Coach Edwards

[Hammer58]

IF this is found to be true, RCAF members have to speak up. Coaching circles are very small and tight knit (and the top tier group is even smaller). If the idea that our AD is screwing coaches over is permeating through those cirlces, it's a death sentence for our program guys. And I'm not talking about in the Hud era. Because as soon as Hud leaves this town, we will be dead in the water on the coaching front.

Even if you try to put the most generous spin on it and instead of saying he is "screwing" the coaches you try to say the new conference bowl revenue sharing plan took funds away that were there in previous years it is still a failure to deliver. And it would seem prudent to go to RCAF to try to obtain the funds. Scuttlebutt is that those efforts to find the money elsewhere were not made.

[CajunRage]

check your sources, im sure if you put it politely and respectfully you will get an immediate and accurate answer.

Duggie asked the question. No one answered.

[duggie85]

IF this is found to be true, RCAF members have to speak up. Coaching circles are very small and tight knit (and the top tier group is even smaller). If the idea that our AD is screwing coaches over is permeating through those cirlces, it's a death sentence for our program guys. And I'm not talking about in the Hud era. Because as soon as Hud leaves this town, we will be dead in the water on the coaching front.

Stop. No way do I support reneging promises. But when HUD leaves whenever that may be, there will be 1 million reasons for someone else to want his job. And if no coaches out there want it, I'll be first in line to submit my resume. Hopefully all of you guys will be willing to be my references.

[CrazyCajun]

Duggie asked the question. No one answered.

its irritating when you have questions that nobody wants to answer isnt it?

[Hammer58]

its irritating when you have questions that nobody wants to answer isnt it?

The answers are being worked on "silently, behind the scenes".

[ManAboutTown]

Stop. No way do I support reneging promises. But when HUD leaves whenever that may be, there will be 1 million reasons for someone else to want his job. And if no coaches out there want it, I'll be first in line to submit my resume. Hopefully all of you guys will be willing to be my references.

Stop what? Like I said, IF this program gets the rep that the AD under cuts assistant coaches concerning pay or whatever, it's a death sentence. Head coach is only as good as his assistants.. See Sean Payton

[campo118]

Even if you try to put the most generous spin on it and instead of saying he is "screwing" the coaches you try to say the new conference bowl revenue sharing plan took funds away that were there in previous years it is still a failure to deliver. And it would seem prudent to go to RCAF to try to obtain the funds. Scuttlebutt is that those efforts to find the money elsewhere were not made.

Now this I don't agree on. If the coaches were truly "promised" something that the athletic department reneged on, I agree with all of you that the Athletic Department (namely Farmer) is screwing up big time. But if it just so happens that the coaches assumed because in past years they got something that it would be the same this year, then all of a sudden the budget changed and it was because of the revenue sharing that something had to be cut, I don't find any fault there at all for the admin. I don't know about you guys, but in my line of work, when budgets get cut, you have to do the best you can with your allowance.

[ManAboutTown]

Now this I don't agree on. If the coaches were truly "promised" something that the athletic department reneged on, I agree with all of you that the Athletic Department (namely Farmer) is screwing up big time. But if it just so happens that the coaches assumed because in past years they got something that it would be the same this year, then all of a sudden the budget changed and it was because of the revenue sharing that something had to be cut, I don't find any fault there at all for the admin. I don't know about you guys, but in my line of work, when budgets get cut, you have to do the best you can with your allowance.

Agreed but this is where trust and built up equity become extremely important.

[Cajunrunner]

IF this is found to be true, RCAF members have to speak up. Coaching circles are very small and tight knit (and the top tier group is even smaller). If the idea that our AD is screwing coaches over is permeating through those cirlces, it's a death sentence for our program guys. And I'm not talking about in the Hud era. Because as soon as Hud leaves this town, we will be dead in the water on the coaching front.

This is what concerns me the most.

And look, Hud is a fiery, upcoming coach whose name has been mentioned for bigger jobs. Make no mistake, that if he can't find good assistants because of a negative perception of the way are athletic department is done, then he's going to jet off to be a coordinator at a bigger school or a HC at a Conference USA-type program rather than stay as the quality of interested assistant coaches goes downhill and affects his W/L record.

[scotto_25]

Hud will get his opp elsewhere, but he will not go to a CUSA-type or demote to a coordinator. He's turned down a few "nice" gigs. Hud wants SEC...