It seems like all of the people posting info about CURF know a bit about what is happening over there. The story as I know it is that Hynes was hired and after one season, didnt want anything to do with the challenge of turning around the football program. After a failed attempt at landing the athletic director position, he managed to get the job of Dean of Students (a strange promotion for a head football coach). In the meantime, he failed to recruit for that upcoming season and left the brunt of it on his assistants at the time, Conwell and Smith. Coach Conwell took over the program and after a bad season attempted to hire his own coaching staff. The administration would not let him hire his own staff and he settled for two coaches that were approved by the administration (finally hired in July). The staff managed to do a decent job bringing in 20-25 players starting the recruiting process in late April. The administration had the option of hiring the staff in December but balked on the opportunity.
To get to the point, Hynes fired the entire staff and the athletic director that beat him out for that position. How he rose to that status so quickly, to be able to do that is a testimony to his ability to b.s. his way into positions. He surronds himself with people who are less than intelligent and has found the perfect school that buys into his crap about knowing what he is doing. The program at Lakeland took a dive when he was in charge, but CURF in all their intelligence has put their faith in him to build their program from a position that he is most comfortable, a position that he can deflect all true responsibity and blame when it is obvious that he dug a bigger hole for the program to climb out of.
How can recruiting be the problem and how can the administration know if the staff can recruit or not. Managing to land 20 some players so late indicates that they might be decent recruiters if they had a full recruiting season under their belts.
The events at CURF are not so surprising and just another big reason why there is no loyalty or support from an alumni base that is dying for something to be excited about and support. They make it impossible to do that. Not everyone that has been a part of that program is a hypocrite that hides behind their Lutheran faith. And to the point of Lutheran recruiting, thats fine but variety and opening the doors to other Christian beliefs is what CURF needs to do in order to be competitive in all phases of the collegiate experience. They are failing miserably.
To get to the point, Hynes fired the entire staff and the athletic director that beat him out for that position. How he rose to that status so quickly, to be able to do that is a testimony to his ability to b.s. his way into positions. He surronds himself with people who are less than intelligent and has found the perfect school that buys into his crap about knowing what he is doing. The program at Lakeland took a dive when he was in charge, but CURF in all their intelligence has put their faith in him to build their program from a position that he is most comfortable, a position that he can deflect all true responsibity and blame when it is obvious that he dug a bigger hole for the program to climb out of.
How can recruiting be the problem and how can the administration know if the staff can recruit or not. Managing to land 20 some players so late indicates that they might be decent recruiters if they had a full recruiting season under their belts.
The events at CURF are not so surprising and just another big reason why there is no loyalty or support from an alumni base that is dying for something to be excited about and support. They make it impossible to do that. Not everyone that has been a part of that program is a hypocrite that hides behind their Lutheran faith. And to the point of Lutheran recruiting, thats fine but variety and opening the doors to other Christian beliefs is what CURF needs to do in order to be competitive in all phases of the collegiate experience. They are failing miserably.