The Pitch to Herman

Here are some thoughts on sales pitch to Tom Herman and why now Mizzou is the right spot for him. In essence he come in and hit the ground running and continue to build his personal brand...

1) QB - From day 1 he has a talented, highly recruited QB who has starting experience with 3 years of eligibility left to build his team around. He can mold this young man to what he wants without having to go through the first time starter issues.

2) D-Line U - From day 1 he has one of if not the best D-Line coaches on the roster who has produced 1st round draft picks, All Americans and NFL defensive lineman. The roster currently has 3 players on it who will likely play on Sundays and be high draft picks (Augusta, Beckner, Harris) with the potential for 2 or 3 more (Brantley, Brady, Howard). the D-Line returns it's entire 2 deep next season.

3) The Mizzou Brand is already established in the place where he is best established as a recruiter...Texas. The brand is also established in the traditional SEC locales (Georgia, Tennessee,Florida) which will make building his name there much easier.

4) Young talented WR corp - While the numbers aren't impressive from this group, there is talent there that will only get better over the next 2 years.

5) No fear of his future ambitions. If his dream job is Univ of Texas, we will not stand in the way of that move if he commits 3 solid years to Mizzou. After year 3 we'll even put in a minimal buyout if he goes to UT. Many will argue with this point, but here's the thing. If he has had the success at Mizzou that will make him the guy that Texas wants, we have likely been to a couple of SEC championship games and possibly won one of them. If that's where our program is at that point, we'll be fine getting attracting a quality coach.