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Originally Posted by Slingin Sammy 33
I wasn't referring to you directly, but I did read your post.
Meidt's team is ranked in the top 15 in the country against the teams he competes against. You cannot compare D1, D2 & D3 schools. D3 doesn't give out scholarships. Would he be a bad coach because his team lost to LSU or Ohio State?
Meidt has identified talent, coached & taught that talent and called the games on a consistently high level. He is recruiting & teaching kids that are not recruited by the D1 & D2 colleges and St. Olaf is not in a football hotbed or they would have won regularly before he got there. Based on his level of All-Americans & All-MAIC players I would say he has a great eye for talent or he is one hell of a coach. Either way I am glad he is on staff. What he has done is more impressive that what many D1 coaches have done. I would rather have Meidt than a D1 coach from a large school that stays at or near .500 all the time. That D1 coach at .500 is not a better coach just because he is at D1.
Same for the NFL, I'm sure many of the coaches son's who have gone on to better positions started in assistant positions similar to Meidt. Are they more qualified than him?
This would explain why Meidt is at St. Olaf's.
St. Olaf Football Coach Chris Meidt Hired By Washington Redskins | Minnesota Sports
After reading this I feel even more comfortable with the hire. |
Good post and good link.
My only concern with the logic is this...even if he did great at the D3 level, it's still too many levels under what he did. For instance, if a High School coach takes his team to state every year, does that mean he deserves a job at the NFL level? After all, he scouted his team and coached his team to the best of it's ability, and obviously has a great eye for talent. I say no, call it the big Spurrier blunder burnt on my mind. SPurrier was an AMAZING college coach, and it didn't even remotely translate to the NFL. That was only 1 step he had to take too. D3 is just about 1 step above High School football. So while he did do a great job with what he had, how do we know it will translate to the NFL?
Please keep in mind I am not against this hiring, my concern lies with Zorn being HC with no experience then hiring people to surround him with no experience to compliment him. I'm all for giving both of them a shot, but Zorn at HC has me scratching my head.