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Yeah sure if Dial wants the job, you give it to him. I think it will be difficult finding a former head coach who is actually worth his weight who is willing to come in and take this program over. Not saying they shouldn't make calls to those people, but good luck. I don't want hire some retread former head coach just because they have prior experience as a head coach, they also need to know how to build a program in 2024. You (or maybe it is someone else on here) is always mentioning getting someone who will actually stick around at Tuslaw for awhile, but then are immediately dismissive of a Tuslaw alum with a solid resume just because he doesn't have head coaching experience.If Broc Dial is walking through that door, he's hired. Prior head coaching experience does matter and should be embraced. How has hiring no-experience head coaches worked out for Tuslaw? Very mixed results. Poor results over the last 5-7 years.
The best coach in school history was a head coach at Canton Glenwood before Tuslaw.
Why would an experienced coach want the job? Most don't but why did Gary Barnett go to Northwestern, or Jim Harbaugh to Stanford (back when it was a dead end job), or Coach Prime go to Colorado (their program stunk)?
Some coaches love the challenge of fixing a train wreck.
You can't land a great coach without asking first. You've got to ask if you want the sale.
You might get laughed at, ignored, or insulted. Or you might get a YES.
That's part of sales. Tuslaw needs to sell this job to candidates.
Part of Tuslaw's issue is they just don't think big or out of the box. They just accept things as it is and drop a program like Dalton while salivating over The Bleu Cup.
Pretty sure none of Farrah, Kuhlins, or Held had prior head coaching experience and between them they combined for the most successful 10-15 year stretch in the program's history.
I agree that they need to think outside the box and sell the program to potential candidates. I'm just not willing to limit myself to people who have only been head coaches previously.