Thank God. No more punting from the 35. I just hope we get someone who isn't chicken **** enough kick a FG with 4th and goal on the 1.
Things really fell apart the last couple of years, but as it stands today, he's one of the most successful head coaches in Rice's history. Removing Todd Graham's one-year stint, Bailiff's winning percentage is the third-highest among Rice coaches since WWII began, and he's just .05 percent behind second place Fred Goldsmith. And while bowl games are far easier to achieve in modern college football, 2012-2014 is the only time in program history that the Owls have been to bowl games in three straight years.
We were spoiled by Chris Boswell... Arizona State just fired their coach... ironic they are the Sun Devils... lol.
He is a special teams guy (was my brother's special teams coach at SWT in the mid-90's...brother was a kicker/punter). Not that it's an excuse...just a likely reason for his tactics. EDIT: Actually...that is incorrect. He was the DC at SWT during those years. I just remember meeting him when I went to watch my brother play and had it in my head he was the ST coach.
Three good years might be a realistic best-case scenario, and I don't mean that in a snide way. With three years, at least you would assume that there is a foundation laid that would set things up nicely for his successor. It sure beats the heck of a Todd Graham situation, where he's gone before there's really been a chance to establish himself or three or four years that end up being an abject disaster. Life in G5 is tough, and the system is set up to make it so. If you have a good coach, losing him after a few seasons is just kind of the circle of life. You just hope that with each successive hire, you have access to a higher level of coaching candidate.
