December 4th, 2017 at 6:46 PM ^
Anyone want to tell him? pic.twitter.com/ugrpCVNBY6
— FootballScoop Staff (@FootballScoop) December 4, 2017
December 4th, 2017 at 6:51 PM ^
WTH !!!!!! no pun intended
December 4th, 2017 at 7:16 PM ^
Please, nobody ever tell him.
December 4th, 2017 at 8:24 PM ^
December 4th, 2017 at 6:48 PM ^
He has to he looks like the mascot
December 4th, 2017 at 6:50 PM ^
December 4th, 2017 at 6:52 PM ^
I tweeted out that same thing on Friday: https://twitter.com/jjshabadoo/status/936660715204616192
Can't wait to watch how the Herm Edwards era plays out...should be fun for everyone except ASU fans.
December 4th, 2017 at 6:53 PM ^
December 4th, 2017 at 6:54 PM ^
December 4th, 2017 at 7:35 PM ^
Is she the lead cheerleader?
December 4th, 2017 at 8:10 PM ^
HEY, no sexy bits!!! [Wojo voice]
December 4th, 2017 at 8:18 PM ^
....if that is the case, they should have no problem with the sharks....
December 5th, 2017 at 5:24 AM ^
being the tip off.
December 4th, 2017 at 6:56 PM ^
I like Herm. I wish he hadn't taken the job. Very slim chance that this won't be a total disaster.
December 4th, 2017 at 8:11 PM ^
The absolute dumbest part of this whole thing is that they paid $12M to buyout and fire Graham, and then pay Herm probably $3.5M a year and make him use all of Graham's assistants. So ASU decided they liked the assistant coaches, but it was worth roughly $15M to put a new guy in charge of the assistants.
And they expect to be at the top of the Pac-12 South and going to top tier bowl games. A Pac-12 South that has USC ramping up again and a UCLA that just hired Chip Kelly.
Oh, and after ASU opens with UTSA next year, they have Michigan State at home and then road games at San Diego State and Washington. Pretty decent chance Herm starts off 1-3.
December 4th, 2017 at 6:57 PM ^
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December 4th, 2017 at 7:15 PM ^
December 4th, 2017 at 7:19 PM ^
The AD used to be his agent. LOLOLOL
December 4th, 2017 at 8:54 PM ^
People in charge of things . . .
December 4th, 2017 at 7:56 PM ^
December 4th, 2017 at 9:11 PM ^
December 4th, 2017 at 6:57 PM ^
December 4th, 2017 at 6:57 PM ^
I actually had a friend on Facebook try to tell me this was a "homerun hire" by ASU. I try to avoid stupid FB debates, but that, no. I couldn't let that stand. Many paragraphs ensued. :p
December 4th, 2017 at 7:25 PM ^
December 4th, 2017 at 8:14 PM ^
Ask and you shall receive
December 4th, 2017 at 7:01 PM ^
December 4th, 2017 at 7:03 PM ^
ASU Alum and very informed on this hire and the process that fired Graham and hired Herm. Our AD, Ray Anderson, and Herm are good friends. Ray is pushing to keep our coordinators and other staff to let Herm focus on recruiting.
It should be a good hire for ASU.
Regarding Graham. Todd Graham left our program in a much better place than where he found it. New stadium, better acedemics, etc. However, his recruiting has steadily gotten worse. Mediocrity went on for too long.
December 4th, 2017 at 7:07 PM ^
December 4th, 2017 at 7:08 PM ^
So why not bring in an actual successful coach?
December 4th, 2017 at 9:41 PM ^
ASU: "We're going to develop a collaborative approach to managing the program involving distinct but collective units."
— Stewart Mandel (@slmandel) December 4, 2017
UCLA: "We're going to hire Chip Kelly."
December 4th, 2017 at 9:55 PM ^
"collective" Sounds like Communist Football to me.
December 4th, 2017 at 10:21 PM ^
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December 4th, 2017 at 8:53 PM ^
Sounds like a good way to set your program back a decade.
December 4th, 2017 at 9:46 PM ^
Another one of my favorite parts of this whole thing is that the fired Todd Graham is STILL THERE and coaching the team for the bowl game. He even gets another $25k from ASU as a bonus if they win.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING ARIZONA STATE??
December 4th, 2017 at 7:32 PM ^
You guys beat Washington and Arizona this year. Todd Graham had the highest winning percentage of any coach there since John Cooper.
EDIT: Oh my hell. You guys fired a coach who won 10 games twice in six seasons, and was back on the upswing. This is like firing Frank Solich for Bill Callahan or firing Bo Pelini for Mike Riley.
I like Herm. I hope this works out, especially when you play Sparty the next two years, but this feels like a case of another program thinking they are better than what their history says they are.
December 4th, 2017 at 7:35 PM ^
December 4th, 2017 at 7:46 PM ^
Why does this seem like a good hire for ASU in your opinion?
I suspect that having a coach with previous NFL head coaching experience might be an asset. But lots of programs have ties to the NFL from current and former players, coaches and staff. And although he had a long string of head coaching assisgnments, his last hire was 9 years ago.
He was (and appearantly still is) a commentator for ESPN, so he has good name recognition. And that is a legitimate value when you walk into somebody's house. Bringing in a minor celebrity to a football house would be appealing to lots of recruits ASU is aiming for.
So, maybe he can be the face of the program, but leave the nuts and bolts to the pretty solid assistant coaches that are already in place? I think if that is the upside, it's kinda thin for a power 5, and kinda short sighted for a program that was doing a really decent job of turning themselves around without Ole Miss style issues.
Personally, I think it is far more likely that the current AD just wanted to bring in "HIS GUY".
December 4th, 2017 at 8:00 PM ^
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December 4th, 2017 at 8:58 PM ^
You guys are paying $3+ million for a recruiter?
Hell, just hire a stripper for like a hundred bucks.
December 4th, 2017 at 9:36 PM ^
December 4th, 2017 at 9:48 PM ^
ASU alum who spells academics wrong. I'm sorry, I just could not let it go. I know it was just a typo, but funny.
December 4th, 2017 at 7:04 PM ^
December 4th, 2017 at 7:10 PM ^
Dunkin' Robinson
[Edit: wrong thread... but still a valid observation]
December 4th, 2017 at 7:17 PM ^
Oh, I loved it when he pointed out that he believed the problem with society - forget football, although maybe he meant that too - was that people don't huddle anymore.
It was at this moment that I finally decided that this is going to be so much fun that ASU fans will not know what to do with themselves.
December 4th, 2017 at 7:35 PM ^
I can't wait to see ASU light up the scoreboard of life next season.