Harper is the man...he seems relatively humble in comparison to other AD's after the Odom success. Many would be walking around campus roping cattle with their hog after that. He seemed more focused on keeping him than pounding his chest. Now he has two reasons to do it.
His teams scored a lot of points against better teams without Marion.
I hope he retains Scherer . Could help keep some of the recruits that make the CUT. LOL! Plus i think he did a great job overall.
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And Alexander, Hunky, S/C Coach, Shivest and OL coach!
He has truly done a tremendous job! Hope that he gets rewarded for all of his hard work and foresight.
That alone just dumped the rest of the MWC/Pac in the dust of UNLV football when it comes to recruiting!Dan Mullen takes UNLV job: Former Florida, Mississippi State coach enticed by NIL commitment
The former Florida and Mississippi State coach has been out of coaching for the last three seasons
"The two sides were in active discussions late Wednesday night, with the deal being finalized Thursday morning, sources familiar with the situation said. UNLV was able to entice Mullen with an increased name, image and likeness budget in addition to revenue-sharing payments for players starting next season.
UNLV is a member of the Mountain West and is not legally obligated to participate in the upcoming revenue-sharing model that will be enforced within the four power conferences beginning as early as July 1, but the Group of Five school is prepared to pay players via a smaller revenue sharing model, a source briefed on the discussions.. In addition, the NIL payments outside the revenue-sharing model is expected to more than double to a total of several million dollars."
Doesn't matter NIL money and revenue sharing does the recruiting now.
K. $ is the newest and most important recruiting tool. You think BYU secured the #1 2025 player in basketball because they hired a guy who has never coached in college before? It's the pyramid-scam booster money coming in strong.
Shibest is close with Odom, he’s going to Purdue, as well as Scherer. I’m not sure Marion leaves for Purdue but he’s probably leaving for Oklahoma State as well as Coach Vice (alum of OSU). There’s a small possibility Marion stays, I think to be coaching under Mullen and kind of expanding the playbook and tweaking the playcalling would do Marion a lot of good. Going to Oklahoma state would be a great move too. He’ll be fine either way.
While I completely agree, I just figured he's gone with Odom since they have such strong ties and history together.
Mullen is the best hire since UNLV hired Jerry Tarkanian.
Odom put the program in a position that someone like Dan Mullen could come in, be offered the job, demand some changes and get those changes. I agree that Odom mightve been able to increase some of these things, but Mullen immediately does so and opens the door to just skyrocket UNLV
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70% portal, 30% HS
He wasn't very good with the Raiders. He was with Cincy before that I think he did well if memory serves but can't recall for sure. That was when they had the Tomato as their QB.
I REALLY like Brian Johnson as he is one of the nicest dudes on the planet, but no thanks.
Solid assessment my only caveat I have, how long can we stay in MWC without getting an invite to the Big 12. You know how life is. You reach one summit you want the next one and so on and so on. Upward mobility a must and I think you are right in saying we needed an influx of cash. If we are to navigate like some Euro league soccer team, up the chain of leagues to the ultimate P4 or super conference. We need cash, fans and results. 3-5 year plan maybe?
