2021 Coaching Carousel picking up riders…

[huskymedic]

Jeff Traylor:

 

[huskymedic]

How many is that now?

1. UConn
2. USC
3. Ga Southern
4. FIU
5. LSU
6. WashSt
7. Tex Tech
8. TCU

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

Wow. Shocker.

Not at all surprised, been living on borrowed time. Stale schemes, not so great Big 12 records of late, losing to SMU, etc. Add on rumors of TTech’s similar interest in Dykes and Traylor

 

[ShakyTheMohel]

Gary Patterson out at TCU.

I'd take him in a second.

I don't know about that. There is a reason he was fired. If he lost interest and stopped putting in effort or evolving, then maybe he isn't the right candidate.

 

[methodology]

SMU has deep pockets they can match or go higher than TCU if they want

 

[huskymedic]

Tick, tick, tick…

 

[ktuck911]

Tick, tick, tick…

Yeah, that's pretty much a wrap there too... he might be a guy we'd consider at as top assistant though (OC or QB coach or both??? seems to have credentials for that at least), whomever we pick as HC...

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

SMU has deep pockets they can match or go higher than TCU if they want

As if TCU lacks deep pockets plus Big 12 dinero to match or exceed the Ponies. DFW bidding war?

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

Chip Kelly: Beat SC, lead UCLA to bowl and above .500 record, or jettisoned? (Colorado H, @SC, Cal H) Potential LA bidding war?

 

[Chin Diesel]

As if TCU lacks deep pockets plus Big 12 dinero to match or exceed the Ponies. DFW bidding war?

Yeah.

They're both schools with similar size enrollments and academic profiles. Looks like TCU has more undergrads as a percent of total students.

Oh, and for the part that matters. Both schools have $2 billion endowments and have alumni who have made those endowments possible.

I don't think TCU has to worry about tapping out of a bidding war with SMU because they run out of money.

 

[AZHuskiePop]

My pick is the Air Force coach
His name is Calhoun
How can we miss ?

 

[ThabeetDown]

Yeah.

They're both schools with similar size enrollments and academic profiles. Looks like TCU has more undergrads as a percent of total students.

Oh, and for the part that matters. Both schools have $2 billion endowments and have alumni who have made those endowments possible.

I don't think TCU has to worry about tapping out of a bidding war with SMU because they run out of money.

I'd have to think Texas Tech has to have the upper hand over TCU/SMU for Sonny Dykes' services next year, no? Sonny is a Tech grad (baseball) and his father was a coach there for over a decade. Seems like a no-brainer for Sonny to "go home" unless he'd rather stay in the DFW area, which can't blame him given Lubbock's geography...

 

[huskymedic]

 

[Vowelguy]

From LA to Deliverance land. No transition issues there.

 

[Chin Diesel]

I'd have to think Texas Tech has to have the upper hand over TCU/SMU for Sonny Dykes' services next year, no? Sonny is a Tech grad (baseball) and his father was a coach there for over a decade. Seems like a no-brainer for Sonny to "go home" unless he'd rather stay in the DFW area, which can't blame him given Lubbock's geography...

TT very well may have the advantage over those two. I was just doing a DFW area comparison between TCU and SMU.

 

[ThabeetDown]

TT very well may have the advantage over those two. I was just doing a DFW area comparison between TCU and SMU.

Yeah makes sense. I'd probably want to stay in DFW than go to Lubbock I guess we'll see how sentimental he is...

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

Yeah makes sense. I'd probably want to stay in DFW than go to Lubbock I guess we'll see how sentimental he is...

Based on references to Sonny Dykes preferring to avoid following his father's Texas Tech coaching legacy, will Red Raiders' dinero carry the day? Potentially, Spikes' boots may not carry much water for Sonny boy.

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

From LA to Deliverance land. No transition issues there.

Sure, but Deliverance was mostly filmed in northern Georgia hard by the NC and SC borders. Close cultural kin, Southern Cal and Georgia Southern.

 

[huskymedic]

Contract reported as 5 year — average $800k per year.

 

[Vowelguy]

Private school in a liberal multicultural metropolis goes to a public school in the rural deep South. Hoo boy.
On the plus side, if he owns a house in CA, he can sell it and buy half of Statesboro.

The only bigger cultural change I can think of would be going from Cal to Liberty.

 

[ShakyTheMohel]

Contract reported as 5 year — average $800k per year.

I would have never guessed Helton would go to Georgia southern..and that he would take $800k. Maybe the money doesn't matter too much if USC is still paying him.

This give me hope.

 

[bobbyinaz]

I would have never guessed Helton would go to Georgia southern..and that he would take $800k. Maybe the money doesn't matter too much if USC is still paying him.

This give me hope.

His USC buyout was reported at $10-12MM.

That's after getting paid as a head coach there for 6+ years.

 

[Pudge]

He grew up in Gainesville, Florida. Statesboro is gonna feel far more like home. Trust me ... LA is not for everyone; USC - Orange County centric fanbase - is distinctly not your warm embrace if you are not leading the CFB world.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[huskymedic]

 

[huskymedic]

-> The two are among the more than 20 coaches the Texas Tech search committee has researched, but are believed to be the first to formally interview. <-

 

[ktuck911]

-> The two are among the more than 20 coaches the Texas Tech search committee has researched, but are believed to be the first to formally interview. <-

they aren't wasting any time down there..

Hoping DB is doing the same thing up here (just behind the scenes with things... keeping it hush hush is OK with me.)

 

[Vowelguy]

they aren't wasting any time down there..

Well of course. Once the season ends there's a lot more competition.
That seems to be part of the reason TCU pulled the trigger when it did.

 

[CL82]

Makes you wonder why Dave hasn’t pulled the trigger yet? Is he looking at an existing head coach or coordinator who won’t leave until the end of the season?

 

[Yup!]

Makes you wonder why Dave hasn’t pulled the trigger yet? Is he looking at an existing head coach or coordinator who won’t leave until the end of the season?

I was thinking the same thing. It has to be that Dave is interested in a coach still coaching currently.