re: 1 good hire changed Moores Fortunes!!

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lowspark12
1 good hire changed Moores Fortunes!!
and let's not forget the botched Fran situation (don't think he actually hired franchione, but the way he left was a big black eye)... hiring/firing mike price... hiring/firing mike shula... and pretty well botched the coaching search in 2006.

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Franchione wasn't a bad hire at all...not Moore's fault that Franchione bailed.

Price was clearly a bad hire. Moore just didn't do his homework on Price. Lot's of folks in Pullman knew that Price liked to drink a lot, hang out in bars, and flirt with college girls.

Shula wasn't a bad hire because the only other option at the time was Sylvester Croom. In a way you could say it was a bad hire because it was the consequence of hiring Price, but in and of itself Shula was the best option at the time. Shula ended up being a pretty decent caretaker who got the program through probation and on a stable footing so it could be appealing to a guy like Saban.