This actually the best scenario for long term health
Agreed… Lebby is staking his future to hutzler if he is retained.
If he can't see that our defense and coaching was terrible this year than his convictions are very bad and not what we need from a coaching staff and not the head guy that's supposed to have the vision and know how to fix our program
Which is crazy considering the time he had spent coaching in the Texas and southeast circle. Maybe those coaches know something. The Briles connection didn't have Kendall but I think a lot of coaches are not wanting to come join a greenhorn that just went 2-10. They don't want to move and then have to move. A year later like the Arnett staff had to do.
I prefer the Year 2 hot seat for the whole gang. This is the most sensible take I’ve seen about Hutzler.
This is assuming that Selmon will be around to fire him? He's already been looking for his next job, you know he was top 40 under 40!***
That is my theory, who would want to come somewhere that the coach is on the hotseat after a 2-10 year and prospects aren't much better for next year. I just don't believe that you get a 3rd year in this day and time. He was named coach Nov 26 before last years early signing, had 9 months to get all of his ducks in a row from when he was hired to first game but yet we called 2 TO's in the first Q of our 12th game last Friday because we couldn't get a damn play called. He brought in transfers, had Spring training and we won 3 fewer games than we did the year before w/ that sh it show of a staff.
We'd definitely have to overpay and we likely wouldn't get a sure fire candidate. I think maybe the best route would be to overpay a G4 DC to come help him for a year. The problem is the chances of it being a one year gig limits your options. If it's somebody that's already on shortlists for P4 jobs, they are likely far enough in their career that they don't want to move for a one year stop that has a good chance of not being a resume enhancer. Lebby just 17ed himself with his arrogance thinking that he could have a first time DC while he is learning the ropes as a first time head coach.
This is part of the cycle of decline. In the past, you just needed to lock in some recruits to build around since they weren’t going anywhere. It’s like the can’t get a job without experience and can’t get experience without a job conundrum.
That kind of decision would simply be evidence of him not trying hard enough to get better. Complacency should be fireable.
Last year we did absolutely nothing staff-wise or player-wise to build for the future. It was a 100% wasted year. Like it or not, this year is actually year 1 of the re-build and transition from Leach's air raid system and players.
I agree but we also have to consider who writes the checks. There may be zero faith that more money given to Selmon/Lebby will result in an improvement. The Hutzler hire / salary was a head scratcher from the beginning. Money guys may be saying "you made your bed, lie in it".
There is one other possibility that I just thought of. Lebby could want to stick with Hutzler because he is afraid that he might hire someone even worse.
I think it’s just plain and simple ego. Most all of these coaches have huge egos and typically think they are the smartest in the room. I think lebby is trying to prove he’s not going to back down due to fan pressure. It’s a shame he’s going to do this because he’s going to ruin his head coaching future. Another 2 win season and he will be fired. I doubt he ever gets another power 5 opportunity if he manages to win 4 games in 2 years.
I really don't think Lenny would be dumb enough to hire another ST coach to be DC...just go hire the Purdue guy that just got fired, it's simple
Then by all means he should move on to his next upward trajectory job. Florida ready to fire stricklin yet? Who's next on the chopping block
Bentley’s long TD run was a prime example of that. Should have been a 2-3 yard run, Smith whiffed on the tackle. What I didn’t like was early in season our DB’s playing so far off WR’s…and of course 3 man DL.
And this is with radios in helmets. So it's not like they were having to signal from the sidelines. That was nothing more than indecision by the play caller, your head coach.
