Re: Feron Tweets
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2019 1:45 pm
mustangxc wrote:So explain to me how Houston, TCU, Baylor, and Texas Tech are on track to make the NCAA tournament? How is UNT having a solid season? Are they all led by HOF coaches?
All of those schools have a recent history of athletic success. Their schools have been committed to athletics for a while. That helps.
SMU just decided it wanted to start being competitive in football one decade ago, in 2008. And in 2012 in basketball. It takes a significant investment in coaching and a program to build an image of wanting to compete in order to have a recognizable brand.
TCU invested in Fran, and then doubled down on Patterson.
K State was awful before it hired Snyder and made the investment.
In football, I would suggest we have done that. Made the JJ hire, then sprang on CM, and now on Dykes and his staff. We need someone to stick longer term but at least keep the investments up. If we roll a streak of consecutive bowl games and win a couple conference championships it will build the competitive brand.
In basketball, we made the investment in LB to raise the profile. Now Jank has had the opportunity to keep the profile high. The next coach needs to be a massive investment in order to re-raise the profile, otherwise we drop back.
Once the brand has been established, then you can get away with non-HOF coaches. Until then, it isn't going to happen. Because we spent 20 years as TCU before Fran, or K State before Snyder. It takes a while to rebuild your brand, but both of those schools have shown it can be done.