I'm a bit of a football fan. Regarding Chuck Strong and how he'll do at USF? A bit more than mediocre the first year. After that? Probably worse. Why? Let me ask you this. How many times over the three years he was here did you see players lifting their arms at each other as if to say "what do I do"? How many times did we see a punt fair caught inside our own 10 yard line? I recall many. How many times did we have an extra point or a short field goal blocked? There were numerous. How many times were there questionable time management issues? Again, there were several over his three year span. These are all basic coaching fundamentals. You want to say he didn't have a loaded locker room from Mack? O.K, but that does not excuse players not knowing their basic responsibilities. He recruited well, but didn't know how to coach that talent. And let's face it, most coaches could get good talent to come to Texas. Even former players said the practices were a cake walk. He DID NOT coach them up well. Even after he took over as D coordinator the defense was anemic at best. Teddy Bridgewater made him look great at Louiseville and strong should be sending him an annual check to re-pay him. Oh, and regarding all that B.S. about raising good young men and being an example? Why was he almost served with a deposition to testify at the divorce proceedings between a L'ville board member and his wife? Why was he asked for his phone and travel records after he left for Texas? Why was he asked during the proceedings to return a Rolex given to him by the board members wife? Why would a board members wife give the head coach a Rolex? These are all facts easily found with a little research. Not covered well locally for a reason, but well covered in L'ville. I was for Strong at first. But after year two and all the dirty laundry came out, along with the poor coaching, I was ready for him to go. USF will keep him for three years because UT is paying his salary because of a stupid 5 for 25 mil guaranteed contract. After that, he will be gone because of poor results. Herman, I believe, will get this team popping again. Attention to detail is huge for him and he is already securing fantastic recruiting results. We'll see though.
Originally Posted by nickjaguar
If you were just talking about record you had a point. But talking about him allegedly cheating is kinda weird when you're on a hooker board. You must think a portion of this board are bad because they are cheating.
As for record, they should win a minimum of 8 games. Strong may have dropped the ball on the field but he stacked the team with really good players. If Herman is anywhere as good as we think he is, then adding 3
wins shouldn't be too hard.