Official Coaching Search Rumor Page

[Falconfreak90]

No way should we touch Tressel even if he were allowed to coach...As others said, we do things the right way. BG has NEVER been found guilty of a major NCAA infraction and we need to keep it that way. Fickell? Not a chance...he never impressed me.

[mscarn]

Kingston has run two football coaching searches at the Division IA level. In both cases, sitting head coaches were hired: Rich Ellerson (Cal Poly to Army) and Dave Doeren (NIU to NC State). In two head basketball coaching searches, one was an assistant (Zach Spiker from Cornell to Army) and the other was an ex-head coach (Mark Gottfried at NC State).

Obviously each situation is different but it shows the mindset.

[Flipper]

Yeah but the mindset you approach hiring at football coach at NC State is going to be drastically different than what you have at BGSU. NC State is a low level "destination" school. BG is a ladder to get to that low to mid level job. You're looking at distinctly different candidate pools

[Globetrotter]

I added coach Stud. He really should have been there to begin with. I would be upset if Durkin and Stud are not both talked to in some fashion.

[MarkL]

either there is absolutely nothing going on with the coach search, or Chris Kingston is doing a phenomenal job keeping it close to his chest. I am hearing absolutely nothing about the coach search. I hope and believe it is the latter, not the former.

[jpfalcon09]

either there is absolutely nothing going on with the coach search, or Chris Kingston is doing a phenomenal job keeping it close to his chest. I am hearing absolutely nothing about the coach search. I hope and believe it is the latter, not the former.

My guess is that nothing will be going on until after the bowl game to give Coach Scheier a fair chance at interviewing like any other candidate.

[Beaker]

Unless they are VERY serious about hiring Scheier, they need to pull the trigger as soon as they find the candidate they want and not wait til after the bowl game. The sooner the new guy can jump into recruiting and evaluating talent, the better. I think having a new guy on board, even if he doesn't actually coach the bowl game, which I doubt he would, might serve as a motivating factor for the players. Everyone wants to make a good impression on the new boss.
If they already have made the decision that Scheier is the guy, then they should just do it now. Unless, of course, they can't do that due to NCAA affirmative action interview rules non-sense.

[jpfalcon09]

Unless they are VERY serious about hiring Scheier, they need to pull the trigger as soon as they find the candidate they want and not wait til after the bowl game. The sooner the new guy can jump into recruiting and evaluating talent, the better. I think having a new guy on board, even if he doesn't actually coach the bowl game, which I doubt he would, might serve as a motivating factor for the players. Everyone wants to make a good impression on the new boss.
If they already have made the decision that Scheier is the guy, then they should just do it now. Unless, of course, they can't do that due to NCAA affirmative action interview rules non-sense.

Scheier posted on Twitter that he has contacted recruits and that they are still on board, whether or not that means with him on the staff or not remains to be seen. I think he does deserve some consideration, especially if the team performs well in the bowl. He also deserves a fair interview without the distractions of having to prepare the team for a bowl game on very short notice. I imagine a new coach is named shortly after January 1.

[Globetrotter]

either there is absolutely nothing going on with the coach search, or Chris Kingston is doing a phenomenal job keeping it close to his chest. I am hearing absolutely nothing about the coach search. I hope and believe it is the latter, not the former.

My guess is that nothing will be going on until after the bowl game to give Coach Scheier a fair chance at interviewing like any other candidate.

I would bet we have someone hired before the Bowl Game and I would bet/hope coach Scheier is not a serious candidate at this point.

[Flipper]

I would neither bet nor hope that he isn't a candidate...he knows the players and the University so I'd include him in the process. I would hope we're introducing a coach at or before the bowl. The game is right around two weeks after Clawson left, that's a pretty typical timeframe for finding a replacement (Brandon got the gig here after one week)

[jpfalcon09]

either there is absolutely nothing going on with the coach search, or Chris Kingston is doing a phenomenal job keeping it close to his chest. I am hearing absolutely nothing about the coach search. I hope and believe it is the latter, not the former.

My guess is that nothing will be going on until after the bowl game to give Coach Scheier a fair chance at interviewing like any other candidate.

I would bet we have someone hired before the Bowl Game and I would bet/hope coach Scheier is not a serious candidate at this point.

There's no chance the university openly hires a coach before the bowl game to undermine Scheier's interim tag. They have may an agreement behind closed doors, yes, but they will not go public with that until the bowl game is over. Doing otherwise would be a classless move to not only Scheier but to the players who I'm sure respect him very much and are supporting him 100% in all this.

[Globetrotter]

either there is absolutely nothing going on with the coach search, or Chris Kingston is doing a phenomenal job keeping it close to his chest. I am hearing absolutely nothing about the coach search. I hope and believe it is the latter, not the former.

My guess is that nothing will be going on until after the bowl game to give Coach Scheier a fair chance at interviewing like any other candidate.

I would bet we have someone hired before the Bowl Game and I would bet/hope coach Scheier is not a serious candidate at this point.

There's no chance the university openly hires a coach before the bowl game to undermine Scheier's interim tag. They have may an agreement behind closed doors, yes, but they will not go public with that until the bowl game is over. Doing otherwise would be a classless move to not only Scheier but to the players who I'm sure respect him very much and are supporting him 100% in all this.

I don't think you follow how these things go then.

[Globetrotter]

I would neither bet nor hope that he isn't a candidate...he knows the players and the University so I'd include him in the process. I would hope we're introducing a coach at or before the bowl. The game is right around two weeks after Clawson left, that's a pretty typical timeframe for finding a replacement (Brandon got the gig here after one week)

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[jpfalcon09]

either there is absolutely nothing going on with the coach search, or Chris Kingston is doing a phenomenal job keeping it close to his chest. I am hearing absolutely nothing about the coach search. I hope and believe it is the latter, not the former.

My guess is that nothing will be going on until after the bowl game to give Coach Scheier a fair chance at interviewing like any other candidate.

I would bet we have someone hired before the Bowl Game and I would bet/hope coach Scheier is not a serious candidate at this point.

There's no chance the university openly hires a coach before the bowl game to undermine Scheier's interim tag. They have may an agreement behind closed doors, yes, but they will not go public with that until the bowl game is over. Doing otherwise would be a classless move to not only Scheier but to the players who I'm sure respect him very much and are supporting him 100% in all this.

I don't think you follow how these things go then.

I'm well aware, and I don't think Kingston is going to put his interim coach in a terrible position before the bowl game of being a lame duck or having the media bombard him with questions of having to coach a team he has no future with.

[Globetrotter]

either there is absolutely nothing going on with the coach search, or Chris Kingston is doing a phenomenal job keeping it close to his chest. I am hearing absolutely nothing about the coach search. I hope and believe it is the latter, not the former.

My guess is that nothing will be going on until after the bowl game to give Coach Scheier a fair chance at interviewing like any other candidate.

I would bet we have someone hired before the Bowl Game and I would bet/hope coach Scheier is not a serious candidate at this point.

There's no chance the university openly hires a coach before the bowl game to undermine Scheier's interim tag. They have may an agreement behind closed doors, yes, but they will not go public with that until the bowl game is over. Doing otherwise would be a classless move to not only Scheier but to the players who I'm sure respect him very much and are supporting him 100% in all this.

I don't think you follow how these things go then.

I'm well aware, and I don't think Kingston is going to put his interim coach in a terrible position before the bowl game of being a lame duck or having the media bombard him with questions of having to coach a team he has no future with.

That's a mistake on his part if that's the case. This is big time college football. Not be nice to your interim coach at the cost of your program college football. Get the best talent he can here as fast as he can get it here.