Unknøwn Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 http://savannahnow.com/sports/2013-12-18/georgia-southern-ad-gives-army-permission-speak-monken#.UrIpg1tDu8A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SacFalcFan Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 hire him army now.. great fit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gritzblitz 2.0 Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 He's gone. He will get a bigger salary and the perceived prestige of coaching at Army, but I don't necessarily think this will advance his career more than winning at Georgia Southern would. Anyway, good for him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SacFalcFan Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 great move for him and a better move for army.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AF89 Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 It'd be a great move for Army but I don't really see it as THAT much a promotion as far as Monken goes. Next year GSU will be on the FBS level anyway and no matter how we fair in the sunbelt these next two years I find it hard to imagine that our football program won't be trending up more than Army's will be. There is a certain amount of prestige to coaching at Army given their history and they can pay a little more I'm sure but there is also those unique challenges that come with any kind of commitment to one of the service academies. Simply put it's hard as heII to coach there. Recruiting is darn near impossible, you'll always be a players number 3 priority behind education and service which have to have major work arounds (because of their expected duties there is very little in the way of rest and recovery and lineman for instance have had trouble keeping weight.) and you will probably have to limit your goals to maybe getting to 6 wins with the possibility of beating Navy.It's not a job to be taken up lightly. Paul Johnson did it when he left for Navy but PJ was also leaving an 1aa team to which the FBS was only distant dreams and rumors.I expect their will be announcement by Tuesday (sometime this afternoon) at the latest. They'll probably want something definitive before Christmas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pollack4Heisman Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 @BFeldmanCBS: Ga. Southern's Jeff Monken is the new #Army head coach, USMA announces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unknøwn Posted December 24, 2013 Author Share Posted December 24, 2013 I would think Monken accepted the job for the chance to be the man who restored the pride in Army football. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AF89 Posted December 25, 2013 Share Posted December 25, 2013 Vandy's Brent Pry who was GSU DC back in 2010 is reportedly the top canidate to replace Monken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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