I’m hoping some of these questions will be posed to Maggard at the football presser. Other questions to Mike about his vision and plans to achieve the vision.
Some of y’all want things that Maggard will never divulge. Applicants, and why not those specific applicants were not hired. We also don’t know if the applicants were affordable.
For example Golding already makes over a million dollars a year. Are we going to outbid Alabama? Not likely. Another top coordinator is going from Georgia to OU I heard. One at Michigan State some weren’t impressed here. Ole Miss offense coordinator we don’t actually know. Those are the names I have heard here.
I know Marshall is bringing a stable coaching staff and team. We’ve got early departure plus senior departure. Going to be very tough to beat a good Marshall. Hopefully Mike can compartmentalize like Billy did. There’s lots of moving parts.
Cajun Express is correct on all points. If there are any details about the search that Dr. Maggard can reveal, he may or may not divulge. No professional hiring manager would reveal the names of people interviewed for a particular position. He may say something like "I interviewed several candidates for this job" but he will not and should not be more specific than this. One thing about Napier is that it seems that he was a process-oriented coach. I base this on some of the statements he has made. Those skills can be transferred, and I suspect that Mike was a good student. Combined with a knowledge of football, this could explain why Napier recommended him. I suspect that this cULture stuff is what makes up Napier's quality management system. Fans need to give this a chance to work.
It's not just about the process. It's also about who is in the process. I would like to know IF Mike discussed assistants with Maggard. I would also like to know how many candidates were considered & interviewed. Not interested in knowing who, but at least how many were interviewed. Mike recruiting 1/3 of all the incoming candidates is great, but as HC he simply won't be in a position to do that. So who is he looking to & who does he trust to assist him to that end. And knowing who is going to be the defensive coordinator is going to be, or who is targeted is more important for this program at this point than ever. This team is led by the defense no matter what anyone says. This defense won this team its championship.
Well usually coaching searches are kept quiet to protect the candidates and the schools….The only way you might find out is if you ask Maggard directly. Besides that Des is your coach and it is time to rally behind him. At this point we need to keep this train rolling. All the anti Des people on this board don’t want him as head coach because he came from UL and that he has not coached anywhere else in college. Point to me in the rules of hiring a college coach that the coach you hire must have bounced around the college ranks to be a credible candidate. This guy has been in the Napier system “Franchising the Process”. If this dude follows the recipe he can be successful. If Maggard and Napier think this dude should be the guy then I am all on board with that. Time to strap it up and let’s see what happens.
Maggard, Napier, the team and staff vs some dudes on RP.
Tough call I know.
Everyone has doubts and questions, as there would be with any hire. What the past four years and this hire have taught us is that some people are just incapable of not latching onto the negative and beating them into the ground, regardless of the positives. It’s got to be a hard way to go through life.
Maggard has made his choice. It comes with lots of upside but some risks. Right now what’s best for the program is to pull for the upside. If it doesn’t work, there will be plenty of time for I told you so’s.
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