It seems that the consensus of the board is that Hawk and company need to be let go, but at what time is up for debate. What are the pros and cons to terminating him during the season vs. after the season? Recruiting would be one I can think of. Discuss.
It seems that the consensus of the board is that Hawk and company need to be let go, but at what time is up for debate. What are the pros and cons to terminating him during the season vs. after the season? Recruiting would be one I can think of. Discuss.
You have to keep in mind that you're going to be looking for a new coach. You don't want that guy to think you'd can him mid-season. It's about professional courtesy in that situation. You want to give Hawk all the rope he needs to hang himself.
End of season, with the caveat that the hire is made quickly. You need to be looking at guys right now in order to get somebody hired on the Saturday after Thanksgiving. That's the best way to salvage recruiting.
Who let you out of the arcade?
You have to keep in mind that you're going to be looking for a new coach. You don't want that guy to think you'd can him mid-season. It's about professional courtesy in that situation. You want to give Hawk all the rope he needs to hang himself.
End of season, with the caveat that the hire is made quickly. You need to be looking at guys right now in order to get somebody hired on the Saturday after Thanksgiving. That's the best way to salvage recruiting.
You have to keep in mind that you're going to be looking for a new coach. You don't want that guy to think you'd can him mid-season. It's about professional courtesy in that situation. You want to give Hawk all the rope he needs to hang himself.
End of season, with the caveat that the hire is made quickly. You need to be looking at guys right now in order to get somebody hired on the Saturday after Thanksgiving. That's the best way to salvage recruiting.
That makes sense, but at what cost to the morale of the team?
I'm a lot more worried about saving the recruiting class and getting the guy we want than I am about the new guy thinking he might lose his job mid-season. Hell, if you're a new hire you look at Hawk's record and see that so long as you show promise, you can get extended even if you never have a winning season. You also see that he got 4 years to show what he can do even though his career winning % is abysmal.
The only thing that canning Hawk now does is placate the masses who are screaming for his head on a platter.
The morale of the team is going to be in the crapper regardless of whether a change is made now or at the end of the season. Where you have a real problem is if they keep Hawkins into next season. That will kill team morale completely.
I don't expect that if they make a change now that there would be any difference in the W/L record between now and the end of the year. The only thing that canning Hawk now does is placate the masses who are screaming for his head on a platter.
Most of the guys we'd want wouldn't be available mid-season anyway. Charlie Strong, for instance, isn't going to get a release from Florida to take over CU in the middle of a national championship hunt.
Would you not agree that recruiting can benefit from an in-season termination as well?
Would you not agree that recruiting can benefit from an in-season termination as well?
No. You're not going to get a good coach to leave his team in the middle of a season, and you're not going to get good recruiting with a placeholder coach.
Sorry to nitpick, Boner, but what is the difference between "can benefit" and "suffer less"?I agree with what you're saying, but I should have worded the question as: Would recruiting suffer less from an in season termination?
Sorry to nitpick, Boner, but what is the difference between "can benefit" and "suffer less"?
I'm a lot more worried about saving the recruiting class and getting the guy we want than I am about the new guy thinking he might lose his job mid-season. Hell, if you're a new hire you look at Hawk's record and see that so long as you show promise, you can get extended even if you never have a winning season. You also see that he got 4 years to show what he can do even though his career winning % is abysmal.
:nod:...:sorry:Are you a lawyer or something?:smile2:
Spent some time in Massachusetts. Bonah-Buff.Boner???