Wazzu would be a good stop for Monson. He would have the existing returness, Abubaker, Lisana, and Jones along with other portal transfers to build upon. Coaching staff could go with him too. Participate in WCC (WSU and OSU for the next 2 years) where he had sucess years ago, and revitalize his career.
Wazzu’s not exactly coming at this thing from a position of power right now, so not sure how big of a name they’re going to attract. It almost certainly won’t be a guy who’s currently successful at an established destination (multiple bid league coach), so you might be talking about a “name” who’s had success but has stalled. That didn’t work great for them with Ernie Kent, Dick Bennet pretty much sucked too, but he seemed to set things up for his son. If you look at when that schools had success it’s been with 1st time HC’s or guys who came up through Mid Majors. IMO, Monson’s extended period of mediocrity and age is a bridge too far for a school like that. If the young guy at Eastern Washington has made an impression maybe he gets the job, CDM as an assistant (which has been floated) in a situation like that isn’t out of the question. And if the EWU job opened, it’s one of the few places
he’s well liked enough to get hired.
Announced after SDSU run seems possible.
Also, WAZZU to me should hire a bigger name and go all in , but Dans name came up on few articles , as did some smaller D1 coaches . Not good sign for their trajectory.
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