Look like Leavitt is coming back

(12-07-2019 07:55 PM)Sellular1 Wrote:  Look like Leavitt is coming back

Better pick a heck of an OC if true.

(12-07-2019 07:55 PM)Sellular1 Wrote:  Look like Leavitt is coming back

Far from a done deal... conversations have happened but they’ve interviewed 4 people so far and there’s more coming.

(12-07-2019 07:55 PM)Sellular1 Wrote:  Look like Leavitt is coming back

There's been nothing indicating this other than fan wishful thinking, an anonymous message board poster and a couple mysterious tweets. Looks like a lot of wishful thinking to me.

(12-07-2019 10:47 PM)BullsFanInTX Wrote:  

(12-07-2019 07:55 PM)Sellular1 Wrote:  Look like Leavitt is coming back

There's been nothing indicating this other than fan wishful thinking, an anonymous message board poster and a couple mysterious tweets. Looks like a lot of wishful thinking to me.

Matt Grothe tweeted he thinks Leavitt will be our next coach.... that’s the strongest Info I’ve seen on it.

Good, looking forward to Leavitt being there for the beat down next year during our biannual home game in Tampa. Y’all are kidding yourselves if you think he can bring back one week in 2007 at his age and no BCS recruiting advantage.

(12-07-2019 11:11 PM)mtmedlin Wrote:  

(12-07-2019 10:47 PM)BullsFanInTX Wrote:  

(12-07-2019 07:55 PM)Sellular1 Wrote:  Look like Leavitt is coming back

There's been nothing indicating this other than fan wishful thinking, an anonymous message board poster and a couple mysterious tweets. Looks like a lot of wishful thinking to me.

Matt Grothe tweeted he thinks Leavitt will be our next coach.... that’s the strongest Info I’ve seen on it.

Of course he thinks that. He played for Leavitt and has been pushing him from day one. He wants it so bad he is pushing Leavitt non stop.

If I read it right, early signing day starts on December 18th. Don't you want a head coach in place shortly to be prepared for it? There's not a lot of luxury waiting for something to happen later.

Looks like it’s gonna be Jeff Scott from Clemson.

(12-08-2019 05:18 PM)mtmedlin Wrote:  Looks like it’s gonna be Jeff Scott from Clemson.

What happened to Leavitt

(12-08-2019 08:18 PM)BullsFanInTX Wrote:  

(12-08-2019 05:18 PM)mtmedlin Wrote:  Looks like it’s gonna be Jeff Scott from Clemson.

What happened to Leavitt

I honestly believe there was contact but I never thought all the egos and agendas would ever be appeased.

Jeff Scott was at the top of the list from day 1 and most people have thought he was the top choice from the outset.

Well, instead, Taggart was named the head coach at FAU today.

By the way, USF plays at FAU on September 26. Hope we "Do Something" that day.

USFFan

SMU plays FAU in two weeks

(12-11-2019 04:54 PM)Pony94 Wrote:  SMU plays FAU in two weeks

Two weeks, no problem, but in three years from now, I am not so sure.

He will do well there. Taggart is a good coach. FSU alumni just seem to think their program has no issues and lets be honest, Jimbo wasnt doing his job the last couple years before he left. Taggart walked into a mess, with some serious racist donors and in the end he was a scapegoat for how poorly that team performed.
He has been succesful at turning around every program he has worked at except FSU and I expect him to do well at FAU. The man can recruit and living down in the hottest area of recruiting in the nation... ya, hes gonna get his.

Taggart is not a good coach. He has a career losing record and hasn't won a game of significance in his entire career. He owes not being canned at usf entirely due to Quinton Flowers deciding to become a freak athlete QB who could single handedly win games for him.

This is a coach who was annihilated at home by McNeese State in Year 2 of his tenure at usf.

He just went 6-6 in a horrible ACC with a roster packed with 4 and 5 star kids.

Never has such an average coach gotten so many suckers to pay him huge sums of money to never win anything important.

(12-12-2019 10:11 AM)The Knight Time Wrote:  Taggart is not a good coach. He has a career losing record and hasn't won a game of significance in his entire career. He owes not being canned at usf entirely due to Quinton Flowers deciding to become a freak athlete QB who could single handedly win games for him.

This is a coach who was annihilated at home by McNeese State in Year 2 of his tenure at usf.

He just went 6-6 in a horrible ACC with a roster packed with 4 and 5 star kids.

Never has such an average coach gotten so many suckers to pay him huge sums of money to never win anything important.

No, the McNeese State debacle was his first game in his first year. Other than that, though, I don't disagree with what you're saying...

I've said countless times that Taggart has two skills - he's a decent recruiter and he's able to recognize underrated 2 and 3 star recruits. Those skills were NEVER going to translate at Florida State, where they already recruit pretty well and they sure aren't looking to find diamonds in the rough. He can probably succeed doing that at FAU.

Taggart is not a good coach. His teams are always incredibly undisciplined, his players rarely have situational awareness (e.g. snapping the ball with time left on the clock when trying to milk it), and the only time we were remotely decent on defense was under Tom Allen (who's proving who the brains were in the operation by having Indiana on the upswing). Woodie is an albatross. Fortunately, I think Kelly recognized all of this, which is why I'm thrilled with the hire. As others have said, USF needs to stop trying to live on the "glory days" of 2007 and/or 2016 and move forward.

USFFan

(12-12-2019 10:55 AM)usffan Wrote:  

(12-12-2019 10:11 AM)The Knight Time Wrote:  Taggart is not a good coach. He has a career losing record and hasn't won a game of significance in his entire career. He owes not being canned at usf entirely due to Quinton Flowers deciding to become a freak athlete QB who could single handedly win games for him.

This is a coach who was annihilated at home by McNeese State in Year 2 of his tenure at usf.

He just went 6-6 in a horrible ACC with a roster packed with 4 and 5 star kids.

Never has such an average coach gotten so many suckers to pay him huge sums of money to never win anything important.

No, the McNeese State debacle was his first game in his first year. Other than that, though, I don't disagree with what you're saying...

I've said countless times that Taggart has two skills - he's a decent recruiter and he's able to recognize underrated 2 and 3 star recruits. Those skills were NEVER going to translate at Florida State, where they already recruit pretty well and they sure aren't looking to find diamonds in the rough. He can probably succeed doing that at FAU.

Taggart is not a good coach. His teams are always incredibly undisciplined, his players rarely have situational awareness (e.g. snapping the ball with time left on the clock when trying to milk it), and the only time we were remotely decent on defense was under Tom Allen (who's proving who the brains were in the operation by having Indiana on the upswing). Woodie is an albatross. Fortunately, I think Kelly recognized all of this, which is why I'm thrilled with the hire. As others have said, USF needs to stop trying to live on the "glory days" of 2007 and/or 2016 and move forward.

USFFan

Totally disagree. Yes there were issues at USF, but overall he did very well at identifying talent and finding a way to use them. Yes he tried the power run here for 2 years and it didnt work. He then switched and got the Gulf Coast going and won.

He turned around WKU, turned around USF, made Oregon better.... his history shows improvement everywhere he went, except FSU.

Just like Holtz, I think he has a limit on his coaching. Holtz is a good CUSA level coach but when he was challenged with a Big East schedule, he didnt know how to run that program.
Taggart isnt a P5 coach but at the G5 level, he will do well. Hes gonna get those diamonds in the rough, coach them up and find the best place for them.
Bash him all you want but his record doesnt go along with what any of you are saying. He took a total crapshow here in tampa and got it going. If you are going to blame him for the bad, you cant diminish the good. Its either all on him or its not. Yes, he hired a good coordinator that helped, but thats part of HIS job. He gets credit for that.

I liked Taggart and wish he succeeded at FSU, but it really appears he did not know how to run an efficient practice that ended up wasting a lot of time (hence the many motion penalties) and he majorly whiffed on his initial coaching hires where half were complete duds.

I do think he will be able to maintain the success Lane Kiffen has built at FAU, but really WT is better suited as a small time coach.

(12-12-2019 12:42 PM)Garrettabc Wrote:  I liked Taggart and wish he succeeded at FSU, but it really appears he did not know how to run an efficient practice that ended up wasting a lot of time (hence the many motion penalties) and he majorly whiffed on his initial coaching hires where half were complete duds.

I do think he will be able to maintain the success Lane Kiffen has built at FAU, but really WT is better suited as a small time coach.

Hes a victim of being promoted too soon. Taggart has the skill set and if he had been a coordinator at a P5 for a period of time and then moved up slower, I think he would have developed.

The real question is going to be who he is after FSU. As we just saw at USF, a firing at your dream school can gut you. I really like Charlie Strong as a person, but I think losing Texas just gutted him. He wasnt the same man who coached Lville. The fire wasnt there... the love, the mentorship and the good heart was still there because thats who he is to his players, but I think he was tired when he got here and never recovered.

I wonder if it will do the same to Taggart.