So It's Been A Couple of Months Now (USC)

Well, rumors around town are that Herman was in the bag and ready to sign his contract until USC lost to The Citadel and he saw just how bad the talent situation was and backed out. After Herman, Smart was rumored to be high on their board and some of the beat writers reported that talks were in place. UGA knew they wanted Smart for their next head coach, so they went ahead and pulled the trigger on Richt to get their guy. There were other names that were mentioned, but apparently Muschamp really impressed Tanner in his interview and with the staff he mentioned putting together. So, he got the job.

Hes 1-0 in SEC play and could be 2-0 come sunday so maybe this thread is premature

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And do we still have a straight answer for the logic behind the Muschamp hire?

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Wish I would've seen this thread earlier, my post should've directly followed your question.

The team asked for a young and hungry HC with a lot of energy. They got that, they got Muschmap. Then let's look at what happened.

1.) Muschamp took over and assembled the best group of Asst Coaches that anyone in the SEC did.
- 3 former National Recruiters of the year (Thompson, TRob and BMac.) He then kept the centerpiece of what was left in our former coaches in Coach Elliott to help with the transition.

2.) He took a 2016 recruiting class ranked in the 70's and built them to #24 on the 247Composite within 2 months.

3.) Right now our 2017 recruiting class is ranked #15 in the 247Composite, #8 on the 247 Site Rankings, and #10 on Rivals.

4.) We are in the lead for 4 of the Top 75 247Composte players in 2018 (Thomas, Belk, Sandidge and Wynn.) We'll end up with a Top10 recruiting class in 2018.

5.) We up'd the budget by $10M for the new football operations building after Muschamp got here.

6.) We are 1-0 and, with a SEC road win in a game we weren't favored in. We allowed 160 fewer yards than last year against Vandy.

7.) Our FR WR, Bryan Edward, broke a SC Football record for most receiving yards by a FR in an opening game.

8.) Our FR RB, AJ Turner, avg'd 5.4 YPC his first game, which lead all SEC FR RB's with 10 or more carries in week 1.

Yet, some of y'all are acting like Muschamp wasn't a great hire.

Are we gonna win every game this year?!?!? probably not. Are we gonna win more than last year?!?! Definitely. However, right now we are rebuilding this team/program and very soon we'll be back on top in the East, like we've been for most of this decade. So talk all y'all want right now, but the #CocksComing and there isn't anything anybody can do to stop it.

Will wasn't their first choice. I am pretty sure they offered Rich Rod first but he turned them down. The USCe AD denies it, but the Arizona AD says it's true. They also interviewed Tom Herman. He woulda been a grandslam hire, but I don't know if he was offered or if he turned them down or what.

Not trolling here, but I think Muschamp will be fine if he gets a decent OC. Muschamp will always have a top notch D (has been in the top 10 almost every year as a DC or HC). He can coach the shite out of some D, but he just doesn't know jack about offense. I guess we'll see how Roper works out.