Norvell was initially my top guy because of the exciting offense and how frequently his team scores special teams TDs, but with him off the board I moved on to Harsin, and after looking into him I've fallen even more in love with the potential.
He has kept Boise going after Peterson left, but he was there with him from the beginning. He's the guy who drew up and called the hook and ladder and statue of liberty plays to beat OU. As cool as that is, it was over 10 years ago though, so let's look at his record.
Overall: 70-21
At BSU: 63-16
in Conference at BSU: 45-10
vs Ranked teams: 5-4
vs teams with winning records: 26-17
4 MWC Championship game appearances, 2-1 record, one more game to be played Saturday.
His lone year at Arkansas State, he tied for 1st in his league.
SP+ has graded Boise State in the top 25 every season except for 2015, where they were graded 37th after going 9-4.
And then the very juicy numbers:
His salary: $1.55M currently, 1.75M AAV
Assistant pool: $2.3M
Buyout: $350K
We were paying Barry:
Salary: $3M
Assistant pool: $4.4M
We could easily double both Harsin's salary and assistant pool for the exact same we were paying the last coach. If the money was there to get rid of barry and lure an even bigger name, we can certainly do more than just double it.
He has kept Boise going after Peterson left, but he was there with him from the beginning. He's the guy who drew up and called the hook and ladder and statue of liberty plays to beat OU. As cool as that is, it was over 10 years ago though, so let's look at his record.
Overall: 70-21
At BSU: 63-16
in Conference at BSU: 45-10
vs Ranked teams: 5-4
vs teams with winning records: 26-17
4 MWC Championship game appearances, 2-1 record, one more game to be played Saturday.
His lone year at Arkansas State, he tied for 1st in his league.
SP+ has graded Boise State in the top 25 every season except for 2015, where they were graded 37th after going 9-4.
And then the very juicy numbers:
His salary: $1.55M currently, 1.75M AAV
Assistant pool: $2.3M
Buyout: $350K
We were paying Barry:
Salary: $3M
Assistant pool: $4.4M
We could easily double both Harsin's salary and assistant pool for the exact same we were paying the last coach. If the money was there to get rid of barry and lure an even bigger name, we can certainly do more than just double it.
