My Look into College Coaching: The Texas State Example
So, I was digging around online the other day, kinda fell down a rabbit hole looking at college football stuff. You know how it is, one click leads to another. I landed on Texas State’s football program. Not exactly a powerhouse, but I find myself curious about these programs trying to build something.
One name that popped up was Brian Holloway, who coached their offensive line for a bit. My practice, if you wanna call it that, is usually trying to see how these pieces fit together. Who are they hiring? What’s their background? Does it signal a change in philosophy? Stuff like that.
Following the Moves
I remember seeing Holloway get hired. You always have that initial thought, like, ‘Okay, what’s this guy gonna bring?’ You look at his past gigs, maybe try to gauge the impact. It’s kinda like tracking stocks, but for football coaches.
- Checked his history: Where did he coach before? What were the results?
- Looked at team performance: Did the O-line improve under him? Hard to tell sometimes from the outside.
- Watched for news: Any updates, interviews, team reports?
Then, you see the news later that he’s out. It happens all the time in coaching, right? High pressure, quick changes. It got me thinking, though. It’s a tough gig. One season you’re the new hope, the next you’re packing your bags.
It’s Not Just Football
Honestly, watching these coaching carousels reminds me a lot of other jobs I’ve seen, even the place I used to work at. You get brought in for a specific project or under a certain manager. Then things change upstairs, strategies shift, and suddenly your role doesn’t quite fit anymore, or they just want to go in a ‘different direction’. It feels really unstable sometimes.
You try to make sense of it. Was it performance? Was it politics? Was it just bad luck? Usually, it’s a mix. Looking at the Holloway situation at Texas State, from my armchair perspective, it just seemed like another turn of the wheel for a program trying to find its footing. My whole ‘practice’ here is just observing these patterns, trying to connect the dots based on the little info you get. It’s fascinating but also kinda unsettling when you think about the people involved.
It wasn’t some deep investigation, just me clicking around, reading some forums, looking at old press releases. But it does make you think about how things work behind the scenes, whether it’s college football or any big organization. Constant change seems to be the only constant.
