If its not GJ Im gonna melt.
Its the easiest hire possible.
Its the easiest hire possible.
TU Coaching Candidates
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If we hired GJ as head coach we could also hire Jacob Bower as an assistant and the fans in stands could scream about replacing GJ with Bower.
I would be okay with hiring a young HC from FCS or D2 (see Kansas via Buffalo via Wisconsin Whitewater). If we go this route offer a base salary between 20% and 40% more than their current package and load it with nice back end performance bonuses for AAC Championships, 9 win seasons, Bowl appearance and Bowl wins. Put a really big carrot if they make the new playoff format. Small bonuses for graduation rates and community involvement. Let the bonuses have the potential to be extremely lucrative. Also reduce bonuses or base pay if the team has negative issues (team GPA and graduation rates, penalties in the top half of the country, player fights resulting in unsportsmanlike like penalty, etc…). Reward positive behaviors that are important and make sure they understand the down side for negative behaviors that reflect poorly on the university.
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Also KS State via ND State.
I think looking for winners from lower levels is smart. If they were consistent winners, that’s a big tell.
Follow the hiring plan that led to Konkol — someone with a connection to TU that understands what is possible here and gets the challenges. Is willing to engage with the community and most importantly doesn’t look like he’s popping a squat to poop during games (Haith and Monty do this all the time).
Haith did it a little better than Monty. Even when Haith rarely celebrated, he looked like he was popping a squat.
Uuuggggghhh! :haith3::haith::haith2:
My opinion of Prime Time has shifted in the past few months. Hard not to at least respect the guy when you listen to him talk to his players about life and doing the right thing. His talk to them after Takeoff was murdered was on point imo. He will have a D1 job if he wants it next season.
I think the guy at The Word is our guy. He seems to be the real deal.
no HS? man, i was hoping for Kevin Loggins from Weleetka too. lot of experience from class B ball
You say this but someone connected to TU should at least ask the question. I don't think he's done coaching but I do think he doesn't want to do it at a place like OU any longer with the insane expectations and unrealistic national championship every season.
Takeoff was a rapper who was shot and killed in Houston last week. Jackson state was headed to play in Houston. Told his players they have to leave their past behind. Not part of them anymore. Talked about doing the right thing. Being around good people. Being role models for their communities. Etc….
He’s coaching in the XFL for the 2023 season but no idea what contracts are like for HCs in the league.
If TU wants to consider coaches from The Word, they should look at Eric Morris, current OC at Washington State. He was the head coach at The Word for the 4 years preceding the arrival of GJ. He recruited Cam Ward to The Word as a QB and he ended up being the best QB in FCS as a freshman. Cam is now the starting QB at Washington State, but he will go wherever Eric gets hired.
If TU gets Eric and Cam in a package deal, they end up with the best starting QB in Oklahoma next fall and a really solid young HC with a really exciting offense who has proven he can recruit the heck out of Texas (recruited and coached Patrick Mahomes while OC at Texas Tech). If TU doesn't take Eric, Texas State will. Would hate to lose out on a head coach and QB of this quality to the likes of Texas State.
If TU gets Eric and Cam in a package deal, they end up with the best starting QB in Oklahoma next fall and a really solid young HC with a really exciting offense who has proven he can recruit the heck out of Texas (recruited and coached Patrick Mahomes while OC at Texas Tech). If TU doesn't take Eric, Texas State will. Would hate to lose out on a head coach and QB of this quality to the likes of Texas State.
Joe Gillespie making his case for a HC job tonight.
TCU went from noncontender to contender for the national championship. They probably won't win it, but they'll be in the game.
The reason is Gillespie.
That's a helluva good tryout. It might already be too late, but it will definitely be too late next year.
Would hope he's not as obstinate as Monty about not using anything besides his tree, as a place to pick assistant candidates from.
Not only that, TCU's defense just thoroughly befuddle Ewers and they did a really good job at completely shutting down Bijan Robinson (29 yds). And remember, only 3 pts came against TCU's defense. The lone Texas TD was a scoop and score after the TCU QB inexplicably just dropped the ball in the backfield. I mean the TV announcers were talking like it was all but over for Texas b/c they couldn't really stop TCU from running the ball late nor could they sustain a drive on offense at all. I don't think anyone is claiming TCU is over-rated anymore. I think their D can stop just about anyone. The bigger question will be can they score enough points to win games.
I'm OK with that if it means we're winning games and this job is desirable again.
100% on Nick Graham. He's done a great job as the DBs coach at UTSA.
I think they will appear overrated when they go play at the big boys table.(Georgia, Tennessee, OSU) They will be the weak link at that table. Other than that, they can play with anybody.
Maybe. I don't think they can score on Georgia. I think they can absolutely stop both Tennessee and Ohio State from scoring. Georgia is a different beast this year and just a cut above everyone else.
Changed my mind , I think Gillespie would be a great hire if we can get him
I’m concerned that with every TCU win, Gillespie may be pricing himself out of our range.
If you want to watch some interesting stuff, search Brennan Marion GoGo offense on YouTube. Lots of videos on there. Very exciting to watch. Milkman clearly has an incredible offensive mind. His offense is very hard to prepare for, because it’s so out of the norm. I think of the HUNH when Gus was our OC. It was different. Now pretty much everyone is running the HUNH, so defenses practice against it.
But the situation at TU is while we can recruit well, we will not be head and shoulders above our opponents from a talent perspective. Which makes finding a unique advantage important. The GoGo may be it.
If you want to watch some interesting stuff, search Brennan Marion GoGo offense on YouTube. Lots of videos on there. Very exciting to watch. Milkman clearly has an incredible offensive mind. His offense is very hard to prepare for, because it’s so out of the norm. I think of the HUNH when Gus was our OC. It was different. Now pretty much everyone is running the HUNH, so defenses practice against it.
But the situation at TU is while we can recruit well, we will not be head and shoulders above our opponents from a talent perspective. Which makes finding a unique advantage important. The GoGo may be it.