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Major getting canned by UH

Postby Digetydog » Sat Dec 29, 2018 6:10 pm

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Re: Major getting canned by UH

Postby BIGHORSE » Sat Dec 29, 2018 6:42 pm

I hate to hear that.
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Re: Major getting canned by UH

Postby smupony94 » Sat Dec 29, 2018 6:46 pm

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Re: Major getting canned by UH

Postby PoconoPony » Sat Dec 29, 2018 7:16 pm

Why would Holgorson consider leaving WV where he has survived early criticism and now has things under control and is the profile for the entire state?? Leaving P5 for Houston makes no sense.
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Re: Major getting canned by UH

Postby smupony94 » Sat Dec 29, 2018 7:48 pm

PoconoPony wrote:Why would Holgorson consider leaving WV where he has survived early criticism and now has things under control and is the profile for the entire state?? Leaving P5 for Houston makes no sense.


WVU fans want him gone

He was begging for the Tech job
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Re: Major getting canned by UH

Postby lwjr » Sat Dec 29, 2018 8:21 pm

smupony94 wrote:
PoconoPony wrote:Why would Holgorson consider leaving WV where he has survived early criticism and now has things under control and is the profile for the entire state?? Leaving P5 for Houston makes no sense.


WVU fans want him gone

He was begging for the Tech job
actually he was not begging for the Tech job
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Re: Major getting canned by UH

Postby peruna81 » Sat Dec 29, 2018 8:24 pm

Dig up Terry Bowden to complete the meme...
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Re: Major getting canned by UH

Postby mustangxc » Sat Dec 29, 2018 8:25 pm

At Houston he can be a big fish in a small pond whereas at West Virginia he is at a middling school in the Big XII where TCU and Baylor showed that unless you are Texas or Oklahoma you will not get the respect needed to play in the college football invitational.
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Re: Major getting canned by UH

Postby Charleston Pony » Sat Dec 29, 2018 8:28 pm

mustangxc wrote:At Houston he can be a big fish in a small pond whereas at West Virginia he is at a middling school in the Big XII where TCU and Baylor showed that unless you are Texas or Oklahoma you will not get the respect needed to play in the college football invitational.


Agree but it still comes down to whether Houston can/will make it attractive financially for him to make that kind of move. Long term guarantee (at least 5 years at a competitive salary) would probably be necessary.
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Re: Major getting canned by UH

Postby peruna81 » Sat Dec 29, 2018 10:15 pm

Urban Meyer is looking for a job after next week...
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Re: Major getting canned by UH

Postby leopold » Sun Dec 30, 2018 12:05 am

Dana might wanna think twice about using a G5 school as a lifeline.

Think of Tommy Tuberville...
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Re: Major getting canned by UH

Postby orguy » Sun Dec 30, 2018 3:42 am

Houston is definitely a step down from WVU. Not a lateral move. WVU is also "the only
game in town" when it comes to big time CFB in WV. DH may have tired of the intense media spotlight in that small state. WVU is one of those programs that has come close to glory once or twice in its history under Don Nehen. Not convinced DH has done a poor job there given what he has to work with.

Not sorry to see Major get canned. Never liked the guy. The antithesis of a players coach if there ever was one.
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Re: Major getting canned by UH

Postby orguy » Sun Dec 30, 2018 3:57 am

mustangxc wrote:At Houston he can be a big fish in a small pond whereas at West Virginia he is at a middling school in the Big XII where TCU and Baylor showed that unless you are Texas or Oklahoma you will not get the respect needed to play in the college football invitational.


Big 12 as a conference is weak. Difficulty competing nationally. OU and UT both have the talent but neither program has been able to do anything on the national stage. The CFP committee always cuts OU a break. This is true. However, no evidence that TCU or rape U have been treated unfairly since neither program has won the conference recently.
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Re: Major getting canned by UH

Postby mustangxc » Sun Dec 30, 2018 9:22 am

Baylor and TCU tied for the conference championship in 2014. That was part of the current era and fairly recent.
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Re: Major getting canned by UH

Postby JasonB » Sun Dec 30, 2018 12:24 pm

I've been told that Applewhite wouldn't have been let go unless Hulgerson or Orlando wasn't already in the bag.

He has a house in Houston and still spends a lot of time with the big Houston donors.
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