Lots of people are thinking that Fickell is just going to stick around until Tressel retires and take over for him. He's gotten a lot of offers and obviously wants to wait for the "right" job.Originally Posted by AustinWolv
Lots of people are thinking that Fickell is just going to stick around until Tressel retires and take over for him. He's gotten a lot of offers and obviously wants to wait for the "right" job.
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When will Tressel retire? Next year would be nice.
Probably whenever Michigan beats us again.
Should be at least a decade or more, then.
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Just wait until Jim Harbaugh is announced as coach on January 4th! He won't be making a ton of excuses OR playing Josh Groban all night long.
Tress, while a very good coach, is also a benefactor of a poor decade of UM football that doesn't have direction. Carr's attitude and approach to recruiting and football changed after getting embarrassed by TENN in the 2001 (I think it was 2001) bowl game. UM's defensive recruiting went to shit around that timeframe and never really got better, only to get very poor under RR. The lack of a good DC has been a problem for years at UM and only highlighted by RR's refusal to allow them to do their job the way they want and lack of focus on defensive recruiting, as the defensive side of the ball was dangerously thin when RR got into town, and he made it worse.
Austin: Agreed on all points. Both the 90s (for Ohio State, under Cooper) and the 00s (for Michigan under Carr and RR) had their ebbs and flows because of differences in how the teams managed their personnel. The current state under RR, particularly the defense, is probably the most egregious example of this, but Ohio State had some utter disappointments under Cooper as well. Not to the overall level of recent Michigan, but in terms of the rivalry, certainly.
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I get my Christmas interrupted with rumors that Tressel is out at Ohio State from a nobody blogger out of chicago. AD Gene Smith says rumors are unfounded. *sigh* anyway, back to this eggnog....
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I was told a few days ago by "a source close to the situation" that Texas is going to get Boise's OC. Dunno if he's under contract or if he'd have to get the title of Assistant HC or what. Just thought I'd pass it along. I have no idea if this will happen or not, but the person who said it has intimate knowledge of UT's dealings.
Tom Dienhart: The more coaches I talk to, the more I hear Rich Rodriguez may be a target for the Maryland job.
No way he'll take that job because he's scared to have to play WVU again.
Scared?
ROFL
RichRod might be in a spot where it's better to go to a school that wants him versus getting fired and then sitting out a year (or more). Mike Leach may be quirkier, but IMO is a better coach than Rodriguez and it looks like he will need to resurrect his career via the OC route. Going to Maryland would keep him at a BCS program. Rich also has Josh Groban to help raise him up, should he get fired.
Zzzzzziiiiiinnngggg!!!
Yeah ... okay.
On that note ... why the hell do you guys have an annual home-and-home against Maryland?
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I'll have to disagree about Leach. I think Rich Rod is the better coach. Rich Rod built WVU up to a top notch program while Leach has had one good year. Sure Leach would win 8 games but his schedule guaranteed him 4 wins ooc and how much better can you get when you are recruiting in Texas. The fact Texas high schools all run pass based spread offenses also made Texas Tech the ideal spot for him. Plus he's always angling for a better job like Petrino. I think he may struggle in his next coaching gig.
Both Rich Rod and Leach run very specific systems so they may take a little longer to be successful.
I disagree with this last part... I think Leach would have a much easier time converting an offense than RichRod would. With Leach's offense, you need a passing quarterback, pretty much every school tries to recruit those. With RichRod's, you HAVE to have a Denard Robinson or a Pat White which are obviously much harder to find.
That is probably true. A good dual-threat QB is harder to find than a passing QB.
I mean, all you have to do is look at the offensive success East Carolina had this year (the fact that they're shooting themselves in the foot against Maryland nonwithstanding) for an example of how easy it is for Texas Tech's offense to be employed at a school. Bring five former TTU coaches to ECU ... best offense in school history. Done.
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