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Colorado fired their coach.
It looks more and more likely that Rich Rod is going to be out at Michigan. C'mon down Jim Harbaugh!
I realize that a winning program will forgive a lot of transgressions, but I would think it would be difficult to stomach hiring Harbaugh after how he threw Michigan under the bus three years ago, with his comments about Michigan's academics.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rudy
I think the stench of Rich Rod's failures will cover up any negative feelings still left about those comments.
Hearing from reliable sources that ASU's head coach will be out the door after this weekend. I assume we'll go through a proper coaching search but will end up back on our Offensive Coordinator, Hugh Freeze. His offense is largely responsible for our successes this year, he loves the area, and I imagine he can come cheap enough. The only concern I would have is where he would get his assistants from. His only head coaching jobs before were at a high school and at an NAIA school.
Hugh Freeze....what a great name.
That's what I immediately thought as well. That dude was born to be a football coach... or a pro wrestler.Quote:
Originally Posted by JBHuskers
send in your resume.Quote:
Originally Posted by gschwendt
I don't think they're looking for a IT specialist, a website admin, or a college football video game enthusiast but if they post those jobs up, I'm sure to apply.Quote:
Originally Posted by baseballplyrmvp
Only a rumor at the moment, but there is talk starting about Jon Gruden and Miami (FL) possibly being close to a deal that will pay Gruden $3 million per year. No clue if the rumors have even a tiny bit of veracity to them or if they are purely 100% hopeful wishes by people or what, but it's floating around right now.
Still no word from Arkansas State regarding Steve Roberts, however he did manage to do something yesterday that is at least interesting... by losing yesterday, he finished the final six games of the season at 2-4. He's managed to finish the last six games at 2-4 for 8 of his 9 seasons. The only season he managed to break that streak was 2005 when Arkansas State went to the New Orleans Bowl.
I would expect Rich Rod to be dumped at some point with Jim Harbaugh coming back to coach Michigan. I do think Rich Rod's offense is fun to watch and can be successful in the Big 10+2 but I also think it's not quite as good as some made it out to be this year. Tough defenses tended to slow it down quite a bit because Denard couldn't pass well enough if the running game got stuffed. He will get better. But Rich Rod's excuses, his terrible defensive recruiting and his stupid 3-3-5 scheme need to be dumped.
Bill Lynch is out at Indiana.
North Texas set to hire Dan McCarney, former Iowa State head coach and current associate head coach at Florida.
Considering that most people with knowledge of the Miami program say they don't have any worthwhile amount of money. The buyout on Shannon was 1.5 mil or so.Quote:
Originally Posted by SmoothPancakes
Some reports had Gruden to Miami for $3.4M a year, but now it sounds like he is staying at ESPN. Perhaps they hire Mike Leach like some wanted them to try and do in 2007.
I don't think ESPN will hire Mike Leach anytime soon. :PQuote:
Originally Posted by cdj
Wow, isn't that a step backwards?
Nutt is ALWAYS looking to parlay a job opening into a raise... he did it countless times at Arkansas and I believe he's even done it once while at Ole Miss.Quote:
Originally Posted by morsdraconis
He also doesn't seem to mind taking a job that involves a raise.
It'd be a hell of a job, trying to bring Colorado back up from the misery.
Yeah, I personally didn't see any way it would happen, considering I heard the same stuff about money status at Miami. But, I figured I'd toss it onto the pile of coaching change discussions.Quote:
Originally Posted by JeffHCross
It'd be good TV to have Leach and Craig James on a set together. :nod:Quote:
Originally Posted by gschwendt
Lots of sources are confirming that Steve Roberts won't be at Arkansas State next year. Some are indicating that there are a couple of in-state D2 schools that are interested in him which would save ASU from having to pay his 1 year buyout. There is a player's meeting scheduled for 3pm today so the assumption is that an official announcement will be made after that meeting.
Just watched the press conference. Roberts officially done. No interim named at this point but will be named in near future. A national search will be conducted.
Mike Leach to Miami would be good. Rich Rod to Miami or another destination would be even better!
:)
Though it would frighten me to an extent, the idea of someone of Randy Shannon's caliber taking over the Michigan DC job appeals to me.
Supposedly, Miami's wishlist starts with Mark Richt and Mike Leach.
Doubt Randy Shannon would get a look at UM, given his past with Luther Campbell during the hey-day and recently.
Oh, I'd find it very unlikely. But still fun to think about.
I imagine no one on here really cares but thought I'd post it anyway...
Great article as to why Hugh Freeze should be ASU's next coach.
To add to it, if we don't hire him, supposedly Memphis and Ole Miss are interested in him as an OC. As well, if Malzahn takes a head coaching job this year, he & Freeze are friends with similar offenses, I could see him hiring Freeze as his OC.
Rivals Radio has the top Arky State candidates as Terry Bowden (North Alabama head coach), JC Harper (SFA head coach), & Tim Horton (Arkansas RB coach). No mention of Mr. Freeze.
Hell no to Terry Bowden or Tim Horton... I don't know anything about JC Harper.Quote:
Originally Posted by cdj
Bowden is a hell no because just recently he was quoted as saying he was aware of pay-for-play while he was at Auburn... that alone should scare off any FBS school. Add in that I don't think he's that good of a coach.
Horton is a hell no because he's had a 20 year career as a position coach with no coordinator or head coaching experience anywhere. The only reason he's being mentioned is because of family friends that have influence. He's the recruiting coordinator at UA which is what some are saying is a plus, yet anytime they need a slam dunk on signing a recruit, they send someone else.
Honestly, if either of them are hired, I could legitimately see myself walking away from Arkansas State football forever.
After reading Harper's bio, he doesn't really excite me either. He sounds like a carbon-copy of Steve Roberts... the only way I could see it working out is if he's the head coach but retains Freeze to run the offense, which will be very hard to do considering the other offers that are supposedly floating out there.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2r6mOQqQTmA&NR=1Quote:
Originally Posted by steelerfan
Jim Rome said they should hire Luther from 2 Live Crew to be Miami's next head coach :D
Well he is coaching HS ball now....I think if they did every first down the PA Announcer would have to play Me So Horny.
In that long tigerdroppings post about the Auburn timeline and power hierarchy, it was Bowden, IIRC, that went about shutting down those violations, not to the liking of the powers-that-be there.Quote:
Bowden is a hell no because just recently he was quoted as saying he was aware of pay-for-play while he was at Auburn... that alone should scare off any FBS school. Add in that I don't think he's that good of a coach.
Canesport.com now reporting Chucky to Miami is all but a done deal.
People seem hot and bothered by him going there, but his college coaching experience is relatively limited:
1986-1987 University of Tennessee (graduate assistant)
1988 Southeast Missouri State (quarterbacks coach)
1989 University of Pacific (wide receivers coach)
1990 San Francisco 49ers (offensive QC coach)
1991 University of Pittsburgh (wide receivers coach)
1992 Green Bay Packers (offensive assistant)
1993-1994 Green Bay Packers (wide receivers coach)
1995-1997 Philadelphia Eagles (offensive coordinator)
1998-2001 Oakland Raiders (head coach)
2002-2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (head coach)
I think he'll need an experienced staff to make it work there as he gets acclimated to the college game. He's not going to have a Rich Gannon on the Canes roster.
He's going to need solid recruiters under him to get rolling since he hasn't been on that road and in kids' homes in YEARS, moreso than other stuff.
He's really not that great of a coach.... He won with Tampa Bay because of Tony Dungy's players, not because of his own. He's really done nothing as a coach, though I do like his philosophical approach to coaching and I think it has a better chance of working in college than it does in the NFL.