I don't know anything about the coach, but I like the move. UNLV is a shit school that has had two winning seasons since 2000. Thinking outside the box should be applauded. The worst that can happen is the coach sucks and your fire him in three years. That is probably what would have happened making a conventional hire. You might as well take a risk.
I don't like the move because it's based on cronyism, not objectively good coaching
The Fertita brothers (UFC founders, big time Vegas promoters) are tied in with Sanchez. They built Fertita stadium at Gorman HS. Their kid plays for Gorman HS, he's an ND committ and I assume he may flip to unlv now. They are (have?) going to give a lot of money to UNLV and my guess is that they propped up Sanchez as their guy.
Gorman was the #1 team in the country this year, but they hold an overwhelming talent advantage due to resource and recruiting in Vegas which is really the reason for their dominance in Nevada.
I don't think Sanchez success is based on the same situation as Briles or Malzahns coming out of HS. As such, I don't see him succeeding at UNLV
I know the UFC guys were part of the deal. Getting their money is a good thing. More money and better recruiting should set the program up for success, whether the Gorman coach has the chops or not.
It was political and I agree that a high school coach should pay their dues, but this is UNLV. They are a shitty program taking a risk that has some obvious immediate benefits.
After reading Orgeron as a candidate, I would have for sure hired him. They need recruiting, and that's pretty much all he is good for. Give him 3-4 years to recruit the best talent UNLV is capable of getting. Assuming he fails in the W-L department, can his ass and hire your puppet high school coach with a stacked roster.
That's officially my 5 year plan for getting UNLV back to .500 every now and then.
Orgeron with the Bishop Gorman coach as an assistant would have been the smarter move. If UNLV had success, Oregeron would probably move on and the Bishop Gorman coach could take over.
Unless Pete Carroll coached UNLV I don't think they'd pull in a lot of p12 players out of High School. Probably only the mediocre ones that typically go to Oregon State or Wazzu currently.
To really get that program off the ground I think they would need to take a lot JCs, Transfers (Stringfellow or Masoli type situations), and academic dumb fucks. The Mike Price model of recruiting.
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It was political and I agree that a high school coach should pay their dues, but this is UNLV. They are a shitty program taking a risk that has some obvious immediate benefits.
That's officially my 5 year plan for getting UNLV back to .500 every now and then.
To really get that program off the ground I think they would need to take a lot JCs, Transfers (Stringfellow or Masoli type situations), and academic dumb fucks. The Mike Price model of recruiting.
Who gives a shit, it's Vegas.