Mason Heintschel

[NCPitt]

Then no school is a blue blood with your criteria.

Not true. Notre Dame, USC, UGA, Alabama, Oklahoma, Ohio State, and probably others are bluebloods because they were among the teams competing for national titles over the years with different coaches.

 

[NCPitt]

Every school’s success is coach dependent…look no further than Alabama, Michigan and USC. It may be true, however, that some schools have been more willing than others to pay big bucks for the best coaches so that after hiring a dud they follow that up eventually with a successful hire. Alabama, Michigan and USC all went thru periods when they were coached by duds and their records reflected that.

I never said that success had to be continuous. But some schools have had top-end success with multiple coaches. But, of course, the coach is the key. These schools can attract the best coaches partly because they are perceived as a destination school, aka as a blueblood.

 

[pittguy81]

They didn't force Jackie Sherrill out. He left for a then-unprecedented amount of money. Not sure there was much anyone could have done about it.

You are uninformed. They Administration pulled support from Sherrill and made it known. Texas A&M stepped in and offered him a contract that was enough for him to say goodbye. You don;t know what you;re talking about.

 

[thom67]

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You are uninformed. They Administration pulled support from Sherrill and made it known. Texas A&M stepped in and offered him a contract that was enough for him to say goodbye. You don;t know what you;re talking about.

That is correct. Jackie was not looking to leave, but administration thought Pitt could win without Sherrill while Sherrill wanted full control of the football team. Pitt would not give him control of football so he was forced to leave. The huge A&M contract made it easy for him to leave.