I have friend who is a Vandal. He says Idaho State is kind of like the Miami of the West, speaking in terms of degrees of suckyness.
I saw somewhere Idaho State has an acceptance rate of 100% so if you thought Western Kentucky was an academic weakling with their 93% acceptance rate...and as much as I don't like Fiami, their accaptance rate of 65% (and a very good graduation rate of 79%) is rather selective compared to Idaho State. I also saw that Idaho State had a graduation rate of 30% which is particularly bad.
While I'm glad Saul was not retained because of his habit of wasting schollies on scrub level non-D1 players, he deserves something better than Idaho State. Even if it is as an assistant for less money but at a better place.
I think after a setback in coaching and the ego hit there must be after being let go, the natural inclination is to want to build something from the ground up where expectations are low to start.
My crazy theory: A bunch of high profile coaches have the inclination, too. But none of them are going to ever give up the security and the money to do it. But I bet a bunch of great coaches, if money was taken out of the equation, daydream about taking over a tiny, crappy program and building something underneath the radar.
It's why so many coaches admire Frank Solich. He actually lived out that secret coaching fantasy of going to the wilderness and without the scrutiny or the pressures built a machine that hums along that buys him complete freedom and loyalty from the university.
Getting fired actually frees up a coach to do that. That's my theory, at least.
Last Edited: 4/17/2019 2:53:18 PM by Brian Smith (No, not that one)