VA has conference money to pay its coaches. BYU went independent and likely can't compete financially.This must be for better money? BYU has traditionally been the better program and I'm sure got better players.
Welsh did serve with Paterno and then I believe at Navy before taking UVA job. My only concern with Bronco is coming all the way across the country where he has no real experience in the recruiting area. Not a deal breaker for sure, he is a great coach, just not convinced it will be a home run. Certainly an upgrade and they should be bowl eligible year in and year out.UVA has everything a good coach could want....beautiful campus, strong academics (none stronger actually for a public university), huge endowment, big time donors, great facilities, and is in a decent recruiting area...close to the Tidewater area and the DMV area. UVA is a great job...George Welsh if you remember had them as a winning program for many years. I am pretty sure Welsh had some connections to Paterno...was he on staff with Rip...anyone remember that connection???
Agreed...UVA has always been who I root for in the instate match up. I think Bronco will win his fair share, but I think he has BYU results at UVA, 8-4/9-3. I really wanted Rhule to get this job. I think if Meyer is indeed headed to Browns, the coaching carousel will have a few more turns. And on top if somehow Harbaugh did leave UM...it would be funny as heck to watch Miles wave bye bye to LSU. Still more drama to come for sure.yeah, I agree...not sure of the hire. I am simply saying UVA is a great job. If Mark Richt were not a Miami alum, I could have seen him taking the UVA job. That would have been a real nice fit. In my opinion, there is no excuse for UVA to be neck and neck with Va tech....this lopsided matchup is ridiculous. UVA needs to hire someone that can compete. Hopefully Bronco is that hire for UVA's sake.
VA has conference money to pay its coaches. BYU went independent and likely can't compete financially.
BYU is owned and operated by the LDS. They can spend as much money on sports that they want. Normal economic rules do not apply there.
And yet they're typically a mediocre team...so where's all that Marriot money going? Sure doesn't seem to be into their teams.BYU is owned and operated by the LDS. They can spend as much money on sports that they want. Normal economic rules do not apply there.
[UVA has everything a good coach could want....beautiful campus, strong academics (none stronger actually for a public university), huge endowment, big time donors, great facilities, and is in a decent recruiting area...close to the Tidewater area and the DMV area. UVA is a great job...George Welsh if you remember had them as a winning program for many years. I am pretty sure Welsh had some connections to Paterno...was he on staff with Rip...anyone remember that connection???]
The problem with UVA is that they have little tradition and the culture of the campus is not one that really seems to care all that much about fielding a championship football team. Remember that it was Welsh who was really the first coach to ever have meaningful success at UVA and that was after nearly a century of playing football.
UVA has everything a good coach could want....beautiful campus, strong academics (none stronger actually for a public university), huge endowment, big time donors, great facilities, and is in a decent recruiting area...close to the Tidewater area and the DMV area. UVA is a great job...George Welsh if you remember had them as a winning program for many years. I am pretty sure Welsh had some connections to Paterno...was he on staff with Rip...anyone remember that connection???
UVA has everything a good coach could want....beautiful campus, strong academics (none stronger actually for a public university), huge endowment, big time donors, great facilities, and is in a decent recruiting area...close to the Tidewater area and the DMV area. UVA is a great job...George Welsh if you remember had them as a winning program for many years. I am pretty sure Welsh had some connections to Paterno...was he on staff with Rip...anyone remember that connection???
Actually Nashville, it's the place where JayPa got his start thanks to George W having coached on Paterno's team. George, in later years, wanted to ring the young jayPa's neck! True story.
What I said was correct sir.Incorrect JayPA was a Graduate Assistant at University of Virginia under George Welsh.