Shula might be an option for ECU.

[BigBen1090]

FootballCoachScoop reported that Mike Shula was on ECU's radar for their vacant head coaching position. I doubt he gets the job, but I wonder how he would do there?

 

[Rasputin]

I think it would be a good hire for a mid-major program.

Shula proved he could win, maybe not consistently, but nonetheless, he could win.

He has the name recognition that will allow him to get his foot in the door in alot of houses that ECU may otherwise not...

I'm sure he also gained alot of invaluable experience at Alabama...

FWIW, it seems that ECU does like to get coaches with a "last name"...ala Holtz

 

[graydogg85]

Mike Shula would be a sub-par choice for just about any college football program, unless he's managed to rid himself of the following behaviors:

-Excessive coddling of star players, coupled with mistreatment of players who see limited action
-Failure to succesfully implement and maintain an effective off-season strength and conditioning program
-Tendency to be very conservative, predictable and indecisive with offensive playcalling
-Less than stellar acumen for hiring and retaining quality coaching staff members
-Inability to maintain credibility when it comes to personnel/discipline issues

CMS personally did two things well while he was in Tuscaloosa: he and his staff managed to "coach-up" a couple of quarterbacks and turn them into modestly productive players, and he had decent recruiting success. Nothing on the level of Nick Saban and company, but not poor by any means.

A good bit of Shula's success in Tuscaloosa is directly attributable to Joe Kines and the defensive staff, and the job they did coaching up our defensive players. Shula basically let them have free reign as he knew relatively little about that side of the ball, and we fielded a competent - sometimes even dominant - defensive unit.

 

[JAXFLBAMAFAN]

I wish him well. Maybe he learned some hard lessons and will approach his next HC differently.

 

[jeremy]

I doubt Shula will ever bother with college football again.

 

[crimsonbleeder]

i would LOVE to see him there and be successful. He deserves it...

 

[Dallas4Bama]

If I were hiring a coach I would call Mike Shula right after Jerry Lewis turned down the job.
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[ElkhartTider]

I haven't even read the thread.. I'm sure everyone's talking crap about him.. but I hope he gets the job, and does well. Also for some reason I've always liked ECU.
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[Mystical]

I wish him well. I think he took on the best job in football to soon. Maybe if he had a few of these learning jobs under his belt before getting his dream job he would have done better. Can never forget he gave his all for us on the field as a player and wanted to win as a coach just think it came to soon.

 

[RJ YellowHammer]

Does ECU have the personnel for the jumbo package?

 

[rhYno]

Shula proved he could win, maybe not consistently, but nonetheless, he could win.

:conf2:

 

[TIDE-HSV]

Mike Shula would be a sub-par choice for just about any college football program, unless he's managed to rid himself of the following behaviors:

-Excessive coddling of star players, coupled with mistreatment of players who see limited action
-Failure to succesfully implement and maintain an effective off-season strength and conditioning program
-Tendency to be very conservative, predictable and indecisive with offensive playcalling
-Less than stellar acumen for hiring and retaining quality coaching staff members
-Inability to maintain credibility when it comes to personnel/discipline issues

CMS personally did two things well while he was in Tuscaloosa: he and his staff managed to "coach-up" a couple of quarterbacks and turn them into modestly productive players, and he had decent recruiting success. Nothing on the level of Nick Saban and company, but not poor by any means.

A good bit of Shula's success in Tuscaloosa is directly attributable to Joe Kines and the defensive staff, and the job they did coaching up our defensive players. Shula basically let them have free reign as he knew relatively little about that side of the ball, and we fielded a competent - sometimes even dominant - defensive unit.

Well said...

 

[bryantdenny]

I'm surprised that anyone has him on their radar. Not that he wouldn't be successful but with so many potential choices how did he get on the list when he is so low profile?

I think I heard him give an interview at last year's Senior Bowl. That was the first I had heard from him since he left Bama and have not heard anything from him since.

 

[TIDE-HSV]

I'm surprised that anyone has him on their radar. Not that he wouldn't be successful but with so many potential choices how did he get on the list when he is so low profile?

I think I heard him give an interview at last year's Senior Bowl. That was the first I had heard from him since he left Bama and have not heard anything from him since.

It's possible that his agent is pushing his name...

 

[Saban14]

Earle, I'm still dying to know your opinion on Shula. I know you will never bring it up, so it's probably a pipe dream, but I wasn't around at the end of his tenure when all the debates were going on. PM me? :biggrin:

 

[Dallas4Bama]

Earle, I'm still dying to know your opinion on Shula. I know you will never bring it up, so it's probably a pipe dream, but I wasn't around at the end of his tenure when all the debates were going on. PM me? :biggrin:

I'm not Earle and this isn't directed at you, just an observation that I have. It wasn't only discussed at the end of his tenure, but I beleive your situation is very common here. Many of our newer posters were not around the last few years and haven't heard all the facts laid out about the Shula era and what really went on. Those are the people who generally post the "he took the job when no one would", "or he saved our program" comments because they don't know any better. Of course there are a few that have heard the facts and choose to ignore them.

He did not save anything and he did not do us any favors. Unless you consider $900,000 to hangout with your and your wife's buddies a favor. Not to mention the kids who needed him and he let slip through the cracks while spending his time with the popular more affluent kids who had the right mommies and daddies. Again, thank the good Lord for Joe Kines or it would have been even worse.
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[trenda]

Didn't he say that Alabama was the only college job he would have left the NFL for? I personally don't see him ever coaching in college again; but what do I know?

 

[BocaLance]

Does ECU have the personnel for the jumbo package?

Is actually having the personnel to run it necessarily a requirement to running it anyway?

 

[dvldog]

Yep, the season is over.

 

[Rasputin]

:conf2:

Shula finished his career out at Alabama with an above average .500 record, better than most people can say with an SEC scholarship depleted team.

I know as much as anyone about what atrocities and lack of control Shula had on the program during his tenure...I was as happy as anyone that we got rid of him, we were due for an upgrade.

With that said, Shula did win at Alabama, that can not be denied, (like I said not consistently, but he did win, more than he lost)

I do not think ECU is in the same stratosphere as UA is and I personally think MS would be better fitted to be a head coach now than when he was at U of A.