Bandit, what gives you hope that Currie can make a good choice on his own? At K-State, his basketball choice has failed miserably after he ran off a Final Four coach. His first choice at football brought almost universal rejection from the fan base, business community, and a lot of boosters. What good will he may have earned after firing the failed Butch experiment has now been squandered and resulted in derision of the powers that be for being downright idiots. He is in a no-win situation here because he has exposed himself to be a tool to some and incompetent to the rest. Currie is damaged goods that cannot be trusted to make decisions on his own and will now need approval from someone other than Davenport. Because I think Davenport has to realize her job is also on the line here.
IMO Currie has no idea how to evaluate what a great coach is and needs to be if the most important evaluation led him to Shicano. It is also obvious that some university employees disagreed and leaked in the the media. One would think that being involved in the Fulmer firing and hiring of Kiffiin would have taught him what not to do. It seems it did not. If his advisory team gave Shicano the highest marks and declared him the best choice, who else did they look at? He also has no clue how to play the social media game.
No what Davenport hired was a Hamilton clone that is destined to fail miserably. I have no faith in Currie to be capable of identifying a great coach let alone being able to hire one now. He does not even have the guts to stand up to public exposure and the boos he will get. If the UTAD signs a great coach, I just do not see him making the final call because he screwed up royally Sunday.
Wow...hello Oliver Twist and Long John Silver! Write classic English novels much?
Some points...
1. I keep hearing about the firing of Fulmer and Currie's involvement in that. Bottom line...that was Hamilton.
2. Hiring Lane Kiffin. See no. 1.
3. He did lose a good coach at K State in basketball, but that might be on the coach as much as him.
You certainly do make a lot of solid conclusions and inferences based on what I can only assume are assumptions, as they are very subjective opinions. "He can't be trusted to make a decision on his own". Fine. I can assure you he probably isn't, at this point. He doesn't know "how to evaluate what a good coaching hire is". Well, how hard is that anyway? And he doesn't need to if it's no longer his sole decision.
It's simple really.
1. It doesn't take a genius to make a good coaching hire, believe it or not. It's not in fact rocket science.
2. He is going to be a lot more careful with his second choice...he has to be.
3. He is going to be more open to outside advice...he has to be.
4. There are plenty of coaches better than Schiano on the market.
5. Bottom line...it will be hard to do worse than Shiano no matter who the AD is.
Final note...Dooley is still far worse than Schiano, so take 5 with a grain of salt. Said grain being that Currie now pretty much has to get someone with a better record/resume than Schiano. And if Schiano is better than Dooley....
Bottom line no. 2....what matters most now is not what happened Sunday, but hiring a good coach. Shortest path there is to keep riding the Currie horse, even if we just found out he's actually a jackass. Jackasses can still move pretty quick when properly whipped.