Harbaugh on Cowherd with a painfully awkward interview...
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Law98gator;n242459 said:
So name the 3 programs and let me know which one hasn't had a down year. Coaches leave, circumstances change and hiring a new coach is never a guarantee. Florida is a flagship, but has to compete with FSU as another top program. It is never easy.
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oxking;n243220 said:
I think Harbaugh's gonna give Urb's a good case of the squirts by his 2nd year.....
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ATXGator;n242571 said:
http://247sports.com/Season/2016-Football/CompositeRecruitRankings?State=FL
I'm not going to disagree with the whole "down years" thing. That happens everywhere but every time I look at this list it makes me cringe. When the brand starts to suffer it is a real problem.
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They question isn't whether other schools have also had incompetent ADs. It's also not whether the Tinercs and Iowa's of the world have had down years. They aren't similar to usATXGator;n242571 said:
There are only three programs, Texas, USC and us, that are in our position, being a flagship program in a state where you really only have to keep your kids at home in order to be a NC contender type team. At these places, you have to make incompetent decisions to run the train off the track.
But Foley's ego is a helluva thing.
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Law98gator;n243402 said:
Look at the issues Texas has had recently. I do think they will get better, but last year they were the 4th best team in the state! In 2010 Mac Brown went 5-7 at Texas.
USC has had down years also.. UCLA can pop-up and get kids from them and give a big challenge. In 2012 they were 7-6 with Lane Kiffin and 5-4 in conference.
Yes.. Kiffin was a bad hire and so was Muschamp, but there are no guarantees when you make a hire. There is nothing that says that a guy is 100% going to be a superstar. In 1991 USC went 3-8 on the season... they have had really crappy years.
So the bottom line is that even flagship programs have bad years and make bad hires because there are no guarantees. Now the key is that at a flagship program it is easier to recover and you can recover fast and it seems like Mac has us on the right path, but to assume that any program (Florida, Texas, USC) is guaranteed success is idiotic.
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ATXGator;n243604 said:
I'm not a huge Foley fan, but I don't necessarily want him fired yet either. But you're actually supporting law's argument here. Mike Garrett was the worst AD I've seen in awhile.
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It sounds from the article I posted that Colon backdoored his way, pardon the pun, into this interview and Harbaugh was a little off guard. Lets face it almost all great coaches are a little quirky and most just aren't generally likable people. Often their players and staff are the only ones they really want to talk to anyway. Lombardi, Bryant, Belicheck, Hayes, Schembeckler, Saban and even SOS were all hated by almost everyone except fans and players of their teams. I see Harbaugh being cut from the same mold. I just hope Meyer doesn't tuck his tail the first time Harbaugh gives him something to bellyache over.....Scott512;n243848 said:
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Harbaugh is a fruit cake
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oxrageous;n243875 said:
Yeah, especially since ND doesn't wanna play Michigan anymore......
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oxrageous;n243912 said:
42-35 bucknuts.
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oxrageous;n243912 said:
He got lucky...last year was a very down year overall in CFB, even Bama was average.
