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nawlinspete wrote:Stop assuming Coach Fritz wants to win AND get the hell out of New Orleans.

What knowledge do you whiners have that others don't ?

DfromCT wrote:Dog days of summer, LOL, we're all arguing about a new hire coach for a coach that:
1. we don't want to leave
2. Is not on the radar screen of P5 AD's (yet).
3. Has been here 1 year
4. Is 4-10 with one win in the AAC

I'd love to see us go 8-4, which I really think is the cieling for this team. But I'm still thinking 6-6 and next year competing for the AAC West title.

Aberzombie1892 wrote:

DfromCT wrote:Dog days of summer, LOL, we're all arguing about a new hire coach for a coach that:
1. we don't want to leave
2. Is not on the radar screen of P5 AD's (yet).
3. Has been here 1 year
4. Is 4-10 with one win in the AAC

I'd love to see us go 8-4, which I really think is the cieling for this team. But I'm still thinking 6-6 and next year competing for the AAC West title.

Well, Fritz's one bad year wouldn't remove him completely from the radar for a consistently low performing P5 program that has an AD willing to do whatever it can -within the rules- to win (i.e. potentially hire a coach that will use an offense that will likely be unpopular with the fans). As for Tulane, 6-6 is still a tough sell at this point, but that will clear up once the fan base sees how the offense performs against Grambling and Navy.

DfromCT wrote:

Aberzombie1892 wrote:

DfromCT wrote:Dog days of summer, LOL, we're all arguing about a new hire coach for a coach that:
1. we don't want to leave
2. Is not on the radar screen of P5 AD's (yet).
3. Has been here 1 year
4. Is 4-10 with one win in the AAC

I'd love to see us go 8-4, which I really think is the cieling for this team. But I'm still thinking 6-6 and next year competing for the AAC West title.

Well, Fritz's one bad year wouldn't remove him completely from the radar for a consistently low performing P5 program that has an AD willing to do whatever it can -within the rules- to win (i.e. potentially hire a coach that will use an offense that will likely be unpopular with the fans). As for Tulane, 6-6 is still a tough sell at this point, but that will clear up once the fan base sees how the offense performs against Grambling and Navy.

If he's on their radar screen after going 4-8 in year one at Tulane, why didn't he get a sniff of a P5 job after going undefeated the first year in conference at GSU when it was also their first year at FBS level? His accomplishments at GaSouthern would have been much more impressive than (hypothetically) 4-8 and 8-4 at Tulane.

DfromCT wrote:

Aberzombie1892 wrote: Well, Fritz's one bad year wouldn't remove him completely from the radar for a consistently low performing P5 program that has an AD willing to do whatever it can -within the rules- to win (i.e. potentially hire a coach that will use an offense that will likely be unpopular with the fans). As for Tulane, 6-6 is still a tough sell at this point, but that will clear up once the fan base sees how the offense performs against Grambling and Navy.

If he's on their radar screen after going 4-8 in year one at Tulane, why didn't he get a sniff of a P5 job after going undefeated the first year in conference at GSU when it was also their first year at FBS level? His accomplishments at GaSouthern would have been much more impressive than (hypothetically) 4-8 and 8-4 at Tulane.

Aberzombie1892 wrote:

DfromCT wrote:

Aberzombie1892 wrote: Well, Fritz's one bad year wouldn't remove him completely from the radar for a consistently low performing P5 program that has an AD willing to do whatever it can -within the rules- to win (i.e. potentially hire a coach that will use an offense that will likely be unpopular with the fans). As for Tulane, 6-6 is still a tough sell at this point, but that will clear up once the fan base sees how the offense performs against Grambling and Navy.

If he's on their radar screen after going 4-8 in year one at Tulane, why didn't he get a sniff of a P5 job after going undefeated the first year in conference at GSU when it was also their first year at FBS level? His accomplishments at GaSouthern would have been much more impressive than (hypothetically) 4-8 and 8-4 at Tulane.

Well, Fritz is still a relatively proven commodity at HC in that he has shown can manage a program, so it would make sense for an lower end P5 AD looking to make a safe and justifiable hire of a HC that's won games as HC over a unproven coordinator hire that could easily backfire if that coordinator was not ready. As for his time at Tulane, his first year was a disaster from a W/L point of view, but he improved Tulane's football team enough in various ways in year 1 (i.e. defense) that any AD looking to hire a HC would certainly take note of and give consideration to when reviewing Fritz's resume. Those improvements are why his year 1 at Tulane isn't a resume killer for lower end P5 programs.

As for why a P5 offer did not happen after year 1 in the Sunbelt, it's impossible to know for sure, but there are some factors to consider:
1. GSU was relatively loaded in Sunbelt terms.
2. The Sunbelt was quite weak.
3. GSU was crushed by Navy.
4. GSU did not defeat anyone of relevance.

If, hypothetically speaking, Fritz defeats 6+ teams this season, he will have done so:
1. Against a respectable schedule in a division that should not be too much weaker than the weakest P5 division
2. With a team that is not loaded in AAC terms
3. by defeating at least one team of relevance (likely more than one)

mbawavefan12 wrote:FIU and Cinci looked terrible. No reason why those should not be wins.

AutoNation Cure Bowl

Citrus Bowl Stadium, Orlando
Dec. 16, 2:30 p.m. (CBSSN)

Bonagura: Tulane vs. Louisiana
Hale: SMU vs. Troy

RobertM320 wrote:I don't see any way we beat SMU or Houston at this point.

tpstulane wrote:

RobertM320 wrote:I don't see any way we beat SMU or Houston at this point.

ECU in doubt as well.

mbawavefan12 wrote:FIU and Cinci looked terrible. No reason why those should not be wins.

sader24 wrote:Looks like 3-9, we are worse this year than last. Fritz coaching a high school brand of football.