Let me ask you this, what makes the Fickel hiring so uninspiring? Are you basing that solely on the fact he took a really talented Ohio State team and finished 6-7? He did a bad job that year, no doubt. But I don't think it's fair to say that Luke Fickel can't coach or he's uninspiring because of one 8 month period in his 20 year career. Those circumstances around that year have been well documented so I won't go into it further but Luke Fickel has been an outstanding defensive coordinator for years and a great recruiter. I'll take that over an older, boring coach in Randy Edsall who straight up left UConn for maybe the absolute most average program in the Power 5. Lashlee was a great hire for your OC, no doubt about it. I think he actually might have been an even better option for UConn at head coach. The problem is it's so hard to recruit for UConn because no one really wants to go there unless you either have no other options or very, very limited options. We'll see what happens.
Tripling down on stupid. Good for you bro.
You don't think its fair to call Luke Fickel uninspiring because of the circumstances around the 2011 season? Why not? Was it not his job to teach, coach, and inspire his team to victory despite the circumstances surrounding it? What about the s*** storms coaches like Bill O'brien and Jim Grobe walked into? Their teams rose above far greater circumstances and still put winning teams on the field. Both with far less talent than the 2011 Bucks. This was essentially the same team that Urban had undefeated the following season.
Luke Fickel has been an outstanding defensive coordinator for years? How so? Let me ask you something, if he's so great why is it that Urban always had a Co-Coordinator with him on the staff? Guys like Ash, Schiano, etc. Why wasn't he THE man running the show and calling all the shots? Also how is it that a team with so much talent got absolutely boat raced by Clemson in the playoff? Fickel has had the benefit of coaching defenses loaded 3 deep with NFL Caliber Players. Why weren't they more dominant? If Fickel was such a hot s*** commodity, why weren't P5 Schools fighting like hell to get him?
You can slam Edsall all you want but he's proven it on the field. He took a team from FCS to The Fiesta Bowl. Was his record poor against Top 25 Ranked opponents? Absolutely, but when if ever has he had the benefit of being the more talented team going into one of these games? Answer:Never. When did Luke Fickel have the benefit of coaching the more talented team as HC at OSU? Answer: Every. Single. Time. The hire of Edsall was never about inspiration, but instead reclamation. Uconn had two coaches in a row who took a blue collar winning program and drove it through the ground. Uconn was not in a position to gamble on Lashlee, in the manner that Cincy could with Fickel. Uconn 100% needed someone who knew what they were doing as a HC, and knew what it took to win at a challenging place like Uconn.
Finally you can slam Husky Recruiting all you want, but your beloved Cincy has never been some kind of recruiting powerhouse either. You're a development program same as Uconn. You're a former MAC School that got lucky with a string of talented head coaches. Houston rode the same wave of success with their string of great coaching hires. Like Fickel, we'll see if that success continues with Applewhite, or if the team regresses back to the pack as Cincy did under Tubberville. For all your bluster about Cincy recruiting you're in no different a boat than the Huskies. Fickel ain't going head to head with Meyer, Harbaugh, Franklin, or Kelly for top regional talent. You'll need to battle Pitt, Kentucky, Indiana, Purdue etc. Same way Edsall will eventually have to win some battles with Rutgers, BC, Cuse etc. if he wants to compete for AAC Titles. With that settled, please take your now 3rd rated AAC Class(by 247 Rankings) that you are so proud of and go
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