Interesting David Cutcliffe Feature
by Juco All-American on Aug 17, 2008 8:56 PM EDT
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"Cutcliffe, who was Tennessee's offensive coordinator when Duke hired him, already proved in his last head-coaching stint that he knew how to rejuvenate a program. Ole Miss went 44-29 and reached four bowls in six seasons under Cutcliffe. The Rebels have gone 10-25 with no bowls in the three seasons since his departure."
It seems to me like that's not rejuvenating. That's running a program into the ground. I'm not here to bash Cutcliffe. I think he did some good things for Ole Miss. It's just that paragraph made me laugh a little bit and question logic. Let's look at this again. He proved at Ole Miss that he could rejuvenate a program. He went 44-29 at Ole Miss. After he was fired, we went 10-25. Sure seems to me like he left the program better than he found it.
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by Anonymous on Aug 17, 2008 10:12 PM EDT reply actions
by AnthonyM on Aug 17, 2008 10:26 PM EDT reply actions
by Anonymous on Aug 17, 2008 10:53 PM EDT reply actions
Two major factors led to Cut getting canned:
1. Inability to retain valuable assistants/replacing them with unqualified former Vol players
2. Bad health
The combination of those things led to weaker coaching and weaker recruiting. Cut got too comfortable in Oxford and paid the price. I wish him the best and think he'll do well at Duke (by Duke standards) now that he has his original staff back together.
by ssmund on Aug 17, 2008 11:24 PM EDT reply actions
by Red Solo Cup Admin on Aug 17, 2008 11:58 PM EDT reply actions
Can you honestly say who might have hired the man... who was in poor health and wouldn't be all there anyway?
Hell he'd make more as OC at Notre Dame than head coaching at some places.
by Anthony on Aug 18, 2008 1:15 AM EDT reply actions
I've got nothing against the guy, and I will say that our program wasn't in as bad of shape as our results showed. That had more to do with the bad coaching hire we made.
However, I will say that the program he inherited was on the verge of being the type of team that could have competed for an SEC title. The program he left was not going to be capable of getting more than 6 or 7 wins even with spectacular coaching.
by Anonymous on Aug 18, 2008 9:02 AM EDT reply actions
by Anonymous on Aug 18, 2008 11:16 AM EDT reply actions
Isn't that the siutation for just about every coach at every school?
by JimHalpert on Aug 18, 2008 12:47 PM EDT reply actions
To anthony: He wasn't hired as Notre Dame's OC, he was hired as the QB Coach, Weiss was going to run the offense from the beginning.
by ltownreb on Aug 18, 2008 10:17 PM EDT reply actions
by Ivory Tower on Aug 19, 2008 11:22 AM EDT reply actions
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