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2) Tom Herman is a great coach. 

I do wonder to what extent that is true.

He seems energetic and smart. He did a good job at Houston.
I don't see much in the way of negatives in his record, but his record is rather scant.

He got famous by being Meyer's OC for three years. The offense was pretty good two of those three years.

He has been a head coach for two years, both at Group of Five Houston.
Year 1 was excellent, with wins over two Power 5 teams. (13-1)
Year 2 was good but up and down, with great wins over Oklahoma and Louisville, a terrible loss vs SMU, and losses vs Navy, Memphis and his team got crushed by San Diego State after he left. (9-4)

He obviously didn't build the very successful 2015 team, but got them to perform better than the previous year (8-5).

The recruiting services didn't love his recruiting, though his one class fully attributable to him was higher:
2015 Scout #89/247 #83 (first year, only partly responsible)
2016 Scout #36/247 #52
2017 Scount #71/247 #72 (gone by signing day, but presumably still partially responsible)


I don't really see any reason he won't be good, but there isn't enough track record there to know if he can build a program or whether he is one of those very few who can win under most any set of circumstances.

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2) Tom Herman is a great coach. 

I do wonder to what extent that is true.

He seems energetic and smart. He did a good job at Houston.
I don't see much in the way of negatives in his record, but his record is rather scant.

He got famous by being Meyer's OC for three years. The offense was pretty good two of those three years.

He has been a head coach for two years, both at Group of Five Houston.
Year 1 was excellent, with wins over two Power 5 teams. (13-1)
Year 2 was good but up and down, with great wins over Oklahoma and Louisville, a terrible loss vs SMU, and losses vs Navy, Memphis and his team got crushed by San Diego State after he left. (9-4)

He obviously didn't build the very successful 2015 team, but got them to perform better than the previous year (8-5).

The recruiting services didn't love his recruiting, though his one class fully attributable to him was higher:
2015 Scout #89/247 #83 (first year, only partly responsible)
2016 Scout #36/247 #52
2017 Scount #71/247 #72 (gone by signing day, but presumably still partially responsible)


I don't really see any reason he won't be good, but there isn't enough track record there to know if he can build a program or whether he is one of those very few who can win under most any set of circumstances.