Originally posted by tnmavuli:
Uconn needs a proven coach, I still Petrino is available and has any interest he would be Uconn's dream coach. He can recruit and he is hell of a coach and they should have no problem paying him considering PP got. We will have guys getting drafted every year and winning football.
Be careful what you wish for.
He CAN coach. If your cupboard is stocked with talent, he can, and will, exploit it. No doubt. But he will use it for a stepping stone, and leave you empty.
The jury is still out on his recruiting. His two biggest recruits for UL (Michael Bush-Chicago Bears and Brian Brohm- CFL last I heard) were home grown and UL fans to start with.
He hasn't stayed anywhere long enough to know about his recruiting long term, but........
The year after he left UL we were 6-6. Shoulda been better probably, but it is what it is.
(He knew the situation better than anybody...might be why he left. Orange Bowl victory with 16 returning starters, a Heisman candidate QB, and pundits talking another possible National Champ shot....so he bails on a resume builder like that? Makes zero sense).
Just sayin...I think he knew the music was about to stop in Louisville, no matter what it looked like on paper, and wasn't getting caught without a chair.
Krags then made it worse. (Charlie Strong has had two of our best classes ever, and this one is the best ever. So CCS has crushed CBP's classes in rank.)
The year after CBP "left" Ark, they were 4-8. Granted that was a mess and there was turmoil, but an on-staff Asst coach (John L Smith-who recruited most of CBP's best players while HC at UL) took over so there shouldn't have been that much change. Now Bielema is only 3-5 there the 2nd year after CBP, and they are terrible.
xxxCBP did wonders at two places, but with two other coach's recruits. John L. Smith at UL, and Houston Nutt at UA.
He may, in fact, be a hellava recruiter, but he has to stay somewhere long enough to find out. So far, the classes he leaves the next guy, pretty much have sucked on the field.
