. . . but while I think Tom Herman is a terrific candidate, indeed, maybe my favored candidate (after Leach, that is), the fact remains that he's never been a head coach at any level.
As a result, we can't know if he can make it work as a HC or not until he does it.
And all this gushing over him reminds me of the gushing over John O'Korn from about January 2013 until he actually got on the field and we saw that, while he is really a high ceiling guy, he's still got some work to do to reach that ceiling.
In short, even if Herman goes elsewhere, I really like our chances of making a good hire.
Why? The stadium is a game changer. I knew it was but I really didn't figure we'd have to "play that card" in this way. But since we do have to, it really makes a difference in our candidate pool.
As a result, we can't know if he can make it work as a HC or not until he does it.
And all this gushing over him reminds me of the gushing over John O'Korn from about January 2013 until he actually got on the field and we saw that, while he is really a high ceiling guy, he's still got some work to do to reach that ceiling.
In short, even if Herman goes elsewhere, I really like our chances of making a good hire.
Why? The stadium is a game changer. I knew it was but I really didn't figure we'd have to "play that card" in this way. But since we do have to, it really makes a difference in our candidate pool.
