Let.s stop the misleading bs that some have subscribed to as "the norm" in college football. It looks like there were 17 (other than Ash) new head coaches hired (USA Today article), of the 17, 4 were hired from within, Odom at Missouri, Helton at USC, Claeys at Minnesota and Cubit at Illinois (what awful hires, makes you never want to hire from within), so to be fair, lets drop those 4 out of the calculation since they had no choice.
We now have 13 left, ONLY 3 are staying through the bowl game, which means 77% decided it was best to start immediately, almost 80% tells you what you need to know. Smart, which one could argue is not a fair comparison because his current team is in the national championship hunt, of course he would stay, Mendenhall, which isn't a direct comparison since he is the head coach, therefore there is only one other newly named head coach who is staying through the bowl, Montgomery, who will coach Duke in the bowl game before going to ECU...just one other, just one, in case its not clear only one other. Crunch the numbers and you get 77%, who are starting their new gig immediately, putting 100% focus on their new job, not attempting to do two full time jobs, which only short changes both jobs (just human).
As I researched this, the comments made by the coaches that decided to start their new jobs full time were startling. Most of us know a college head football coach works ridiculous hours, well when you are the newly hired head coach and have to hire a staff, recruit, meet the team, meet the support staff, meet key supporters (boosters), meet HS coaches, create buzz around the program, just to name a few items on your to do list (not even mentioning a family move), there isn't enough time in the day to do it all. Than you decide to make it even more difficult at a critical time by still attempting to do your previous duties, it actually hurts both teams. Other coaches explained how critical this time is, to recruit and to assemble the best staff you can as quickly as possible, as good names come off the board and once hired the assistant coaches have to adjust and do the same to do list.
Durkin at Maryland, Frost at UCF, Babers at Syracuse, Campbell at Iowa State, Fuente at Virginia Tech, Norvell at Memphis, Muschamp at USCe, Sitake at BYU, Richt at Miami and Fritz at Tulane have decided to go all in, 24/7, at a critical time....for a good reason.
Lets stop the bs, its not even close, the majority of new head coaches, almost 80%, start their new job immediately, with 100% focus, otherwise two jobs get less than they deserve.
We now have 13 left, ONLY 3 are staying through the bowl game, which means 77% decided it was best to start immediately, almost 80% tells you what you need to know. Smart, which one could argue is not a fair comparison because his current team is in the national championship hunt, of course he would stay, Mendenhall, which isn't a direct comparison since he is the head coach, therefore there is only one other newly named head coach who is staying through the bowl, Montgomery, who will coach Duke in the bowl game before going to ECU...just one other, just one, in case its not clear only one other. Crunch the numbers and you get 77%, who are starting their new gig immediately, putting 100% focus on their new job, not attempting to do two full time jobs, which only short changes both jobs (just human).
As I researched this, the comments made by the coaches that decided to start their new jobs full time were startling. Most of us know a college head football coach works ridiculous hours, well when you are the newly hired head coach and have to hire a staff, recruit, meet the team, meet the support staff, meet key supporters (boosters), meet HS coaches, create buzz around the program, just to name a few items on your to do list (not even mentioning a family move), there isn't enough time in the day to do it all. Than you decide to make it even more difficult at a critical time by still attempting to do your previous duties, it actually hurts both teams. Other coaches explained how critical this time is, to recruit and to assemble the best staff you can as quickly as possible, as good names come off the board and once hired the assistant coaches have to adjust and do the same to do list.
Durkin at Maryland, Frost at UCF, Babers at Syracuse, Campbell at Iowa State, Fuente at Virginia Tech, Norvell at Memphis, Muschamp at USCe, Sitake at BYU, Richt at Miami and Fritz at Tulane have decided to go all in, 24/7, at a critical time....for a good reason.
Lets stop the bs, its not even close, the majority of new head coaches, almost 80%, start their new job immediately, with 100% focus, otherwise two jobs get less than they deserve.
