Meyer as head coach and Briles as an analyst would certainly get tongues wagging.
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Nah after you guys left, a 99 year term was put into place with an exit fee that is the equivalent to two years of media rights. Right now that is $80M if a school wants to leave. Those numbers are only going up from there. A school would probably pay that if invited by the SEC, but not for any other conference.
Your TV rights' value will be going down. There's only two conferences that will be poaching from here on out. Enjoy your Mountain West invite. Laughing
Schiano is rumored to being contacted by Trev...
He'd be an upgrade to be sure. Or maybe this Urban putting his feelers out for his coordinators
He'd be an upgrade to be sure. Or maybe this Urban putting his feelers out for his coordinators
Why would Schiano leave one basement-dwelling Big Ten program to go to another? Especially since he has very little pressure at Rutgers, and is much closer to fertile recruiting areas.
Trev's first calls should be to all the good Big 12 coaches, just to see if they want to leave the sinking ship. Campbell, Aranda, Gundy, Fickell, Klieman, Malzahn.
If they all say no, then I'd move on to the top Power 5 coordinators. Jim Leonhard, Jeff Lebby, Jeff Grimes, and Josh Gattis.
Trev's first calls should be to all the good Big 12 coaches, just to see if they want to leave the sinking ship. Campbell, Aranda, Gundy, Fickell, Klieman, Malzahn.
If they all say no, then I'd move on to the top Power 5 coordinators. Jim Leonhard, Jeff Lebby, Jeff Grimes, and Josh Gattis.
What do you guys think about the Urban Meyer talk?
I don't know if there is any interest on either side, and Meyer is the type of name that is going to brought up every time a major program goes shopping.
He has an amazing college track record, but he is a much MUCH bigger dick than Bo Pelini. And he might not want to stay longer than three years before he develops "heart trouble" again...
I don't know if there is any interest on either side, and Meyer is the type of name that is going to brought up every time a major program goes shopping.
He has an amazing college track record, but he is a much MUCH bigger dick than Bo Pelini. And he might not want to stay longer than three years before he develops "heart trouble" again...
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Leach is like 150-100 or so, at TTech and Wazzu and MSU.. having to play teams like Washington, USC, Stanford.
Texas, Oklahoma, LSU, Bama, A&M, etc. I don’t know if he’d win championships here but he sure as hell would win games. He’s not in my top 3 but we could do a lot worse.
Hell, we have the worst coach of all time and we still have fools saying, nah not Leach he’s a clown. Are you effing kidding me?
We need ANYONE else but Frost.
Leach seems to have his ups and downs. Fans will grow weary of the lack of consistency.
Schiano has a more impressive resume than any of your suggestions.
Why would he leave one basement -dwelling team for another? Because our basement-dwelling team is Nebraska, where football is everything to fans, not Rutgers, where it's little more than an afterthought with the Yankees, Mets, Jets, Giants and Devils to compete with.
It's Nebraska, which still means something to a coach like Schiano who remembers the nattys and conference championships TO was racking up when Greg was making his bones as a college coach.
It's Nebraska, which would double what Rutgers is paying him to bring him here.
I think Schiano would be a very good choice, but I wonder if Nebraska fans, like those of Tennesse a few years back, would not find him a "sexy" enough choice to support the move.
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Tennessee fans seem very optimistic about their new coach.
Seems like new coach hires only work out around 20% of the time...
What do you guys think about the Urban Meyer talk?
I don't know if there is any interest on either side, and Meyer is the type of name that is going to brought up every time a major program goes shopping.
He has an amazing college track record, but he is a much MUCH bigger dick than Bo Pelini. And he might not want to stay longer than three years before he develops "heart trouble" again...
If we are worried about a coach being a dck.
Then we deserve losing seasons.
Meh, Schiano has a career losing record, and had one good season at Rutgers back when they were in the old weak Big East Conference. He's yet to have a winning season at the Power 5 level.
He's making $4 million/year at Rutgers, you think we'd offer him $8 million/year? I think if we're willing to spend that much money, we could get a better coach than Schiano.
None of the coaches who are realistically available are much more than "meh" (even Fickell who hasn't excelled long enough to tell). There are some good things about them and some unimpressive things about them. None are going to be seen as home run hires. In my opinion, Schiano is not a home run, but all things considered, he's probably a solid double.
There's only one home run out there that might be available, and he's going to require more than 8 million per year to bring him here. How do you feel about him being our next coach?
Right now there should be only one guy on Trev's radar and he should be going all out to get him. Of course that guy is UM....
Could be. But at this point we’d take any good coach that can actually win some games. Hel I’d give Chadwell a shot and see if that works.
But, as many have stated… make Urban tell you no… then make Whittingham tell you no, and Stoops, and then work you way down the list.
WITHOUT question, the first person Meyer would bring on board is his former Florida/Ohio State strength coach.Like I said, here's to hoping Schiano is getting rumors to be Urb's coordinator
That hire is ALWAYS his very first priority. I imagine Meyer would have the AD pay whatever amount of money it takes to get that dude on staff.
You can be assured Meyer would bring a dynamite staff of proven assistants with him to whatever college job he is offered. Hence, the turnaround would not take long as long as the school was willing to pony up the dough.
Meyer is already a legend. He'd only take the job if he wants the challenge. NU is not like Florida and Ohio State. Those schools are in fertile recruiting grounds. Nebraska is like the desert. It would be cool to watch him resurrect NU.
The only coach that could turn Nebraska around quickly would be Meyer. I know Meyer would only be at Nebraska for a few years but he would get this thing going in the right direction. You spend $155 million on facilities and you worry about spending big bucks on a fantastic head coach is nonsense.
I say let Frost play his best hand and if not good enough you offer Meyer and staff more money than Saban and staff and guarantee him anything he wants. Nebraska football is bigger than any one person and has the capability to increase it's fan base two or three fold and increase it's value two or three fold, the marketing value would be off the charts. jmo
I say let Frost play his best hand and if not good enough you offer Meyer and staff more money than Saban and staff and guarantee him anything he wants. Nebraska football is bigger than any one person and has the capability to increase it's fan base two or three fold and increase it's value two or three fold, the marketing value would be off the charts. jmo
Folks, it's been a rough decade. We've been wandering a corn maze of our own making ever since we fired Solich, and it's time for us to make our great escape (RIP Steve McQueen). When you're caught in a labyrinth this long it's not enough to simply keep zigging or zagging, taking this left turn or this right, you have to cut straight through the maize walls that have capriciously held you captive. You have to Husk.
There's a candidate out there that no one is mentioning, who has ties to the Midwest but isn't blinded by Big Red tinted glasses, who runs an innovative offense, who's won at both the G5 and P5 level, who coaches players above their recruiting ranking, who has no ego, who's proven he can win tight games, and who won't break the bank.
DANA HOLGORSEN
I'm currently gathering the data to bolster my (strong) qualitative case with undeniable quantitative evidence, and will be posting it in the coming days. Until then, rewatch that Houston-UTSA game and imagine a different red colored team winning in triple OT.
Husk out.
There's a candidate out there that no one is mentioning, who has ties to the Midwest but isn't blinded by Big Red tinted glasses, who runs an innovative offense, who's won at both the G5 and P5 level, who coaches players above their recruiting ranking, who has no ego, who's proven he can win tight games, and who won't break the bank.
DANA HOLGORSEN
I'm currently gathering the data to bolster my (strong) qualitative case with undeniable quantitative evidence, and will be posting it in the coming days. Until then, rewatch that Houston-UTSA game and imagine a different red colored team winning in triple OT.
Husk out.
I would be happy with hiring Herman but only if we struck out on Meyer, and not for money reasons. I would also consider paying Luke Fickell well.
I do not want Campbell. Iowa St has had some good talent but doesn't win the big games under Campbell. Look at their record against Iowa.
He's a visionary. Mike Riley was a conventional guy who got along with everyone. Didn't do much for us on the field. We need a guy with a little mercury under his cap if you know what I mean.
Husk out.