This is going to be a rebuild. It was always going to be a rebuild. Folks thinking this wasn’t are either delusion or lost. It is going to be a few years before we are competitive. Talent will need to be recruited and developed. Schemes will have to be learned and implemented. Culture adopted. Habits accepted.
For reference in Kelvin’s first years over the hoops program the team went 13-19 (4-14 in conference play). That year they lost to Harvard, Arkansas Pine Bluff, South Carolina State, ECU, and Tulane. HOWEVER, at the same time we gave bloody noses to a few teams (see UConn, who won the natty that year).
We are going to have to be patient. I’m confident in Fritz getting this done, but he and his staff are going to need time, especially if we want it done the right way.
UNLV was a wake up call, and the remaining 2 non-conference games should give enough time to get this roster where it needs to be for the conference schedule.
Agree. You don’t hire an experienced coach and pay top dollar for that kind of timeframe. If you’re willing to give up on competitive football for 3+ years, just hire an inexperienced coach for less money and let him learn on the job.
If we’re struggling to break .500 in year three, adios.
And the absolute worst thing for trying to build our fanbase from the student section would be two years of boring offense and losing. They’ll never come back.
Yeah, and then we’re stuck with insane buyouts that come at a cost to the entire athletics department.
Be realistic.
UH hired Fritz and are going to stick with him. I am still bullish on Fritz. When you factor everything going on with this program, it’s pretty clear why the outcome was the outcome.
We don’t even have a true depth chart yet. Fritz is still figuring out starters and leaders with a roster of 60+ new players (the most new players on a P4 team), and a inconsistent QB that was recruited by Dana.
I am. If you don’t want to pay big buyouts, hire better.
I’ve heard “be patient, it takes time” for at least 75% of the UH football seasons since I got started. That’s not patience - it’s accepting poor results.
The days of building programs over several years left with the transfer portal and player free agency. That model won’t work, and if a coach is stuck in that approach, the B12 is not the place for him.
I’m not saying that’s where Fritz is - just that if he is, then it ain’t gonna work out.
Well that’s what Sampson did when he came to UH, but hey nobody is complaining about Sampson are they?
Half of the members of this message board didn’t even care about UH Athletics until 2015 (and I’m in this category by the way, but at least I’m aware of it)
Dude…Sampson inherited a Basketball program that had facilities so bad they had rats running around the non working showers.
The crowd could be counted in the hundreds!
The UH P4 football program, in a decade old new stadium with TWO, not one major renovations since (Indoor facility and now the football operations building) has NOT been neglected…fr from it.
Stop comparing the two…the football program demise in self-inflicted, not resource inflicted, because WE had nobody in charge to reel in CDH after WE 1) hired him and 2) extended him.
Tilman ACTUALLY bragged the day we hired CDH …that we stole away a coach from the Power 5
UH wasn’t a Power conference when he rebuilt the basketball program, and Dana wasn’t hired when UH joined the Big 12.
Dana left a mess here, and his recruiting ability was piss poor.
Look at Willie’s recruiting efforts for the class of 2025 and beyond. It’s miles better than what Dana has done.
Willie had to plug holes in the roster for this season mainly from the portal. You can’t just land a bunch of transfers and expect immediate results.
New staff. New players. New culture. New conference = uncertainty.
As i’ve said multiple times already, Willie is using these first 3 games to rotate a bunch of players to see who stands out. The QB change during the UNLV game was going to happen regardless of the score.
It’s not like the NFL where Off-season and OTA’s are year-round.
