BR just said Rolovich
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5yrs, $3M/yr, per Yahoo Sports.
https://sports.yahoo.com/sources-wa...ich-as-its-next-football-coach-052043624.html
https://sports.yahoo.com/sources-wa...ich-as-its-next-football-coach-052043624.html
I’m a little concerned, he’s asking for someone to put together his senior film for him. Maybe I’m paranoid, but that got me wondering if he might want out.
Well here’s a great opportunity for the new coach to prove himself and get on the phone and get him locked back in
I really meant few to be open. It could be any number depending on who he has had contacts with over the years. I could also see Hawaii hiring from within and several staff members staying.
Well, yea. You’re missing that he took over a program that had gone 14-34 (or something like that) and had them in the championship game a few years later.
You don't want the program to look cheap. Underpaying is not a good look and he will remember that the Cougars treated him well from the beginning should he be very successful.
Someone just texted me and said it is rolo and we should be excited . We shall see
“Hearing that Rolo is a serious candidate for the Washington State job is amazing because Hawaii’s run and shoot is exactly what we ran at Saint Louis,” de Laura said. “Hopefully, he does get the job.”
I’ve heard great things about him. It was either going to be a group of 5 coach or an unproven coordinator. Time will tell.
While I do not believe that his entire staff will join him in Pullman, at least his staff was division one. Wulff's staff came from a lower level. That is a big difference.
Just out of curiosity why would Chun put that restriction on Rolo? Would he put the same stipulation on Leach?
Brian Polian who is the ST/recruiting coordinator at Notre Dame might be joining his staff. Great friends with Rolo. Was Nevada HC when Rolo was OC. Just happened to be in Vegas last couple days...as was Chun when he flew there yesterday morning to meet with Rolo.
Why would Chun hire a guy who was going to bring a MW staff with him? You want a coach who has every chance to succeed and bringing a staff that would be in over their heads wouldn't be a good thing. I think Chun would simply look elsewhere if he didn't like Rolovich's plan.
I think underwhelmed or fine is the expected reaction to anyone they hired. The odds of it being someone that would shock everyone were less than zero.
The only thing I will be looking for is effort and in game discipline. If those two things are lacking and we aren't competitive, look out. number of wins/losses won't mean much to me early on. It'll be all about whether they look like they belong on the field with the other teams or not. Last year the defense did not most of the time.
The only thing I will be looking for is effort and in game discipline. If those two things are lacking and we aren't competitive, look out. number of wins/losses won't mean much to me early on. It'll be all about whether they look like they belong on the field with the other teams or not. Last year the defense did not most of the time.
I'm afraid # of wins and losses WILL mean a lot to me & quite a few fans, even early on. This isn't like hiring Kyle Smith in basketball– where you know a huge rebuilding project needs to happen and demands patience. Rolovich has essentially all the elements Leach would've had going into this next season and expectations for another bowl team are not unreasonable.
Glad Cougar
I agree that we didn't want to go cheap, but here is a list of the 2019 salaries in the Pac-12 according to USA Today:
UW, Peterson, $4.625 million
Stanford, Shaw, $4.614 million
Utah, Whittingham, $4.003 million
WSU, Leach, $3.750 million
UCLA, Kelly, $3.500 million
USC, Helton, $3.219 million
Cal, Wilcox, $2.850 million
Oregon, Cristobal, $2.600 million
Colorado, Tucker, $2.400 million
ASU, Edwards, $2.380 million
Arizona, Sumlin, $2.000 million
OSU, Smith, $1.900 million
Chun apparently wanted our coach to be squarely in the middle of the pack in terms of salary in the conference. I would have preferred to start him at $2.5 million with the understanding that he gets a $100,000 pay raise every time we have a winning season and a $250,000 pay raise every time we win 8+ games. With our budget woes, a half million dollars is a lot of money. If Rolovich was an experienced Power 5 coach.....I'd like the salary more. As it is, it feels like a lot of money for someone who's lacking Power 5 head coaching experience.
As far as the hire goes, I'm completely underwhelmed, but watching a once in a generation coach/personality like Leach leave means that any coach that we hire is going to fall a little flat in terms of excitement at first. I do think that Rolovich will help our team retain its offensive personality to some degree and we should still have a great offense next year. As others have said, DC is the next big concern.
The rumored salary is said to be "nearly" $3M. Probably right around Wilcox, who had no previous HC experience.
Why wouldn't he? Because when you hire someone you have trust they will hire the right people, and if they don't you make quick changes. Leach said several times level of coaching doesn't matter. Good coaches are good coaches.
What if Rolo has the next Mike Leach in mind for his OC, but coached at Central Michigan for example. You don't hire him because he doesn't coach at the "right" level?
Give me guys who eats, sleeps and breaths recruiting. It is a never ending job in Pullman.
Truth be told I think I was expecting a similar hire to Leach. Someone who may have burned himself out, someone like Stoops who may want something less pressure packed, someone who was mentioned from the NFL.
But often sometimes the less "sexy" hire is the best hire.
What would be wrong with Chun saying he likes Rolo but wants to see him go get some proven assistants with the increased coaching money available, rather than giving a bunch of MWC coaches big raises?
What would be wrong with that? The AD is picking the staff, not the guy he entrusted with the program.
Ed, don't try to plant it in people's minds that he's going to bring his entire staff with 400 percent raises. It's not going to happen. This isn't 2008'
My only expectation is Rolo is free to hire who he wants. Why don't you write this isn't 87, 89, 03, 08, and 12. The coaches were allowed to bring in who they desired. You think Leach said "well McGuire doesn't have Oline experience so he can't come. Mike Breske? Mastro? Valero?
You are looking at the 08 staff and act like that is an oddity. The problem with Wulff is he didn't know anyone. He like Leach after the second year made adjustments to his staff. My guess is Rolo will pick people who for whatever reason don't work out.
That and obviously Chun can make some suggestions based on what he knows about the program and having just conducted a coaching search. Or Chun offers to leverage his contacts too, or whatever. It doesn't have to be marching orders or requirements. I don't think there is anyone besides Biggs that thinks the defense is championship caliber.
Do you know for fact the coaches were given free rein to hire whoever they wanted for those previous years you mention? And how do you know Wulff didn't know anyone to hire, given that he was assistant or head coaching for the 8 years prior to being hired at WSU?
Well how do I know. Well if the criteria is to hire who the AD thinks is the most qualified candidate, IE Pac 12 or equal level of experience, for example, Mark Banker at Hawaii, I think the proof is in the pudding, don't you? In terms of Leach, heard Moos simply got out of his way. We already know what :Leach's pet peeve is-meddling AD's, Presidents and donors.
Wulff unlike Dennis for example didn't coach at the various stops like Dennis did. Didn't have the contacts. Does Wulff know Jim Milhalchik for example? Yeah, do you think JM was leaving the bay area at that time and lose a crap load on his house? Or that WSU was a better gig.
Dana Holgerson for example did well under Leach, went to two other stops before he landed in West Virginia.
Mike Price brought in guys from Weber.
Dennis guys from Wyoming.
I gotta say, I'm impressed with your intimate knowledge of Paul Wulff's professional contacts rolodex.
Mike Price brought back Joe Tiller as OC. They coached together on Sweeney's staff when Tiller was OC (and ran the damn veer!)
Doba came through Lee Corso at the last minute, Doba along with other staff got fired with Corso in Indiana and earlier along with Leon Burtnett at Purdue.
Two of Price's GAs in 1989 were Greg Olson (current Oakland Raiders OC and holdover from Erickson) and Kevin Sumlin (Houston, TAM, and UA head coach)
Tim Lappano was only WSU coach Erickson didn't take with him to Miami (besides John L. who just got UI gig)
Mike Zimmer was the DC and main Weber State guy.
They got badly outcoached at times in 1989 (by Price's own admission) but would've had bowl game under modern set up.
Jim Livengood wanted Ray Door instead (who later died of ALS [CTE]) and boosters had a fit.
Two QBs that Price was supposed to inherit from Erickson were Rosenbach (already academic casualty despite being son of AD employees) and Aaron Garcia (Erickson's main recruit). That didnt work out. (Garcia made more money in pro football than Rosie did)
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