^ That hire screams "get guy who won't leave" to me
Going back to Cal and Dykes. It was an odd hire from the get go. You have to fit coach and culture together. Dykes as a Texan with his crazy passing offense didn't fit Cal. Like Rodriguez didn't fit scUM, Callahan didn't fit Nebraska and so many others. Cal has big money problems and may drop athletics all together, but Dykes/Cal was never the right match. I'll relate it to us as well. Leach would have been a difficult fit for us and Cubit's offense failed here just as it did at WMU.
I can now say a guy I had as a substitute teach in high school is now the head coach of a D1 football team.WMU hires Lester to replace Fleck
Going back to Cal and Dykes. It was an odd hire from the get go. You have to fit coach and culture together. Dykes as a Texan with his crazy passing offense didn't fit Cal. Like Rodriguez didn't fit scUM, Callahan didn't fit Nebraska and so many others. Cal has big money problems and may drop athletics all together, but Dykes/Cal was never the right match. I'll relate it to us as well. Leach would have been a difficult fit for us and Cubit's offense failed here just as it did at WMU.
Where did you hear Cal may drop athletics all together? That is a front page ESPN scope if true!
Here's one "source", although the article is more than three months old:
http://www.mercurynews.com/2016/09/30/cal-athletics-20-million-question-will-sports-need-to-be-axed/
Here's one "source", although the article is more than three months old:
http://www.mercurynews.com/2016/09/30/cal-athletics-20-million-question-will-sports-need-to-be-axed/
It's crazy how much talent Zook had on his coaching staff here at Illinois. 6 who went on to be Head Coaches
Curt Mallory - HC at Indiana State
Jeff Brohm - HC at Purdue
Paul Petrino - HC at Idaho
Mike Shultz - HC at Lamar
Eric Wolford - HC at Youngstown St; now OL coach at South Carolina
Mike Locksley - HC at New Mexico; now an Asst at Alabama
It's crazy how much talent Zook had on his coaching staff here at Illinois. 6 who went on to be Head Coaches
Curt Mallory - HC at Indiana State
Jeff Brohm - HC at Purdue
Paul Petrino - HC at Idaho
Mike Shultz - HC at Lamar
Eric Wolford - HC at Youngstown St; now OL coach at South Carolina
Mike Locksley - HC at New Mexico; now an Asst at Alabama
Now the youngest head coach in FBS at age 33. Crazy.I wanted to hire Lincoln Riley as Head Coach when we made the decision to retain Cubit.