SuperiorBuff
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They probably figured that they couldn't do any worse by hiring internally.
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Surmised that he went behind Cristobal’s back.
Leavitt went to Phil Knight directly. Still... Is a cancer.
Didn’t they also ink RichRod?
Yes, they offered him and were turned down.
The book on Cristobal is that he has a huge ego and is hard to get along with. The AD at FIU could not wait to fire him. There was a lot of vitriol there. Of course, that ego makes him a great recruiter, something he’s done well at every stop and continues to do at Oregon. He is not, however, an Xs and Os guy, and never been a coordinator.
Leavitt has a huge ego too, and is a below average recruiter. We know that from his time at CU. However, I still think he’s a terrific DC. In many ways, those two could have complimented each other well, given their strengths and weaknesses. This is a big loss for Oregon. Like I said about Jim Mora at UCLA, wait a few years and you’ll see the win totals really trail off with Cristobal.
Leavitt has a huge ego too, and is a below average recruiter. We know that from his time at CU. However, I still think he’s a terrific DC. In many ways, those two could have complimented each other well, given their strengths and weaknesses. This is a big loss for Oregon. Like I said about Jim Mora at UCLA, wait a few years and you’ll see the win totals really trail off with Cristobal.
If the rumors are true that JL circumvented Mario and the AD to go directly to Phil trying to get a raise, that would likely be the proximate cause for the firing. You can't have an assistant going rogue like that and thinking he's a special case who doesn't have to fall in line with the chain of command. That's what didn't work when he was in Boulder and was going to drag things down if he had stayed.
That happened in 2017 iirc.
Leavitt was also pretty certain he would have a good shot at a head coaching job.
But that was in 2017 right? Seems like that really started things off and then his complete no show for a large part of his job and a mediocre year of defensive play did him in. Just seems weird to me that Cristobal waited this long instead of trying to find a quality candidate earlier in the cycle.
He knew he was promoting from within imo and didn't want to risk his top recruiting class
And likely sealed his fate.
I have no idea if this story is true, but if it is, I can imagine a scenario where the AD and Cristobal got together to come up with a plan to fire him once it became clear he wouldn’t get a HC job. They probably were hoping somebody would hire him away. When that didn’t happen, they fired him.
Well that is a huge reg flag on Cristobal if he didn't want to find a qualified candidate over Hayward. I thought he might have learned a lot being under Saban for those years and losing Leavitt wouldn't have had any effect on their recruiting class.
It’s a mess, but now imagine being the AD having to explain to Phil why your coach fired a guy that Phil just gave a bunch of money to.
Doesn’t like alphas with egos.
So you are going to try and blame another head coach for leavitt being an ass hole?
