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Good article on hiring a new head coach(football)
I think he makes some very good points.
While I am glad it worked out the way it has...I have to believe if FSU had to do it all over again, they would have passed on Taggart. They got caught up in the "glitter" of WT's one season at Oregon when red flags were already showing.
Can't help but think of Nebraska hiring Frost and UCLA hiring Kelly?
People(maybe UCLA?) forget that Kelly was the OC for 2-years at Oregon before becoming the head coach. Nor did he have to rebuild the Oregon program like he is doing at UCLA.
I think Oregon hiring Cristobal and osu hiring Smith generally check more boxes than leave them unchecked as it relates to this article.
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Re: Good article on hiring a new head coach(football)
Free Shoes was in full panic mode because Jimbo was leaving and its recruiting class full of home state studs was wobbling. and Taggart delivered for his $5 mill: he reeled the kids back from Canes or Gators or SEC and brought home a Top Ten class.
but over the next few years his failings as a developer of talent and game coach manifested, and he left Tallahassee a humbled but wealthier man.
I think Mullens hired Taggart for similar reasons. Helf and the legacy staff (Neal, Pellum, Wood, Campbell, Osborne) were still doing things the old-fashioned, Nick Aliotti way as the recruiting landscape shifted underfoot, and they were failing (the sanctions on visits, eval days, etc. stemming from the Chip era didn't help).
so Mullens swung the pendulum completely the other way. the good news is that, along w Taggart, he also hired Mario, Leavitt, Heyward, Big Joe, and other assts w reputations as great recruiters. and most of them stayed when Willie T left.
one thing I've always admired about Mike Bellotti was his openness to new ideas and willingness to delegate--hand over the keys to some obscure guy from New Hampshire. you've got to be more of a CEO and check your ego at the door--something Taggart couldn't do, and something I'd like to see Mario do more often.
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Re: Good article on hiring a new head coach(football)
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Free Shoes was in full panic mode because Jimbo was leaving and its recruiting class full of home state studs was wobbling. and Taggart delivered for his $5 mill: he reeled the kids back from Canes or Gators or SEC and brought home a Top Ten class.
but over the next few years his failings as a developer of talent and game coach manifested, and he left Tallahassee a humbled but wealthier man.
I think Mullens hired Taggart for similar reasons. Helf and the legacy staff (Neal, Pellum, Wood, Campbell, Osborne) were still doing things the old-fashioned, Nick Aliotti way as the recruiting landscape shifted underfoot, and they were failing (the sanctions on visits, eval days, etc. stemming from the Chip era didn't help).
so Mullens swung the pendulum completely the other way. the good news is that, along w Taggart, he also hired Mario, Leavitt, Heyward, Big Joe, and other assts w reputations as great recruiters. and most of them stayed when Willie T left.
one thing I've always admired about Mike Bellotti was his openness to new ideas and willingness to delegate--hand over the keys to some obscure guy from New Hampshire. you've got to be more of a CEO and check your ego at the door--something Taggart couldn't do, and something I'd like to see Mario do more often.
Excellent point about Bellotti...and his background was in offense so he seem to have a minimal ego about letting others implement their style.
I remember when Gary Crowton replaced the much criticized Andy Ludwig as the OC and he said one of his goals with the play calling was to get the ball out of the QB's hands within 3 seconds...which was a stark contrast(and relief to Oregon fans) to Ludwig in which the QB seem to hold on to the ball forever.
I hope at some point Cristobal has a Nick Saban awakening... remember when Saban criticized everything about the very offensive style he runs today?!
Beyond "physicality at the line of scrimmage" MC has no offensive style / identity / philosophy.
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