re: Coaching Search Thread

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The one area on the team I'd feel good about talent-wise was the O-line. The rest needs to be revamped.

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I’m supportive of the Silverfield hire, but I’m not happy with his moves at OL coach and not retaining Mateos.

Offensive line was arguably the strength of the team last year.

It’s only doomed because we continue to make shite hires. It’s not hard to go out and hire a winner. They tend to win. Like yeah it’s always some what of a crap shoot, but if you’ll just hire people based on whether they win or not, you’ll tend to have more success than not. Especially when you start to look at things like do they win against superior talent? Do they win without top resources? If they check those boxes it’s even easier. Hiring a football coach isn’t rocket science. But we have dumb fricks on the hill ( Hunter) who are inept at making a coaching hire.

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One program was irrelevant until a coach got there that knew how to work its magic and knew what kind of players to get and set up a system that 2 of the next 3 coaches used to get players and win championships.

The other was saved from a death spiral by the same coach.

All this goes back to the thread I made months ago. What kind of program are we? What is our identity?

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The reality is hard to ignore: we’ve become an administratively incompetent program that’s lowered the bar so far, bowl eligibility is treated like a win—even as the bowl system itself is fading.

There’s no strategic fundraising, no understanding of how to identify or support the right coach, and absolutely no charisma in the brand.

We don’t know how to generate national attention unless it’s through embarrassment.

And when it comes to pitching big donors? There’s no vision, no story, no leadership that inspires confidence.

This isn’t just about football—it’s about identity. Programs that win consistently know who they are. They have a culture, a system, and leadership that understands how to build and sustain success. We don’t. We’re stuck in a cycle of reactive decisions, short-term fixes, and lowered expectations.

Until the people at the top commit to real change—starting with defining who we are and what we stand for—we’ll keep drifting. The blueprint exists. Other programs have followed it. But it takes courage, clarity, and competence to execute it.

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And when it comes to pitching big donors? There’s no vision, no story, no leadership that inspires confidence.

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This is the biggest problem.

The minute NIL without restrictions hit HY should have been in every big money donors office saying lets go win a Natty in football. It's a free for all.

Instead he doubled down on Titman and played a victim complaining about the system and how it wasn't right.

Joey freakin McGuire who could barely break .500 in his previous 3 years at Tech is in the playoff because boosters paid to get them there.

Thanks HY