Has Golden ever articulated how he views the difference between an Associate HC and Assistant HC's respective jobs?
Just a way to give a guy who was a HC a few weeks ago some status and respect on the staff and also justify paying him more than a typical TE corch would make.
That. It's just a title, no real power behind it. Whipple had the same title under Shannon, and Kehoe under Coker I believe.
I think it is safe to say he will be our highest paid position coach but will have additional responsibilities.
This is an incredible move by Alshermond for one simple reason: The positive energy that Mario will bring to this staff will be immeasurable. You can't put a price tag on that sort of stuff in a working environment. This dude loves UM, and this is where he's dying to be. I can assure you that he had chances to go other places and probably for more money. But he wants to be part of this staff with Al and his old buddy D'Onofrio.
This **** is going to push us into the absolute stratosphere when it comes to recruiting. This dude is Trooper Taylor without all the baggage and with a GIGANTIC love for UM on top of it. Trust that. Don't underestimate the power of that love for where he's at and how that will translate to living rooms. His energy and positivity will help us get through the scholarship limitations too. Positive all the way around.
This is an incredible move by Alshermond for one simple reason: The positive energy that Mario will bring to this staff will be immeasurable. You can't put a price tag on that sort of stuff in a working environment. This dude loves UM, and this is where he's dying to be. I can assure you that he had chances to go other places and probably for more money. But he wants to be part of this staff with Al and his old buddy D'Onofrio.
This **** is going to push us into the absolute stratosphere when it comes to recruiting. This dude is Trooper Taylor without all the baggage and with a GIGANTIC love for UM on top of it. Trust that. Don't underestimate the power of that love for where he's at and how that will translate to living rooms. His energy and positivity will help us get through the scholarship limitations too. Positive all the way around.
The only question with that is that, while I can't confirm, I've heard that he and Kehoe had some kind of previous conflict.
I can't wait for him to get out on the recruiting trail. Golden and Cristobal closing on you for our Jan 18th recruiting weekend - unfair.
Great move by AG...this is an absolutely fantastic hire.
In the short term it's going to be a real coup for recruiting...in the long term we may have our eventual successor lined up who now has HC experience and will continue to learn and grow alongside AG.
This is freaking awesome news.
Mario Crystal Balls.
That's what we shall call him after he starts recruiting for us.
Mario Crystal Ball.
That's what we shall call him after he starts recruiting for us.
Now go get Coley.
Golden just put South Florida recruiting on lockdown