It's a well known fact regarding RU's morbid financial situation and restrictions it imposes when it comes to athletic spending. With that being said, I think we all can agree that SOME form of change NEEDS to be made. I offer these 2 scenerios and would like to hear opinions.
1) Hire on the cheap- After John O's post on Saturday, which painted a very bleak future, let's assume that even guys like Rhule, Babers, and Fleck would be out of our range. This would most likely mean hiring a coordinator with no HC experience, or a HC from a lower level i.e. Fordhams Joe Moorehead. The potential upside of this would be that it would give us the change that many of us so desperately desire, and would most likely give us an upgrade in game planning and actual on the field X's and O's where many here feel Flood in incompetent. The downside is, it won't be the sexy hire that most of the fan base is clamoring for, and won't have an immediate impact upgrading recruiting. If you swing and miss with an unproven commodity here, it may bring the program back to Terry Shea status.
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2) Upgrade the OC and DC- It would cost the University a few million to buyout Flood and his staff and wouldn't leave much to spend on the incoming staff. The upside is, Spending 500k or so each on a new OC and DC would be a much more cost effective way to provide change and improve our competitiveness. We all saw last year how much of a difference having a good established coordinator makes with Fridge as OC and in 2012 with Rob Smith as DC. Also, according to John O, the buyout for Flood and staff will be much cheaper next year and it will bring us a year closer to becoming a full share in the B1G. The downside is, it may be like putting a band aid over a gunshot wound and will be another year wasted under a regime that may never take us to the level of competitiveness the fans expect.
1) Hire on the cheap- After John O's post on Saturday, which painted a very bleak future, let's assume that even guys like Rhule, Babers, and Fleck would be out of our range. This would most likely mean hiring a coordinator with no HC experience, or a HC from a lower level i.e. Fordhams Joe Moorehead. The potential upside of this would be that it would give us the change that many of us so desperately desire, and would most likely give us an upgrade in game planning and actual on the field X's and O's where many here feel Flood in incompetent. The downside is, it won't be the sexy hire that most of the fan base is clamoring for, and won't have an immediate impact upgrading recruiting. If you swing and miss with an unproven commodity here, it may bring the program back to Terry Shea status.
OR
2) Upgrade the OC and DC- It would cost the University a few million to buyout Flood and his staff and wouldn't leave much to spend on the incoming staff. The upside is, Spending 500k or so each on a new OC and DC would be a much more cost effective way to provide change and improve our competitiveness. We all saw last year how much of a difference having a good established coordinator makes with Fridge as OC and in 2012 with Rob Smith as DC. Also, according to John O, the buyout for Flood and staff will be much cheaper next year and it will bring us a year closer to becoming a full share in the B1G. The downside is, it may be like putting a band aid over a gunshot wound and will be another year wasted under a regime that may never take us to the level of competitiveness the fans expect.
