OT: Bob Stitt fired at Montanta

Ain’t that some Stitt!?

Looking at Montana's roster, they do seem to get a lot of transfers for nearby JCs, so I can see how that could disrupt your program building if you aren't recruiting all that well.  I have no idea about Montana's recruiting situation, but programs have the right to look at a guy and see if it's a good fit or not, and if it's not I'd rather they make a move than waste everyone's time.  Stitt will wind up on some staff soon enough.

Wait, there's a college in Montana? I thought only 37 people and a bunch of cattle lived in that state.

To the Bobcats 2 years in a row, which is unthinkable in Missoula

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Can someone tell me why there is a love affair with Stitt? I remember his name came up on these boards a few years ago.

Is a fucking idiot to do that.

FWIW Bob Stitt is a Nebraska native.

I spend a lot of time in Montana for work, unfortunately. Standards are pretty high there and they take their football at least as seriously as B1G folks although obviously the quality is comparable to your average MAC team. Cats and Griz is pretty heated stuff. Montana does have a fairly rich football history for the modern era but they've been stuck in a bit of a 4 loss type cylce for the last decade. It's traditionally pretty good FCS football. They've won probably about 15 conference title and a pair of national championships in the last 30 years. 

 

Stitt did not make the playoffs the last 2 years and he didn't beat Montana State either so that 7-4 would be considered an unsuccessful season. The FCS schools are off the media radar  but there is still a lot of pressure within their local areas and coaches get canned just as quickly. No sense that the program was improving under him. 

When people wanted him here? Hahaha

The salvation Nebraska has been seeking.

Ahem, Fisch, Ahem

Maybe he could take that job.

That is a tough job. You are expected to win 9 games a year, make the playoffs, beat MSU each year. They have had great success, have a rabid fan base, great stadium. It is tough though in that the competition has grown stronger in the Big Sky conference and they had some internal issues that led to dismissal of one coach. Stitt was a bit of an outsider though, and like Michigan and Rich Rod was never quite accepted as such I think.

He did not seem to be well-liked in Missoula. Almost like the RR situation in Ann Arbor. He did not recruit locally and did not schmooze the local high school coaches. He was not great with boosters either. They were always lukewarm about him which I thought surprising based on how Brian pumped him up. I thought Stitt would use this as a stepping stone to FBS, and he might have thought that too. But he never could get his defense good and did not win enough to get a longer opportunity. Sound familiar?

The fire Harbaugh crowd are insufferable and lacking intelligence.

BS.  Doesn't sound like a job with much latitude.

mountains and such... eastern Montana, ...not so much.

This is the most cogent thing you've said in months

Who gives a Stitt?

Welcome Back Bobby Hauck...,

I am sure some other school will pick him up and he will go and turn them around like he did at Mines.

I am sure some other school will pick him up and he will go and turn them around like he did at Mines.