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You have articulated a very difficult question of when to
Posted on: October 14, 2018 at 20:24:57 CT
ozland LSU
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change head coaches? The answer says more about the administration than it does about the new coach. I know this as I have been a life long LSU fan. I have seen this first hand. LSU changed coaches in 1989 and promptly had 6 straight losing seasons in a program that had previously never had back-to-back losing seasons in its history. Didn't fully recover until the 2000 season.
There is no guarantee a new coach will do better than his predecessor. A lot depends on the administration's commitment and culture to building and maintaining a winning successful program. It means giving the new coach all of the tools available to build and sustain that success, not handicapping him by being cheap in all the little things.
It means having an upper tier conference recruiting budget, hiring coaches who can recruit and coach player development. It means hiring a head coach who is a proven winner and recruiter and knows how to build a successful winner.
At the time of Barry Odom's hiring, I am not sure there was anyone else that could have come in to the program. Additionally, the school has to give the new coach at least four years to implement his program with his players. Transitioning is always difficult.
Failure to give a new coach enough time will likely create a coaching carousel that is very difficult to get off of.
Merely look at Tennessee as an exhibit A. Or Nebraska exhibit B to see the carousel in effect.
Without the school wanting and paying for a top flight head coach and assistant coaches, changing the head coach will only result in fan disappointment.
Edited by ozland at 20:26:14 on 10/14/18
There is no guarantee a new coach will do better than his predecessor. A lot depends on the administration's commitment and culture to building and maintaining a winning successful program. It means giving the new coach all of the tools available to build and sustain that success, not handicapping him by being cheap in all the little things.
It means having an upper tier conference recruiting budget, hiring coaches who can recruit and coach player development. It means hiring a head coach who is a proven winner and recruiter and knows how to build a successful winner.
At the time of Barry Odom's hiring, I am not sure there was anyone else that could have come in to the program. Additionally, the school has to give the new coach at least four years to implement his program with his players. Transitioning is always difficult.
Failure to give a new coach enough time will likely create a coaching carousel that is very difficult to get off of.
Merely look at Tennessee as an exhibit A. Or Nebraska exhibit B to see the carousel in effect.
Without the school wanting and paying for a top flight head coach and assistant coaches, changing the head coach will only result in fan disappointment.
Edited by ozland at 20:26:14 on 10/14/18
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You have articulated a very difficult question of when to - ozland LSU - 10/14 20:24:57