Houston Fires Major Applewhite

johncu said:
Kliff Kingsbury just turned down the HC job at Houston in favor of being OC at Southern Cal. I don't blame him at all. Good luck finding a coach willing to go to Houston when they "fire coaches who go 8-4" after only 2 seasons. They're gonna end up with somebody who's desperate and has no other options.
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Art Briles is available.
 
gtphd said:
Art Briles is available.
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so he went 34-28 before at Houston. They can fire him after the first season. Your love for him is puzzling. Two real good seasons at Baylor followed by bowl losses. 39-30 in conference record. That has meh all over it.
 
johncu said:
Honestly, that might actually make sense for them.
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Other than getting fired after 1st season. They have a winning standard at Houston. They are the Alabama of Texas, apparently
 
georgiatech22 said:
https://www.cbssports.com/college-f...s-list-of-potential-replacements-for-cougars/

Top 4 candidates
Dana Holgerson
Kliff Kingsbury
Lane Kiffin
Neal Brown
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Holgerson went 8-4 with a Heisman candidate QB, and that just got Applewhite fired.

Kingsbury has never done better than 8-5 in 6 years and has a career losing record.

Kiffin just went 5-7 in a MUCH easier conference.

Neal Brown is the only one that seems like an upgrade, but I don't know why he would go to Houston and deal with that admin when he can hold out for a better job.
 
johncu said:
Kliff Kingsbury just turned down the HC job at Houston in favor of being OC at Southern Cal. I don't blame him at all. Good luck finding a coach willing to go to Houston when they "fire coaches who go 8-4" after only 2 seasons. They're gonna end up with somebody who's desperate and has no other options.
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There is a buttload more to the story than him being fired after 8-4.
 
JJacket said:
Well? We're waiting.
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Adding cause I know you wanted to.
 
Manny Diaz is an unproven commodity. You can speculate he will be awesome but until he proves it he is just the next guy up with an opportunity. I'm sure they felt like Al Golden, Randy Shannon and Mark Richt were homerun hires. Fact is Miami's glory days have come and gone. They just can not compete with the Alabamas, Clemsons, Oklahomas, Notre Dames and about 20 other schools I want bother to mention. Why hell even we beat their ass. So for all you "The U" worshipers out there, best find you another team to root for if you want to be a big winner.

Go Jackets!
 
thwg said:
Temple

Al Golden
Steve Adazzio
Matt Rhule
CGC
Manny Diaz

Not as impressive as Houston but impressive for a small, private, basketball school in Philadelphia. UH hires are just insane. So, the two schools that makes the best hires consistently are both looking for coaches right now.
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Fake news.

Temple is a public school that has over 40,000 students.
 
Hang on a second. Here's what Renu Khator has done for Houston in 10 years as president:
- Reached Carnegie R1 status (only 115 in the US, previously was R3)
- Awarded Phi Beta Kappa chapter
- Convinced the State Legislature (full of TAMU and UT graduates) to let Houston have a medical school after decades of attempts to get one
- Moved the school from ~200 in ARWU to under 100
- Set the benchmark for "winning" in football at 10 wins per season

Here's what Bud Peterson has done at Tech over 10 years:
- Lost several lawsuits for lack of due process in the expulsion for students for sexual misconduct
- Had several executives fired for conflicts of interest and abuse of power
- Made national news for violent riots and protests on campus.
- Dropped in the rankings from when he started.

Think they'd swap?
 
DressCheeseSideSeaboard said:
From Wikipedia:

Today, Temple is a Pennsylvania state-relateduniversity, meaning the university receives state funds, subject to state appropriations, but is independently operated.
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Yeah, Pennsylvania uses some weird designations with regard to their public schools like Temple and Pitt. But a look at the details as far as tuition costs and whatnot reveals them to be basically publicly subsidized in the same way that Penn State or any other public school in any other state is. All a part of the Commonwealth system.

Translation: Temple has the perception of being a small private basketball school but in reality is a big ass public school that is a lot more Georgia State than Villanova.
 
johncu said:
Holgerson went 8-4 with a Heisman candidate QB, and that just got Applewhite fired.

Kingsbury has never done better than 8-5 in 6 years and has a career losing record.

Kiffin just went 5-7 in a MUCH easier conference.

Neal Brown is the only one that seems like an upgrade, but I don't know why he would go to Houston and deal with that admin when he can hold out for a better job.
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WVUs schedule is much tougher than Houston’s.
 
ncjacket said:
WVUs schedule is much tougher than Houston’s.
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Getting fired isn't a bad thing as long as you have guaranteed money. Houston will just have to guarantee more than they otherwise would.
 
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