ESPN Take On Our Hire

[RU Husky]

Commentator has a more favorable view of Ash than Forde. He puts ASH at #6 out of 24 ,IIRC, just ahead of Durkin and had some good things to say about the hire of Ash and Mehwinger.

http://espn.go.com/blog/travis-haney/insider/post?id=5086

Edit: Sorry, it went to Insider info after I posted. For some reason I was able to access the article before, can't now. I'll see if I can find it a different way.

 

[WhichReligionIsRight]

Would love to see entire list.

 

[alphapapa]

P5

1. Justin Fuente, Virginia Tech
2. Mark Richt, Miami
3. Matt Campbell, Iowa State
4. Clay Helton, USC
5. Dino Babers, Syracuse
6. Chris Ash, Rutgers
7. D.J. Durkin, Maryland
8. Bronco Mendenhall, Virginia
9. Tracy Claeys, Minnesota
10. Bill Cubit, Illinois
11. Barry Odom, Missouri
12. Kirby Smart, Georgia
13. Will Muschamp, South Carolina

G5:

1. Scott Frost, UCF
2. Willie Fritz, Tulane
3. Scottie Montgomery, East Carolina

 

[RUJMM78]

P5

1. Justin Fuente, Virginia Tech
2. Mark Richt, Miami
3. Matt Campbell, Iowa State
4. Clay Helton, USC
5. Dino Babers, Syracuse
6. Chris Ash, Rutgers
7. D.J. Durkin, Maryland
8. Bronco Mendenhall, Virginia
9. Tracy Claeys, Minnesota
10. Bill Cubit, Illinois
11. Barry Odom, Missouri
12. Kirby Smart, Georgia
13. Will Muschamp, South Carolina

G5:

1. Scott Frost, UCF
2. Willie Fritz, Tulane
3. Scottie Montgomery, East Carolina

Richt clearly is the best head coach on that list based on his prior record at Georgia.

 

[Sec 127]

Wow. Cubit ahead of Smart and Muschamp. Interesting to say the least.

 

[Knight Shift]

Wonder why Mendenhall is not higher on that list.

 

[RURM85]

Bronco 99-42 at BYU. He's wins.

 

[SHUSource]

I'm surprised how low Kirby Smart is ... after Bill Cubit? Wow. Muschamp, I get. That was a terrible hire.

I also don't get Willie Fritz after Scott Frost. Fritz has been the head coach of some very good teams. Scott Frost ... well, he was a good quarterback, kind of. Hard to separate his work at Oregon from Helfrich's.

 

[Raritan83]

Wow. Cubit ahead of Smart and Muschamp. Interesting to say the least.

I am going on a limb and thinking their reasoning was that for SEC schools with the resources they have, all three hires (#11-#13) were uninspiring and not going to help them climb mountain.

 

[RutgersRaRa]

Commentator has a more favorable view of Ash than Forde. He puts ASH at #6 out of 24 ,IIRC, just ahead of Durkin and had some good things to say about the hire of Ash and Mehwinger.

http://espn.go.com/blog/travis-haney/insider/post?id=5086

Edit: Sorry, it went to Insider info after I posted. For some reason I was able to access the article before, can't now. I'll see if I can find it a different way.

Wewease Woger!!

 

[scarletKNIGHT07]

Willie Fritz for the win. He will probably be in the power 5 after a year or two at Tulane.

 

[Ole Cabbagehead]

Helton is perplexing to me. Then it looks like they put the MAC HC hires over our top coordinator hires. (Babers and Campbell ahead of Durkin and Ash).

 

[RutgersRaRa]

There's no Woddewick, either.

Do we have anyone in our jails?

 

[Roy_Faulker]

They were head coaches

 

[seels2662]

Helton is perplexing to me. Then it looks like they put the MAC HC hires over our top coordinator hires. (Babers and Campbell ahead of Durkin and Ash).

Agree. That was way too high. They had all the money in the world and they went the internal hire route. USC is not the place where new head coaches can cut their teeth.

 

[LC-88]

Agree. That was way too high. They had all the money in the world and they went the internal hire route. USC is not the place where new head coaches can cut their teeth.

Sounds to me like they want to save their recruiting class. :)

 

[Scarlet_Scourge]

Sounds to me like they want to save their recruiting class. :)

yeah, that always works long term

 

[KnightsofChrome]

We are very fortunate to have C. Ash! He is sixth on a list of 13, which include a wealth of HC experience. To be that high, with no P5 Head Coaching exp., relates to his perceived abilities, as well as potential.
We can only sit back and enjoy his stay with us. Go RU!

 

[RUtrumpet92]

C.A$H MONEY!!!

It will be interesting to compare the results to this list and see how accurate he is.

 

[KnightsofChrome]

C.A$H MONEY!!!

It will be interesting to compare the results to this list and see how accurate he is.

At least give me credit for the C.Ash.......lol

 

[RUtrumpet92]

At least give me credit for the C.Ash.......lol

You get credit for the C.Ash part, I get credit for the $. :sunglasses:

 

[RUonBrain]

C.A$H MONEY!!!

It will be interesting to compare the results to this list and see how accurate he is.

This is great!

C.A$H MONEY!!!