OT Jim Whitesell Hired as UB Men’s HC

[Brawndo]

Per Mark Alnutt 

Was an Oats Assistant 

[Ogelthorpe]

Underwhelming.  Good thing they waited to name him coach after all the recruits left. WTF

[TrueBlueGED]

6 minutes ago, Ogelthorpe said:

Underwhelming.  Good thing they waited to name him coach after all the recruits left. WTF

Indeed. If they were just going to land on an existing assistant, it really needed to happen faster so they'd at least have a shot of keeping a recruit or two.

[tom webster]

Exactly. This smacks of desperation by an AD clearly over his head.  He hires a search firm and then doubles back after he loses his big recruiter and all of his recruits. Awful. If they had any press coverage he would be getting dragged through burning coal embers for this.

[North Buffalo]

Very Billsey

[TrueBlueGED]

1 hour ago, tom webster said:

Exactly. This smacks of desperation by an AD clearly over his head.  He hires a search firm and then doubles back after he loses his big recruiter and all of his recruits. Awful. If they had any press coverage he would be getting dragged through burning coal embers for this.

It's really like he got caught with his pants down. The whole thing looks like he had no plans in place should Oats leave. Insane.

[inkman]

1 hour ago, TrueBlueGED said:

It's really like he got caught with his pants down. The whole thing looks like he had no plans in place should Oats leave. Insane.

I don't think his type understands things to the level of obsessive fans like us nut jobs on here. 

[PromoTheRobot]

It's a sign of growth as a program that fans are pissed at this.

[tom webster]

A program that deserves better. If they had any sort of press coverage he’d be getting skewered. Mark Alnutt is the “Peter Principle” personified.

Edited April 7, 2019 by tom webster

[Weave]

12 hours ago, TrueBlueGED said:

It's really like he got caught with his pants down. The whole thing looks like he had no plans in place should Oats leave. Insane.

And given that the contract Oates signed was a UB protection contract, they really should have had a plan in place.  It makes no sense for them to be caught without an contingency.

[TrueBlueGED]

2 hours ago, Weave said:

And given that the contract Oates signed was a UB protection contract, they really should have had a plan in place.  It makes no sense for them to be caught without an contingency.

Is it possible he was naive enough to think the mild pay bump was enough to fend off programs from power conferences? 

[Weave]

12 minutes ago, TrueBlueGED said:

Is it possible he was naive enough to think the mild pay bump was enough to fend off programs from power conferences? 

Hoo boy.  That would make him unfit for the position, me thinks.

[Eleven]

15 hours ago, TrueBlueGED said:

It's really like he got caught with his pants down. The whole thing looks like he had no plans in place should Oats leave. Insane.

Which, after restructuring the contract because he KNEW Oats was going to leave, makes this a whole new level of stupid.

[shrader]

On 4/7/2019 at 2:44 AM, tom webster said:

A program that deserves better. If they had any sort of press coverage he’d be getting skewered. Mark Alnutt is the “Peter Principle” personified.

I'm just hoping inkman can have a field day with the name Mark Alnutt.

[inkman]

7 hours ago, shrader said:

I'm just hoping inkman can have a field day with the name Mark Alnutt.

It's no Tbone Codd

[shrader]

16 hours ago, inkman said:

It's no Tbone Codd

Not many are.

[That Aud Smell]

From what I understand, Whitesell is the X's and O's guy. I also hear that he's had a fairly lengthy career already -- kicked around. 

So, while he may be able to draw up a play to get a bucket in a certain situation, I don't have any reason to believe that he's the guy to lead your program.

So -- it seems like a strange hire.

Unless the plan is just to have him as a stop-gap -- to evade further poaching by Oats.