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MarkL wrote:USC hired Sarkisian. So add UW to the looking mix. Few quick thoughts ...
1. I like the hire. Sark has been at USC for a long, long time. He knows how to win there.
2. I don't like the hire. They could have picked a far higher profile coach and someone who has won a ton. If this was two years ago, Urban Meyer is probably currently the HC at USC.
3. UW is an attractive program. I know every year his name comes up in rumors and every year he says no, but is this the time that Chris Petersen leaves BSU?
4. Highly unlikely they're interested in Clawson.
Most Washington fans are cheering the departure of Sark which can't make USC feel too good. I think Petersen will stay at Boise after watching his last 2 offensive coordinators flame out at Texas and Florida.
It's looking more and more likely that we'll keep Clawson given the jobs that are availible.
I'm hearing that Mack Brown is stepping down at Texas. Stepping down or "stepping down?" And then there's the rumor that Nick Saban would head to Texas. I find that part hard to believe. If it did happen, just imagine the chaos that would ensue. It would almost be fun to watch.
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SEC are are lunatics, wouldn't shock me one bit if he wanted to get away from that. Texas may be football crazy, but they do have other things to do, unlike Alabama where college football is all they got. Even heard that some fans wanted him fired after they lost to Auburn. Wouldn't blame him one bit for wanting to escape that
MarkL wrote:I'm hearing that Mack Brown is stepping down at Texas. Stepping down or "stepping down?" And then there's the rumor that Nick Saban would head to Texas. I find that part hard to believe. If it did happen, just imagine the chaos that would ensue. It would almost be fun to watch.
From the recruiting trail in Texas, Mack said he is not stepping down.
Texas fans will have to wait until the Board of Regents decides what to do about the University President.
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Chris Creighton of Drake is headed to Eastern Michigan. He looks like a guy who has a great record at one NAIA school (Ottowa), one DIII school (Wabash), and one FCS school (Drake). I don't know much about him outside of the records, but I know two things. 1, Eastern is among the hardest if not the hardest place to win nationwide, and 2, this hire should represent the lowest the conference is capable of doing. What Creighton looks like to me is if we hired Clawson after his time at Fordham. In other words, hard telling how good of a hire this really is, but he's got his work cut out. I hope for his sake this isn't a premature death to a career as an FBS head coach.
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mscarn, that was a pretty impressive press conference. That dude was intense and I'd actually like to see him get EMU going. That program has suffered for so long...
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Falconfreak90 wrote:mscarn, that was a pretty impressive press conference. That dude was intense and I'd actually like to see him get EMU going. That program has suffered for so long...
Definitely. Just a winning season there would be like a championship at any other place. Hopefully he can nab a few recruits away from Toledo in Michigan.
Add UMass to the MAC teams in the coaching carousel. Personally I thought Molnar was doing a fine job given the jump in competition and recruiting challenges but it seems the administration wants a better known face of the program. UMass is a hard place to win. The northeast is not considered great football recruiting ground and he has to compete with BC and Connecticut locally along with Temple, Rutgers, and Penn State for more southern recruits. Honestly I'm still a bit confused about UMass making the jump. Whoever takes the job will have a lot of building to do. I'll be watching this one closely. Temple built a program quickly in the MAC. Can UMass do the same?
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MarkL wrote:Temple built a program quickly in the MAC. Can UMass do the same?
They need to find their Al Golden and be patient. Molnar was only given two years and that might scare off some of the better candidates. Eric Mangini's name has been tossed around which would be huge for the conference.
The Texas job is still open which can lead to a domino effect depending upon who is hired. For example, if Art Briles goes to Texas, who goes to Baylor and would he try to poach some of Babers' assistants?
Also there are plenty of reports that multiple NFL teams are interested in Bill O'Brien. If he were to leave PSU that would be such a smack in the face to all the alums that have rallied around all he has done. If that position were to open up, hard telling who they might attract. Would a big name coach like Schiano be interested in carrying the Penn State torch past the sanctions? Or would anyone well known be scared away thus relegating PSU to hire somebody along the lines of Matt Campbell?
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MarkL wrote:The Texas job is still open which can lead to a domino effect depending upon who is hired. For example, if Art Briles goes to Texas, who goes to Baylor and would he try to poach some of Babers' assistants?
Also there are plenty of reports that multiple NFL teams are interested in Bill O'Brien. If he were to leave PSU that would be such a smack in the face to all the alums that have rallied around all he has done. If that position were to open up, hard telling who they might attract. Would a big name coach like Schiano be interested in carrying the Penn State torch past the sanctions? Or would anyone well known be scared away thus relegating PSU to hire somebody along the lines of Matt Campbell?
Maybe Mack Brown could interview for the Penn State job if it were to open up?
"Regarding BGSU, I would think their biggest strength is that they never give up, They never slow down and they battle hard even after the other team scores. We have to be on our game and never, ever take the foot off the gas for a second." ~~USCHO Poster "BG was relentless. It's like they know that a good first pass on the breakout from a defenseman will almost always result in an odd-man rush against them - but they go in anyway and dare you to make that pass. All three of their goals were just grit and effort. That's a team any fan can be proud to support...they give all they've got." ~~USCHO Poster, AFTER Tech beat us #NeverGiveUp
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And the 2014 coaching carousel is off to an early start with June Jones surprisingly resigning from SMU. He wasn't fired, he resigned.
It always seems there are some mid season firings. If I had to take a venture right now on who goes first, it would be Tim Beckman at Illinois. Yeah he's 2-1, but the team is shockingly close to 0-3 and the one loss was nasty. They should beat Texas State, but beyond that I imagine they beat Purdue and cannot see much more. If after 3 years he only has 2 or 3 conference wins, I can't see him sticking around. He's been there for two years and only has 1 conference win, beating last year's abysmal Purdue team.
And speaking of Purdue, as a Purdue alum I can say that the alums and fans are sick of Darrel Hazell. I like him personally and think he's a good hire, but he inherited a trainwreck at Purdue ... no pun intended. He inherited a team that was not built to compete in the Big Ten and wants to make them more physical. I say a good hire and not a great hire because he won at Kent State after inheriting a ton of talent. I've never seen him build a program. I can't imagine him being fired after only two years ... unless after two years he goes 0-16 in conference play. It would be hard for the AD to justify to the alums keeping a coach who hasn't won a conference game in two years.
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