Rumor Mill

[PURPLEFORLIFE]

Fire Crompton!! This is absurd. How is this ass clown in that position? He’s killing Wildcat Athletics. Halverson needs to get his house in order! This decision is laughable and pathetic.

The difference between high school football and DI football is enormous. Of course I’ll support Kjar and hope for the best, but regardless, Tim needs to leave!!!

 

[oldrunner]

The other thing that most are not thinking of is that the HC is largely an administrator/motivator. Most of the actual coaching is taking place with the coordinators and assistants. A really good HC hires the right people and delegates much of the day to day stuff. Yes, they are there and in charge, but they only step in when needed for higher level decisions. Sometimes, it is harder to go from an assistant to HC. The right person for the job is the right person to lead, not micro manage. Deciding who that leader is makes all the difference. Having played the game at both levels gives you the perspective from that end of things, but not from an administrator's point of view. Sometimes leaders are found in unexpected places.

 

[oldrunner]

The other thing that people are not understanding here is that the selection committee is tasked to weed out the non-starters and give the AD a list, sometimes ranked, of qualified candidates. They may have been asked to rank them or they may have just been asked to select the top 3 or 4. Either way, that information is relayed to the AD, the athletic provost, and the President for final considerations. It isn't like the committee selected someone and then the AD overrides their choice. None of that happens in a vacuum. Multiple people on multiple levels are involved. Ragging on the AD is a bit pointless.

 

[Chex]

If it is Kjar, I’m actually more than cautiously optimistic. I remember being underwhelmed when they announced a special teams coordinator from the U (after going after names like McBride and John L. Smith) and Hill brought an attitude and culture desperately needed…and he shifted the focus to heavy in state recruiting.

I think Mental was in over his head as a an OC in FCS and a fish out of water as a head coach (honestly he looked lost on the sidelines). He concentrated on his comfort zone of recruiting…and it sucked. The talented out of state recruits just flat out don’t care as much. All FBS transfers I can think of have been abysmal, so I think a coach who has ties to the local talent will work out well. I remember seeing Idaho State tear apart the Wildcats and one of their players was from Ogden. It’s understandable losing out on talent to the U, BYU, and USU…but Weber State shouldn’t be losing out on local talent to Idaho State, SUU, or Utah Tech.

Hell, it might even be worth coordinating with BYU and U of U and getting their recruits that will be buried on their rosters and never play with the realization if they do light it up, will be gone in a year or two.

I know some were excited of the Chiverani coach, but I agree with Olds, he didn’t tear it up immediately. I heard Mental’s Notre Dame college is a feeder school to Notre Dame University, and would basically succeed no matter who the coach is, so I don’t classify Coach Chiverani in that boat, but I think he would pretty much give up on local talent and be a risk competing in the best overall FCS conference as he would be completely new to it.

I remember some really good football when Weber State went 2-10 during Hill’s first year because he brought energy and got the most out of his team. Honestly that year was more fun to watch than Mental’s first 6-5 year with inconsistent play and mistake heavy football.

I think Kjar might be in that same mold of Hill and increase the give a sh*t factor, of course this might be a lot of talk over nothing if another coach is named.

Crompton should very much be on a hot seat (like ass on fire hot). Given his history, he went with assistant coaches on staff for basketball and football and they have been awful so far…so if basketball and football don’t turn around quickly, he can retire sooner than he planned. Attendance for basketball is announced at 2,000 level when it once was in the 6,000 level. I didn’t even check football but imagine it’s really low, too. I don’t know if Wildcats athletics has ever been lower for these two sports.