WTF? Their DB unit has consistently been one of the week points under Bobo. Why hire that guy?
(Also, their CBs sucked this year. CU also sucked in that they didn't take advantage)
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Official 2017 Coaching Carousel Thread - Zona hires Sumlin
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(Also, their CBs sucked this year. CU also sucked in that they didn't take advantage)
Terry Fair is a Vol. Great CFB player and a quality NFL DB, sort of the Tennessee version of Ronnie Bradford.
I think he is a pretty good recruiter, and it is hard to judge how good the defensive backs are when you get no push or pressure.
SerenityBuff
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Sorry, Jim.
As a Buff fan, I like that hire.
DeNiro
My Dixie Wrecked
Shane Dillon is laughing somewhere.
Yes, he did. That's why I like the hire.
seems very Helfrichy
Oregon loves them some in house hire
Oregon loves them some in house hire
He was fired at FIU after taking them to two bowl games (the first in the history of the school). They have not been good at all since up until this season under Butch Davis. Not a home run hire by any stretch, but pretty good IMO.
That may be true, but if he's recruiting so well why have they had to convert WRs to CB the last two seasons?
vinniew_11
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Both of those small FL schools did really well with good coaches. Both FIU and FAU out coached their opponents.
He recruits a lot more than defensive backs it what I am saying.
How many of us would leave a job after 12 months if we were offered our dream job? I would guess the answer is "every single one of us". I'm not sure how this is any different.
I think it blows a giant hole in the argument for upper echelon G5 coaches having to leave at a certain time for a better job "or else."
I think that argument was already blown away by Petersen. If you're in a great situation in G5 and winning 8+ a year, you can absolutely stay and hold out until you get the offer you want. The risk is that your team's results peaked and your window would only be open a short time. I don't think that applies if you're at a place like UCF, USF, Memphis, BYU, Boise State or Houston. Some other places, too, like SMU, Fresno State and Cincinnati, where if you got it rolling you would be able to keep it rolling due to recruiting grounds and other factors. If you're at a place Tulsa or Rice with a tiny student population and limited resources for your program, get out when the opportunity comes, but not if you're at a top G5.
I get that people will poke fun at this hire, that the players picked their coach. I see it otherwise. Cristobal is an elite recruiter, I daresay one of the top in the Pac-12. I get the skepticism about his coaching record at FIU, same issues with MacIntyre at SJSU. If Cristobal hires a good staff, I see him as being as good a hire at UO could have made.
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BlackNGold
Club Member
He has only been at Oregon one year. He was at Alabama the 4 years before that and their recruiting is okay.
BlackNGold
Club Member
Cristobal checks a lot of the boxes - he has been a head coach, he is known as a top recruiter (something a place like Oregon needs), he has been a coordinator, and he has mentored under a top HC (Nick Saban). Time will tell but not the worst resume.
No personal criticism here Nik but I've never heard the term "dream job" used except in reference to college football. Whenever I hear a college coach us that phrase I immediately put them into my "pussy dork" category. Never hire a guy who tells you that your job is his dream job. We need performers not dreamers.
It takes all kinds of perspectives to make this world go round, no matter how unique they may be.
Remember when Norm got the job as the QC taste tester at a brewery on Cheers? That's a dream job.
Remember when Norm got the job as the QC taste tester at a brewery on Cheers? That's a dream job.
Well, you've got me there bud. A dream job for sure...