Thanks for the feedback. It answers my question and I donât necessarily disagree. I do wonder if there is a difference between a program like Charlotte and others to include Michigan, UNC, etc. Charlotte seems to be a program like many institutions outside of major college sports. In looking at the discussions between Bill Bellichick and UNC (as an example), it appears there are a lot of discussions around control and not being a puppet to the institution. Programs that want to compete and win give a lot of latitude to the coaches to get them there. Lower tier programs seem to want to establish more control and decision-making. Bill Bellichick would not have made it past the front door at Charlotte - not that that is a bad thing. Traditionally, coaches with similar egos and swagger (that were and continued to be successful) did not make it far in the basketball coaching discussions here at Charlotte. I, personally, do not like a lot of the successful coaching egos and would probably choose not to be around them. However, there does seem to be some correlation around success and attitude. I suppose it is up to each institution to decide how important winning is at the upper level.
I draw a distant parallel to an NFL owner trying to be overly involved. Most capable coaches know what it takes to be successful. For many, itâs just a question of whether or not they will be allowed. Biff saw first hand how Harbaugh ran things in Michigan so I suppose he tried to emulate a lot of the same things in Charlotte. As pointed out above, Biff and Charlotte were apparently not a good fit.
Biff was the opposite of those guys. He wasnât around. He wasnât in control. He didnt hold people accountable.
If anything we moved to more of a coach that has those characteristics.
Imagine what would happen in Michigan if you took 6 weeks off during the summer before the season starts and your team is practicing. Think Belilchick or Harbaugh would do that?
Completely agree on the comment above. Feedback I am hearing from others that have been involved in the recruiting process is that Biff was hardly involved. He did not engage in the camps and his heart did not appear to be in it. One of the hardest things to do as a leader is to correct a mistake, often trying to give it more time to work itself out. You know it will not but you hold out hope. The best thing you can do is cut your losses and move on. Itâs unfortunate if that is what happened b/c Biff appeared to have the potential. However, if you are not willing to do the workâŚ
I was also a little surprised Biff was let go during the season. I thought he would get
one more year. Obviously there was a lot going on behind the scenes and he was
definitely not the same guy this past year. I posted early in the year that I was concerned
with his physical appearence on the sidelines during those hot games. Glad he didnât
fall over on during the middle of the game.
Iâm still trying to decide if letting Biff go was the right thing, not that it matters now. However, when you compare the schedules of Ohio and Charlotte, they are in 2 different worlds. Night and day between the 2 conferences. Building talent and NIL are paramount for us. Coordinators can offset limitations of game time coaching.
Comparing conferences really isnât relevant. Albin won in the conference he was being paid to coach in. Biff didnât. Hopefully Albin can carry that same success for the new conference heâs being paid to coach in.
One option⌠the other is he was building a championship roster. Year 1 was a learning experience, year 2 much improved. Year 3 would have been significantly better, less additions, more cohesion.
What needed to happen was staff changes, and that would have happened⌠a new DC and position coaches.
We would have had a QB that improved significantly, and with spring training and first team reps could have been dynamic.
But we moved on, the roster will evolve⌠hopefully our new coach will build a strong, competitive team so we wonât be embarrassed next season.
This info on him vacationing during summer camp was something I didnât know till after the fact. Itâs all I need to know to understand this wasnât gonna work out. That is just insane.
Biff thought he picked himself up a hobby. Turns out you canât just out talent other teams easily at our level and this coaching thing involves a little too much effort.
The phrase, âsometimes you have to regress to progressâ appears to be our plan. Not sure how much tolerance I have to continue repeating this strategy. Itâs getting old.
I really hope Biff was the biggest a** to ever walk on campus, otherwise I do not understand his dismissal.
Based on SOS, I was not that disappointed with the season. I was seeing progression. For me, next year was the full proving ground and I was excited to see further progression. Now, we are starting overâŚagain.
Give Biff a chance to take lessons learned and improve. I liked how Biff pointed out our shortcomings and called for a plan to improve. Not sure everyone appreciated that or had the same desire. I think Biffâs aspirations for our program far exceeded what could be tolerated.
