2011-12 Coaching Carousel

[Oneback]

I think I would stick with my staff. Look up Big 12 Championships, count em up. Look at all the BCS games and BCS title games we made it to. They might not win the big one but they are consistently solid. Better to get there than end up in the Poulan Weed Eater Bowl.

You might worry more about going .500 in your conference, or beating a school from the state of Oklahoma before you start dreaming about the awesomeness that might be your Longhorn Coaching staff in 2012. Bryan Harsin? Really? You are talking about the guy who mustered up a whopping 5 points against Missouri and 13 points the next week against Kansas St? Diaz is a good coach but last I checked he gave up over 450 yards to the Sooners in that little game we play yearly.

Yes because the greatness of a coach is just a snapshot in the moment of time. You can speak of all the awesomeness the OU staff has done over the years but when talking about the Texas staff you look to this year, way to compare apples to apples.

Harsin is working with a bad offensive line and two quarterbacks that were destined to be career backups (both a clear problem of the laziness of the previous staff), but let's not look at what he has done at Boise which includes beating your Sooners with inferior talent, but hey let's not let the current season get in the way of the facts.

[bdoughty]

Yes because the greatness of a coach is just a snapshot in the moment of time. You can speak of all the awesomeness the OU staff has done over the years but when talking about the Texas staff you look to this year, way to compare apples to apples.

Harsin is working with a bad offensive line and two quarterbacks that were destined to be career backups (both a clear problem of the laziness of the previous staff), but let's not look at what he has done at Boise which includes beating your Sooners with inferior talent, but hey let's not let the current season get in the way of the facts.

With all those top 5 recruiting classes at Texas, I have a hard time letting you get away with saying Harsin is working with inferior talent. Boise beat us once, that is fact. Should that make him a great O-Coordinator? He beat up on a bunch of WAC teams over the years too. Big difference with a 10 win season against Big 12 teams versus 10 win season in the WAC.

[baseballplyrmvp]

Tell me which other staff's you would rather take?

i'd take 's staff, with both kiffins, ed orgeron, and john baxter.

[DariusLock]

Ok here is where Ole Miss' coaching search stands. People are saying Kirby Smart is not coming to Ole Miss...if that's the true case then I think Larry Fedora just had one of the best interviews beating Houston and ruining their BCS hopes. If we somehow miss out on Fedora and Smart then it's more than likely Hugh Freeze and I've heard he really wants the job. Some guy with Archie Manning's (Leading our coaching search) old phone number said he got a text saying Hey Archie, I would really love the be in consideration for the Ole Miss job. Hugh Freeze.

It's on the Commercial Appeals website. The way I see it is this though...

1. Smart
2. Fedora
3. Freeze

[gschwendt]

After the game tonight, Freeze sounded like he was already starting to say his good-byes. He didn't say anything specifically but you could hear it in his voice. I can't imagine he goes anywhere except Ole Miss but depending on how that shakes out, it's going to get really ugly at Arkansas State. Freeze landed in our lap and I can't imagine there's a slam-dunk hire out there that our AD is currently thinking of.

[morsdraconis]

That really sucks G. I felt the same way with Rodriguez and then him just up and leaving us. We got an offensive mastermind and then were stuck with absolute trash afterwards and it sucked and we are a much higher profile football team than Arkansas State. I can only imagine how much that's gonna suck for a team like Arkansas State trying to recover from such a great coach.

[cdj]

Arkansas State coach Hugh Freeze will meet with Ole Miss officials Sunday and is expected to receive and accept an offer to become the Rebels' new head football coach, sources told RebelGrove.com Saturday.

Link

[gschwendt]

Freeze is torn... he really likes Jonesboro, his wife really likes Jonesboro, his family is tired of moving, he's made solid connections here and can be a rockstar at this school. But when your dream job is offered, it's hard to turn down, even if in the back of your mind you know you're going into a losing situation.

Latest suggestions are that Fedora is gone (somewhere) and that Freeze would take USM before he'd take Ole Miss.

We should know something regarding Ole Miss tonight. USM might be a different story.

[gschwendt]

Supposedly a team meeting has been scheduled for 7:15am tomorrow... consider Freeze gone.

[DariusLock]

Well it looks lIke freeze is gonna be our man. Most of the fanbase is not happy considering we now find out Smart was never contacted. G what's your opinion of Freeze? I hope Dave Womack isn't his dc.

[gschwendt]

Well it looks lIke freeze is gonna be our man. Most of the fanbase is not happy considering we now find out Smart was never contacted. G what's your opinion of Freeze? I hope Dave Womack isn't his dc.

Freeze is an offensive mind, much like Malzahn. He's very much a motivator and took largely the same team that thought they couldn't win more than 6 games and took them to 10 wins in a single season. Not sure why you wouldn't want Wommack... he took our weakness (defense) and turned it into our strength in a single season (as well with largely the same players).

For ASU, I'd sign both to a lifetime contract if I were in position to do so... not necessarily sure they'll have the same quick success at Ole Miss but they also won't have much of a leash.

[cdj]

Sounds like Steve Fairchild is out at Colorado State, Pat Hill at Fresno State.

[SmoothPancakes]

Sounds like Steve Fairchild is out at Colorado State, Pat Hill at Fresno State.

Seriously? Fresno State has two bad seasons the entire past 10 years, going 4-8 in 2006 and 4-9 this year, and winning 8 or 9 games every other year but one, and they toss Pat Hill out? Man, fuck them in that case.

[cdj]

Seriously? Fresno State has two bad seasons the entire past 10 years, going 4-8 in 2006 and 4-9 this year, and winning 8 or 9 games every other year but one, and they toss Pat Hill out? Man, fuck them in that case.

The last info I saw said Hill is saying he is still employed and meeting with AD today.

[cdj]

Bruce Feldman reporting that June Jones is a candidate for Arizona State.

[SmoothPancakes]

The last info I saw said Hill is saying he is still employed and meeting with AD today.

Man, I know it was a rough season, but that is some bull if they can him. Fresno has been nearly a constant 8 or 9 win team under Pat Hill since 2001 or so, and only had two years since 2001 where Fresno State hasn't won at least 6 games, and only three where they haven't won at least 8 or 9 games. If they can him for going 4-9 this year, there is so much bullshit in that call/move by Fresno.

[cdj]

Man, I know it was a rough season, but that is some bull if they can him. Fresno has been nearly a constant 8 or 9 win team under Pat Hill since 2001 or so, and only had two years since 2001 where Fresno State hasn't won at least 6 games, and only three where they haven't won at least 8 or 9 games. If they can him for going 4-9 this year, there is so much bullshit in that call/move by Fresno.

I'm now seeing reports confirming he is gone.

Hill never won a conference title did he? Perhaps TPTB felt that FSU reached their potential under him and were dropping. It'll be interesting to hear more on that front.

[bdoughty]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports...mTO_story.html

Pat Hill has been fired.

[baseballplyrmvp]

kevin sumlin is no longer a candidate for the ucla job.

http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/ncf/s...-coaching-list

good

[SmoothPancakes]

I'm now seeing reports confirming he is gone.

Hill never won a conference title did he? Perhaps TPTB felt that FSU reached their potential under him and were dropping. It'll be interesting to hear more on that front.

I don't think they did, not that I know of. But granted they had to deal with Boise State every year until this season. Still a horrible call in my opinion after well Fresno State has done in the last decade.