(12-06-2017, 10:06 AM)UCF Knight Wrote: How do people really know this guy is the right hire?  Because the media says so?  

It's the same thing as the Gators.  Dan Mullen was way down the list (and off the list for many) and when the hire was announced all the sudden he became a great hire and everyone wanted him.

I get that all fan bases want to be happy with the coaching search, but much like Meyer/Mcelwain/Muschamp nobody really knows how either of these two will be two years from now.  They could pull in a national title or they could be a .500 team.  Either way, each fan base is acting like they hit a homerun and I'm not so sure that's the case here.

The "list" you refer to is a bunch of media types throwin stuff at the wall knowing SOMETHING will stick.

IMO... Frost was ALWAYS going to Nebraska and was never a real option for UF.
Chip Kelly possibly was an option but knowing him he wanted to stay on the West coast. 

I will say this Mullen was Meyer's QB coach and interim OC at Utah and OC at UF, coached some of the best offenses in the country, and a few really good college QBs along the way, took a HC job at Miss State when they were trash, knowing Saban had just took the reigns at Bama and was already dominating the West, in 9 seasons he only had 2 losing records (his first year-against the toughest schedule in the nation and 2016-still got a bowl berth and victory). In 9 seasons he made 8 bowls (he wont be there for the 8th) with 5 victories.
Overall record 69-46 (67%)
Bowl record 5-2
4 assistants would later become HCs for other programs

Taggart might be fresh and have some recent sizzle. And he certainly helps in the PR dept. (First African-American HC at each of his 4 stops)
Yeah... he dug WKU out of 0fer land. And he brought USF to prominence, at least within the AAC...
But 1 and done at Oregon and now coaching FSU in a much more difficult ACC in Florida where recruiting is hard because of the rise of schools like USF, Miami, and FAU.

Sure... no one knows for sure what will happen. But I feel a lot better about "our" guys' resume.

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