7:01 pm

Charleston Pony wrote:
ponyboy wrote:Of course time will tell. Birddogger’s point still stands.


"Perfect choice" for a school that struggles to compete against P5 schools. Hopefully the best "1st time D-I HC" we could get and someone who already knows the lay of the land, but still a 1st time HC so difficult to give an A grade when he has yet to prove he can succeed at this level. I remember feeling pretty good about Bennett when he was hired.


I felt good about the PB hire as well. Highly regarded assistant under Bill Synder. I remember looking at K-State’s rosters. Some 55-60 players on their teams went to K-State the untraditional route, ie Junior College / Community College, transfers. I was hoping for the same approach at SMU. My first real doubts occurred with PB publicly stated they would not being doing things the ‘K-State way’ at SMU.

Just one of the countless strategic blunders by SMU. All under the leadership of RGT.
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