Seems to me the qualities we are looking for fall into several definable areas:
1. Offensive/Defensive philosophy
2. Staff management (ability to attract and retain quality asst coaches)
3. Recruiting.
4. Program Building i.e. Face of the program, inspire donors, project success.
5. Media relations.
I believe 2,3 & 4 are more important here than in large, well funded programs since they have much larger support staffs to handle these functions. I think #4 is very important to our program and I am not sure Dave Duggan has the dynamic personality required for this. I am not opposed to him but I just don't believe this to be a strength of his. I read an article on Nussmeier last night that described him as a fiery personality with a very demanding coaching style but is very popular with players.
1. Offensive/Defensive philosophy
2. Staff management (ability to attract and retain quality asst coaches)
3. Recruiting.
4. Program Building i.e. Face of the program, inspire donors, project success.
5. Media relations.
I believe 2,3 & 4 are more important here than in large, well funded programs since they have much larger support staffs to handle these functions. I think #4 is very important to our program and I am not sure Dave Duggan has the dynamic personality required for this. I am not opposed to him but I just don't believe this to be a strength of his. I read an article on Nussmeier last night that described him as a fiery personality with a very demanding coaching style but is very popular with players.
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