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HuskyJW
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If he's unsuccessful, Phil will tantrum and force them to fire him in a couple years
Either way, it'll be interesting in a couple years
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They’re going the route our? Huskies have been down quite a bit: hire someone who knows how it’s done at an elite level (ie worked for a great coach) and has demonstrated elite potential as a coordinator. Then basically see if he can replicate it. Sometimes it works (Kirby smart), sometimes it’s a dud (sark/Jeremy Pruitt).
He also fits well with Oregon’s culture and what mario emphasized. Young, energetic, lives for recruiting, etc. For better or worse, it will be a celebrated hire in the media because he’s leaving the all-mighty SEC.
Obviously, he’s never had to do it on his own. And no basically no ties to the west coast.
So let’s hope his staff ends up being mediocre and he can’t handle the bright lights.
But I don’t think it’s some obviously bad hire a la Wilcox.
This is Phil Knight's only way to buy a championship for Oregon; that the contracted head coach wins it while being a coordinator at another school.
SEC experience, recruiting emphasis, high energy etc.
One of the challenges with this approach of course though is that while it has a chance to differentiate in recruiting against the SEC (similar approach, outside of the South) and the P12 (most of the conference is so far behind the curve) ... big picture is it really differentiating against the nation's elite? It's effectively pitching yourself as inferior to the SEC and eventually leads to coaches leaving to what they perceive as amore direct path to success
It's going to be interesting ... Georgia's obviously built a good program but they are a bit of a fraud until they prove otherwise
Ackhully, Dec. 31 is a week after Christmas.