What about Brennan Marion?

(11-28-2022 12:10 PM)slycat Wrote:  

(11-28-2022 12:05 PM)hburg Wrote:  Stick with someone who knows Texas..

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This is a must. Have to rebuild high school recruiting.

Withers came in and burned a lot of bridges with Texas high school coaches. Then Spav came in a burned all that was left by being the Portal guy. Need a HC who know Texas and has a staff and guys that can and want to recruit high schools in the State.

We have 17 starters already graduating or in the Portal, it will be time to rebuild yet again but this time needs a better balance of the Portal and high school kids.

That would be incorrect. You don't need a HC with Texas history. He doesn't even have to ever have stepped foot in the state of Texas. You need a leader. The right leader will put people around him that have the Texas ties you need. Find a leader that's humble enough to understand his shortcomings and how to supplement for them. That's the guy that will get TxSt where they want to be.

(11-29-2022 09:49 AM)WARDAWG93 Wrote:  

(11-28-2022 12:10 PM)slycat Wrote:  

(11-28-2022 12:05 PM)hburg Wrote:  Stick with someone who knows Texas..

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This is a must. Have to rebuild high school recruiting.

Withers came in and burned a lot of bridges with Texas high school coaches. Then Spav came in a burned all that was left by being the Portal guy. Need a HC who know Texas and has a staff and guys that can and want to recruit high schools in the State.

We have 17 starters already graduating or in the Portal, it will be time to rebuild yet again but this time needs a better balance of the Portal and high school kids.

That would be incorrect. You don't need a HC with Texas history. He doesn't even have to ever have stepped foot in the state of Texas. You need a leader. The right leader will put people around him that have the Texas ties you need. Find a leader that's humble enough to understand his shortcomings and how to supplement for them. That's the guy that will get TxSt where they want to be.

Maybe not, but it wouldn’t hurt having ties to Texas.

As far as Withers, he was a salesman, not a leader. A terrible Xs and Os guy, and being around him for 30 minutes was enough to know he was a *******. He definitely would have burned connections with High School coaches. He did the same in Virginia. Give him credit, he was good at pissing people off.

Again, thank you TXST for taking Withers off of JMU’s hands.

A name being thrown into the mix today is Joe Gillespie DC at TCU.

(11-29-2022 01:20 PM)Longhorn Wrote:  

(11-29-2022 09:49 AM)WARDAWG93 Wrote:  

(11-28-2022 12:10 PM)slycat Wrote:  

(11-28-2022 12:05 PM)hburg Wrote:  Stick with someone who knows Texas..

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This is a must. Have to rebuild high school recruiting.

Withers came in and burned a lot of bridges with Texas high school coaches. Then Spav came in a burned all that was left by being the Portal guy. Need a HC who know Texas and has a staff and guys that can and want to recruit high schools in the State.

We have 17 starters already graduating or in the Portal, it will be time to rebuild yet again but this time needs a better balance of the Portal and high school kids.

That would be incorrect. You don't need a HC with Texas history. He doesn't even have to ever have stepped foot in the state of Texas. You need a leader. The right leader will put people around him that have the Texas ties you need. Find a leader that's humble enough to understand his shortcomings and how to supplement for them. That's the guy that will get TxSt where they want to be.

Maybe not, but it wouldn’t hurt having ties to Texas.

As far as Withers, he was a salesman, not a leader. A terrible Xs and Os guy, and being around him for 30 minutes was enough to know he was a *******. He definitely would have burned connections with High School coaches. He did the same in Virginia. Give him credit, he was good at pissing people off.

Again, thank you TXST for taking Withers off of JMU’s hands.

Sometimes it can be difficult to distinguish between those two things in the hiring process. Usually becomes pretty distinct shortly afterwards though.

(11-29-2022 08:55 PM)Cajuncat Wrote:  A name being thrown into the mix today is Joe Gillespie DC at TCU.

While my earlier post did say that you don't need a TX guy, I do think that Gillespie would be a damn good guy to consider. There is no question that he knows what he's doing in terms of the on-the-field stuff. I cannot say that I know much about his recruiting history or prowess but they sure have some studs at TCU (including one of our previous standout DBs) and he certainly knows the TX High School coaches.

(11-29-2022 09:49 AM)WARDAWG93 Wrote:  

(11-28-2022 12:10 PM)slycat Wrote:  

(11-28-2022 12:05 PM)hburg Wrote:  Stick with someone who knows Texas..

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This is a must. Have to rebuild high school recruiting.

Withers came in and burned a lot of bridges with Texas high school coaches. Then Spav came in a burned all that was left by being the Portal guy. Need a HC who know Texas and has a staff and guys that can and want to recruit high schools in the State.

We have 17 starters already graduating or in the Portal, it will be time to rebuild yet again but this time needs a better balance of the Portal and high school kids.

That would be incorrect. You don't need a HC with Texas history. He doesn't even have to ever have stepped foot in the state of Texas. You need a leader. The right leader will put people around him that have the Texas ties you need. Find a leader that's humble enough to understand his shortcomings and how to supplement for them. That's the guy that will get TxSt where they want to be.

While you may not need someone with current Texas ties, the new coach will need to rebuild connections with the high school coaches in Texas if they want to be able to recruit in the state. He may fill every assistant position with a "Texas guy," but at the end of the day it is the HC's program, and he's gotta be out there talking to the HS coaches, shaking hands, and building rapport. Those relationships are crucial to success recruiting in the state.

Also, if Texas State hires KC Keeler, they will have one of the softest teams in the conference, if not all of FBS.

(11-30-2022 09:14 AM)AssyrianDuke Wrote:  

(11-29-2022 09:49 AM)WARDAWG93 Wrote:  

(11-28-2022 12:10 PM)slycat Wrote:  

(11-28-2022 12:05 PM)hburg Wrote:  Stick with someone who knows Texas..

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This is a must. Have to rebuild high school recruiting.

Withers came in and burned a lot of bridges with Texas high school coaches. Then Spav came in a burned all that was left by being the Portal guy. Need a HC who know Texas and has a staff and guys that can and want to recruit high schools in the State.

We have 17 starters already graduating or in the Portal, it will be time to rebuild yet again but this time needs a better balance of the Portal and high school kids.

That would be incorrect. You don't need a HC with Texas history. He doesn't even have to ever have stepped foot in the state of Texas. You need a leader. The right leader will put people around him that have the Texas ties you need. Find a leader that's humble enough to understand his shortcomings and how to supplement for them. That's the guy that will get TxSt where they want to be.

While you may not need someone with current Texas ties, the new coach will need to rebuild connections with the high school coaches in Texas if they want to be able to recruit in the state. He may fill every assistant position with a "Texas guy," but at the end of the day it is the HC's program, and he's gotta be out there talking to the HS coaches, shaking hands, and building rapport. Those relationships are crucial to success recruiting in the state.

Also, if Texas State hires KC Keeler, they will have one of the softest teams in the conference, if not all of FBS.

Oh I completely agree with that. I was not trying to imply that the HC could just sit back and let his staff take care of the recruiting. Just that the right staff would get his foot in the door with the high schools. He would still have to put in the work to develop the relationships.

This popped up on my twitter feed.

Well that narrows it down to one of the names I thought seemed the best and one that I thought seemed the worst.

If I'm Texas State I go to Nick Saban and give him the chance to be HC, AD, mayor of San Marcos, rename the university to Nick Saban University, and rebrand as the Fightin' Sabans, and see what happens...

If they could somehow grab Eric Morris I think he has the potential to do really well as a HC

You know it'll be Keeler. They have to play it safe after the last two busts.

Looks like they're bringin back the "party in the end zone"

(11-30-2022 12:50 PM)AssyrianDuke Wrote:  Looks like they're bringin back the "party in the end zone"

Keeler is way better than ole EW

(11-30-2022 09:14 AM)AssyrianDuke Wrote:  

(11-29-2022 09:49 AM)WARDAWG93 Wrote:  

(11-28-2022 12:10 PM)slycat Wrote:  

(11-28-2022 12:05 PM)hburg Wrote:  Stick with someone who knows Texas..

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This is a must. Have to rebuild high school recruiting.

Withers came in and burned a lot of bridges with Texas high school coaches. Then Spav came in a burned all that was left by being the Portal guy. Need a HC who know Texas and has a staff and guys that can and want to recruit high schools in the State.

We have 17 starters already graduating or in the Portal, it will be time to rebuild yet again but this time needs a better balance of the Portal and high school kids.

That would be incorrect. You don't need a HC with Texas history. He doesn't even have to ever have stepped foot in the state of Texas. You need a leader. The right leader will put people around him that have the Texas ties you need. Find a leader that's humble enough to understand his shortcomings and how to supplement for them. That's the guy that will get TxSt where they want to be.

While you may not need someone with current Texas ties, the new coach will need to rebuild connections with the high school coaches in Texas if they want to be able to recruit in the state. He may fill every assistant position with a "Texas guy," but at the end of the day it is the HC's program, and he's gotta be out there talking to the HS coaches, shaking hands, and building rapport. Those relationships are crucial to success recruiting in the state.

Also, if Texas State hires KC Keeler, they will have one of the softest teams in the conference, if not all of FBS.

Y'all have a 1-1 head to head record against each other in the playoffs. What does that say about y'all then? I really don't get the JMU hate towards SHSU. It seriously comes across weak and jealous.

(11-28-2022 10:29 AM)MadEagle Wrote:  Todd Graham: Former Coach at Rice, Tulsa, Pittsburgh, Arizona State and Hawaii. It sounds like dude is bat **** crazy but he wins. 106-72. He also has alot of connections to Texas High School Football.

Eric Morris : current offensive coordinator at Washington State and former Head Coach at Incarnate Word. School was 1-10 the year prior to his arrival and turned it around to 6-5, 6-5 and 10-3 when he left for the OC job at Washington State.

Chad Morris: A dark horse on my list was horrible at Arkansas but had an impressive turn around at SMU and he's a Texas High School coaching legend.

Chad Morris is a @$$ Clown
That would be an absolute joke

(11-30-2022 01:53 PM)slycat Wrote:  

(11-30-2022 09:14 AM)AssyrianDuke Wrote:  

(11-29-2022 09:49 AM)WARDAWG93 Wrote:  

(11-28-2022 12:10 PM)slycat Wrote:  

(11-28-2022 12:05 PM)hburg Wrote:  Stick with someone who knows Texas..

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This is a must. Have to rebuild high school recruiting.

Withers came in and burned a lot of bridges with Texas high school coaches. Then Spav came in a burned all that was left by being the Portal guy. Need a HC who know Texas and has a staff and guys that can and want to recruit high schools in the State.

We have 17 starters already graduating or in the Portal, it will be time to rebuild yet again but this time needs a better balance of the Portal and high school kids.

That would be incorrect. You don't need a HC with Texas history. He doesn't even have to ever have stepped foot in the state of Texas. You need a leader. The right leader will put people around him that have the Texas ties you need. Find a leader that's humble enough to understand his shortcomings and how to supplement for them. That's the guy that will get TxSt where they want to be.

While you may not need someone with current Texas ties, the new coach will need to rebuild connections with the high school coaches in Texas if they want to be able to recruit in the state. He may fill every assistant position with a "Texas guy," but at the end of the day it is the HC's program, and he's gotta be out there talking to the HS coaches, shaking hands, and building rapport. Those relationships are crucial to success recruiting in the state.

Also, if Texas State hires KC Keeler, they will have one of the softest teams in the conference, if not all of FBS.

Y'all have a 1-1 head to head record against each other in the playoffs. What does that say about y'all then? I really don't get the JMU hate towards SHSU. It seriously comes across weak and jealous.

It ain't about SHSU, the animosity is with KC Keeler as he was previously the head coach of Delaware, who was an A10/CAAF rival. He used to complain that the band was playing too loud during timeouts, complain about us throwing streamers in our own stadium (not at him or his players btw), Joe Flacco being sacked a bunch of times, etc. Anyway, he eventually left and went to SHSU, and then complained that he got the 5 seed as an undefeated team with a soft schedule and we beat them 62-7. You are right, though, they did win in the next game. We forgot how to play football for a 10 minute stretch between the end of the 3rd/beginning of the 4th and they capitalized on our mistakes. We didn't play well enough over 60 minutes to win that game. We seem to do that one or two games a year (see our game against Georgia State as the latest example). Not sure why or how that is weak and/or jealous, but okay.

(11-28-2022 02:35 PM)slycat Wrote:  How do USM fans feel about Scotty Walden?

He needs experience first. As a person I have nothing negative I can say about him. He will be successful. Wonderful family and strong Christian values

(11-30-2022 01:53 PM)slycat Wrote:  

(11-30-2022 09:14 AM)AssyrianDuke Wrote:  

(11-29-2022 09:49 AM)WARDAWG93 Wrote:  

(11-28-2022 12:10 PM)slycat Wrote:  

(11-28-2022 12:05 PM)hburg Wrote:  Stick with someone who knows Texas..

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This is a must. Have to rebuild high school recruiting.

Withers came in and burned a lot of bridges with Texas high school coaches. Then Spav came in a burned all that was left by being the Portal guy. Need a HC who know Texas and has a staff and guys that can and want to recruit high schools in the State.

We have 17 starters already graduating or in the Portal, it will be time to rebuild yet again but this time needs a better balance of the Portal and high school kids.

That would be incorrect. You don't need a HC with Texas history. He doesn't even have to ever have stepped foot in the state of Texas. You need a leader. The right leader will put people around him that have the Texas ties you need. Find a leader that's humble enough to understand his shortcomings and how to supplement for them. That's the guy that will get TxSt where they want to be.

While you may not need someone with current Texas ties, the new coach will need to rebuild connections with the high school coaches in Texas if they want to be able to recruit in the state. He may fill every assistant position with a "Texas guy," but at the end of the day it is the HC's program, and he's gotta be out there talking to the HS coaches, shaking hands, and building rapport. Those relationships are crucial to success recruiting in the state.

Also, if Texas State hires KC Keeler, they will have one of the softest teams in the conference, if not all of FBS.

Y'all have a 1-1 head to head record against each other in the playoffs. What does that say about y'all then? I really don't get the JMU hate towards SHSU. It seriously comes across weak and jealous.

It's the furthest thing from jealous. It's like how Ohio State would start to hate Akron if Akron, their fans, and their coach constantly gloated that Akron is better than Ohio State.