FrogCop19
Active Member
Dammit.
SAY NO, JEFF! THERE'S DISEASE THERE! OUR SCHOOL HAS THE VACCINE, ALL THEY HAVE IS PENICILLIN!!
UTSA Coach Jeff Traylor
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Dammit.
SAY NO, JEFF! THERE'S DISEASE THERE! OUR SCHOOL HAS THE VACCINE, ALL THEY HAVE IS PENICILLIN!!
TopFrog
Lifelong Frog
I want someone with a track record at this level as a HC or a coordinator. There are no guarantees but there are bets better than others.
Who knows, Traylor might be lightning in a bottle. We just don't know.
Limey Frog
Full Member
What we don't have is a job opening.
TopFrog
Lifelong Frog
Doesn't mean contacts aren't being made or discussions being had. We don't know.
Limey Frog
Full Member
We can but hope.
hiphopfroggy
Active Member
Report: Texas Tech reaches out to UTSA HC, former Texas assistant Jeff Traylor about HC job
After firing third-year head coach Matt Wells on Monday, 247Sports reports that the Texas TechRed Raiders have reached out to UTSA Roadrunners head coach and former Texas Longhornsassistant Jeff Traylor about the head honcho job. Traylor and SMU Mustangs head coach Sonny Dykes are currently the lead candidates to fill the vacated job.
https://www.burntorangenation.com/2...-tech-utsa-texas-jeff-traylor-sonny-dykes-smu
Chongo94
Active Member
I don’t honestly think this athletic administration actually knows what the word proactive means.
No way they are making contacts and holding discussions.
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hiphopfroggy
Active Member
If someone were to come in wouldn't we want them to win now with the guys we have? Doesn't winning 2016 Big 12 recruiter of the year show that he can recruit his own guys?
What did those 2016 recruits win? Was he recruiter of the year because of the great evaluation of players, or because UT landed a highly rated class? Back to the age old question I guess.
Not saying I wouldn't take him because I'd probably be fine with him, but we've supposedly had on average the 3rd best classes in the conference over the past 5 years and it looks like we aren't that talented a team.
Froggish
Active Member
Sure. What he’s done in his first 2 seasons is impressive. Still there’s a lot of inherent risk in hiring a guy who has yet to win with his own players. Recruiting is an enormous part of the equation but you have to also be able to develop and reload. He hasn’t had to do either yet.
CFB has become penny stock investing. Seems like an awful lot of ADs would rather speculate than invest in proof of concept. At a school like TCU I think you prioritize culture fit first but unlike a G5 program you can’t afford to miss on X and Os/Jimmy and Joes
Chongo94
Active Member
Sooo you’re telling me a 5 time Texas state championship winning coach at the high school level and who has one of the most extensive recruiting contacts network out there due to his time in the state high school ranks can’t recruit?
You’re telling me that it’s just a coincidence that the teams recruiting rank in conference went from 9th to 2nd in his second year on campus?
Hmmm. Alright then.
An-Cap Frog
Member
Matt Wells hit 2 of the 3 above...
Limey Frog
Full Member
Absolutely. Finding the right coach is a headache. I'm glad it's not my job; I'm wrong way more than I'm right when I give opinions on which hires will work out. I think I'm in plentiful company.
Sure, but in our situation it's all for naught because he will not be available by the time our administration figures this all out. Sad but true.
Ron Swanson
Full Member
Louisiana is absolutely where the talent is. Pretty sure it has the highest ratio of FBS scholarship players per capita in the nation.
Jeff Traylor would be an excellent hire. Won everywhere he goes. He was the guy in the pressbox rolling his eyes at the Texas OC a few years ago when we were slaughtering them. He knew then he was surrounded by idiots as thier TE coach when he made the jump from HS to college coachung.
