Pittman was 32-34 and was in his 6th season. They have a bye this week, so now was the time to do it. Petrino is a better coach than Pittman so why not give him a tryout for the rest of the season?
Would Lashlee even want the job?
Like I said, I think he’d wait for a better job. It seems like half the jobs in the SEC are going to be really hard to win at. The top is so strong and the schools have so many resources that even the top 6-7 brands in the conference are in for many years of mediocrity. How can you realistically win big consistently in a conference with Georgia, Florida, LSU, Texas, Oklahoma, Alabama, Ole Miss, Tennessee, A&M etc.? You better be one of the 2-3 best coaches in the league or you are going to be in trouble pretty quick.
Money talks, but he's got a good thing going at SMU.
This is something I think is a problem with these mega-conferences. They are pretty much stratified and breaking in is tough. And if you are a lower level team and you win, it will be tough to keep your coach. For lots of programs the best they can expect is to be at the top of the middle. If I were Oklahoma, I’d be pretty wary, for example, of becoming Nebraska. Same with USC and Oregon. I think those may take a few years to settle out, well not USC. They need a better coach, but the others. If you remember when BC, VaTech and Miami joined the ACC they were at or near the top, I think BC and VaTech played in a couple of ACC championship games against each other even, at least 1, but as the say water finds its own level, and over time they became middle of the road teams. Nebraska Maryland and Rutgers and UCLA did too( well Rutgers hopes to be middle of the road) Even Penn State has only occasionally won championships.
I had forgotten about how this went down. Quite the power move by Benedict.
What’s even crazier was when he first came back we had Rhett Lashlee as OC and very much coach in waiting and stubborn Edsall ran him out of town.
Lashlee was never going to stay at UConn for more than 1 season.
I don’t know that was ever true beyond he coached here for a season. Before that he had never actually called a game. And he spent the next 4 years as an OC.
There was that pitcher for the Yankees in the 80s or 90s — kept getting busted for drugs. He had like 6 chances because at his best he had A+ pitches.
Lashlee was a Dave choice. RE was happy to bring in his buddy Dunn.
What did we expect from a guy named "Rhett"....Frankly Scarlet, they didn't give a damn...for Randy or the North
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Seriously…at his age…and with what has happened…how long does the “BB goes to college” experiment last?BB may deserve his own thread
Bill Belichick's failings at North Carolina underline one thing: He thinks he's bigger than the job
Bill Belichick has failed on almost every account at UNC and they have reached the midway point of the season as one of the biggest laughingstocks in the sport. How long will the school put up with his antics if he's not winning?sports.yahoo.com
Parent of UNC player accuses Bill Belichick program of ‘toxic environment’ in latest blow to team
Bill Belichick’s Tar Heels continue to stack up more controversies than wins.
If a legacy like his xan be damaged by this, it wasn't much in the first place. This will be a blemish, but it will be dwarfed by his patriot days.
No retreads...it didn't work for coaches, and it won't work for players. A spot on the team belongs to someone who actually wants to be here.
His legacy is set.
