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Jon Wilner Hates Your Coaching Hire
AZDuck
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(Warning: Jon Wilner)
http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/03/20/college-hotline-pac-12-history-suggests-washington-made-a-risky-hire-with-mike-hopkins/
http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/03/20/college-hotline-pac-12-history-suggests-washington-made-a-risky-hire-with-mike-hopkins/
We’ll assume the Huskies, like the Hotline, researched the history of the external hire/career assistant model in the Pac-12 — and that they determined the data wasn’t applicable.
Obviously, UW athletic director Jen Cohen, on the job for less than one year, spotted something she liked in Hopkins’ background.
He’s a California guy (Mater Dei), has recruiting connections across the country and learned from a Hall of Famer.
But because his only coaching experience is two decades as an assistant at a program 3,000 miles away — with little in common with Washington, by the way — it seems like wait-and-see is the wise response to the hire.
It doesn’t mean Hopkins is doomed to fail, not at all.
But it means UW fans should steel themselves for a few hiccups as Hopkins navigates his learning curve … and that he would be the first of this model to succeed in the conference in a not-insignificant period of time.
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But it means UW fans should steel themselves for a few hiccups as Hopkins navigates his learning curve … and that he would be the first of this model to succeed in the conference in a not-insignificant period of time.
So the Dawgs shouldn't expect to win 3 conference games next Season???
Fuck that guy.
Hi, Jon!
Edit: people forget Nick Saban mostly sucked at Michigan State. People forget that.
On that I completely agree. He hasn't proven he can do it, and that's extremely risky.
And should not be an AP voter.