Yup and I think he may have been let go too like Heupel. Venables was also pushed out as well for Bob’s brother Mike. Funny the names that come up are people who were let go lol. I’m guessing hard feelings might be gone now, cause Stoops still has influence there and you’re not getting away from that.
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They don't even have an AD yet and I posted above about what mess that supposedly is and now they're going to organize a pitch to get Cristobal and pay his buyout too? I find it kind of out there but because of his mom and wife too, maybe it is possible. Miami have 9M to pay, after paying Temple 4M for Diaz...going down that road again lol.
Lets see if Bob gets the coaching bug again after coaching the Sooners in their bowl game ths year and returns full time for next year.
Barry Alvarez took over bowl game responsibilities twice at Wisconsin, but the bug stayed away from him both times and the Badgers went on to hire a new HC.
I'm wondering if Georgia's OC Todd Monken be a possibility and hasving Stoops take over temporaly be a way to keep theOklahoma job from being a distraction from Georgia's conference championship game and NC hopes
Miami coming up with the 
. Maybe the Cristobal rumors are more serious if they’re coming up with this kind of money. Nike money vs home/family?
. Maybe the Cristobal rumors are more serious if they’re coming up with this kind of money. Nike money vs home/family?Reports that Oregon is putting together a package at 7M/yr but don't know for how long. Supposedly Miami is offering more than that. Goodness. I don't think he's worth that but whatever. Great recruiter but for that money...consistent playoffs, especially out of the ACC/PAC12 should be the standard.
Miami is perpetual chaos and has been an epic career destroyer for quite a while at this time. They haven't won jack since moving to the ACC. Oregon OTOH prints money and basically has only USC as serious competition.
Wow and hasn't done a damn thing yet on this level. I actually think he's potentially a very good coach but who knows for sure. Cristobal reportedly being offered that and just in the ball park of Franklin too. I think both don't deserve it but a guy who I think could be better than both of them but hasn't doesn't done a thing yet IMO doesn't deserve it yet either. First time P5 HC deserves this much money?
Looks like OU may be going towards defense with their hire. Venables, Aranda and Lanning mentioned. Venables supposedly already having interviewed and Lanning, Aranda coming up. I hope it's Venables just to see how well Dabo can replace him.
Think that could be good hire for WSU. Was just seeing highlights of IWs game on CFF and it reminded me of Morris and thinking oh yea he might be a good OC at this level some day. He's off the Leach tree working for Leach a short time at WSU and then later with KK at TT.
Washington State: Sources tell FootballScoop Incarnate Word head coach Eric Morris is expected to join Jake Dickert's staff as offensive coordinator. E Mo lead UIM to today's second round of the FCS playoffs (Sam Houston State won 49-42). Matt Zenitz has reported the same.
Washington State: Sources tell FootballScoop Incarnate Word head coach Eric Morris is expected to join Jake Dickert's staff as offensive coordinator. E Mo lead UIM to today's second round of the FCS playoffs (Sam Houston State won 49-42). Matt Zenitz has reported the same.
Another Leach tree branch, Zach Kittley, getting the OC job at TT. Might be helpful in getting Ewers to TT. He did a great job with a Houston Baptist transfer at WKU. 5500yds pass for Bailey Zappe at WKU.
Would be a little surprised by that considering Kelly hasn't exactly lit the world on fire at UCLA.
Look like Oklahoma is close to finalizing with Clemson DC Venables as HC. Makes sense, he was there under Stoops and he is a defensive coach which you would figure they would target. The problem with OU at the NC level is they haven’t been able to stop people.
I think maybe they were waiting on Aranda and he must be staying at Baylor with a new deal so they've moved to Venables. I think he's a good hire with potential. I've mentioned him in the past as the type of defensive coach you'd want. He's good with defense but just as important he's come up at OU/Clemson who have had strong offenses so you'd hope he'd understand the importance of that in the scheme of things. I think some defensive coaches forget about offense sometimes and how it needs to be productive.
His choice of OC shows exactly that he knows how important offense is. He's going after Lebby at Ole Miss, former Briles tree guy like Kendal. Great hire if he gets him. Lebby from Texas so he might.
I'm interested to see how Dabo replaces him, he was a key cog on that staff for so long. Also wonder how awkward it is for Venables to come back to OU. Yea he was there under Stoops but he was also pushed out by Stoops for his brother Mike, who flopped. Stoops is still an influence, it's not like he's gone. I figure it must be water under the bridge after so long or it better be lol.
BTW OU's defense was better with Grinch but still had some of their old habits and slip ups at times.
Sources: Oklahoma set to finalize deal to hire Clemson DC Brent Venables as football coach
Oklahoma is set to finalize a deal with Brent Venables to make the Clemson defensive coordinator -- and former Sooners assistant -- the team's next head coach, sources told ESPN.
www.espn.com
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Dabo might have to replace both coordinators, well this will be something to see if he can really be like Saban and replace assistants without skipping a beat. I'm interested to see just how good he is.
Joe Brady fired from Carolina in the NFL...might turn into a hot name as OC in college. See if he can recreate magic again and prove some consistency. If Elliot leaves Clemson maybe Dabo goes after him. Maybe even back to LSU with Brian Kelly. Oregon possible too if Cristobal stays..
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Mentioned with Cristobal at Oregon among others but I suppose with Cristobal if he goes to Miami is possible as well or even with Diaz if he doesn’t get fired. Not sure he’d want to join with someone with low job security though.
An update on Mario Cristobal and Miami...
There has been a lot of chatter today around Mario Cristobal and Miami, here's the latest.
footballscoop.com
Some of the reports from this morning shared that Miami and the 'Canes were in the late stages of negotiations on a 5-year deal worth about $8 million annually to lure him out of Eugene, and that Clemson athletic director Dan Radakovich would be heading south as well as the school's new athletic director.
I’m sure Diaz is enthralled with this. “Yeah we’re aggressively trying to hire your replacement but if it doesn’t work out, you’re back!”
Well I agree but also it’s crossed my mind as a little bit of karma. He signed with Temple and then backed out and Miami had to pay 4 million. Richt left unexpectedly and I don’t completely blame Diaz but he’s getting a little of that back now.
Proof positive it is different in flyover territory (e.g., Nebraska, Iowa).
When would that ever happen at Newark airport for a Rutgers HC?
That’s kind of why I posted it. We could hire Saban and I don’t think you’d find RU fans waiting around at the airport.
And that’s where Miami’s new money, bold leaders and even more new money have come in — chief-of-staff Rudy Fernandez, UHealth CEO Joe Echevarria and board chair Laurie Silvers among them. The UHealth tie has created hundreds of millions more in revenue for the university, some of which is expected to spill over to boost athletics. Miami never had money, it always had talent. And the new guard wants the investment in athletics to help build the university’s brand, just like back in the day when Miami football helped the school become a national brand.
There’s a new guard at Miami taking a bold, emotionless and occasionally cringe-worthy approach to reviving “The U.”
Walt Bell is a solid hire for OC. He flamed out at UMass. But another former UMass HC with a lot more experience, Mark Whipple, has done a great job at Pitt.
Had to post the image from one of those tweets. It seems unseemly to be taking profits from Miami's Health in the middle of a pandemic to fund a college football team? If that's what that means, or unless they are just referring to the boosters that work at Miami's UHealth, but that begs another question- should people working for hospitals be making 10's of millions of dollars to give to a football team?
It's a good thing we had health care reform because otherwise, these systems would be making billions of dollars and not hundreds of millions of dollars.
Yea I post some tweets for the comments and images…unfortunately the athletic links are paywall. But the yahoo article also touches on it with the excerpt I posted. Sounds like a combo of booster money and money from the health system.Walt Bell is a solid hire for OC. He flamed out at UMass. But another former UMass HC with a lot more experience, Mark Whipple, has done a great job at Pitt.
Had to post the image from one of those tweets. It seems unseemly to be taking profits from Miami's Health in the middle of a pandemic to fund a college football team? If that's what that means, or unless they are just referring to the boosters that work at Miami's UHealth, but that begs another question- should people working for hospitals be making 10's of millions of dollars to give to a football team?
It's a good thing we had health care reform because otherwise, these systems would be making billions of dollars and not hundreds of millions of dollars.
This is another excerpt from that same athletic article.
What could convince Cristobal to leave Oregon and come home? Aside from his mother, Clara, battling health issues for the last few years, and his wife’s family in Georgia cutting down on cross-country trips to make visits, Miami’s administration is willing to go all in on making the program a championship contender, giving him a large budget to work with to hire assistants, coordinators, analysts and to beef up the school’s recruiting department. In addition, Miami has promised upgrades to facilities.
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That sounds a lot like what Rutgers did/is doing for Greg 2.0. They realized the errors of their ways when they cheaped out on the last 2 hires and assistant budgets.
Manny Diaz is probably wondering why he is getting the chopped liver treatment. Maybe there is more behind the scenes that caused the boosters and fans to go sour on him, but don't recall the same vitriol that they had for Al Golden. But compared to where they were at with Larry Coker 2001-2005 (he was 7-6 in 2006), they went into a bit of a death spiral starting with Randy Shannon. In hindsight, was Al Golden THAT bad? Will be hilarious if Miami fails. Coker is only 73 years old, maybe they can pry him out of retirement?