I am listening to Hoppy and Tony right now, they are saying at that Holgorsen is history, that when he let Houston ask Lyons to talk that its pretty well done. I would agree with that. There are better coaches out there
Yup, he had hit his ceiling, realized he is not up to the job, knew he had left his offense with little talent for next year and would likely be canned next year. Good time to make a move. I have to admit, though, I hate change, there is fear in the unknown. I like the guy from Troy, seems like a good coach and quality guy. Next season will be interesting!!
Those hillbillies in West Virginia should have paid him if they wanted him to stay.
He has been paid too much, paying nearly four million a year for 7 wins is unacceptable, it was time for him to go, very few WVU fans wanted him in the first place, and he has done little on or off the field to give reason to embrace him. Good luck in Houston coach, thanks for running a clean program while you were here. What would you have paid a 7 win coach? Would you just open the checkbook and give him what he wants every year?
No. But look what going on the cheap has done to a once proud tradition at USC. You gotta pay for talent and unfortunately the market for these guys is what it is.
Hard to blame him for moving on then. he's gotta look out for himself.
the problem is that Holgorsen is NOT a great coach, he has made progress, but still can't beat good teams. In my opinion, a coach needs to have HC experience at a smaller school prior to getting the HC gig at a big school, learn the job at a smaller school, then step right into running the program at the larger school. He was making about half the money Urban Meyer was making, and is not 10% of the coach. He will go to Houston, win his seven games and be canned in two years unless his drinking bud the casino owner bails him out.....
It was time on both sides, he was offered a fair extension last month, but wanted more money, you don't get raises for sub par performance anywhere else, so why should a football coach expect a raise for no progression?
If he gets tossed out on his butt, that 20 million bucks in his back pocket will surely soften the landing
As the black folks say "Don't hate the player, hate the game". The market for guys like him allows him to do that and he'd be a fool not to.
There are a lot of things there we will have to disagree on, I will always stand by my thinking a coach needs to learn at a smaller school. Engineers first project is not designing a 747, it is working on a Cessna, you learn the JOB, then grow into the bigger job that has more responsibility. Most GREAT coaches have worked their way up the ladder, yes there are examples of coordinators doing well, but tried and true is much better way to do it.
