When he left UL for Texas he was the hottest up and coming coach in the country. Now after a 4-8 season at South Florida he's gone, most likely out of head coaching forever. How did he ever do so well at U6? How the hell did he get Florida stud players like Teddy Bridgewater to pass up Florida State, Miami, and the entire SEC to go 1000 miles to play at Louisville? Then he falls apart at a powerhouse like Texas. I don't get it.
What happened to Charlie Strong
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He didn’t get to take Clint Hurt along with him.
Here's what happened....
* Chaz Strong record with Hurtt "acquiring" players: 37-15
* Chaz Strong record w/o Hurtt "acquiring" players: 37-37
Coincidence? I think not.![[laughing]](http://l.yimg.com/j/assets/img/emoticons/classic/laugh.r191677.gif "Laughing [laughing]")
* Chaz Strong record with Hurtt "acquiring" players: 37-15
* Chaz Strong record w/o Hurtt "acquiring" players: 37-37
Coincidence? I think not.
He cheated at UL. It’s a living legacy at that worthless commuter school in football and basketball.
Winning in the Big East and American Conference is a whole lot easier than winning in the Big 12. Even the American can be difficult without the ability to buy players.
Pretty much a given that he was "friends" with a BOT member's wife at University Six. No idea about Texas...
No he did that at Louisville. It was filed as part of boosters divorce proceedings the same year he left for Texas.
Charlie never got the support of boosters at Texas. When he was hired the majority of them rolled up the welcome mats.
How he didn't recruit and win more at USF defies logic. Just getting the leftovers in the state of Florida he should have gotten at least 7 wins a year in that conference. Turns out without Clint Hurt and a dynamic QB Charlie is just a good defensive coordinator.
How he didn't recruit and win more at USF defies logic. Just getting the leftovers in the state of Florida he should have gotten at least 7 wins a year in that conference. Turns out without Clint Hurt and a dynamic QB Charlie is just a good defensive coordinator.
Yeah, Hurtt's deep pockets and the use of Miami street agents. When that dried up so did his career.
He really couldn't coach. And had to buy players via Hurtt, as others have said.
In addition to Transfer U? It was a chancellors wife here, or so the story goes.
I wasn't there so I don't know all the gory details.
But the master mind cheater that ran things at Transfer U was jurich. Thought it was funny when he couldn't fire hurtt when the NCAA told him to. Of course the NCAA is a joke too.
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On top of that he was an overrated coach to begin with. I could not think of a worse hire for UT football unless you go back to the David McWilliams days.
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Very overrated as a coach. Coaching at UL and UT while he was there are two totally different situations.
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Lot of truth to this. The majority of UT fans had never even heard of him and didn't want him. He was a Public Relations disaster which is a major part of the job at UT and never fit in. It takes way more than x's and o's to coach in Austin. One has to be a coach, politician, diplomat and major brown nose to the boosters.
Racist...pure unadulterated racist! That can be the only reason!
had someone close to me tell me this.
Too bad he wasn't nailing Jurichs wife . Now THAT would have been hilarious . Heck , he may have been . They're into a lot of weird stuff over there .
When it comes to the Texas boosters there might be some truth to that. I mean that is the same fan base that sent Kevin Sumlin "the" racist letter. Just in case people forgot that racist letter everyone said Kevin Sumlin faked was real and arrest was made. The man who sent the letter was a Texas Longhorns fan.Racist...pure unadulterated racist! That can be the only reason!
I dont think he really has any excuses for failing at USF though.
I wasn't totally serious...that is the accepted excuse these days. Because one (several) person/people are racist dosen't mean there is a severe problem in the fan base. The left is getting ridiculous with this this thing.
Sometimes guys just make better assistant coaches. The two best that I can think of are Dave Wannestadt and Norv Turner, both were great as coordinators in Dallas but never really panned out as the main guy. Turner is still a great, innovative, offensive mind, but just never cut it as the head coach. I think Charlie would still be a great defensive coordinator if he's given or even wants that chance now.
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He wasn't a jerk in front of the camera but you could just tell that he was very uncomfortable being interviewed. A couple of sports reporters referred to him as "a nightmare interview" because they literally had to pull answers out of him.
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True, there's a lot of coaches out there that know the game but just aren't HC material for whatever reason.
All that money and Blue's wife make Cholly lazy. Going through the motions and drawing check in Tampatown. I imagine he retire now. Make good beach bum.
One of those guys who's probably a better coordinator than HC.
Having said that, he was on a nice track at UL.
Texas is a monster and in a strange place as a program. It takes a very specific kind of person to do that job.
USF is quite surprising. I thought he would do well in Florida where he recruits well, and at a smaller program with not so high standards or pressure...not to mention a mid-major conference. Not sure what the deal is there. Maybe UCF and FAU coming up affected his recruiting in Florida. Then you have UCF, Memphis, Houston, and Cinci becoming solid football programs in the AAC.
Look for him to pop up somewhere in the south as a coordinator as coaches are changing programs and putting together their staffs.
Having said that, he was on a nice track at UL.
Texas is a monster and in a strange place as a program. It takes a very specific kind of person to do that job.
USF is quite surprising. I thought he would do well in Florida where he recruits well, and at a smaller program with not so high standards or pressure...not to mention a mid-major conference. Not sure what the deal is there. Maybe UCF and FAU coming up affected his recruiting in Florida. Then you have UCF, Memphis, Houston, and Cinci becoming solid football programs in the AAC.
Look for him to pop up somewhere in the south as a coordinator as coaches are changing programs and putting together their staffs.
As long as the head coach's wife isn't too good looking it'll probably work out.
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