In this thread, one post said he was a "good fit" for us, another said hiring him was a "no brainer," and a third said he is the "most likely the guy" here.
I actually meant that I think Huff is going to be one of the main choices for MSU.
Dantonio had the juice with MSU to hand pick his successor when he retired. He could have made the Duzzi hire happen then if he wanted to. Instead, MSU begged Luke Fickell to take that job put on the full court press, flew his family in, offered him a shitpile of $$, etc. etc. They were certain they had him right up until he said "no thanks." They really had no Plan B and were then left scrambling through the dustheap for a HC. Duzz was never a serious candidate.
So here's the inevitable poster who thinks Duzzi is too good for MSU, the Pitt job is preferable to it, and Duzzi's primary motivation to take a new job would be to win a league title, versus to cash the biggest paycheck he can.
People can talk about getting over the hump and recruit better but with the limited info available Pitt basically gets what they pay for.
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How quickly did other teams take to go from winless in conference play to the tourney?? I’ll wait. BC is still waiting…Iowa State did much more quickly, but I forgot who they lost to in the tourney this year.
I think he was afforded some patience due to horrific shape the program was in. If he can continue to improve, I'm certain he'll be here for a long time.
People can talk about getting over the hump and recruit better but with the limited info available Pitt basically gets what they pay for.
There is not going to be a sustained jump in recruiting no matter who the coach is unless Pitt decides to add more money to the budget.
College football recruiting expenses by conference: SEC stands out as Georgia spends big for success in 2022
The Dawgs have spent more than $16 million over the past six years for success both on the field and recruiting trail
They also would know he would basically be an extension of DAntonio, who they had a good experience with, and who is there now as some ‘executive advisor’ or whatever. It could be kind of an Alvarez / Christ thing that Wisconsin had. That didn’t end swimmingly for Wisky, but they got a couple Rose Bowls out of it there. MSU might see it as a good “clean” transition period for a couple years to steady the situation. Then again, those two also were there during the whole brouhaha with the nasty gymnastics doc. So that might be a negative.
I think we are a lot closer to the programs you mentioned than we are to Clemson, Florida State.
Payola, prestige, payola, commitment, payola. These are the influencers; then and now. He was the guy delivering it but nobody would have been sold solely by him. If it were true he’d have continued to do fine with Pitt. But we don’t pay and nobody is impressed by our conference, by our crowds, by our bare-minimum commitment to men’s revenue sports etc.
It’s a mess and anyone saying different is lying
I can’t believe after last week anyone is complaining about “not benching Jurkovec”
CV had zero prep to be thrown in against a ranked team that was scoring on us at will. He had an uphill climb in that game. Jurkovec had all the prep as the anointed starter all summer and the first four weeks.
He threw for 80!for the entire game against WVU… after that 100 for a half isn’t bad . They got 14 points on two drives. What screwed the pooch was special teams essentially giving up 14 points 7 directly on a return the other a 25 yard return setting them up with great field position.
We are actually agreeing a lot more than disagreeing above. And you will definitely win this battle, because Jurk will play, and play and play, as long as he is even remotely able. Duz is determined on that note. But we’re all going to lose the war.
What percentage of schools basically have terrible hires though? 50%? 75%?
I agree with you. On the other hand I have become convinced that the ceiling with Duzz is not as high as we fans want it to be. His offensive preferences are not conducive to high scoring. In this era of college football elite teams average 40+ points a game. He had an offensive in 2021 that hit that average and he quickly moved away from it. Like others have stated, I don’t want him to go but if he does, I see it as an opportunity to upgrade. Sure it is a risk but it would be Duzz’s decision to put us in that position.
FWIW? 🤷♂️
This is no defense of Phil, but I've seen this throw referenced multiple times and it's a ridiculous take. The throw to Bart was where it needed to be. Bart made it look bad by turning himself 270 degrees around (even backpedaling for several steps) while all he needed to do was turn and look over his left shoulder. In his defense he probably expected it to be underthrown...
