Jim Leavitt Fired from USF

[Rudeboyelvis]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

You really think they wont get a good coach? I think they will have plenty of guys to choose from. Leavitt built an excellent program and the home base right in the middle of FL as well as soft Big East competition makes this attractive. One thing about the school messing up is they most likely wont make the same mistake. It may not be a top destination job but a final step to a big job for an up and comer.

That's the problem - It's not a top destination, along with every other school on the conference. The Big East is turning into the Pittsburgh Pirates of NCAA football. And it never used to be until VA Tech, BC and Miami bailed to the ACC.

The last thing any team in this conference needs is another "up and comer" who cuts his teeth then cuts and runs to the next sexier opportunity in 1-2 years.

And with regard to whether they can draw a quality pool of candidates? Well, if it comes out that the entire story is trumped up because a couple of disaffected fringe players had a hard on for the guy, and they knew they had an ally at the Tribune, AND the university- and fully endorsed, card carrying politically correctness supporting institution (hell, they tenure professors with ties to Al Quada) decided it was simply more expedient to toss a guy who developed the program out on his asz rather than deal with the heatburn they most assuredly would feel supporting him in the wake of the Leach scandal - ALL which are viable scenarios, and Leavitt has said so through his attorneys in this fight -
Then no, it is not an attractive opportunity for any qualified candidate because the inmates run the asylum and it is impossible to succeed in that type of environment.
Like I said, It is crap like this that will cause the BCS to withdraw the auto-bid when the current contract expires in 2013.

If that happens, the Big East will cease to exist as we know it. Possibly a merge with the ACC (ala SEC) with an ACC North and ACC South...

It's not good.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by Rudeboyelvis

That's the problem - It's not a top destination, along with every other school on the conference. The Big East is turning into the Pittsburgh Pirates of NCAA football. And it never used to be until VA Tech, BC and Miami bailed to the ACC.

The last thing any team in this conference needs is another "up and comer" who cuts his teeth then cuts and runs to the next sexier opportunity in 1-2 years.

And with regard to whether they can draw a quality pool of candidates? Well, if it comes out that the entire story is trumped up because a couple of disaffected fringe players had a hard on for the guy, and they knew they had an ally at the Tribune, AND the university- and fully endorsed, card carrying politically correctness supporting institution (hell, they tenure professors with ties to Al Quada) decided it was simply more expedient to toss a guy who developed the program out on his asz rather than deal with the heatburn they most assuredly would feel supporting him in the wake of the Leach scandal - ALL which are viable scenarios, and Leavitt has said so through his attorneys in this fight -
Then no, it is not an attractive opportunity for any qualified candidate because the inmates run the asylum and it is impossible to succeed in that type of environment.
Like I said, It is crap like this that will cause the BCS to withdraw the auto-bid when the current contract expires in 2013.

If that happens, the Big East will cease to exist as we know it. Possibly a merge with the ACC (ala SEC) with an ACC North and ACC South...

It's not good.

There isnt much chance the Big East loses its BCS status especially with the BCS facing scrutiny for its exclusionary practices and them wanting a prescence in the Northeast.

There arent that many really destination jobs. You need a big school with a winning tradition and big booster money that is a football school that can stomach a huge contract and will pay big money to assistants as well. FL, Alabama, LSU, USC, Texas, Oklahoma, Notre Dame, Penn State, Michigan, Ohio State....

S FL doesnt have a long tradition nor does it have a big base of boosters but its location is a major plus as well as the possibility of winning in a BCS conference makes it still an attractive job despite the blundering of the administration.

[ddthetide]

Originally Posted by Rudeboyelvis

That's the problem - It's not a top destination, along with every other school on the conference. The Big East is turning into the Pittsburgh Pirates of NCAA football. And it never used to be until VA Tech, BC and Miami bailed to the ACC.

here is something else to consider for the big east, rutgers to the big10.
big10 is in expansion mode. rutgers would get them into the nj-ny, new england tv market.

[ddthetide]

Holtz takes the usf job.

[Patrick333]

Originally Posted by ddthetide

Holtz takes the usf job.

Loui's boy will do a good job at USF.