BODY COUNT, BODY COUNT: COACHING CAROUSEL, AGAIN.
In brief:
–Schiano, staying at Rutgers. Frickin’ awesome.
–Stanford accomplishes what Voldemort could not do, ends Harry Potter era, says Avada Kedavra! to Walt Harris. Hope they ditch the biohazard couch, too.
– NC State’s coaching options look very, very interesting.
–Brian Kelly to Cincinnatti. MAC coaching corps again proving to be hell of a finishing school for larger conferences.
–Norm Chow is all over the place, including the persistent ASU rumors. (Though Pete Carroll’s pushing Sarkisian for the job, too.) We’ve given up trying to find out where he’s going. Speaking of complete and total mystery…
–When Finebaum says he’s clueless, you know the Alabama coaching search just entered a level of security clearance we can’t hope to crack. We need a double-O to get some intel, because it’s radio silence out of T-town right now.
We need a double-O, stat.
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Noone, as in Peter Noone of Herman’s Hermits? And what about Holly Cow? Is she one of the new sideline reporters for [Name Redacted] Sports or what?!
Comment by A Clean Kick to the Facemask — December 6, 2006 @ 3:02 pm
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Who’s this Noone guy?
Comment by Cardiac Kids — December 5, 2006 @ 7:17 pm
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Rainmaker,
You are right… BAMA should aim high, but they shouldn’t get their feelings hurt when coaches start to pull their names out of the running. It doesn’t mean that where they are is a better job/program, it just means that it might be a better situation for them. Noone wants to get “Willinghamed”. Believe me, all of the names that have come up for you were on LSU’s list 2 years ago when Saban aparently “Willinghamed” himself. Noone saw Les Miles coming because we were all focused on the Steve Spuriers and Butch Davises of the world (holly cow, can you imagine!). Good luck with the search… college football is better when Alabama is good.
Comment by LSUfan — December 5, 2006 @ 5:59 pm
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LSUfan,
Good post–I agree with virtually everything you wrote. I do think the standard “Bama fans are delusional” line is a bit oversold (in fairness, it’s certainly true some of the older contingency have yet to wise-up to the reality of the current state of affairs). With regard to this coaching search, I believe most Bama fans simply believe that the powers that be should aim high, regardless of how things might, will, or should turn out.
All in all, while the program has certainly fallen on hard times (getting hammered twice by the NCAA in an 5 year period will do that), there’s no reason to think Bama would not be an attractive job to any number of talented coaches (of course, that’s not to say any coach in America would be crazy not to jump at the opportunity, either). The program is committed to paying top-dollar, and the facilities, fan support, and tradition are second-to-none. It’s certainly not every coach’s dream job, but this time around the program should be in position to land a highly capable and proven head coach.
Comment by Rainmaker — December 5, 2006 @ 4:16 pm
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Bama and the “U” are finding out what LSU found out a couple of years ago. That is great coaches usually already have great jobs. Second, rabid fans (Miami, this doesn’t apply to you) can be a blessing and a curse. Unless you are at a place like Texas, a huge following also means intense criticism and rediculous expectations. Let’s face it, would Florida have been as attractive if Urban had to follow Spurrier rather than Zook. Zook was a great recruiter and a terrible coach. It was a perfect situation for a new coach to step into. Unfortunately, UA and Da U seem to be in a bit of a recession in national perception and recruiting, but their respective fan bases still believe that they are elite. Whoever takes over at each school will have some work ahead of them.
Comment by LSUfan — December 5, 2006 @ 3:44 pm
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Redtide,
You know what assuming does to U and ME.
rocket screen,
I’m not saying that Alabama is better than WVU because of this, but do you think it really matters what Rod’s “hefty buyout” is? Wait, that’s exactly what I’m saying.
Comment by Cardiac Kids — December 5, 2006 @ 1:58 pm