I hear the argument from @Ketchum and @Anwar Richardson and I understand what you’re saying...but it’s wrong and here’s why.
Clemson, LSU and Alabama have all won big by making the big splash hires.
People forget Dabo Swinney was close to being fired earlier in his tenure. How did he respond? He fired his coordinators and went out and spent big money to land Brent Venablea and Chad Morris.
LSU was struggling on offense so what does Coach Cookie Monster do? He goes out and finds a young innovator with the Saints. Oh, and he money whipped Dave Aranda to be his defensive coordinator.
Alabama does it a little different. Saban hires every big time former head coach to be an analyst so that when one of his coordinators leaves, he’s got a next man up situation with someone who already has experience with how he wants things done.
The point is, the big time programs that are the measuring sticks right now all went out and did the exact thing you’re saying we can’t do anymore and I’m calling BS. If you think Texas can’t money whip a coach into moving to Austin you’re nuts. If you think UT isn’t still a premier destination in college football you’re nuts. The only thing preventing Herman from just spending big bucks to hire the biggest names is Herman.
Now, having said that, I do believe the Ash and Yurcich hires are good ones. I wish Joe Moorhead has been available while we were looking for OC’s but Yurcich is still really good. I also believe Ash has it in him to be the best D-coordinator in the country.
But there is zero reason Texas shouldn’t always get the best available at every coaching position. I mean, isn’t that what Herman did when he hired Her Hand?
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For those of you arguing about Venables & Morris saying they weren't splash hires, I'll give you these headlines from when it happened.
Here is what was said about Chad Morris at the time of his hire.
Those sound like a splash hires to me.
Clemson, LSU and Alabama have all won big by making the big splash hires.
People forget Dabo Swinney was close to being fired earlier in his tenure. How did he respond? He fired his coordinators and went out and spent big money to land Brent Venablea and Chad Morris.
LSU was struggling on offense so what does Coach Cookie Monster do? He goes out and finds a young innovator with the Saints. Oh, and he money whipped Dave Aranda to be his defensive coordinator.
Alabama does it a little different. Saban hires every big time former head coach to be an analyst so that when one of his coordinators leaves, he’s got a next man up situation with someone who already has experience with how he wants things done.
The point is, the big time programs that are the measuring sticks right now all went out and did the exact thing you’re saying we can’t do anymore and I’m calling BS. If you think Texas can’t money whip a coach into moving to Austin you’re nuts. If you think UT isn’t still a premier destination in college football you’re nuts. The only thing preventing Herman from just spending big bucks to hire the biggest names is Herman.
Now, having said that, I do believe the Ash and Yurcich hires are good ones. I wish Joe Moorhead has been available while we were looking for OC’s but Yurcich is still really good. I also believe Ash has it in him to be the best D-coordinator in the country.
But there is zero reason Texas shouldn’t always get the best available at every coaching position. I mean, isn’t that what Herman did when he hired Her Hand?
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For those of you arguing about Venables & Morris saying they weren't splash hires, I'll give you these headlines from when it happened.
https://oklahoman.com/gallery/articleid/3642048
Brent Venables introduced at Clemson as 'grand slam' hire
Brent Venables introduced at Clemson as 'grand slam' hire
Here is what was said about Chad Morris at the time of his hire.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/spor...stant-football-coach-chad-morris-pay/1776857/
Morris made the jump to college in 2010 as offensive coordinator and associate head coach at Tulsa, and his Golden Hurricane finished No. 5 nationally in total offense. That's when Clemson coach Dabo Swinney hired him.
Morris, 44, is speaking of his reputation as a mad scientist of offense, ginning up schemes to exploit mismatches.
Big-ticket schools such as Ohio State expressed interest in him as offensive coordinator but Clemson re-signed him to a multimillion dollar, multiyear deal before this season, possible only because Swinney takes less money than he could command as head coach in order to pay his assistants more.
Morris made the jump to college in 2010 as offensive coordinator and associate head coach at Tulsa, and his Golden Hurricane finished No. 5 nationally in total offense. That's when Clemson coach Dabo Swinney hired him.
Morris, 44, is speaking of his reputation as a mad scientist of offense, ginning up schemes to exploit mismatches.
Big-ticket schools such as Ohio State expressed interest in him as offensive coordinator but Clemson re-signed him to a multimillion dollar, multiyear deal before this season, possible only because Swinney takes less money than he could command as head coach in order to pay his assistants more.
Those sound like a splash hires to me.
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