2018 Coaching Changes thread

[Mdot21]

I think USF should be nervous again..

Charlie Strong was a failure at Texas. I don't think Oregon will go after him. 
He's probably better suited at a small school like USF.

[847badgerfan]

Texas was/is in a tough spot.

Strong has a pretty good track record aside from that stop.

[MarqHusker]

The texts/screen shots and hearsay over this Herm / ASU press conference sound very....interesting.     I guess the AD first spent 15 minutes going on about the program, then introduced Herm's Agent, who touted Herm like a WWF manager.  Next up was Herm, and he touted his HS all star team coaching, taking credit for Jameis Winston,   called Darren Woodson  'Rod Woodson',   declared his intentions to put up points on the scoreboard of life, and called college football our 'farm league'.   I'm not sure he knows the names of his OC/DC.

[Mdot21]

The texts/screen shots and hearsay over this Herm / ASU press conference sound very....interesting.     I guess the AD first spent 15 minutes going on about the program, then introduced Herm's Agent, who touted Herm like a WWF manager.  Next up was Herm, and he touted his HS all star team coaching, taking credit for Jameis Winston,   called Darren Woodson  'Rod Woodson',   declared his intentions to put up points on the scoreboard of life, and called college football our 'farm league'.   I'm not sure he knows the names of his OC/DC.

Absolutely bizarre.
And has a predictable ending. Herm Edwards will more than likely be a disaster for them.

[Mdot21]

Texas was/is in a tough spot.

Strong has a pretty good track record aside from that stop.

Does he really though? He coached at Louisville for 4 years, went 7-6 and 7-6, then didn't break through until his last two years when it became the AAC. 

The stint at Texas was pretty damning IMO. Texas wasn't a complete mess and he had 3 years there and was just horrible. Even RichRod did better at Michigan in his 3 years.
He took over an 11-2 team returning most of its starters that Willie Taggart built and will have a worse record despite playing an easier schedule.
I'm not sure Strong is all that.

[MaximumSam]

The texts/screen shots and hearsay over this Herm / ASU press conference sound very....interesting.     I guess the AD first spent 15 minutes going on about the program, then introduced Herm's Agent, who touted Herm like a WWF manager.  Next up was Herm, and he touted his HS all star team coaching, taking credit for Jameis Winston,   called Darren Woodson  'Rod Woodson',   declared his intentions to put up points on the scoreboard of life, and called college football our 'farm league'.   I'm not sure he knows the names of his OC/DC.

Don't forget it also appeared he didn't know ASU are the Sun Devils

[MarqHusker]

"We don't huddle anymore in our society.  That's the problem with it."   Herm on his idea of huddle football.

The touting by the AD and then agent though was just classic WWF.

[Brutus Buckeye]

I had never known that Herm Edwards was viewed as such a lousy coach. 

[ELA]

@charlesrobinson
Why does it sound like Herm Edwards and Arizona State are about to launch a pyramid scheme.

[MarqHusker]

That's a good speculative angle.   I keep going back to the WWE angle, combined with the nepotism, and this is one bizarre situation.    And why exactly is Herm working for ESPN for another week?  I can seen total resentment by the Asst coaches by the time spring football rolls around.

[CatsbyAZ]

Arizona State hires Herm Edwards. WTF...

Yep; there you have it - Arizona State officially announces Herm Edwards as Head Coach.

Tempe had - what? - 10 full days to take the Tennessee route and revolt. Instead the local media spent last week buying-in while any potential for dissent blew over.

My settled reaction is to compare this to Washington hiring Ty Willingham or Kansas hiring Charlie Weis.

[PSUinNC]

Absolutely bizarre.
And has a predictable ending. Herm Edwards will more than likely be a disaster for them.

This might be the worst hire, initially speaking, I've ever seen.  

[ELA]

UCF sticking to Big 12 QBs from my formative years by hiring Missouri OC Josh Heupel to replace Frost

[DevilFroggy]

Out with the trash, in with the class.

Man I wish we had that eye roll/hand wanking emoticon from the previous board.
Let me fix it for you...
Out with the guy who significantly raised team GPA and graduation rate and had extremely few players get involved in off field incidents, in with the guy who hasn’t coached in almost a decade and hasn’t coached college football in almost 3 decades. 
See? Not being a jackass isn’t that hard, try it sometime.