Vance Joseph speaks... “After you have a year being 5-11, I want to move past that,” Joseph said. “It was time in my opinion for a culture change. Obviously Eric Studesville is a good football coach. He’s a friend of mine. Miami’s got a good football coach there. But for our team to move forward and get better, it was time for a change in some areas.” “He’s a great leader,” Joseph said. “He’s a great football coach. He’s obviously won the big game. That’s important when you bring guys into your fold who’s won at a high level, that’s always good for your players and coaches. And he’s a god [sic] man. He’s an excellent pick-up for Adam.”
i thought Studs left. He was pretty upset being passed up for the HC job, after being interviewed. He thought he had it locked up.
Coaches are fired as part of a culture change all the time. Sometimes it was necessary, others it's an excuse, or something teams do when they aren't sure what's wrong. A new HC moving on from a long time assistant is more likely than not, too.
Well having a disgruntled holdover from thr former regime in a position of influence is a recipe for disaster. Machiavelli explicitly warned against it in’The Prince’. Kind of like leaving Dom Capers as DC following Saban’s exit, no matter how skilled he is he certainly wasn’t going to do anything to help CamCam.
