EMU hires Chris Creighton
If you don't know who Harsin is, you probably haven't heard of Chris Creighton -- he's the current head coach for the Drake Bulldogs.
Full story: http://www.footballscoop.com/news/11909-chris-creighton-will-be-the-new-head-coach-at-eastern-michigan
According to footballscoop, Mike Hart was interviewed for the position -- so at least they gave him a shot.
December 11th, 2013 at 9:31 PM ^
If he ever gets that team bowl-eligible, he should win national coach of the year. EMU is the tire fire of tire fires.
December 11th, 2013 at 9:49 PM ^
Seeing as Chris Creighton came from Drake to EMU, I attempted to make a pun about "Starting from the bottom, now he's here," but I unfortunately couldn't get myself to say EMU was "here." Hopefully he can get something good going in Ypsi.
December 11th, 2013 at 10:17 PM ^
I like this hire. EMU needed a guy with head coaching experience.
December 11th, 2013 at 10:46 PM ^
December 11th, 2013 at 11:08 PM ^
I wish him luck but with no alum-student-regent support he's doomed to fail.
December 11th, 2013 at 11:24 PM ^
December 11th, 2013 at 11:24 PM ^
Would Hart have wanted the EMU job? It just seems like a sandpit there. No real campus or energy to the school. I'm sure it's a decent enough place to get a degree, but it doesn't seem like the football program can get any traction.
December 11th, 2013 at 11:40 PM ^
People always make these type of comments ignoring financial realities.
This isn't a mythical world. The fact is, even the HC of EMU makes far, far more money than Hart will make next year as a RB coach somwhere.
December 12th, 2013 at 8:26 AM ^
Kenyon football and Michigan grad school alumnus here! Chris Creighton has worked his way up the coaching ladder, and he is the kind of guy would value a chance to coach in FBS. While I am surprised that Curtis Blackwell wasn't in the mix given his work with Sound Mind, Sound Body, I think that this is a great hire. Creighton understands how to win with less talent, and that gives him a chance to be really good at EMU. We'll see how this works out.
December 12th, 2013 at 8:47 AM ^
EMU...ugh. I'm sorry, but it's a dead end job. I know we have kind of adopted EMU as our baby brother, but sheesh. I applaud any coach who accepts that job. I hope EMU becomes a good program, but I just don't think it can.
December 12th, 2013 at 8:53 AM ^
The sad part is that it doesn't have to be a dead end job. he could be the beginning of something big....
December 12th, 2013 at 8:58 AM ^
I agree and hope so.
December 12th, 2013 at 10:30 PM ^
Since I've been photographing for Eagle Totem, I've been following the team pretty closely for the past 3 years. They have some flashes of decency in the players. They've got two pretty good running backs that should be returning next season. Roback and Benz are okay quarterbacks. The line has some issues but with a new coach, maybe that will be decent. I'm not sure if the defense is crap or the coach was crap. So who knows.
December 12th, 2013 at 9:08 AM ^
Football hasnt been quite the same since the nickname change.
December 12th, 2013 at 9:43 AM ^
they haven't been the same since dropping Normalites in 1929
December 12th, 2013 at 1:21 PM ^
That poor bastard.
December 12th, 2013 at 11:02 PM ^
Guy's never had a losing season in 16 years as a head coach at the NAIA, D3 and FCS levels. I'm pretty sure he wouldn't take this job if he didn't believe he could do something at Eastern, and he probably can... I'd exect one of those fluke 9 win MACtion seasons and then the head coaching job at Kansas or something.