The good folks at Louisiana Tech are feeling pretty froggy today after announcing head football coach, Derek Dooley will take over for the retiring Jim Oakes as Tech's athletic director. I think Tech's football program is moving in a positive direction under Derek---but I wonder if this is the right move at this time in Tech athletics. When Derek's father served as head coach/AD at Georgia, the landscape was different in college football. Fans and media didn't have the internet to exchange information; get scoop on current players and incoming freshmen; college football wasn't a "year-round" sport. Coaches, making ten-to-twenty times more money than they did during the 70's hay-day of dual-roles, have so much more pressure to succeed immediately. Fan message boards and various blogs delivering "inside" news and providing round-the-clock forums have stirred up a hornet's nest of interest. Due to the time a coach must devote to his job, it makes me wonder how Derek can successfully take off his coaching hat and knot his athletic director tie without either position suffering from lack of attention.

However, I HATE it when outsiders (like me in this instance!) bury a guy before he gets the chance to prove himself. Derek, with his law degree and pedigree, has already shown his DNA and mental makeup can achieve where others may have failed. In this instance, I hope for Tech's sake and Derek's, that success awaits on the field---and behind the desk.