Facts are facts! I get y’all know I root for sk however y’all don’t go at othe people that support him and I’m not coming up with stuff out of thin air it’s all true stuff the proof is in the pudding
Nothing against Spanish, as I like what he's doing, but as we say in Pittsburgh, "Tomlin's coaching tree is a telephone pole."
Why would anyone say that? I believe it to be true that DB was heavily influenced by boosters and former players like Danno. Someone is always going to paint a positive picture and support the hire. RE totally disrespected the guy and called him Dave at the press conference like forgot his name.ABSOLUTELY NO ATTACK on you personally.
I also like DB but please do supply a link showing how he hired RE against his better judgement. Nowhere have I ever read the hire was forced on him. He praised getting Randy back to the max. Then when things were in doubt a few years later gave him just as much praise and support.
The only one I would consider a forced hire is PP and that was on Larry McHugh who had a ton of influence on the board. A tireless life long worker and former high school championship winning coach he had a lot of juice on the board. A personal friend of Paul, he let that get in the way of modern times football. A good man but the game had passed him and Paul and George by....
To my original point please show something showing DB was reluctant to hiring Randy. He was all in on everything I had read and smiling ear to ear as he introduced him at the introduction party. I get AD's are salesmen but most believe in the product they are selling. Inquiring minds want to know.
Well, a lot of what you say isn’t really fact, it’s supposition. You imagine Steve would do better if he got more time or played against lesser opponents and you imagine that Tyler would have done poorly against Purdue. That isn’t fact, that’s your imagination.
They did not like each other, I know that for a fact. Benedict would attend practice from time to time, he’s also a former player, and you can’t tell me he didn’t raise an eyebrow when Edsall announced JZ as the #1 QB on the depth chart. It wouldn’t be the first time an FBS football coach and his AD disagreed on how the team was being run.
Nailed it....FWIW, here's my long take... I believe this to be true, for the last 3 HC's in a row. Coaches playing the 5 year plan and control game, more to protect their jobs and make sure nobody underneath them is a threat.
That is true, speaks to why Orlovsky called out Benedict on twitter...Edsall seems to have issues with a lot of people..The former dc and oc couldn"t stand him..
Wait - are you asserting that the AD had no say on who was hired? Interesting. So safe to say the same goes for the hiring of Hurley?
You call yourself a supporter??? You can wear my “supporter” on your nose.
Good one - but you didn’t answer the question.
He/she most likely has no proof. It's just one of those things that he/she has convinced themself that it actually happened. It's a symptom of delusional thought.ABSOLUTELY NO ATTACK on you personally.
I also like DB but please do supply a link showing how he hired RE against his better judgement. Nowhere have I ever read the hire was forced on him. He praised getting Randy back to the max. Then when things were in doubt a few years later gave him just as much praise and support.
The only one I would consider a forced hire is PP and that was on Larry McHugh who had a ton of influence on the board. A tireless life long worker and former high school championship winning coach he had a lot of juice on the board. A personal friend of Paul, he let that get in the way of modern times football. A good man but the game had passed him and Paul and George by....
To my original point please show something showing DB was reluctant to hiring Randy. He was all in on everything I had read and smiling ear to ear as he introduced him at the introduction party. I get AD's are salesmen but most believe in the product they are selling. Inquiring minds want to know.
Maybe he didn’t want to pull a Hathaway. He made the decision but it was heavily influenced and likely financially influenced by big donors. Too bad it didn’t work out.
I don't follow as closely as some here, but I thought I remember seeing as part of the Diaco buyout, the donors wanted to be involved in the hiring or selection process for Diaco's successor. If true, it takes the autonomy out of DB's hiring process. I never saw if that was all just hearsay or if someone had linked any proof that was the case.
Bingo!!!!!!
Possible consideration: In a financially challenged athletic department, perhaps accessing significant dinero to jettison Wacko Diaco was different than sending Oystahs Ollie on his way at lesser cost.
The only question I would ask is that if you have a more than capable QB in SK why would you burn TP’s redshirt in a season that is 0-4?
Because the program is on life support and you have to play the players now that give you the best chance to win. Because QB is a high turnover position and the quarterbacks you have today probably won't be here for their full eligibility...so why protect their redshirt.
They are called hacks. Job 1 for the hack is staying employed. A common ploy is to run the most experienced players off while stating you "only want players that want to be here" all the time pleading for patience. We need to hire someone who sees the job as a stepping stone. Someone who will care about wins more than burrowing in.
I'm not defending or agreeing with the premise that RE2.0 was forced on AD David Benedict, but I wanted to note that everything you're saying AD David Benedict did is what he would/should do regardless if he wanted the hire or not. Had he not done so, the conspiracy theory crowd would have had a field day.ABSOLUTELY NO ATTACK on you personally.
I also like DB but please do supply a link showing how he hired RE against his better judgement. Nowhere have I ever read the hire was forced on him. He praised getting Randy back to the max. Then when things were in doubt a few years later gave him just as much praise and support.
To my original point please show something showing DB was reluctant to hiring Randy. He was all in on everything I had read and smiling ear to ear as he introduced him at the introduction party. I get AD's are salesmen but most believe in the product they are selling. Inquiring minds want to know.
True, I was talking to some of the Uconn FB alum, right after RE came back. The way they put it was after Diaco, "they were happy to have a grown-up in charge".
If Coach Spanos gets some wins, he should get a serious look as permanent head coach for at least another season. Maybe we have the answer right in front of us.
This will be unpopular with many here, but I agree. If he is winning and making the team better, you have to take him seriously. It goes without saying, he’s doing a great job right now.
Yeah it's my understanding that we needed to get rid of Diaco, and to do so the buyout had to be paid out ASAP. So DB went to the donor(s) and said look guys what do we need to do to get that done. One of the conditions was essentially hire Randy.
You ain't kiddin !!! .......and it ain't just us Husky fans alone in that thought, for years
