Tampa Bay Times Article on Jim Leavitt
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Exactly! I can't tell you how many times my coach grabbed me by the face mask to told me to get my head out of my arse.Local Owl said
BTW..just read the Tampa story. I played football in the late 70s and early 80s. Now I know times have changed. But I will tell you , in South Florida , back then, coaches had a very physical style. Hands on if you will. As a player, we didn't run home and tell mom and dad. I'm not saying that this style is OK. But I am saying it was the style. I will not judge a man for an incident from years ago. It was a different world. People were tougher. Less snow-flakeish. JMHO. I would be thrilled to get a guy like Jim.
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You can't run a successful football program like it's a private liberal arts college.Posted On: Dec 3rd 2016, 7:12 AM #363398
And he's had just one incident in his life, 7 years ago. If there was a big character flaw, it would show up more than once.
I think it would be a good hire but would caution FAU to be prepared (unlike the GEO debacle) to have a plan to address those who will insist we hired a monster. College kids like to protest things (many times not even knowing or caring why they are protesting). If we decide it is the best hire, then do it and have a plan to respond to the "noise."Posted On: Dec 3rd 2016, 7:54 AM #363401
100% agreed there and probably why FAU won't hire him.
By the way his D got exposed a bit last night by Washington. The Colorado O was pretty bad but 41 points is 41 points (yes, there was a pick 6 (or 7!) by UW. But 265 yards RUSHING by UW is a lot. But they did shut down Browning (9/24 for only 118!).
I do think he would be very good here but ONLY is he lets the O play fast and aggressive!
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Prior to Leavitt being fired the belief among many USF fans was that his teams consistently underachieved. Many wanted him gone due to the teams performance as they believed at the time that USF should have been dominating the Big East much like UM did prior to moving to the ACC. I don't doubt it had something to do with his firing along with the incident and probably contributed to the settlement for wrongful termination. In hindsight he is thought of more highly now at USF after they had to go through 3 disappointing seasons under Skip Holtz and the first couple years under Willie Taggart. Still Jim Leavitt is thought of as a great coach for building a program but it's still unknown if he can get his teams to achieve their full potential.Posted On: Dec 3rd 2016, 3:57 PM #363412
Regardless we're at the building point right now
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But Colorado is long way from Tampa so as to his past coming up out there….
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