What do you think of Huff now?!
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A current coach and player both confirmed that on the way out the door, Huff encouraged every player to hit the portal.
I hope he struggles at Southern Miss.
Of course he did but ultimately it was the players themselves who chose to leave the program.
Which coach and which player?
You say these things you need to be specific or else it's just BS you're claiming to know.
Huff was clearly liked by his players, enough to listen to him.
Encouraging a player to hit the transfer portal because you're leaving is what tons of coaches do and players often choose to do, because they got recruited by the coach, not the program...and why stay when the reason you're there, is gone?
Also, coaches tend to purposely recruit players and keep them on the bench, just to prevent them from going to a competing program, where they would start.
Huff's actions are PG-13 by comparison.
“Huff left the program in better shape than when he arrived”, several of his supporters a week ago.
Huff built a cult, not a program. He had his Marshall against everybody, but he meant the football team against everybody. He never cared about anything other than himself and his players.
He played the “school screwed me over” angle instead of being honest about the errors he made. Of course his players are going to back him if they believe he got screwed.
Huff built a cult, not a program. He had his Marshall against everybody, but he meant the football team against everybody. He never cared about anything other than himself and his players.
He played the “school screwed me over” angle instead of being honest about the errors he made. Of course his players are going to back him if they believe he got screwed.
A head coach focusing on himself and the players?
Wow, sounds like conference title material right there.
Newsflash, every program in America has a cult...the players were recruited by the coach to play for the coach.
Minus Notre Dame, how many programs have players who don't play for the head coach? Not many.
Players would live and die by the words of their head coaches...this is nothing new, sorry.
He may have said that to the players and it wouldn't shock me if they believed him, once more, the players listen and play for the coaches, not you. You're not special. You whine and complain about a dropped pass or missed tackle. The coaches take them out of their situations and give them opportunity. Many don't have such consistent support in their lives. It's absolutely no surprise they'll listen to him.
As far as the "school screwed me over" angle, given the published details of his contract, he was clearly lying and screwed himself over for lesser money and an in shambles program.
I admit. I said that.
I stand by it though. Huff could have left with a significantly worse outcome at Marshall than what we were given.
You were wrong then and you’re still wrong.
Knowing players will listen to their coach, you are simply saying that Huff made the calculated decision to screw over every senior on the team that didn’t have the option for greener pastures and deprived them of one last game. He could have left reminding the team that they had an obligation to those players.
What a great guy.
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