Marshall -38.5 underdog UGA
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I haven't been critical of his coaching skills, he hasn't shown anyone anything.
I am being critical of his personality and if his coaching is anything like it, the play calling is going to be dull and not exciting.
I don't feel particularly motivated to buy season tickets, despite he being the one asking me. No fire, no energy.
That's really it...but for some reason, some people seem to be offended like I took a steamy dump on their living room floor.
I suggest your opinion has no depth! You don’t know the coach and judging someone on a small sample of observed behavior is neither warranted or fair! Your comment was unnecessary!
We have hired a coach with no previous head coaching experience. In the last 30 years, we have hired only two coaches with no head coaching experience at any level. Bob Pruett was a very successful high school head coach in the very competitive Northern Virginia high school area. He moved up to better schools in NOVA due his success.
The question facing us is Gibson the next Mark Snyder or Jim Donnan? Time will tell.
The question facing us is Gibson the next Mark Snyder or Jim Donnan? Time will tell.
Unless someone knows differently, don’t believe Coach G had the head of a Women’s clothing store chain pushing him for the head football coaching position at MU like the Tan Man had!!
Does anybody know the exact amount of $$$ the Herd is getting for an August afternoon of Sun n Fun down in Gawjuh??
That's the reality...listen to an idiot who has no insight into sports and get what we got with Snyder, or risk losing their donations.
I have no firsthand knowledge about how much influence this individual had in selecting Snyder. I would imagine there is an element of truth in the suggestion. I'm reasonably sure there were other reasons. Pruett was an excellent coach and I can imagine folks liking the idea of hiring another former football player, Marshall graduate to follow him. I doubt we hired him solely to keep her donation. Also doubt she is an "Idiot". She has done quite well.
I may be wrong, but I recall hearing she was basically willing to pay his salary if we hired him. I could be wrong but if not his whole salary, a good amount of it.
That carries quite a bit of bargaining power.
Now why him specifically? Not sure...Pruett left MU in a worse state than he found it in.
You can do quite well as a wealthy person, and be a complete moron as an administrator for a team...see Jerry Jones or Dan Snyder.
I would even venture to say, wealthy idiots are why college football is the way it is...just tossing money at programs with no clue of the logistics behind sports itself.
I suspect you’re referring to the timing of his “retirement.” Otherwise, not sure many on here would agree that his overall tenure (5 titles, 2 Heisman finalists & BL; the # of wins)
left us in a worse state than the Donnan era).
Yes, I was referring to his retirement. MU got slammed with violations and he claimed to have retired, only to help out at Virginia for like 2 seasons.
As a HC, legendary and put MU on the map, but I question his character for how he left MU the way he did.
There was a lot going on behind the scenes that led to Pruetts exit. Yes, he along with the entire University knew the scandal was going on. It had been going on even prior to his arrival under Donnan. The same arrangements. Frankly the same deals every major college was doing all over the country. But I digress.
At the time Pruett was demanding guarantees from the university for the program and the coaches that had been previously promised. The interim President (Farrell) declined, said no. Pruett gave the Ultimatum if he didn’t get them he would leave. He got called on it.
Pruett was no angel but he’s shown he loves the university and the teams through his continued showing up and supporting the program through the years. Unlike the last WV(u) boy comes home, who supposedly “loved” the program and has never been seen again since leaving Marshall.
FYI: The NCAA invested Donnan's time at MU as part of the investigation. Jim was found not to have committed any NCAA violations while he was coach at Marshall.
MU's leadership, I clouding Pruett, would have to have been utterly stupid, to have believed MU wasn't going to be hit harder if caught. MU simply doesn't have the influence to survive sanctions.
I'm aware things were going on behind the scenes, and the same can be said for Doc.
You're right, Doc hasn't been seen again, because he was literally run out. Dunno about you, but I wouldn't come back to a place that I just got them back to a conference championship level and they don't renew me...with the fans starting (laughably pathetic) GoFundMe's to try to buyout my contract.
You can't ignore the vitriol the fans had for him, despite not leaving and wanting to remain here...unlike the reality MU fans wanted but can't accept with HC's coming and going in 3 years with MAYBE a good record...
Doc left the place with a conference title contender, no sanctions, and frankly, not a bad thing to say about the program.
He was the last bastion of stability the program had.
Agree with a lot of what you said. I loved Doc. However saying Doc hasn't been seen again is simply untrue. He's been back 4 times that I know of. I thought the poster meant Snyder. I haven't seen him back.
I wasn't a Doc fan. He had more than one choke job at critical points in the season that soured many fans. If you mean "stability" by playing a watered down CUSA, whose only conference title was in 2014 and wanted to remain here due to the fact he wasn't offered a bigger job. Then yeah, "stable". Despite his "clean" image, he had more than one player arrested for serious offenses, players lacking discipline and accountability, finished his last year with a huge team brawl that left the locker room fractured and generally had a standard of treating non starting players like shit. It was time for him to go.
Moving on. Gibs is the coach now. Lets hope has tremendous success.
Yep. On this one Raleigh & I are lock step. I think Doern(?) at NC St has likewise overstayed his effectiveness. Time for the Pack to reload …..imo
