Southern Miss

[Vott]

From the looks of it the past two games, it does not seem that Will Hall was the problem at all. I get the blowout at Auburn, that was expected. But did anyone see a 28pt blowout loss to UCONN coming? Losing was not going to be a huge surprise. A win felt like a 60/40 win/loss ratio. But that Saturday night felt like the seasons when they had the 23 game losing streak with Ellis Johnson

[pancho]

lotta work needs to be done

[Dawg83]

I think USM had among the most transfer portal turnover of anyone in the country. Sometimes that’s going to work out, but if you don’t hit on enough new guys it can be a mess…. See 2024 Mississippi State.

 

I like Blake Anderson and still think he can succeed there. But he does have to prove that he knows how to navigate this era. Most of his success was in the 2010’s and pre portal or pre NIL. Obviously USM hasn’t been an easy place to win for the last 15 years, either.

[Bulldogs4]

I was kind of afraid of this. I read somewhere that 75 players on the roster this year were not on the roster last year. Obviously there is a good bit of turnover nowadays but that many is a recipe for failure. 
I do think he will have success in the years to come but this year is going to be a struggle.

Another thing is Connecticut seems to actually have a decent team this year. 
Hopefully they can have some success in the Sunbelt. Still have the conference games in front of them. 

[Dawg83]

1 hour ago, Bulldogs4 said:

I was kind of afraid of this. I read somewhere that 75 players on the roster this year were not on the roster last year. Obviously there is a good bit of turnover nowadays but that many is a recipe for failure. 
I do think he will have success in the years to come but this year is going to be a struggle.

Another thing is Connecticut seems to actually have a decent team this year. 
Hopefully they can have some success in the Sunbelt. Still have the conference games in front of them. 

Good point on UConn. I forgot that they hired Candle from Toledo as their coach. He will have a P4 job sooner rather than later.

[DrownInEtown]

Jon Sumrall spoke very highly of Will Hall after he took the Florida job. Also, UConn has been a solid program as of late

[pancho]

9 hours ago, DrownInEtown said:

Jon Sumrall spoke very highly of Will Hall after he took the Florida job. Also, UConn has been a solid program as of late

I wouldn't expect him to throw him under the bus because I think he is good OC. We know him well up here in north MS and other than having a dad who won big when he simply had a butt load of more talent then his opponents there is nothing that says Will will ever be a good HC. He really spoke big of players he recruited and then most didn't touch the field for Huff. I'll wait and see how the Tulane season plays out and then watch to see how his recruiting and portal class looks. Maybe he fools me. I will wait and see.

[Bulldogs4]

When Will Hall was at UWA, I really thought he was a rising star in the coaching ranks. But he left there to go to West Georgia. He had great success in the Gulf South Conference (which historically has always been known as SEC Lite) at both schools with three conference championships. 

But that did not translate into success at USM, which in the present day, sadly is in a hole that I am not sure they will ever completely climb out of. I think Anderson can have some moderate success but I fear the ceiling is relatively low.