I'll get killed for this, but he does talk a lot. I'm just hoping he isn't writing checks that he can't cash. I'll get killed for this too, but he is a younger Doc. Which isn't a bad thing. He's a really good and by some a great recruiter. He was #1 last season. The thing that makes him different than Doc is his age. Doc was pretty much landing his first and last job. He tried to leave once, but this was it. He was what 55 when he was hired?
In Huff's case he's a young and hungry coach. He's still looking up that ladder and he's going to be aggressive. He has something to prove and goals to reach that aren't retiring at Marshall.
Huff still has the carrot on the end of his stick. Doc didn't.
If Huff can recruit to at least the level of 2011-2013 and win a title or two in his first two seasons he'll be gone. People are looking at him to show them they're right about him. No one was waiting to see if Doc was ready to take over their programs.
Marshall is an audition for Coach Huff.
My biggest concern is that he kept Cramsey. I know it was the spring game, but that looked so much like the end of last season.
I agree. Huff is much more open in communication of the fans through social media and pop culture references. Its refreshing, but it also can build a hefty set of expectations from a fanbase who already have high expectations.
I think Doc's heart was in the right place and he genuinely cared for MU football and wanted it to succeed.
People, currently, are going to be accepting that MU is 'a stepping stone school' for people like Huff.
However, this is because they expect Huff to win titles every year.
But if you look, you don't need to win much to do this. Other coaches have been hired for less than what MU fans expect Huff to do.
Lower P5's seem to hire coaches who just look competent and can manage a winning season, which should feel amazing if they've had a streak of losing seasons.
So if Huff wins 8-9 games this season and somehow loses out in either playing in or winning CUSA, he'll be gone.
MU fans will be left confused, wondering how Huff could ever leave, and some will be mad because he didn't get MU to their level of expectations because 1-2 years is a realistic window for a head coach with as much career movement as Guff has had, to move on.
Honestly, MU will be lucky to win at the level the fans expect before Huff is gone. He's too high profile to be passed up on, and I doubt he has the loyalty to the program Doc had.
As for Cramsey?
Shouldn't you be more worried Legg, whom everyone on this board despised for boring football, and applauded Doc for firing, has been brought back? Assistant HC and TE coach, okay, not OC, but the hate he generated from everyone for his apparent ineptitude, and yet nobody seems to worry.
