Who's Still Being Considered as HC?

#76
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carpbc said:
This is just a list of potential candidates for our HC:
Gruden: Most likely staying with ESPN.
Chip Kelly: Most likely going to UCLA or the 49ers.
Frost: Will be a very hot commodity, going to top bidder.
Leach: A proven winner, may leave WST if price is right.
Campbell: Another hot commodity. Will be on several short lists. He would probably be worth his buyout.
Norvell: Doing great job at Memphis. Riding Fuentes' coattails, or is he for real? Is he really ready for SEC level?
Mullen: Says he currently plans to stay at Starkville. Plans can change quickly if $$$ is placed on the table.
Kiffin: Great office mind, but has the Rugrat "growed up?" If he has matured, would UT ever want him back?
Schaino: OHST DC is generally pretty tough, but can be beaten... badly. He has been successful in his travels though and will make someone a good HC.
Morris: Another hot commodity. Has cleaned up the dumpster fire at SMU. Ready for SEC level?
Peterson: Huge buyout, probably not leaving Wash.
Fuentes: Great coach; proven record; $15M buyout; only been at VaTech 1 year... enough experience?
Brohm: Some say he needs more experience and are not impressed by his work at Purdue this year. Hey, its the Boilermakers! Have you seen their record of late?
Tedford: Great coach; great record; good recruiter. How would he do in the SEC?
Sumlin: Great record with Johnny Football. But what has he done since?
Petrino: Great balls of fire and a big cloud of dust everwhere he goes. Great coach offensively, but defense generally tends to be not so good. Love him or hate him.
Miles: No buyout; may get him off the Kmart blue light special rack (salary wise); will keep most games competitive; should win 8 or 9 games and go to a bowl game each year.
Strong: Did good with Cards; bombed at TX (just a bad situation?); doing great at USF. Good recruiter at SEC?

Of the bunch, in no certain order, I'd hope Currie considers Frost, Campbell, Morris, Leach, Tedford, and if he has matured... Kiffin. I believe any of these guys, for the money, would be the best bet for getting our program turned around and headed in the right direction. However, Currie may have an even better choice locked up right now. We can only hope.

I mention Kiffin because I think he has the potential to be a great college coach once he gets his head screwed on straight (matures). And, when that happens, I would rather have him coaching for us rather than against us. He will be coaching on the P5 level again sooner than later... if he remains coaching on the college level.

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Not on the Peterson wagon as of right now but a $2.5m buyout is not huge by any stretch of the imagination.
 
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bcartervol98 said:
Not on the Peterson wagon as of right now but a $2.5m buyout is not huge by any stretch of the imagination.
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Sorry, NCAA site has Peterson's buyout listed in excess of $30M, and that is where I got the "huge buyout." That could be a typo on their part, or it could be negotiated down by some formula that is not mentioned on that particular page. However, Peterson would not be the worst choice Currie could make... though he would not be on my top five list.
 
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carpbc said:
Sorry, NCAA site has Peterson's buyout listed in excess of $30M, and that is where I got the "huge buyout." That could be a typo on their part, or it could be negotiated down by some formula that is not mentioned on that particular page. However, Peterson would not be the worst choice Currie could make... though he would not be on my top five list.
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Going off this:

The contract includes a $1.5 million buyout if Petersen leaves for another coaching job prior to the final year of his contract.

Washington announces contract extension for Chris Petersen - seattlepi.com
 
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66volfan said:
Except we don't know who we have interest in. AD is sticking to his word about not saying anything
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He wont say nothing because he don't have a positive hire. He is scrambling to find a coach to except position.I think he thought he could get a tier 1 coach, and now he waited to long. Scraping the bottom of barrel hoping to pull something out.
 
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fade route said:
I’m basing it off of Curries own statements about what he’s looking for. He has publicly stated he wants an established HC with SEC ties, that would be expensive and explosive. Jimbo and Franklin fit that description, as does Mullen. Campbell, Frost, Norvell, and Patterson do not.
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When did he make this statement publicly?
 
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carpbc said:
This is just a list of potential candidates for our HC:
Gruden: Most likely staying with ESPN.
Chip Kelly: Most likely going to UCLA or the 49ers.
Frost: Will be a very hot commodity, going to top bidder.
Leach: A proven winner, may leave WST if price is right.
Campbell: Another hot commodity. Will be on several short lists. He would probably be worth his buyout.
Norvell: Doing great job at Memphis. Riding Fuentes' coattails, or is he for real? Is he really ready for SEC level?
Mullen: Says he currently plans to stay at Starkville. Plans can change quickly if $$$ is placed on the table.
Kiffin: Great offensive mind, but has the Rugrat "growed up?" If he has matured, would UT ever want him back?
Schaino: OHST DC is generally pretty tough, but can be beaten... badly. He has been successful in his travels though and will make someone a good HC.
Morris: Another hot commodity. Has cleaned up the dumpster fire at SMU. Ready for SEC level?
Peterson: Huge buyout, probably not leaving Wash.
Fuentes: Great coach; proven record; $15M buyout; only been at VaTech 1 year... enough experience?
Brohm: Some say he needs more experience and are not impressed by his work at Purdue this year. Hey, its the Boilermakers! Have you seen their record the last few years?
Tedford: Great coach; great record; good recruiter. How would he do in the SEC?
Sumlin: Great record with Johnny Football. But what has he done since?
Petrino: Great balls of fire and a big cloud of dust everwhere he goes. Great coach offensively, but defense generally tends to be not so good. Love him or hate him.
Miles: No buyout; may get him off the Kmart blue light special rack (salary wise); will keep most games competitive; should win 8 or 9 games and go to a bowl game each year.
Strong: Did good with Cards; bombed at TX (just a bad situation?); doing great at USF. Good recruiter at SEC?

Of the bunch, in no certain order, I'd hope Currie considers Frost, Campbell, Morris, Leach, Tedford, and if he has matured... Kiffin. I believe any of these guys, for the money, would be the best bet for getting our program turned around and headed in the right direction. However, Currie may have an even better choice locked up right now. We can only hope.

I mention Kiffin because I think he has the potential to be a great college coach once he gets his head screwed on straight (matures). And, when that happens, I would rather have him coaching for us rather than against us. He will be coaching on the P5 level again sooner than later... if he remains coaching on the college level.

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Petersen, come on down.
 
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peerless98 said:
When did he make this statement publicly?
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He didn't ever make this statement publicly. Was reported by Basilio that a "booster" told him Currie said that in a meeting with prominent UT money guys. Like many things it has taken on a life of its own and people think it was said in his press conference.
 
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bcartervol98 said:
He didn't ever make this statement publicly. Was reported by Basilio that a "booster" told him Currie said that in a meeting with prominent UT money guys. Like many things it has taken on a life of its own and people think it was said in his press conference.
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Thanks, that's exactly what I thought. He never mentioned SEC ties or HC experience in the presser.
 
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carpbc said:
Sorry, NCAA site has Peterson's buyout listed in excess of $30M, and that is where I got the "huge buyout." That could be a typo on their part, or it could be negotiated down by some formula that is not mentioned on that particular page. However, Peterson would not be the worst choice Currie could make... though he would not be on my top five list.
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The 30 mil is if Wash got rid of him without cause. Like we had to pay Butch the 8.....but if he left on his own it would not have been so much.

Petersen signed a new contract this year...... And somehow got his buyout lowered........if he was not at least thinking.... Why would he have it changed from 2.5 mil to 1.5 mil?
 
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MyBloodRunnethOrange said:
Doesn't bother me at all. It just bothers me that you can't have a discussion about other potential candidates without them hijacking the thread
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It is annoying. I am off the Gruden train. I think he is just playing us. I do think there was some interest but he has moved on. And, I think its beyond dumb to offer a guy who has never coached college football 10 million a year.
 
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T.N. Buckingham said:
He's an absolute failure at his last head coaching job. He's failed for many of the same reasons Butch Jones failed at Tennessee.

An NFL head coaching position is a high profile job. Schiano cracked under the pressure of that position and his weaknesses were magnified.

Tennessee offers a level of pressure that is higher than what Tampa offers. Given the similarities in personality between Jones and Schiano, Tennessee would be taking a tremendous risk hiring a man who couldn't cut it under the white hot spotlight of an elite-level job.
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Many college coaches fail in the NFL. Saban failed in the NFL. That Schiano failed in the NFL has little bearing on how he will do again in college; indeed, his NFL experience will be an asset.

I'd rather have Schiano or Kiffin than overpay for some second-tier guy like Norvell or Campbell or Taggert. Peterson would be choice one, followed by Schiano/Kiffin. I'm assuming Mullen stays with MSU.
 
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JoAllan said:
The 30 mil is if Wash got rid of him without cause. Like we had to pay Butch the 8.....but if he left on his own it would not have been so much.

Petersen signed a new contract this year...... And somehow got his buyout lowered........if he was not at least thinking.... Why would he have it changed from 2.5 mil to 1.5 mil?
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Thats interesting I didnt know his buyout was lowered. I wonder if he did that after his complaints about media exposure on the West Coast?
 
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