Ray is looking for safe hires, he isn’t willing to chase a guy who has more upside, but downside as well.
He hired Muschamp not b/c he thought he could necessarily win big, but b/c he thought he could stabilize the program, there wasn’t likely to be a big down side with him. It was a high floor/ low ceiling hire.
He could have hired Riley, but Riley would have been a high ceiling hire but also more risky. He couldn’t see beyond the inexperience in that hire to get a coordinator that was well thought of and has maintained and really improved on an already great program.
Same with Chadwell. The risk for it going wrong is bigger in Ray’s mind even though the ceiling is probably higher as well. Ray would rather go with a safer hire than Chadwell.
Chadwell is good and will likely be winning big at a P5 school by the time we are looking for the next coach. I could see VT hiring him.
He hired Muschamp not b/c he thought he could necessarily win big, but b/c he thought he could stabilize the program, there wasn’t likely to be a big down side with him. It was a high floor/ low ceiling hire.
He could have hired Riley, but Riley would have been a high ceiling hire but also more risky. He couldn’t see beyond the inexperience in that hire to get a coordinator that was well thought of and has maintained and really improved on an already great program.
Same with Chadwell. The risk for it going wrong is bigger in Ray’s mind even though the ceiling is probably higher as well. Ray would rather go with a safer hire than Chadwell.
Chadwell is good and will likely be winning big at a P5 school by the time we are looking for the next coach. I could see VT hiring him.
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