p5 Coach wrote:
Wanna make a bet it lights a fire under their ass real fast if they're told they have to win? Some will rise to the standard, others won't. They should go
OK, so take Pepperdine for example...read/watch this:
http://www.pepperdinesports.com/sports/c-track/spec-rel/012016aaa.htmlThis guy has been there ten years now and their men and women always finish at or darn near the back of the West Coast Conference. Watching them compete is like watching a separate race after the actual race has run by. He talks with excitement in the release about everyone setting a school record in their first indoor meet in school history for christ sake. The thing is, he is doing the exact job he was hired to do - the exact job his AD wants him doing. His kids are happy, they're staying within budget, he has a boatload of women (almost 40!) that now get to count three times for Title IX purposes, many of which are minorities, & he "leads them in their faith." You kids are in for a real treat if you read his recruitment questionnaire...trust me.
If you suggested to that administration that they fire him for lack of performance, they'd look at you like you're an idiot - that you completely missed the point. He's excelling at the job description they gave him.
This is probably somewhat similar to other situations I've known of where a "DI" coach had "cross country only," no paid assistant, almost no scholarship, no influence in admissions & a fraction of the budget of most of the rest of their conference competitors. And was told not to "force our athletes to run track because that's not what they came here to experience." These situations are not as rare as one might think.
I guarantee you young bucks that if you took over, did the tough things it took to turn the culture around to compete & improve, you'd last 2 - 3 years at most before getting fired. Even if your team improved drastically. That's not what those coaches are there to do. That's not what that job is. Yes, it's technically possible to do both (improve while doing the ACTUAL job) but those individuals are EXTREMELY rare - but of course you guys are the ones to do it...
You can make a much more convincing case for fully funded (full allotment of allowable scholarships, full allotment of allowable coaches & a budget similar to their conference competition) Power 5 programs, but beyond that, your argument holds very little water & you obviously have very little to no experience with which you are discussing.