Oh bless your little heart.
Oh bless your little heart.
It could have also been because of something HE had done.
ie: Breaking a rule/policy and etc. *** food for thought ***
running commenter wrote:
We have a problem wrote:
Steve Magness. I know he is an alumnus of Houston but just imagine what he could do at a power 5 school with the draw of UT!
He went to Rice
"He went to Rice", Graduated from UH:
Magness competed his freshman through junior years at Rice University, where he was the Western Athletic Conference Freshman of the Year and a regional qualifier in track during the 2003-04 season. In 2004, Magness qualified as an individual to the NCAA cross country championships by placing 5th at the south central regional meet.
As a senior in 2007-08, Magness ran for the Cougars and finished in the Top 10 at the Conference USA Championships and was 11th at the NCAA South Central Regionals, missing making nationals by .08 seconds. For those efforts, he was named to the C-USA Academic All-Conference and the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association All-Academic teams.
Unfortunately for him, it is not what he did.
99.9% of you that are posting are not collegiate coaches. Let me say that there will be between 50-75 head DI coaches (along with the DII ones) who will pursue the Texas head job. They will have a pick of many, many top-flight head coaches. A good friend of mine who is one of the top coaches in the country will apply, and he has a top 20 job already. Texas can command outstanding coaches. I believe it will be very political, and the Texas AD will get lots of calls from his buddies in the profession.
SirReggie wrote:
We have a problem wrote:
Steve Magness. I know he is an alumnus of Houston but just imagine what he could do at a power 5 school with the draw of UT!
How 'bout fellow U of H alum Carl Lewis as coach?
The Funny thing is Houston is probably a better job than UT right now.
Pays higher at UT, but not as much drama. Small expectations. But they are in a hunt for a national title.
Yea Right! wrote:
You have no idea of what you are talking about. Mario was let go because of a legitimate reason. It has absolutely nothing to do with support from his staff. It had something to do with him and no one else.
I have a crystal clear idea. Staff support is everything. One assistant has loose lips. The staff distanced themselves from supporting their boss. Yes MS went through some personal issues that he has faced. A university should support that 100%.
Not some of his former staff.
Texas can and will do better. The staff is highly overrated and getting waxed on the recruiting trail and in the coaching venue compared to other consistent top 10 teams.
I do appreciate all the honest and thoughtful responses to my questions.
They will go after an NCAA winning coach. Someone from the SEC I think. They can afford anyone. Tonja is very well qualified but AD is new and might want his own personal hire, fresh start.
How much are they willing to pay, $250k?
Here’s the real question - do they care? At places like Oregon, USC, Florida, Texas A&M, Arkansas, and maybe a couple other places, they care about and support track and field. It’s more than “here’s your big salary and your big budget now go do your thing.” It’s real support. It’s support staff and how they’re hired. It’s facilities. It’s promoting your team and sport. It’s helping to host, support and promote home meets. It’s hiring the outside chiropractor, doctor, massage therapist. It’s all of that and more. Lots of big time power 5 schools pay very well and have big budgets. How many care enough to provide the resources and support to allow their programs to consistently be in the top-5 to 10 at nationals and be in the hunt for national titles?
Get whoever is coaching Portland XC out in Oregon. They are a high academic Jesuit school who has given the Ducks a run
for their money without the Duck talent pool. Guy must be great coach and can let others do the jumps, throws, sprints.
We have a problem wrote:
Steve Magness. I know he is an alumnus of Houston but just imagine what he could do at a power 5 school with the draw of UT!
It's a big university, they already have someone that writes blogs/posts on Twitter.
#coachjs2austin
Rob Conner is not leaving Portland. They will hang his skeleton up in the locker room.
24321fewr wrote:
Get whoever is coaching Portland XC out in Oregon. They are a high academic Jesuit school who has given the Ducks a run
for their money without the Duck talent pool. Guy must be great coach and can let others do the jumps, throws, sprints.
I can guaran-damn-tee you that Texas is NOT going to hire a distance guy as head coach.
Who in he SEC that won an NCAA title would leave for Texas???
Pls take Bucknam from Arkansas
Pls...
24321fewr wrote:
Get whoever is coaching Portland XC out in Oregon. They are a high academic Jesuit school who has given the Ducks a run
for their money without the Duck talent pool. Guy must be great coach and can let others do the jumps, throws, sprints.
Not a Jesuit school.
Blind Pilot House wrote:
24321fewr wrote:
Get whoever is coaching Portland XC out in Oregon. They are a high academic Jesuit school who has given the Ducks a run
for their money without the Duck talent pool. Guy must be great coach and can let others do the jumps, throws, sprints.
Not a Jesuit school.
And definitely NOT a high academic school...unless you’re comparing it to Oregon?