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OT: Taggart to Oregon

Very underwhelming hire for Oregon IMO. I'm 100x less worried about Taggart poaching FL kids as the next HC. Assuming Leavitt is a no go, I'd be targeting PJ Fleck. At worst, Strong, Kiffin & Schiano would all be big name hires. Actually agree with Franchise here. If Butch was still available, he's well liked in Tampa.. Funny how life works out.
 

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Al Foil said:
Lol at the Taggert hire. Oregon obviously didn't learn from the Al Golden era at Miami. Not sure what impressed Phil Knight more... The loss by 16 to Temple or the wins over Towson, Northern Illinois, Uconn, Navy, Memphis, SMU or East Carolina. What a joke.
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It was probably the 16-20 overall record at WKU & the 24-25 record at USF.
 
Taggert may turn out to be a good hire, but **** Oregon has lost their way quickly. They're two years removed from playing for a title and now they're hiring a guy with a career sub .500 record

Did all the recruits not see the waterfall in the players lounge?!?!

And as for Strong at USF my guess would be there's a clause in his buy-out that seriously decreases the pay out if he takes another job. I doubt he's risking 11mil to take the USF job.
 
QuatroCane said:
I doubt he's risking 11mil to take the USF job.
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If he believes Louisville wasn't a fluke & that UT was just a bad fit, I'm sure he'd be willing to give up half that 11 million to land that job. With his recruiting ties, it's a better job than half the power 5 schools IMO.
 
Uninspiring hire. Taggart was on the hot seat before this year. He has a career losing record at WKU and USF.
 
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ilovelamp51 said:
QuatroCane said:
I doubt he's risking 11mil to take the USF job.
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If he believes Louisville wasn't a fluke & that UT was just a bad fit, I'm sure he'd be willing to give up half that 11 million to land that job. With his recruiting ties, it's a better job than half the power 5 schools IMO.
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Gotta disagree, I don't know his financial status, but that's a lot of money to give up. That's retire and live a good life type of money... just my opinion. I guess we'll see.
 
Honestly I think Al Golden had a better resume when he was hired at Miami than Taggart currently has.
 
ilovelamp51 said:
Very underwhelming hire for Oregon IMO. I'm 100x less worried about Taggart poaching FL kids as the next HC. Assuming Leavitt is a no go, I'd be targeting PJ Fleck. At worst, Strong, Kiffin & Schiano would all be big name hires. Actually agree with Franchise here. If Butch was still available, he's well liked in Tampa.. Funny how life works out.
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The Franchise was being sarcastic. Butch wouldn't get the USF job, or any FBS job where Pete Garcis isn't AD.
 
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ilovelamp51 said:
Al Foil said:
Lol at the Taggert hire. Oregon obviously didn't learn from the Al Golden era at Miami. Not sure what impressed Phil Knight more... The loss by 16 to Temple or the wins over Towson, Northern Illinois, Uconn, Navy, Memphis, SMU or East Carolina. What a joke.
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It was probably the 16-20 overall record at WKU & the 24-25 record at USF.
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I hear you. But, he took over a ****fest at both schools. Both got much better. I still don't know if it was his coaching or that neither school could get any worse. It still has a slight "Al Golden" smell to it.
 
QuatroCane said:
Gotta disagree, I don't know his financial status, but that's a lot of money to give up. That's retire and live a good life type of money... just my opinion. I guess we'll see.
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It would be hard for him to walk away going out on such a bad note IMO. Giving up 5 million is a lot of money.. but if USF can pay him 3.5 million a year, it would be made up in the first 18 months.

Most coaches are too competitive to retire that young.. but not even sure USF goes after him
 
Taggert did no different than many coaches who are able to move up; he rode the success of a very good quarterback. Good luck to him and smart move on his part if he gets more money to go along with the increased prestige of being at Oregon. His hire means nothing to UM.

As far as Strong is concerned, anything is possible, but Strong probably will not be going to USF because he would probably stand to lose too much money from Texas. I'm guessing Strong will spend a year or two as a TV analyst before returning to coaching. Even if Strong does go to USF, it would have a minimal impact on our recruiting because USF is not a first choice school for kids with elite talent. It would be Taggert all over again.
 
USF guy here.
I'm extremely surprised Taggart got offered the job at Oregon, he hasn't been out on the West Coast for 7 years and even then he was mostly a Florida/Georgia recruiter.
I am not surprised that he left, we already fired the guy who wanted to be a USF lifer (leavitt). Couple that with Skip Holtz running us into the ground, and we went from being a school that people would love to work at to a stepping stone job in a Camry conference.

As for Leavitt-he's not coming back while Judy Genshaft is president. The incident that led to his firing could have been swept under the rug, until he decided to actively obstruct the investigation and refuse to apologize. however, the way that it was handled basically left a lot of sour grapes. I think it's also part of the terms of his agreement that he will not coach at USF again (though agreements can certainly be changed). We'll probably dedicate a ceremony to him in ten years when he retires from coaching.

We've looked at Strong's buyouts on the USF boards at length. Apparently the terms of Strong's agreement is that if he takes a new job, the amount of his buyout is reduced by 50 percent of the amount of his contract from his new school annually. It is not as onerous as one would think, especially because I don't think we'll be able to throw more than $2.2M a year at him.
 
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Dingaan1828 said:
I hear you. But, he took over a ****fest at both schools. Both got much better. I still don't know if it was his coaching or that neither school could get any worse. It still has a slight "Al Golden" smell to it.
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I definitely agree with the bold, but to play devils advocate..

His best season at WKU was 7-5. Since his departure, they've won more games than that all 4 years (including 2 double digit seasons). At USF, he's never even played in their conference title game. Not Big East title game mind you, the AAC. Cincy, Memphis, Houston & Temple have won it. I'll concede the improvement argument.. but not sure it warrants the Oregon job offer. Herman at Houston? Absolutely.. but not this. Like you said, too Golden'ish.
 
bullsbucsfan426 said:
I don't think we'll be able to throw more than $2.2M a year at him.
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You had me all the way up until this?! I would have thought the number would have at least be in the 3+ range. All they need is a top tier coach and they'd get Power 5 $ in a few years.
 
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coca cola said:
The Franchise was being sarcastic.

Butch wouldn't get the USF job, or any FBS job where Pete Garcis isn't AD.
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My bad. Usually catch onto sarcasm.. but I'll agree to disagree on the bold. (moot point now)
 
Gotta say Oregon made a good choice for HC. I know USF very well and what he did at my alma mater is a testament to his coaching, recruiting and development abilities. What's more remarkable is that he realized the old pro set offense he learned from the Harbaugh's was obsolete so he re-developed his offense to include spread, pistol and a down hill running attack. He "earned" a chance to HC a major institution like all those other peoples who get chances without being as qualified per se.
 
Gator Hatar said:
Gotta say Oregon made a good choice for HC. I know USF very well and what he did at my alma mater is a testament to his coaching, recruiting and development abilities. What's more remarkable is that he realized the old pro set offense he learned from the Harbaugh's was obsolete so he re-developed his offense to include spread, pistol and a down hill running attack. He "earned" a chance to HC a major institution like all those other peoples who get chances without being as qualified per se.
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Translation: "Quinton Flowers was really good."
 
USF should hire Geoff Collins, UiF's actual defensive coordinator, that man can run a defense plus it weakens the Gaturds.
 
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