For sure. His numbers are at Florida are much better than Herman's at texas. I'm not saying Herman couldn't win here, but ******* resume is better.
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I hate agreeing with KB21, but Herman would be a perfect fit.
First, he has won big games on a big damn stage. Second, he has a strong personality that we need. He talks shit to the other team, coaches, and fans. That is a good thing for MSU. We can't hire a Jomo or CZA that are bland and basically get zero media attention. He would put eyeballs on MSU, which is what we need in this NIL era.
We can't be bland. He isn't bland.
Also, if you take a close look at his record at Texas, it wasn't bad.
Hmm. The negligence case against Art Briles has been dismissed. A federal judge ruled that there was no evidence he knew of any wrongdoing.
Hire Jeff Lebby and bring on Art as a senior offensive consultant.
Just as a reminder, these are Tom Herman's records:
HOUSTON
2015: 13-1 (#8)
2016: 9-3
TEXAS
2017: 7-6 (3 straight losing seasons before he got there)
2018: 10-4 (#9)
2019: 8-5 (#25)
2020: 7-3 (#19)
FLORDIA ALANTIC
2023: so far 3-3, with 2 losses to P5 teams. Also taking over a team with 2 straight losing seasons.
There's not going to be a more proven head coach out there that we could hire. That doesn't necessarily mean he's the #1 best choice for us, but he'd be a very solid hire. The fact that Texas fired him after 3 straight ranked finishes is not a reason for us not to hire him.
Even in the 3-loss season that got him fired, he had a 3-point loss to the team that finished #9, a 4OT loss to the team that finished #6, and an OT loss to a team that finished unranked but with a winning record.
Herman or Lebby would be great hires if they are allowed to hire a complete staff totally void of interference.