Who ever Urban Mayer and Barry Alvarez do not recommend
Rutgers next HC ??…..Who’s your choice ?
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***RICH RODRIGUEZ!!!
OK, you got me... TWICE!!!
Just as bad as today’s Giants/ Commanders game.
OOOOOOH BOY.
See above. Pretty sure Urban Mayer was the photographer at Shelby’s wedding. Not a sporty guy. JFC
Bourne looked at Cignetti in 2016 but hired Mike Houston, who ended up winning the FCS national championship that season. Cignetti then turned around Elon — taking a team that had gone 2-7 the year before his arrival and reaching the conference championship game (against JMU). “I said to myself then, if we ever have an opening, and he’s available, he’s a person we’re going to want to talk to,” Bourne said. And, in 2018 when Houston left for East Carolina, that’s what he did. He hired Cignetti.
“Very impressive guy,” Bourne said. “No nonsense. Gets it done, and he’s not in your office every five minutes asking for something.”
Look at their ability to scout, look at the amount of film that Curt watches and how prepared he was. Same thing with Bob,” Bourne said. “They both knew their staffs exceptionally well. They knew their strengths and weaknesses personally, and they hired around that. Then, they trusted their staff to get the job done. I felt like they were wonderful CEOs of football. They really knew the game. They knew the student-athletes. But beyond that, as head coaches, they knew how to organize and run a program.”
It was important, too, that these coaches knew how to develop players. JMU wouldn’t always be able to get the best recruits, especially once it moved up to FBS and would play rosters with far greater talent than the Dukes had on paper.
“They needed to be coached up to be competitive at the national level,” Bourne said. “So, we looked for a strong background in teaching, someone who related really well to the student-athletes, somebody that shared the university’s mission — a mission of a high degree of integrity. We wanted to find bright, talented coaches who could relate well on a public level and a student-athlete level. … I watched how they treated their coaching staff.
“I’m not sure that — for lack of a better term — a tyrant attitude was going to work well for us. We were looking for somebody that really had a has a good emotional skill set in addition to that deep, rich background in football.”
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ADs at underachieving programs are going to blow up this guy's phone if Chesney gets UCLA into the playoffs, if they aren't already. And a lot of underachieving coaches are going to get fired.
This here is why Greg has never been a truly successful head coach.
“I’m not sure that — for lack of a better term — a tyrant attitude was going to work well for us. We were looking for somebody that really had a has a good emotional skill set in addition to that deep, rich background in football.”
“I’m not sure that — for lack of a better term — a tyrant attitude was going to work well for us. We were looking for somebody that really had a has a good emotional skill set in addition to that deep, rich background in football.”
Large majority were for Smart and Cignetti..... Chesney, Eck, Fritz were others mentioned by the 34 coaches/GMs Feldman polled.
From the article:
“Cignetti has my vote,” said a head coach in the American. "I have a special place in my heart for guys that take bad jobs and make them good. Anyone can win at certain places. What he has done is incredible.”
New Mexico’s Jason Eck, 49, received two first-place votes. Eck is 39-18 in four-plus seasons as a head coach. Last year, in his debut with the Lobos, the program won nine games after suffering through eight consecutive losing seasons. New Mexico went to UCLA as a 15.5-point underdog and smashed the Bruins 35-10. The Lobos’ lone loss this season was at Oklahoma as a 21.5-point underdog. Oklahoma won 14-6.
At his previous stop, Idaho, which had five straight losing seasons before his arrival, Eck led the Vandals into the FCS playoffs in his first year. By his third season, they went 10-4 and gave No. 3 Oregon, a 49.5-point favorite, all the Ducks could handle in their opener.
“It’s hard to pick against Cignetti right now, but I am going to go against the grain. Give me Jason Eck,” said a Big 12 GM. "In most of the 'big games' in his career, he hasn’t been close to having the same level of players, and he has found a way to make the game competitive. I don't think he needs close to the same players, but even in the same stratosphere, I'd like his chances to give his team a fair fight.”
From the article:
“Cignetti has my vote,” said a head coach in the American. "I have a special place in my heart for guys that take bad jobs and make them good. Anyone can win at certain places. What he has done is incredible.”
New Mexico’s Jason Eck, 49, received two first-place votes. Eck is 39-18 in four-plus seasons as a head coach. Last year, in his debut with the Lobos, the program won nine games after suffering through eight consecutive losing seasons. New Mexico went to UCLA as a 15.5-point underdog and smashed the Bruins 35-10. The Lobos’ lone loss this season was at Oklahoma as a 21.5-point underdog. Oklahoma won 14-6.
At his previous stop, Idaho, which had five straight losing seasons before his arrival, Eck led the Vandals into the FCS playoffs in his first year. By his third season, they went 10-4 and gave No. 3 Oregon, a 49.5-point favorite, all the Ducks could handle in their opener.
“It’s hard to pick against Cignetti right now, but I am going to go against the grain. Give me Jason Eck,” said a Big 12 GM. "In most of the 'big games' in his career, he hasn’t been close to having the same level of players, and he has found a way to make the game competitive. I don't think he needs close to the same players, but even in the same stratosphere, I'd like his chances to give his team a fair fight.”
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Napier didn't have a good run at UF and it was just strange at times too. JMU seems to be set up for plenty of coaches to succeed but it doesn't mean they all do well when they step up. Cignetti and Chesney won a harder to win places before they got to JMU. I don't know if ULL would count as that (Hudspeth seem to do okay there before Napier but looks like Napier took it up a notch) in addition to the poor showing at UF.
Maybe he's learned but it would be a quick turnaround if he did get a shot again at the P4.
Maybe he's learned but it would be a quick turnaround if he did get a shot again at the P4.
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