I did like Wanny comment when asked what Pitt will need to do to beat WVU "RUN FASTER". LOL I forgot about that comment until you mentioned it.
Is there any interest in Pitt's admin to play that game annually?
Revised history. I don't recall the first year but year two was a solid year for Harasymiak. This past season was beyond his control as the defense had too many injuries to recover.Joe didn't get a good mark, in fact looks pretty bad , especially what they said about his work as RU's DC
Belichick wasn't rated as good as I thought he would be and the #1 choice might be right, but was a surprise to me
# 10 was my pick for best hire
>16. Joe Harasymiak, Massachusetts
Harasymiak had a strong three-year run at the head coach at Maine from 2016-18 before leaving to become an assistant at Minnesota and then Rutgers. His defenses at Rutgers weren’t very good, though the Scarlet Knights have reached the postseason the past two years. Knowing the New England landscape is a major bonus.<
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What is this new General manager stuff. Does he work like an NFl GM and spend the season evaluating potential “free agents” ie portal kids.
I think it might depend on the person. I think it's part talent evaluation and leading the evaluation staff, part "cap managment" but both not necessarily handled by the same person. In some instances maybe yes it's the same person and in others maybe separate people handle those issues.
Stewy just jelly NW is blowing all their money on "useless" facetiousilities (yes, being facetious) and can't scrape together another $50 MIL for NIL!
IIRC, Greg may have alluded to the fact that Eric Josephs handles this role for Rutgers. Could be mistaken and it could be someone else. He went into detail in one presser about how they are on this all the time and keep a spreadsheet of potential targets, etc.
I need to read up on him but on paper that’s a great hire for UMass
He was a GA at Rutgers in 1998-99.
This article might explain your question and it seems like since 2006 College Football programs had General Managers , just called them Director of Player Personnel :
A name I've been hearing is Tim Beck the Vanderbilt OC.
A top offensive mind who bounces around a lot. Seems like he may have rubbed Fickell the wrong way and they butted heads. Hope he does well as a HC.
Man, the first time I saw this guy’s defense in Washington State, I thought it was incredible.
Leading offensive mind Longo ousted as OC. DC ousted by a HC who was a top DC.
Maybe, but I don’t think so.
Pressure is on Fickell to perform.
Yea and he was going alongside Leach’s Air Raid, not an easy thing to do.
And sometimes coordinators are held back by their head coaches. As we know, a head coach can put parameters around their coordinators and how they run the offense or defense. Recall a few comments Longo made in interviews about that was the way Fickell wanted to do it. But the boss is the boss. Some give their coordinators free reign, others don't. But when their is friction and disagreement, it usually never ends well for the coordinator.
