Stewart Mandel: Grading the Coaching Hires, Charlie Strong A-

[primal defense]

Also, Wickline is listed as an impact coordinators/assistants.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/college-football/news/20140121/new-coach-hire-grades/?eref=sihp

 

[txscallywag]

I'll be more inclined to agree with Coach Strong's grade in the coming fall, but based purely off of previous experience I have to agree with the A-. Hopefully his kick ass and take names attitude works out for the best. I know I like it.

 

[primal defense]

From CBS Sports

4. If Charlie Strong's handling of Red McCombs' comments is any indication, maybe the biggest knock on Strong to Texas won't be an issue. The instant reaction of the Strong-UT news was…great coach, but can a guy that shuns the spotlight handle the pressure-cooker in Austin? He passed the first test with McCombs, who recently said Strong ‘would make a great position coach, maybe a coordinator' and was not fit to be the Longhorns' leader. Strong called up McCombs, told him he needed him and addressed the issue diplomatically in a radio interview. That's straight from the Mack Brown handbook.

5. Texas is a job everyone had to look at, but not one every coach had to have.

You heard it for most of December: Texas is arguably the best job in America, it can get any coach it wants. But was that really the case? Several top coaches either weren't in the mix or opted to stay where they were (led by Nick Saban). It's hard to know how many coaches actually said no to Texas – AD Steve Patterson said Strong was the only coach to get an offer – but I'd bet a market analysis probably forced Texas to rule out at least a few names during the process. That's no knock on Strong. The era of equalizing conference-television dollars allows schools such as Baylor and Vanderbilt to pay their coaches big dollars.

http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/writer/jeremy-fowler/24415695/coaching-changes-daily-19-things-we-learned-from-the-coaching-season

 

[gecko]

Harsin is a "A" and Strong is an "A-"...? WTF....?

And strong gets a minus because of his media abilities...? Who the hell cares.....just win.

 

[Topstarr]

Coach Strong will get us there to the TOP.