• Mike Houston leaving JMU

 #7250  by FUpaladin08
 Fri Nov 30, 2018 1:40 pm
Charlotte just pulled their offer because he is still entertaining offers from other schools.

I understand the business side for him, but hate to see a HC shopping new jobs when their team is still in the playoffs. Lord knows Furman fans understand that pain.
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 #7251  by Paul C
 Fri Nov 30, 2018 3:49 pm
One of the unintended consequences of the "early signing period" is rearing it's head. If you're a bigger school with $ to spend, you want your coach NOW so he can salvage some sort of a Dec recruiting class.....with the FCS playoffs going well into Dec for the top teams, I'd expect this to be an issue going forward....
 #7252  by fufanatic
 Fri Nov 30, 2018 4:08 pm
I get that if you ultimately want to go power 5 you gotta conquer group of 5 first, but I can't imagine he'll find that much of a better situation at ECU or Charlotte than he currently has at JMU.
 #7253  by DungeonRealm
 Fri Nov 30, 2018 7:26 pm
fufanatic wrote:
Fri Nov 30, 2018 4:08 pm
I get that if you ultimately want to go power 5 you gotta conquer group of 5 first, but I can't imagine he'll find that much of a better situation at ECU or Charlotte than he currently has at JMU.


You would think but seems JMU is paying 500-600k to Houston, ECU will pay new coach somewhere between 1.5-1.8 million, so that's probably going to be about 3x more money, plus if successful you are 1 step away from P5 job which I think is what he ultimately wants to achieve
 #7365  by Fred Garvin
 Mon Dec 03, 2018 7:16 am
fufanatic wrote:
Fri Nov 30, 2018 4:08 pm
I get that if you ultimately want to go power 5 you gotta conquer group of 5 first, but I can't imagine he'll find that much of a better situation at ECU or Charlotte than he currently has at JMU.
$600,000 reasons to go.......
 #7396  by fufanatic
 Mon Dec 03, 2018 3:19 pm
Fred Garvin wrote:
Mon Dec 03, 2018 7:16 am
fufanatic wrote:
Fri Nov 30, 2018 4:08 pm
I get that if you ultimately want to go power 5 you gotta conquer group of 5 first, but I can't imagine he'll find that much of a better situation at ECU or Charlotte than he currently has at JMU.
$600,000 reasons to go.......
Fair. I would do the same.