By 1.2 inches per year, making Florida the 4th or 5th highest rainfall state in the country. I saw both on a google search
Quick google search tells me Alabama averages two more days per year of rainy weather than Florida. Point is, Florida rains all the goddamn time. It’s not some impeccable weather place like socal.
Like, high desert in Mountain time zones is awesome. Big ass sand dunes at the bases of mountains and all sorts of interesting rock formations.
I have a theory that all conversations about Arizona State football turn into discussions about geography within fifteen minutes. Hypothesis proven.
Feel like the talent he’s getting there believe in the prestige/history of playing for an HBCU. He wouldn’t have that at a PAC-12 cellar dweller.
He probably could pull great talent at ASU because of his personality. But nobody really gives a shit about ASU football. Don’t know if that’s a place like prime wants to be idk
Because getting too ten recruiting classes is hard and requires more than a few flash players. Can he lane elite talent there? Yes, he wouldn’t be top ten because that requires landing 20 plus good to elite kids. Usc, OU, osu, lsu, bama, uga, ND, Clemson, tamu, Oregon, Texas, Michigan then you have Miami, UF, Tennessee, psu, auburn, fsu Too many teams that have proven recruiting success in the past and NiL money for him to do that.
Feels a little lower than middle to me, or maybe very-lower-middle class. They do have a few things working in their favor, but I think almost any decent coach is gone as soon as they start building a successful program. Probably would have to strike gold in a reclamation project-type hire that is no longer looking for greener pastures.
I lived in Tempe for almost a year and loved it. Whenever it rained they would have breaking news coverage.
Also you get to live in an awesome place with a population that’s booming. There’s way more potential there now than even 10-15 years ago imo.
Dillingham would definitley take the ASU job. Not sure if they would offer it to him, but he went to school and got started in coaching there. He's very well connected in that area.
I think you want a guy who moreso can be a rockstar out of state than one with ties. Going have to build into getting the top instate kids because most the kids instate are often children of transplants with no ties to the university and also see warts of the program up close(especially the shitty game day environments and lack of overall support) so they want to go play out of state. CU has similar issues in Colorado.
There are enough Cali kids for ASU to get theirs after the big boys pluck who they want. They should be better than they are.
Based on him recruiting a ton of Arizona/west coast kids while at A&M, Jeff Banks seems like a guy worth checking in on. I don't know if his off field "issues" would be an issue with the money guys out there, and special teams guys are a bigger crapshoot than coordinators, but at least it wouldn't feel uninspired
The sleeping giant stuff has always been a bit more myth than reality. Never had the commitment from the University or the donor/fan base to be close to the levels needed. There are certainly reasons it could be a good job but those are all a little further out of grasp than any coach thinks when he takes the job. Antonio Pierce showed the way before his brazen assholery and awful operational skills got us stuck in this current shithole. Maybe this is the time we finally go all in on football but I doubt it, sanctions or not, it’s always halfway in and hope and that’s never going to cut it in college football when you are an outsider
There is more and more talent coming out of AZ every year and almost all of it is leaving the state. Not enough to sustain the program on that alone but I don't think ASU has to survive on CA talent as much as they have in the past if they can convince some these kids to stay home. ASU's hires have been very uninspiring since Koetter. End of career Erickson, Graham, and Herm is a really, really lousy run. I think the sleeping giant theory is a myth but this program should be MUCH better than it has been. But why should there be confidence that they get it right this time?
there shouldn't be They should hire somebody who has previous experience at the program Chris Thomsen would be a home run
Didn't realize Ari was on TMB, although it wouldn't be a surprise considering he owes his job to reading 247 rankings and team boards.
So....LSU's weak punishment by the NCAA for covid visiting infractions, does that make ASU any more attractive? LSU did similar things that Herm did at ASU right?
Yes but also less blatant and less documented, at least the part they got caught for. ASU was shockingly brazen and absolutely, for some unknown reason, basically left a clear paper trail for all of it