HC Candidates

[sdhusky]

Tony sparano

 

[UConnDan97]

Petrino probably isn't getting tons of big offers after a year at WKU. Offer him 2.5-3 million and put massive incentives in the contract, including incentives for tenure.

2.5-3 million??? Why? The man makes 850k:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Petrino

How about we offer him the 1.7 that PP is making, thus doubling his salary? And we essentially pay the same amount for a much better coach. I would do that in a New York minute...

 

[FfldCntyFan]

Petrino probably isn't getting tons of big offers after a year at WKU. Offer him 2.5-3 million and put massive incentives in the contract, including incentives for tenure.

We had discussed potential incentives for Petrino in an earlier thread:

http://the-boneyard.com/threads/petrino.43105/page-4#post-679236

 

[FDNY99]

No matter who it is that gets the call...I can see Weist (as wr coach..possibly wr/OC) and Buggs (db or rb coach) being retained due to their past experiences as recruiters with high profile winning programs...possibly Wholley and Day too. Outside of those guys this staff will be looking for jobs. Zero possibility any holdovers from Edsall's staff besides Wholley stay.

 

[UconnFamily]

Right now he seems to be my top pick, I thought maybe Locksley but I guess you can't deny 2-26. Cristobal has alot of upside, maybe they need a NE guy though. But I think Mario can bring respectability at the very least back to Uconn football. Heck there not losing to Towson with him at the helm.

Thats for sure. When highly touted recruits see that he coached at Bama too I'm sure they'll come to Uconn.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

No matter who it is that gets the call...I can see Weist (as wr coach..possibly wr/OC) and Buggs (db or rb coach) being retained due to their past experiences as recruiters with high profile winning programs...possibly Wholley and Day too. Outside of those guys this staff will be looking for jobs. Zero possibility any holdovers from Edsall's staff besides Wholley stay.

I agree fully with this but want to add that I believe that both Buggs and Wholley are out of position with their current roles. I'd love to put Wholley back at TE coach and move Buggs to DB coach.

 

[whaler11]

Were you saying the same thing about "someone with a bigger paycheck" when Cincinnati got Tuberville from Texas Tech??? Tuberville gets the same amount at Cincy that Kingsbury gets at TT (2.3mil.). By the way, Tuberville is only 4 years younger than Fulmer or Bellotti. HOWEVER, Cincy looks like the smartest school on the block after making that move. They destroyed Purdue, and they look like they are headed to the top of the conference again (and perhaps a bigger conference).

So age...other school's money...these aren't reasons for me to turn down highly skilled, highly respected people for the head job...

If a Tuberville becomes available that is a different story.

Two things.
1. He didn't take 5 years off.
2. Cincinnati was good enough their coach was hired away to a bigger school. UConn is a total rebuild.

 

[UconnFamily]

I agree fully with this but want to add that I believe that both Buggs and Wholley are out of position with their current roles. I'd love to put Wholley back at TE coach and move Buggs to DB coach.

I agree 100% and we need a new DC Hughes isn't cutting it... so far

 

[UC990411]

In no particular order:

Ambrose - (Calhoun got the UCONN job in part by coming into the HCC and beating UCONN)
Mangini - (kick his tires, there might be interest because it's his back yard, Mangini had more success with the Jets than Pete Caroll)
Don Brown- (a proven charismatic leader, won a national championship as a head coach, knows the players so might have quicker success, we'll always have a good defense)
Chuck Priore - (Stony Brook coach, wins wherever he goes, plays Towson in a few weeks if he wins I like him even more)
Bobby Wilder - (this guy is doing a great job at Old Dominion, he might get a lot of offers, he is a northeast guy)
Any winning coach in the MAC - (Cincy found their coaches in the MAC, why can't we)
North Dakota States coach will have interest from many teams
Joe Moorhead - (that would be so unfair to Nebrich)

Where did Don brown win a national championship?

 

[whaler11]

For some reason people love guys on the way down. UConn has some successful programs. Did they hire guys who washed out in other places who were on their way down?

 

[whaler11]

Where did Don brown win a national championship?

UMass.

 

[whaler11]

Take a page from NC State. They brought in a dinosaur who underperformed.

They didn't go out and find another reject. They went out and hired the best coach in the MAC and their fans are fired up and the program has more energy since Philip Rivers graduated.

 

[UC990411]

UMass.

I just looked this up because I didn't believe it, they lost in the championship game per Wikipedia and the his profile on the BC athletics website.

 

[woomba]

Reposted from another thread I replied in...pretty sure all these guys will land a bigger HC job within the next year or two. Might as well be UConn.

Pat Narduzzi - Michigan State DC
Bob Diaco - Notre Dame DC
Matt Campbell - Toledo HC
Dave Clawson - Bowling Green HC
Bill Blankenship - Tulsa HC
Craig Bohl - ND State HC

 

[FfldCntyFan]

UMass.

I believe it was a rhetorical question. When UMass won Whip was HC. Brown was promoted from DC to HC after Whip left.

 

[Hoophound]

2.5-3 million??? Why? The man makes 850k:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Petrino

How about we offer him the 1.7 that PP is making, thus doubling his salary? And we essentially pay the same amount for a much better coach. I would do that in a New York minute...

Because, I think Petrino will hold out for a better offer at that price. As Whaler keeps saying, we won't be his only option. I think we need to differentiate ourselves with pay that is exceptional while we have the cash.

 

[whaler11]

I believe it was a rhetorical question. When UMass won Whip was HC. Brown was promoted from DC to HC after Whip left.

Ok. I took it literally. Didn't know we were only talking as head coach.

 

[huskymedic]

Reposted from another thread I replied in...pretty sure all these guys will land a bigger HC job within the next year or two. Might as well be UConn.

Pat Narduzzi - Michigan State DC
Bob Diaco - Notre Dame DC
Matt Campbell - Toledo HC
Dave Clawson - Bowling Green HC
Bill Blankenship - Tulsa HC
Craig Bohl - ND State HC

RE: Matt Campbell - I saw this was posted earlier today.

@coachingsearch: Video: Toledo head coach Matt Campbell's locker room speech prior to kickoff against Florida. http://coachingsearch.com/article?a=Video-Toledo-head-coach-Matt-Campbells-pregame-speech-at-Florida

 

[Kgun7]

OK Whaler ... time to step out from behind the curtain. You've made 8 posts in a thread titled "HC Candidates" ... and critiqued someone's list in every post ... but you have yet to mention a name besides "someone like Peterson" ...

Care to give it a stab?

FCF went out on a limb and stated that he wanted Cristobal before P got hired. I'll admit I wanted KC Keeler ... who by the way did a damn good job on the broadcast Thursday night.

Edit: Sorry ... missed your PJ Fleck post ... my bad.

 

[Runway Ron]

Don't know the money, chances, probability, etc. just throwing out a young name. Josh McDaniels?

 

[ShakyTheMohel]

I believe it will be a young coordinator from a top program. Historically....when people fire a coach the next hire is very different than the current hire...for obvious reasons. So..I think that rules out any of the older re-treads on the way down. No Whipple...no Brown...no Fulmer...no Ferentz..

But....I like the idea of Leach. Although he is in the Pac12, Washington State is a low profile team in a tough league. He will always be second fiddle in his state. I am sure Leach would like to get back closer to Key West and I would love to see his offensive creativity at UConn. He is great at taking average talent, putting them in his scheme, and delivering results.

 

[Jerry1714]

In no particular order:

Petrino
Bellotti
Fulmer

Each comes with an issue; Petrino with probable character issues, and Bellotti / Fulmer are both 63 years old. But I'm confident that each of those individuals could transform this program in the 3 to 5 years that they would be here. They would also act as fantastic resources to pick a top-quality replacement for them.

Would it be nice to find a young coach who could turn this program around AND stay for 10-15 years? Sure it would. But there is a much greater probability that the young coach would either not turn the program around or would leave the program in 5 years anyway for a "bigger" job if he does a great job. Might as well get that 5 years with a known quantity...

If the school hired fulmer or bellotti I would be done. These are two dreadful choices for the situation at hand.

 

[whaler11]

OK Whaler ... time to step out from behind the curtain. You've made 8 posts in a thread titled "HC Candidates" ... and critiqued someone's list in every post ... but you have yet to mention a name besides "someone like Peterson" ...

Care to give it a stab?

FCF went out on a limb and stated that he wanted Cristobal before P got hired. I'll admit I wanted KC Keeler ... who by the way did a damn good job on the broadcast Thursday night.

I named Fleck as being my #1 off the top of my head. Campbell from Toledo is another legitimate candidate.

Cristobal... Back then I would have agreed, with more time probably not.
Thinking about KC Keeler makes me laugh about how bad Des got burned by his agent.

 

[whaler11]

Don't know the money, chances, probability, etc. just throwing out a young name. Josh McDaniels?

If Josh McDaniels was interested I'd consider. Look at his resume though - does that look like a guy who wants to be in the college game?

 

[FDNY99]

In no particular order:

Ambrose - (Calhoun got the UCONN job in part by coming into the HCC and beating UCONN)
Mangini - (kick his tires, there might be interest because it's his back yard, Mangini had more success with the Jets than Pete Caroll)
Don Brown- (a proven charismatic leader, won a national championship as a head coach, knows the players so might have quicker success, we'll always have a good defense)
Chuck Priore - (Stony Brook coach, wins wherever he goes, plays Towson in a few weeks if he wins I like him even more)
Bobby Wilder - (this guy is doing a great job at Old Dominion, he might get a lot of offers, he is a northeast guy)
Any winning coach in the MAC - (Cincy found their coaches in the MAC, why can't we)
North Dakota States coach will have interest from many teams
Joe Moorhead - (that would be so unfair to Nebrich)

Any one from this list outside of a MAC guy and the flag saying football is being droped to the FCS level has been raised and is flying high!