I would add "give your new OC all the support he needs to implement his new offense" to the list.Ultimately, it’s about wins. If he wins, fans will love him.
In the meantime, he needs to show that he has the chops to be a HC. That means having contacts/relationships to build a real staff. This off-season is a test of that capability. Show us that you can pull an OC worthy of being at a P5 school. Show us that you’ve learned the importance of a quality OL coach. And show us that you value recruiting. Hire position coaches that focus on recruiting, and hold them accountable.
a) Top 30 recruiting class for 2022.What's your criteria?
Coaching hires?
Recruiting rank?
Talent gain vs drain from transfer portal?
2022 win total?
Other?
I'm indifferent to Dorrell, I hated this season, I liked last season. to get me to support him I'd like to see a couple of bold moves with the staff (be they new and young, or reclamation projects I don't care) go .500 next year, win a road game.What's your criteria?
Coaching hires?
Recruiting rank?
Talent gain vs drain from transfer portal?
2022 win total?
Other?
A resignation
I'm indifferent to Dorrell, I hated this season, I liked last season. to get me to support him I'd like to see a couple of bold moves with the staff (be they new and young, or reclamation projects I don't care) go .500 next year, win a road game.
Have a pulse.What's your criteria?
Coaching hires?
Recruiting rank?
Talent gain vs drain from transfer portal?
2022 win total?
Other?
Buy a Delorian, go back 20 years, re-do his whole garbage career, have a picture of his 4-8 2021 season, watch it fade away into something respectable, like oh, 7-5.What's your criteria?
Coaching hires?
Recruiting rank?
Talent gain vs drain from transfer portal?
2022 win total?
Other?
Personally, I didn’t list anything pertaining to wins because I am a firm believer in process first, outcome second. If any college head coach makes recruiting great players and great assistant coaches a priority, their program will very likely succeed on the field.Winning trumps everything.
But even without winning, I think KD will have me strongly in his corner if he does the things to build back a real foundation for this program while showing the will to make unapologetic changes & having the flexibility to adapt.
If he hires recruiters and innovative coordinators, holds coaches accountable for poor performance (their unit or their recruiting(), builds up the support organization staff, works the transfer portal successfully, and builds some momentum that gives me hope for sustained success being on the horizon... I'm in for a couple years until I'd expect to see the wins start rolling in.
I typically would agree with this, but after this last season, competence needs to be part of the question being answered IMO. Any decent coach should be able to find a way .500 in year 3 in cfb. If he’s going to come in and blow up a decent recruiting infrastructure in favor of whatever this is, then results are the only way to measure ‘his’ process.Personally, I didn’t list anything pertaining to wins because I am a firm believer in process first, outcome second. If any college head coach makes recruiting great players and great assistant coaches a priority, their program will very likely succeed on the field.