spsyk said:
mtgrizrule said:
spsyk said:
Never doom him to mediocrity, just stated the evident, his record at School Of Mines, I am hoping for the best for him, I'm just not ready to make him coach of the year without coaching one game at the FBS level.
You are right, it appears and looks like the athletes that he will lead are here, let's wait and see what happens before installing coach Stitt to the Walk Of Fame.
I don't consider the positive fan support to GRIZ fans putting him to a Walk of Fame level. What I see is excitement from a stagnant, impatient, passionate, and caring fan base. Stitt has this support because of his innovative approach. In addition, he gets the expectations, our fans, culture, and state.
I remember when his name 1st surfaced. There were a lot of naysayers, doubters, and fans asking "Who"? I was not negative toward him, just did not know much about him. I took the time to research him more. By the time I did, I was thought he was well worth giving the benefit of the doubt to. Then, he was hired. He sold me more at his press conference. Then he closed recruiting out strong. At the recruiting banquet, I got meet him. I was even more sold on Stitt.
I feel I am an example of many GRIZ fans having gradually learned to respect Stitt and excited to see what results he brings to GRIZ football. It is nice to have some fresh blood and new approach leading GRIZ football. Stitt's hire will make or break Kent Haslam. I for one believe Still will turn out to be one of the best hires in GRIZ football history.
Can't say that I was a naysayer, or doubter, however I can say that I thought with the stature of the Griz program, it could have done better than a down level 15 year tenured average coach.
I like yourself looked into coach Stitt's, with the exceptions of a few accolades about his not so innovative with the exception of the Fly Sweep play offense, has only maintained a vanilla career at School Of Mines.
The questions I asked myself was, after his two attempts in trying to secure the Head job at Northern Colorado was unsuccessful. WHY!
Why didn't Joe Glenn his mentioned mentor offer him a job as a offense corrindator job, more over those that flowered him about his offensive prowess also never offered him a job. WHY!
Now, with that all said, I'm hoping that coach Stitt is the offensive genius described in the threads of this forum and the program will be able to keep him around before one of the top twenty five FBS teams or even the NFL $$$$$$$ steal him away.
If coach Stitt lives up to the expectations of the faithful that wanders the threads of EGriz, I don't expect him to fulfill his contract.
Many have said this already, but here goes again--
When assessing Bob Stitt's career at Colorado Mines, you have to take into account several things:
1. What was the program like before he took it over?
2. What did he have to work with?
3. What did he do with the the program?
Answers:
1. Colorado Mines was a decades'-long joke in their conference and division, having only a handful of winning seasons in the past 50 years. The last coach who had a winning career record at Mines was in the period from 1922-23. In other words, over 75 years of massive fail.
2. Engineers...smart ones, apparently--but not, as a whole, great football players. He had to deal with incredibly tough admissions and academic requirements, and still find people who could play. Were they smarter than most of their opponents? Undoubtedly. Did they have athletes that matched up physically with most of their opponents? Not so much. Against teams like Div II national champ CSU-Pueblo (which smoked FCS playoff team Sam Houston State last year 47-21 on the road), they had decidedly lesser talent, but still managed to compete (Mines lost to CSU-Pueblo 20-12 last year).
3. Coach Stitt went 108-62 (.635) all-time at Mines, and 83-44 in conference, had the first undefeated regular season in the school's history, and got them to the playoffs a couple of times. He developed a Harlon Hill winner (Div II's Payton) and 16 Div. II All-Americans. He's the only coach in the school's history with more than 20 games on his resumé with a career winning record. Damn impressive coming from basically nothing and working with less than optimal talent (to put it mildly).
Let's just see what he does with Montana's talent and the new talent he's brought in before we assign him the label "mediocre".
He's not starting with a bare cupboard like he had at Mines. I have a feeling that his offense will translate just fine to this team and level, especially since the upperclassmen on the team are Pflugrad spread guys (not Delaney ground and pound recruits).