Texas hires Tulane's Coach

[57stratdawg]

Solid hire.

 

[MSUDC11]

Eh... When your first targets were Kevin O'Sullivan and John Savage, I'm not sure how great of a hire this really is. He clearly was not their first choice.

It would be the equivalent of Oklahoma football hiring Todd Monken after Saban, Meyer, Harbaugh, Dantonio, and Swinney all turned down the job.

This guy may do a great job, but Texas is an elite program. They swung for the fences and hit a little blooper with this hire.

 

[patdog]

Not sure about it either. He's had moderate success at Tulane, historically a good baseball school although they were down the year before he took over and he's won at Sam Houston St. But not a resume that screams "great hire" for one of the top baseball programs of all time.

 

[57stratdawg]

I agree to some degree. Texas' last couple of hires haven't exactly been earth shattering. I think he'll do well though.

 

[missouridawg]

I agree to some degree. Texas' last couple of hires haven't exactly been earth shattering. I think he'll do well though.

After the way Charlie Strong was treated, no one wants to coach there. Their boosters are powerful and oblivious.

 

[msudawg12]

After the way Charlie Strong was treated, no one wants to coach there. Their boosters are powerful and oblivious.

its not football. its their entire athletics dept. its a cluster17

 

[coach66]

I agree, they need a strong AD to clean house and put the boosters in their

place or they are going nowhere fast.

 

[wpmusm]

Good hire for UT. Tulane baseball has strong tradition but they'd been dormant since Katrina. Pierce brought them back.

 

[tatedog]

Was Joe Torre not available? Tuck Fexas.