USU Fires Coach

[oldrunner]

USU has fired head coach Tim Duryea.

Interesting developments coming out of Logan after a strong finish to their season. There must be something beneath the surface. Should be interesting to see what comes out over the next few days.

https://twitter.com/bhein3/status/972977505224163329

 

[SWeberCat02]

Why is this interesting, and why does there have to be something beneath the surface? So what if they finished strong, they still finished in 7th place, and have generally sucked under Duryea. He had an overall losing record and never finished higher than 7th place. You can fire someone for just sucking, it happens all the time. Well, except for at Weber.

 

[oldrunner]

Why is this interesting, and why does there have to be something beneath the surface? So what if they finished strong, they still finished in 7th place, and have generally sucked under Duryea. He had an overall losing record and never finished higher than 7th place. You can fire someone for just sucking, it happens all the time. Well, except for at Weber.

Because, midseason, the Aggies appeared to turn the program in a positive direction. They were a young team with some good pieces to build around. Tipically, that is not when you fire a coach after just his third year. No, there is more to this story. It may go back to the kid who left them a few years ago or rumblings of more players hitting the transfer button, who knows. It's just my opinion that there is more to this story. It also may turn out that it was only a .50 winning record that got him.

Also.... Denny Houston, Larry Farmer, Joe Cravens...

 

[n.ogdencat]

Too bad for TD, the writing was on the wall all season. To me, I feel he had a decent season that was setting him up for an even better season next year, but losses to San Jose and Air Force at the end cemented his dome. Randy isn't even an option for that job. Stew was virtually pushed out, Barnes then went for a home run coach, couldn't get one and settled on TD, then got the hell out of dodge. USU wants to wipe the slate clean and go with a new coach that isn't even attached to the Stew System. It isn't the job it once was. I would bargain that, if Randy left, that coaching at Weber is more attractive than USU right now. Somewhat a mess.

There are really high expectations in Logan after the Stew years. Best chance for the Aggies is to go after either a legend at the DII ranks or get a hot up and comer. Norm Parish at Westminster or Judkins at Dixie are both options. The young up and comer...Linder at UNCO, but he might be the next CSU coach. The Aggie faithful need to be patient with the new coach. He isn't going to come in and resurrect the mid 2000s in one season.

 

[UtahPirate]

There are really high expectations in Logan after the Stew years. Best chance for the Aggies is to go after either a legend at the DII ranks or get a hot up and comer. The Aggie faithful need to be patient with the new coach. He isn't going to come in and resurrect the mid 2000s in one season.

Stew was a middle of the road MWC coach while at Colorado State. Found legend status in Logan by playing well in the Big West/WAC and refusing to schedule anyone tough in the preseason (rarely going on the road). He kept his legend in tact despite placing 8th and 4th in the MWC in his only two seasons there. Duryea's task was almost impossible with high expectations and having to play in a conference that was vastly superior to Stew's Big West/WAC days. He does give the next guy a little cushion between the Stew days.

 

[UtahPirate]

I guess Brad Rock says basically the same thing, only better ...

https://www.deseretnews.com/article/865696789/Mountain-West-was-too-big-a-leap-for-Aggies-Duryea.html

 

[oldrunner]

I guess Brad Rock says basically the same thing, only better ...

https://www.deseretnews.com/article/865696789/Mountain-West-was-too-big-a-leap-for-Aggies-Duryea.html

That is a very good piece on the subject, and confirms what I was saying before. There is more to this story.

I hope the aggies can get their act together. However, they are in much the same boat as UI is in up further north. They are in a remote, small town with bad winters and limited social opportunities. It's a hard place to recruit to. It's a great school with a long tradition and fans who expect more than is possible. Anybody who takes that job is asking to be fired within 3 years. The only way to win is to do what UVU has done, recruit the criminals that nobody else will take, win for a couple of years, and then move on. That may be acceptable in Logan, I don't know. However, a lot of coaches will not play that game. Duryea wasn't one to do that.