I suppose you ghouls want to know what the Mighty Loyal One thinks of this hire. Here are my comments on my board. Met with a mix of crickets, one line crap and insults.
I don't hate this. BUT:
- He has been at his alma mater, SDSU, almost his entire career. Spent one year as a grad asst. at FAU along the way
- He is in his second year as a HC.
- The Jackrabbits are perennial FCS playoff participants, runners up in 2020 and champs in 2022. So repeating in 2023 in his first year after being an asst. for 10 years isn't all that surprising
- Of the Dakota/Montana schools, he is probably the least enticing. I'd rather have Bobby Hauck from Montana, who despite failing at UNLV (who didn't?) has been a HC for 19 years. And beat the mutts in 2021. Oh and he's making $265K. AND, since he is 60 and has stuck with Montana (and seen success) since 2018, he's a helluva lot more likely to stick around and probably close out his career here
So no, not a "great" hire. At best, a relatively unproven "OK" hire. I'm not even sure about the "OK" part.
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Part 2 of my ranting:
Ok. I was saying that $2.0M was about right. Close enough.
But riddle me this, Batman. Per below, $1.8M is more than 52 FBS head coaches (all G5 BTW). 37 of those coaches make $1M or less. Some a lot less. And I can't find (yet) FCS HC Salaries, but the ones I have run across start with a 2. And not $2M.
So, is this second year HC from FCS worth more than 52 sitting FBS coaches? Or ALL other FCS coaches, many of whom would probably sell their kids for $1M+?
Oh and since I sort of latched onto Bobby Hauck as a more desirable pick, did you know that Missoula is 256 miles by car from Pullman? Much less by air. Brookings, SD? Another 1,020 miles past that by car, not all that much less by air.
WTF is the point? Familiarity with recruiting markets. How many payers does SDSU have from California, Or and Wa? 1. Montana? 29, plus 4 or 5 from Hawaii.
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