I agree Pitt and Syracuse have had good starts so if they continue on as is they should be safe having had successful seasons. One school I have to think is very hot is Green Bay- they lost two 2 division II schools and Akron who are also pretty atrocious. No way an administration accepts that. They may be on course for an 0-18 year. I also think Akron could start to get a little warm. They canned the last coach for being poor and they seem to be struggling still. The Miami Ohio situation is unfortunate. They should be able to attract a decent hire after the fall.
Looking through scores tonight I'm always interested in Big East results. Creighton lost to South Dakota and that seat must be hot unless conference play saves the coach.
Let's see how the entire season goes. Basing a judgment on one game leaves a little to be desired, so far as figuring how a team will do over the course of the season. But, giving you credit for your point, the expectation was that Creighton would win the game. Their loss could be an indicator of a problem. But then again, it simply could have been one of those games where the weaker team wins. But then again, the stats say it was a very close game, so maybe the two teams were about equal -- which could indicate a problem. And then again, basing a judgment on one game ....
Being a big east fan I was hoping Creighton was going to progress with the coaching change. I checked how South Dakota has done before this game and theyjabe been pretty bad. So I will
I'm thinking creighton should we warm they just lost two games in a row to teams from South Dakota. That's pretty poor. Staying in the big east Georgetown got crushed by Stanford. Looks like Stanford are the big deal this year.
What's interesting about this situation is Bruce Erickson is currently undefeated at Northern Iowa, beating teams CU has lost to. This was a poor hire, no collegiate coaching experience and the first thing he did was run out 90% of the roster and with replacements that didn't upgrade the talent level. Creighton might not win a single game in conference play this season and the future doesn't look too bright. Disappointing for sure.
Walters is an upgrade from the prior staff (which wasn't hard to do), but with the potential candidates that applied they could have done better. Can't judge the team on first few games, they have completely changed everything - playing style, formation, movement of players to different positions, etc. They look more like a soccer team, just need to put it all together. This is a single berth conference, know all Tim cares about is what they do in league. Will be interesting to watch and see if they can improve their Summit league performance.
What about these schools: St. Bonaventure, ULL, Northwestern LA State, Winthrop, Charleston Southern, Marshall. UTSA, UTEP, App State, Maine, Western Carolina, George Mason, American, IPFW, Gardner Webb, Evansville, ORU, SAM Houston, Incarnate TX, and Richmond.
Schools I know a little about Northwestern St (La) - better than they've been in a long time - not even warm - much less hot Incarnate Word (TX) - same UTSA - same UTEP - good enough for long enough that I doubt it is even warm Sam Houston - getting warm ULL - has to be untouchable hot, but I've been saying that for couple of years so who knows he might have secret pictures of somebody
Great compilation. In my opinion, the following could name anybody as HC and still have a rough time, so probably go contract terms... UTEP...unwinnable location Maine...unwinnable location Richmond...unwinnable school costs. Neither here nor there in rep to get away with the exorbitent tuition/fees. St. Bonaventure...not quite as costly as Richmond but ultimately unwinnable private (cost). But this is a great niche school, community, town. As opposed to others, somebody right could work this and possibly make NCAAs. George Mason...unwinnable, public cost but bland commuter school. The anti-St. Bonaventure. Bramble works hard but it's a tough sell.
UTEP...check the records, KC has been successful there in the past. He's the face of that program and it'll ultimately be his choice to leave not admin. Richmond...it's just time! PA has been the only coach there...ever! Yes, it's a football/basketball school...but they sacked the men's soccer program a few years back to add men's lax and look at their success! Mason...give Bramble a chance! St. Bonaventure...yawn! Maine...dbl yawn!
I think Richmond just costs too much for a partial scholly sport with hundreds of options. Lacrosse is so limited in varsity programs, much less south of the Potomac, yet the youth supply of wealthy kids is just as expansive as travel soccer. The second they announced the lax team, it was an instant magnet with plenty of supply of wealthy players to be competitive quickly. Look at Ivy...can't compete in women's soccer, competitive in men's lacrosse. Same thing...men's lax has shorter supply of national/southern/public options so the parent's of better recruits pay.
I noticed three A10 schools listed above but does anyone know much about Umass? Another slow start, seems to have enough to offer (education, location and history) to complete in the conference and I thought I heard the hc is being paid 6 figures. Did the school cut back on its scholarship / funding when it promoted football?
Will be interesting to watch them for sure. North Dakota State University on the other hand are having a complete meltdown. 0-5 without a single goal (9-0 loss to Utah). Getting warm?
I doubt it, highly. They're coming off back to back regular season titles in a weak Summit League. I would assume they'll find their footing in conference play, make the conference tournament and his job is easily safe.
Based on geography alone you would have to think that getting wins at a school in North Dakota is hard enough. Probably not a lot of recruits up there and I'm guessing a difficult sell.
I think that looking at one season is questionable for evaluating a coach. What are the team's RPIs while the coach has been there? Is there an RPI trend? There's a fundamental thought-process flaw in making a decision using insufficient data.
My hot list picks would be American, Army, and Seton Hall. Michigan State too but just looks like they will ride that one out. I'd agree about UMass, that's a good job and has fallen well below expectations. Pitt's always on this forum, losing to Kent St won't help them either.
Coach was hired from Minnesota Thunder Academy, majority of his team comes from that club. Mark has done a good job there and doubt based on one season he will be on the hot seat, have finished at the top of league for many prior years.
What about Maryland? Tore through non-conf stiffs. I didn't think he'd cut it but maybe i was wrrrrrr. Or is their sched too ez? They're situated geographically to the northeast soccer money...so should by default be top-tier with Happy Valley and Piscataway....followed by concentric circles west...Tier 2...Columbus, Ann Arbor, Evanston (trumps IU/PU)...Tier 3...throw 'em in a bucket.