WVU Hired their Interim

#26
#26
CovVol said:
I dont know... all the other interim coaches laid an egg. He took a team that when they last took the field, lost to a team with a losing record. Coaches are like QB's in that respect... too much credit for wins, too much blame for losses. He showed he can coach the big game as good as a National Championship winning coach if nothing else.
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HC is about much more than single game planning and in game coaching. Most interim promotion style hires pan out poorly. I hope this goes well, but he'll have to recruit like all heck to keep the level of speed that RR kept there.
 
#27
#27
BigPapaVol said:
HC is about much more than single game planning and in game coaching. Most interim promotion style hires pan out poorly. I hope this goes well, but he'll have to recruit like all heck to keep the level of speed that RR kept there.
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I know... but it's nice to know if you're going to hire a guy... he's not going to fold like a lawn chair when he's playing against the big boys. Fulmer got a lot of recognition after wins at UGA and against UF in '92. Not the same situation but comparable in the way he won when we were underdogs.
 
#29
#29
Buzz did a myriad of stupid things. That's just one of many. Doug Dickey was the only athletic director in America who could replace Jerry Green with someone even more incompetent.
 
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hatvol96 said:
Buzz did a myriad of stupid things. That's just one of many. Doug Dickey was the only athletic director in America who could replace Jerry Green with someone even more incompetent.
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that's OK. what's 3 or 4 extra years?
 
#33
#33
BigPapaVol said:
Reading about him, I don't think the grind's going to be a real problem. He has experience, but long term lieutenants don't tend to make great generals. He strikes me as a Coker / Guthridge style long term lieutenant.
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They said that on ESPN Big Papa, it may turn out like Coker at Miami. Time will tell everything. He does seem like he has a lot of heart and proud he's form WV. I wish him success at WVU I'm partial to that program.
 
#37
#37
when's the last time in any sport a longtime assistant became a premier coach? seems cokeresque.
 
#38
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droski said:
when's the last time in any sport a longtime assistant became a premier coach? seems cokeresque.
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Phillip Fulmer fits that description in college football, and in the NFL especially there are a number of assistants that turn into premier coaches.
 
#39
#39
You just called Phil Fulmer a premier coach. Duck and cover.
 
#41
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vader said:
You just called Phil Fulmer a premier coach. Duck and cover.
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he's always been overly conservative, but he was definitely a premier coach throughout the 90s. He was probably OK until the 2005 disaster.
 
#42
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GAVol said:
Phillip Fulmer fits that description in college football, and in the NFL especially there are a number of assistants that turn into premier coaches.
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the nfl is a different animal. in college you need a guy with drive, enthuisiasm, energy, etc. rarely do guys that are happy being second fiddle long term have these qualities. my $.02
 
#43
#43
droski said:
the nfl is a different animal. in college you need a guy with drive, enthuisiasm, energy, etc. rarely do guys that are happy being second fiddle long term have these qualities. my $.02
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I agree. A lot of career college assistants that get head coaching jobs end up looking like Frank Solich at Nebraska.
 
#44
#44
At the collegiate level, the guys that have the ability to be the head guy can readily find the opportunity, so most have. The same doesn't hold at the NFL level, where there are very limited positions, so the ranks stocked with HC potential type guys.
 
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