N.ohio vol
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Fickel would be my first pick.
Doesn’t have the baggage that I’m aware of. I believe he could adapt to SEC competition easily.Certainly wouldn't argue his HC record and he's young enough he'd be here for a while......just worried that he has no SEC experience and I think it is a different animal than the Big X. Specifically navigating the personnel needed to get through a brutal SEC season........however, I bet he'd start Bailey.
Kiffen is overrated as a HC. Only success was at Florida Athletic. He is style over substance.We dropped the ball not hiring Kiffin. He was the best available coach. It wasn’t because of how he left us before it was because of who they allowed to do the hiring. If we all know what we know now we’d just too Schiano.
Kiffen is overrated as a HC. Only success was at Florida Athletic. He is style over substance.
If anything he'd just join back up with the ohio state staff. Just like Pruitt would do with bama if he gets fired from Tennessee in the near future. Ohio is Fckels home. Thiers been some talk of him taking Harboughs spot at Michigan believe it or not...Fickel just got a 5 year extension and has young kids and deep Ohio roots.
He's likely waiting to see what happens with Ryan Day at OSU.
It was a while back but Fickel went 6-7 as Ohio State's interim head coach in 2011 it was pretty disastrous. Especially as weak as big 10 was and the talent osu had. Definitely gives you doubts what hed do in the sec conference with schedule and recruiting.Fickel would be my first pick.
I think Allen deserves serious consideration.At this point I'd happily take Tom Allen from Indiana. He came up with Freeze, has been in Tennessee at Lambuth, the SEC at Ole Miss and Florida at South Florida. So he should have some Southern recruiting connections. Though simply being the head coach at Tennessee opens those doors as long as you don't act like Dooley.
Allen is working miracles at Indiana. They are Big Ten Vandy level normally. He's having success there that they've not had in 25 years and signing what is for them, the best recruiting classes they've ever had. His biggest strike is somehow losing to Pruitt last year. But it's a game where we had better talent across the board and had to recover an onside kick to win.
He's not my first choice but we all know our goat rodeo coaching searches never land first choices.
At this point I'd happily take Tom Allen from Indiana. He came up with Freeze, has been in Tennessee at Lambuth, the SEC at Ole Miss and Florida at South Florida. So he should have some Southern recruiting connections. Though simply being the head coach at Tennessee opens those doors as long as you don't act like Dooley.
Allen is working miracles at Indiana. They are Big Ten Vandy level normally. He's having success there that they've not had in 25 years and signing what is for them, the best recruiting classes they've ever had. His biggest strike is somehow losing to Pruitt last year. But it's a game where we had better talent across the board and had to recover an onside kick to win.
He's not my first choice but we all know our goat rodeo coaching searches never land first choices.
Lucky? We were so much better than that team. Only thing that kept them in it was our inability to score TDs and their crazy legged qbAgree. Big 10 is tougher than the conference Cincy is in, and Allen from what I have heard has a unique way of fostering teamwork and team spirit.
As for the loss to Pruitt, let's be honest, we got lucky. (-: