Uh oh on herman

[utisdabomb12]

Horns247 has learned that Herman will stay at Ohio State.

 

[TheContractor]

thats not good news. i hope Strong as a couple other OCs he is looking at, not named Watson.

 

[jesserson]

Just what I thought. Here comes Watson....

 

[theknighttrain]

Boo. Hiss. Bah Humbug.

 

[marathon]

It will be Watson barring something unforeseen according to Bobby. I think it was always going to be Watson

 

[dragworm]

Lets hope that Bobby is wrong.

 

[Jhablinski]

Not saying he is wrong but he is definitely feeling the pressure to be first.

 

[seahawkhorn]

It was always Watson, IMO

 

[seahawkhorn]

Be nice to lure one coach from another program. Wickline

 

[mesoHorny]

Fm. If true this really sucks and my opinion of strong/patty is slipping

 

[BBQ time]

Hiring Watson would look, smell, and sound like cronyism. Not a great way to start out.

 

[GTownBOI]

Getting painful reading the updates. They build up so much hope that Texas is going to land the big kahuna (first Saban & Harbaugh, then Chad Morris, now Tom Herman & Wickline), only to be let down after the big kahuna slips away.

 

[H-town Horn]

This is actually pretty startling, that we can't seem to poach coaches from other schools. There was a time that Mack was bringing in former DCs to be DL coaches, etc.

I like Strong a lot but was expecting a strong surrounding staff to go with him. Certainly not time to hit the panic button, but frankly I expected more with this regime change.

But who knows, maybe they'll win them all. All on Patterson though.

 

[TexasFirst1]

History repeating itself with Patterson. A charade to create the impression that big names have been considered only to settle for a fourth tier hire at OC. A great OC hire was needed to elevate the Strong hire and create excitement. Watson will do nothing to excite potential offense recruits and will likely have the opposite effect. Oh boy!!! UT hired the Louisville coaching staff!!! AWESOME FANTASTIC BRILLIANT HIRE!!!! So much for CS being a big time hire. Amateurs are running UT athletics.

 

[BBQ time]

It's one thing if harbaugh, Herman etc. say no. If it's because we never offered and said no thanks, Boo.

 

[JMagana]

History repeating itself with Patterson. A charade to create the impression that big names have been considered only to settle for a fourth tier hire at OC. A great OC hire was needed to elevate the Strong hire and create excitement. Watson will do nothing to excite potential offense recruits and will likely have the opposite effect. Oh boy!!! UT hired the Louisville coaching staff!!! AWESOME FANTASTIC BRILLIANT HIRE!!!! So much for CS being a big time hire. Amateurs are running UT athletics.

If they win recruiting will take care of itself.

 

[JMagana]

Looks like meltdown has begun.... And it hasn't been officially announced.

 

[PmdjHorn]

Wasn't there a rumor that a big reason Strong got the job was because he said he would put together an "all star" cast of coaches. Major fail ifhe keeps a mixture of our coaches and his.

 

[utisdabomb12]

Louisville was 23-3 in the past two years with Watson as the Offensive Coordinator. People forget too that Louisville was a dumpster fire when Strong and Watson took over. People act like Watson is a horrible hire. He might not be a big name, but he went 23-3 at a program that has recruiting disadvantages and was a complete mess when he took over. He also helped develop Bridgewater. The overreaction is just that an overreaction.

IMO I think people have taken what Watson did to McCoy and have internalized hate, which has distorted a lot of perceptions. I'm sorry I can't say a guy is a bad hire when he went 23-3 with a BCS victory at a tier 3 or 4 type school.