2 reasons I think there is some truth to the targets. 1) Bruce Feldman is the go to guy on college football news. He's well connected and whoever he talked to probably knew who Trev has put feelers out to. 2) Trev said when he fired Scott. "We aren't trying to win the press conference." He wants a grinder that is going to outwork everyone (or at least work as hard as other B1G coaches). It's likely not gonna be a big name splash hire. People saying Urban Meyer aren't being serious.
Bruce Feldman reports NU Head Coaching targets
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Boosters pushed their weight easily enough to keep Frost and his antics for another year (and dooming this season), but when it comes to hiring a 2-time national champion coach, now Trev decides to stand his ground? If true, not impressed.
I look at it slightly differently. If the timing was right, he would have fired Frosty. But I don't think he had his network in place to line up his coach behind the scenes.
We all remember the Steve Pederson debacle. He whiffed on several coaches before making a desperation hire in Callahan.
Trev won some points in giving frost a lifeline. Now that this charade is behind us, he has the time and freedom to get to work. Plus, we aren't competing with very many good openings this year, whereas last year it was brutal.
Arguably Callahan was the best coach we had in the last 20 years. He just needed a DC (which very easily could have been Bo).
I do agree, if Urb is on the table and Trev is looking elsewhere, eventually it will come out and a decent chunk of the fanbase will hate him for it.
I have major concerns with Bill. Had trouble being a GM on the NFL level. Well in college you are the GM he has to make talent evaluations.
Man, I hope you’re right. If Trev made the decision to retain Frost without booster influence, then everything you’ve said fits. No question that this is the better year to be in the market for a coach, at the very least.
It’s going to be a long couple months, and the bye week makes it seem even longer.
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Its not the same, a bona fide NFL coach to some degree will have top high school recruits fawning over them in a way that an NFL free agent never will. I don't believe Bill Callahan is a particularly spectacular person from a recruiting standpoint, but he was super organized, had NFL bona fides, and basically went around the country looking for recruits who fit the generic NFL 'chart' for desirable draft characteristics. He didn't have to think much when he was using the metrics every other major coach on earth was using.
That made him closer to a computer than a good ole boy who could find a five tool player in some backwater and lure him in with his charm.
I'd probably go for fickle over Aranda. Aranda was handed keys. Fickle been through the ropes
Bronco Mendenhall = Mike Riley What has he ever done to even be on this list? He had some success at BYU but was 36-38 his last stop at UVA. That was a weird move too. Coug fans and players seem to like Dickert. He is another Wisconsin native like Leipold. Leipold, Patterson, Leonhard, Klieman, Dickert and I guess Rhule would be my choices.
I don’t want Bill. I didn’t like him at Penn State. He was 10-6 in conference play there. He had talent. I am not positive, but I think most of the players stayed with the school after Joe was forced out. Leaving after only 2 years, I know it was the NFL, has me question his commitment to a school, too.
You don’t know what you are talking about regarding the impact of the 2012 sanctions against Penn State. 15 players transferred out when the sanctions were announced, including 2011 leading rusher Silas Redd.
BOB inherited a mess and did a darn good job the two years he was there.
Agreed the list needs Aranda and Fickell in the mix.
None of them seem like guaranteed winners given the state of our program, but I think several names on the list would at least give us a shot.
In no order, put me in the corner for:
Fickell
Aranda
Leipold
OBrien (despite the hate)
Assuming Urbs is off the table.
15-9 is great? 8-4, then 7-5 and leaves for the NFL…
Count me in the **** that guy tally
Any of the others would be better
I don't think it's BoB's fault necessarily. Alabama doesn't have the horses at WR this year that they've had in years past, which quickly makes an unstoppable offense rather average even with a returning Heisman at QB.
Aranda is going to be the head coach at Nebraska. I have a theory that it's already in the works. Mickey is staying and is Aranda's front man right now. Making changes to have some of the culture problems solved, new practice habits that Aranda demands installed, dead weight & unhappy players gone, unhappy coaches dismissed, media trained to short presssers, limited access. All things that Aranda demands.
The purging is already started so the transition is smoother. You will see at least two more assistants gone before year-end, and Davison removed from any connection to the football program. May see Duvall jettisoned also.
If Alberts knew what he was doing...if he's in-charge and doing what's best for Nebraska...why did he give Frost a free $7.5M ?
Is that good management?
let’s imagine the ND, or Michigan, or Auburn etc., jobs opened up and their fans said “dang yeah let’s get the coach from Kansas. He did great at UW-Whitewater”
IF you are going to hire Leonard, you just as well hire Mickey. Better recruiter, and we can go get a D Coordinator.
Our warchest is enormous. I think he was told to pull the plug. The dam was broken
So dumb. He has a record as a program builder and winner everywhere he goes. We need a rebuild, once again. He can get this culture fixed.
Any good coach would bring a winning culture. It’s not exclusive to Lance. We don’t need a rebuild, we have the players. They just need better coaching, structure, and discipline.
This idea that PSU was under some amazing insane undoable sanctions is just a myth.
It went from
Maybe never having a program again, to
No program for a few years
to, only walk ons
to, huge reduction in scholarships
Turns out they just paid a big fine and lost 10 scholarships a year for two years? I think that even got changed and no bowl games for a few years.
Yes, some dudes transferred, I think 1 or 2 decent guys.
Only if those are the only two chooses. no way do I want O’Brien..
Aranda and Campbell will be going against each other this weekend, looking forward to watching this game..
