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Think We're Going to Have a Team

Thanks. The transition from Dennehy to Glenn was pretty seamless because everthing was aleady in place. I would argue that Glenn’s transistion and success should also be attributed to Read and Dennehy and the program that they built and passed on. The hiring of Stitt and his firing was the only real extreme deviation from system that Read built. Bobby is bringing back the traditional griz system and he’s having to do it with Stitts team. Bottom line Bobby was part of the Read system but he also sustained the success for 7 years on his own. His record speaks for it self.

What is interesting is that Dennehy, Glenn and Bobby all left on top and then failed at coach killing blackhole schools. What does anyone make of that. I know that Bobby was in the running for the Stanford job before Harbaugh swooped in and got it.

I didn’t realize that Dennehy was an asst. for Sonny Lubick at MSU. I was always a fan of Lubick. He gets canned and then Arnold wins the chipper with a big group of Montana seniors, like Joe Bignel and too many others to mention, who were all recruited by Lubick. This is an interesting discussion but of,course is really subjective. You can tell who the Stitt guys are.
 
Well said Dutch. Mick, Bobby and Joe all went to somewhat dumpster fires when they left here. It's hard to recruit and win at those lower tier FBS schools. Although I think Bohls is doing it pretty well at Wyoming now. I wonder if the Cats will ever have to deal with losing coaches moving up like we have for the last 23 years. Minus Stitt and Delaney who retired. Phlu would have moved up too I think if not for Engstrom.
 
Grizwold said:
Oh yea and Craig ochs. I believe Bobby brought him here didn't he? Ochs was a stud but pretty sure Bobby brought him here. I could be wrong on that. But yea Ochs was the real deal!
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Ochs announced his intent to transfer to Montana in October 2002, pre Hauck.


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Dutch Lane said:
Thanks. The transition from Dennehy to Glenn was pretty seamless because everthing was aleady in place. I would argue that Glenn’s transistion and success should also be attributed to Read and Dennehy and the program that they built and passed on. The hiring of Stitt and his firing was the only real extreme deviation from system that Read built. Bobby is bringing back the traditional griz system and he’s having to do it with Stitts team. Bottom line Bobby was part of the Read system but he also sustained the success for 7 years on his own. His record speaks for it self.

What is interesting is that Dennehy, Glenn and Bobby all left on top and then failed at coach killing blackhole schools. What does anyone make of that. I know that Bobby was in the running for the Stanford job before Harbaugh swooped in and got it.

I didn’t realize that Dennehy was an asst. for Sonny Lubick at MSU. I was always a fan of Lubick. He gets canned and then Arnold wins the chipper with a big group of Montana seniors, like Joe Bignel and too many others to mention, who were all recruited by Lubick. This is an interesting discussion but of,course is really subjective. You can tell who the Stitt guys are.
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There are no "Stitt guys" unless you're an Oklahoma State Cowboys fan.
 
grizfnz said:
Grizwold said:
Oh yea and Craig ochs. I believe Bobby brought him here didn't he? Ochs was a stud but pretty sure Bobby brought him here. I could be wrong on that. But yea Ochs was the real deal!
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Ochs announced his intent to transfer to Montana in October 2002, pre Hauck.


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Ochs and some of his family showed up in Glenn's office unannounced early that fall. Pretty much came to MT, without MT recruiting him. The family had MT connections, with the dad having been a doctor in Great Falls for a number of years, the older brother having been born in MT, and family vacations in MT. Hauck got the benefit of Ochs, but Glenn really didn't bring him to UM either. Great talent.
 
AZGrizFan said:
Dutch Lane said:
Thanks. The transition from Dennehy to Glenn was pretty seamless because everthing was aleady in place. I would argue that Glenn’s transistion and success should also be attributed to Read and Dennehy and the program that they built and passed on. The hiring of Stitt and his firing was the only real extreme deviation from system that Read built. Bobby is bringing back the traditional griz system and he’s having to do it with Stitts team. Bottom line Bobby was part of the Read system but he also sustained the success for 7 years on his own. His record speaks for it self.

What is interesting is that Dennehy, Glenn and Bobby all left on top and then failed at coach killing blackhole schools. What does anyone make of that. I know that Bobby was in the running for the Stanford job before Harbaugh swooped in and got it.

I didn’t realize that Dennehy was an asst. for Sonny Lubick at MSU. I was always a fan of Lubick. He gets canned and then Arnold wins the chipper with a big group of Montana seniors, like Joe Bignel and too many others to mention, who were all recruited by Lubick. This is an interesting discussion but of,course is really subjective. You can tell who the Stitt guys are.
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There are no "Stitt guys" unless you're an Oklahoma State Cowboys fan.
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If Bobby can turn the Prius into a Caddy quickly, this will be a much truer statement AZ. ;)
 
grizrgood said:
AZGrizFan said:
Dutch Lane said:
Thanks. The transition from Dennehy to Glenn was pretty seamless because everthing was aleady in place. I would argue that Glenn’s transistion and success should also be attributed to Read and Dennehy and the program that they built and passed on. The hiring of Stitt and his firing was the only real extreme deviation from system that Read built. Bobby is bringing back the traditional griz system and he’s having to do it with Stitts team. Bottom line Bobby was part of the Read system but he also sustained the success for 7 years on his own. His record speaks for it self.

What is interesting is that Dennehy, Glenn and Bobby all left on top and then failed at coach killing blackhole schools. What does anyone make of that. I know that Bobby was in the running for the Stanford job before Harbaugh swooped in and got it.

I didn’t realize that Dennehy was an asst. for Sonny Lubick at MSU. I was always a fan of Lubick. He gets canned and then Arnold wins the chipper with a big group of Montana seniors, like Joe Bignel and too many others to mention, who were all recruited by Lubick. This is an interesting discussion but of,course is really subjective. You can tell who the Stitt guys are.
Click to expand...

There are no "Stitt guys" unless you're an Oklahoma State Cowboys fan.
Click to expand...

If Bobby can turn the Prius into a Caddy quickly, this will be a much truer statement AZ. ;)
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Well, Stitt's not here anymore, so not sure how there can be "Stitt guys". But I get what you're saying...and either way, it's not like I'd want him back. Now Pflu? That's a different story...
 
I don't think I was ever "Stitt guy" or Stitt hater. I do recall liking what I heard about him as a person, but thinking his time at a "high brow" D-II school might not prepare him for a high-pressure D-I program (even if "only" FCS). As it turned out, he seemed quite good at relating to recruits who were not at the intellectual level he had at Rocky Mountain.

Then everything I saw in televised interviews, and heard from people who encountered him in person, said he was smart, hard-working, and (at bottom) a fine human being. But in the end, he simply couldn't cut it as head coach at UM (despite an overall winning record). So he had to go.

What I do not understand ... is the over-the-top, visceral hatred that some posters on eGriz seem to have for him. Some of that was (I suspect) personal -- Stitt somehow pissed them off person-to-person (with un-informed and unwanted advice on football matters? Just speculation.) Some, I'm guessing, bought totally into the initial Stitt hype and wanted to emphatically "distance" themselves from that position when things did not work out. My personal opinion leans toward the latter.
 
I equate BH’s three year run with the Buffalo Bills, which-even though we didn’t win the big one those years, and don’t have the banners-it’s still better than the alternative, and not being in the picture at all! I- like a previous poster said-expect a national championship every year. I’m also an Atlanta Brave fan!
 
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