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[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.

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.

Is Scheier also the recruiting coordinator? His special teams have been outstanding, and if he handles recruiting too I'd call him a serious candidate.

[BGWriter]

If they have their guy before the bowl game happens, they'll go ahead and introduce him. They have to. This is prime recruiting time, and you also don't want the class you've got to fall apart any more than it already has.

Getting a coach in place quickly is all about recruiting -- and is not a reflection on who is interim coach. The interim coach knows this.

If they hold back until after the bowl game to really get this process going, they will end up losing out on too much: possibly lose kids to transfer that might have stayed; lose kids that had previously committed; and lose any chance of recruiting kids that were interested before Clawson was hired away.

I can't imagine any AD worth his salt letting this happen unless every decent candidate on his list somehow gets hired or is eliminated for some reason. Even then, I can't imagine it happening...

EDITED TO ADD: If you remember when Fickell was the interim coach for a year, OSU went ahead and hired Meyer before that team played in a bowl game that Fickell was coaching in (and Fickell was also a candidate for that job). Meyer and the folks he was hiring were focused solely on recruiting during that time and were not involved in the game at all (practices, planning, coaching).

I can easily see something similar happening at BG if they find a coach in advance of the bowl game. They would want to go ahead and get him out on the recruiting trail.

[Indiana4]

Remember, dead period for recruiting,
December 23 thru January 3rd

[BGFalconfromCincy]

With our bowl being one of the earlier ones it wouldn't surprise me if we name a coach before or after the game. I see no need to wait for after the game though to announce if we have made our decision before the game. In most cases from recent years I remember if a new coach is name before a bowl game they act like an outside observer until the bowl game is over, doing the things BGWriter mentioned in their post.

I would hope this week Kingston is sending out feelers on who is interested and beginning to set up interviews dates, with the interview beginning sometime before the end of next week

[mc99]

Rumor has it Kingston has been flying around making preliminary contact ..... But with solid program we have in place, we should really be looking to keeping the momentum going rather then installing a completely new system. Elko and Ruggiero are gone, Scheier deserves a shot!

[BGWriter]

Rumor has it Kingston has been flying around making preliminary contact ..... But with solid program we have in place, we should really be looking to keeping the momentum going rather then installing a completely new system. Elko and Ruggiero are gone, Scheier deserves a shot!

He deserves an interview, same as anyone else.

Bowling Green deserves the best coach it can find, whether that ends up being Scheier or someone else.

I'm not worried about someone bringing in a new system, because there is a lot of talent in the pool, and I have confidence that if they hire a good coach, he can make that talent work successfully for him in the first year.

[mc99]

Rumor has it Kingston has been flying around making preliminary contact ..... But with solid program we have in place, we should really be looking to keeping the momentum going rather then installing a completely new system. Elko and Ruggiero are gone, Scheier deserves a shot!

He deserves an interview, same as anyone else.

Bowling Green deserves the best coach it can find, whether that ends up being Scheier or someone else.

I'm not worried about someone bringing in a new system, because there is a lot of talent in the pool, and I have confidence that if they hire a good coach, he can make that talent work successfully for him in the first year.

agreed!

[Globetrotter]

It seems like durkin and stud would be nearly unanimously well received and fickel nearly unanimously not

[mscarn]

Players make systems work. Clawson and Elko always said the schemes were the same during the 2-10 year that they are now. We need the very best recruiter we can find to keep the talent flowing in.

After watching Eastern Illinois give up half a hundred last night I'm less sold on Babers. How about DJ Durkin as head coach, the Eastern Illinois offensive coordinator, Nick Monroe as defensive coordinator and Adam Scheier as assistant head coach/special teams coordinator (a promotion from what he'd have at Wake)? Win win win win.

[Flipper]

Daddy Warbucks at Coastal Carolina just got trucked by North Dakota.....

[Flipper]

Mack Brown is looking for work....Stan Drayton is not the guy at FAU..rumor as it that Babers is the choice there.

[OptionQB]

Charlie Partridge, DL coach at Arkansas is the guy at FAU. Babers continues to wait

[zete]

Brian Rock grew up in BG (SAnd Ridge Rd) and on Falcon Football. He would love to finish here as I assume would his wife (also from BG)

Offensive Coordinator Kent State Golden Flashes 2011 - 2013
Wide Receivers Coach Purdue Boilermakers 2006 - 2010
Special Teams Coordinator Western Michigan Broncos 2005
Offensive Coordinator Western Michigan Broncos 2000 - 2004
Wide Receivers Coach Western Michigan Broncos 1997 - 1999
Offensive Tackles Coach Western Michigan Broncos 1992 - 1996
Defensive Coordinator St. Joseph Blue Jays 1987 - 1991
Part-time Assistant Coach Bowling Green Falcons 1985 - 1986

[Globetrotter]

I hope we are not hiring Kent's oc. Might be a fit down the road though and an option here as oc

[BGSUFanatic7]

Brian Rock grew up in BG (SAnd Ridge Rd) and on Falcon Football. He would love to finish here as I assume would his wife (also from BG)

Offensive Coordinator Kent State Golden Flashes 2011 - 2013
Wide Receivers Coach Purdue Boilermakers 2006 - 2010
Special Teams Coordinator Western Michigan Broncos 2005
Offensive Coordinator Western Michigan Broncos 2000 - 2004
Wide Receivers Coach Western Michigan Broncos 1997 - 1999
Offensive Tackles Coach Western Michigan Broncos 1992 - 1996
Defensive Coordinator St. Joseph Blue Jays 1987 - 1991
Part-time Assistant Coach Bowling Green Falcons 1985 - 1986

yeah no thanks