Would be a helluva staff and if memory serves me GS pushed hard for those two on his initial staff but Golden didnt want to be outshined and work for a guy he had coached with and was near his young age.
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Would be a helluva staff and if memory serves me GS pushed hard for those two on his initial staff but Golden didnt want to be outshined and work for a guy he had coached with and was near his young age.
Temple was one Trustee's vote (I mean one member of the BOT) from dropping their program the year before Golden was hired, and were in the midst of a 20-game losing streak when he began. A few years later, they were playing UCLA in a bowl game, losing by just nine points.
The biggest problem with Golden IMO is his attachment to D'Ionofrio (sp?).
His best seasons there were 4-losses each. You make it sound like he won a natty or something.
Darrell Hazell and Turner Gill had great mid-major resumes, too.
Don't know why this is so difficult to understand, but it is all about your starting point. Again, context, context.
not hard to turn around programs in the mac. that is why so many coaches from the mac move on to better jobs every year. temple could not win a game then join the mac and start winning 4 and 5 from the start.
Look at the starting points that Hazell had at Kent State and Gill had at Buffalo. Certainly not substantially better than what Golden had to work with at Temple.
Those programs all had significant institutional support and a capital infrastructure. Temple had none of that - literally, none. Nothing on campus and the awful Veterans Stadium in front of hundreds on Saturdays. And even once the university decided to support the program, it still took years to develop an infrastructure. So Golden was absolutely at a disadvantage as compared to other MAC programs.
