COMMENCE NEXT ROUND OF COACH-SWAPPING
by Orson on Dec 11, 2008 3:22 PM EST
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PrintSkip Holtz (spelling correct; no lisp) is not going to be the next coach at Syracuse according to ESPN, a "source close to the situation" told Joe Schad, a man so blessed with "sources close to the situation" it's not unreasonable to propose his status as a shape shifter capable of looking like any AD's secretary at the snap of fingers. If you are ever at an ESPN party, beware, as that pretty lady you're macking on MAY BE JOE SCHAD.
Joe Schad comes in a thousand forms. All of them can type 120 words a minute and are familiar with Microsoft Excel.
If Holtz is not a candidate at Syracuse, then Turner Gill remains on their list. Gill already coaches in the Northeast and is familiar with the territory and the job at hand (rebuilding a near-dead program.) Gill is also on Auburn's list, a job where you aren't sure who can fire you, who you answer to, or how many times you can lose to Alabama before you are shown the door unceremoniously. Um, we mean retire.
The possibility of Gill being the lead candidate there now presents a number of appalling conditions for Auburn. One, they might not get Gill even if they extended him an offer, and two, that Syracuse might get the jump on Auburn in a coaching search, a race lost for the school comparable to losing a race for the last donut with a 450 pound asthmatic in a Lark. (Yes, those things are fast, but the only thing that moves quickly with a 450 pound person on it is an airplane with them inside it crashing to the ground.)
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So, Lou decided to tell Joe instead of blowing the hot air himself?
by Gen. Stoopnagle on Dec 11, 2008 3:38 PM EST reply actions
If Syracuse doesnt throw ridiculous money at Gill, they should just end the program for their stupidity and focus on basketball.
I dont see Lowder hiring Gill.
by drb on Dec 11, 2008 3:41 PM EST reply actions
Sexton sure is floating ole has-been Spurrier’s name out there a lot.
Does he need another raise or something?
by kwaj on Dec 11, 2008 3:46 PM EST reply actions
I fail to see why we are falling all over ourselves about a coach who got damn lucky to go 8-5 in the MAC. I know it’s Buffalo but still.
Given, who all is available, if Jacobs were smart he’d start parking brinks trucks in the respective yards of Brian Kelly and Mike Leach until one of them takes the job.
by TIGERinATL on Dec 11, 2008 4:00 PM EST reply actions
I’d prefer to see GIll go to Syracuse, but Skip Holtz, IMHO, is more likely to stick around for the long term, should he be successful. Everybody seems to forget that Skip has recruited the Northeast before. He was head coach at (then I-AA) UConn in the mid to late ’90’s. He did someting nobody had done before in Storrs: Go to the I-AA playoffs. UConn was a very mediocre program (at best) in the old Yankee Conference before he arrived.
by Mark D on Dec 11, 2008 4:09 PM EST reply actions
Mark D @ 5: READ THE DAMN STORY first. Missed the point that Holtz is NOT a candidate. My bad. Still, I think he’d have done well at SU.
by Mark D on Dec 11, 2008 4:10 PM EST reply actions
That’s the kind of slipshod half-baked reporting that should only come from blogs.
by OhioDawg on Dec 11, 2008 4:11 PM EST reply actions
Gerg! GErg! GERg! GERG!
I, for one , am always in favor of the disastrous status quo. Hence the GM stock, Betmax tapes and New Coke.
by Counter Trap on Dec 11, 2008 4:15 PM EST reply actions
My Beta version of “Bachelor Party” is available on Ebay….you know…just in case any of your are interested……no paypal….just interesting trades….
by Judge on Dec 11, 2008 4:28 PM EST reply actions
If Joe Schad gets happy, it’s called Schadenfreude
by gosouthgohard on Dec 11, 2008 4:32 PM EST reply actions
The good ole’ boys at Auburn are aware that Gill is black, right?
(I kid.)
But, seriously, anyone thinking of the scene in ‘Blazing Saddles’ where Sheriff Bart is rolling into town, if Auburn hired Gill?
/Gill will win the Big East in 5 years at the ’Cuse.
by GamecockTony on Dec 11, 2008 4:33 PM EST reply actions
Not trying to threadjack or anything but that “What Christmas Character Are You” ad is just begging for future EDSBS treatment.
by Larry Langolier on Dec 11, 2008 4:49 PM EST reply actions
No. 11, not only is Gill black, but he’s got a white wife. No word on whether or not she looks like Lili Von Shtupp.
by karlhungus12 on Dec 11, 2008 5:08 PM EST reply actions
#4, yes, Gill’s record sounds suspiciously like Paul Johnson’s, who could only win a measley eight games a year at Navy.
by Herb on Dec 11, 2008 5:29 PM EST reply actions
Auburn’s interviewing Gary Patterson today in Fort Worth. He’d be a solid hire. That said, I’m wondering if they’ll swing through Austin, drop in, Mission Impossible style, and kidnap Boom MFer on their way back to the Plains.
by The Gentleman Masher on Dec 11, 2008 5:42 PM EST reply actions
@ Herb – Gill doesn’t have near the resume that Johnson does. He had 6 seasons at Navy, and was wildly successful outside of his first year.
Before that, he won 2 National Titles at Georgia Southern, and got to another Nat Title game.
OTOH – this is Gill’s first HC job.
I think he’ll be a good coach, and ’Cuse should hire him…but he has about 1/4 of the HC experience PJ does.
The only thing they have in common is that they both are guys Nebraska might regret not hiring someday.
by The Gentleman Masher on Dec 11, 2008 5:43 PM EST reply actions
NFL channel is saying that Saints OC Doug Marrone is the new Syracuse HC.
by Me on Dec 11, 2008 8:24 PM EST reply actions
Don’t know who will coach AU, but coaches seem to be more leery these days of taking over programs that think they are better than they are-and fire coaches too quickly when one thing goes wrong.
by www.southbendblarney.com on Dec 11, 2008 10:26 PM EST reply actions
Reports are surfacing now that Will Muschamp will be announced head coach at Auburn tomorrow.
Boom Muthafucker!
by NogginsJeffers on Dec 11, 2008 11:27 PM EST reply actions
In the last few hours, TWO coaches have been announced by AL media as the new head coach at Auburn.
WSFA in Montgomery says Spurrier:
http://www.wsfa.com/Global/story.asp?S=9507952&nav=menu33_4
Fox10 in Mobile says Muschamp:
http://www.fox10tv.com/dpp/sports/MuschampCouldBeGoingToAuburn
by stuckinbham on Dec 11, 2008 11:28 PM EST reply actions
Tonight WSFA in Montgomery reported on its website Darth Visor to AU, citing “a source in the coaching industry.” Five minutes later, the blurb was gone.
Multiple sources, what?
by This is Your Captain Speaking on Dec 11, 2008 11:36 PM EST reply actions
Clawson to be names coach at Bowling Green tomorrow, fwiw
by mookie goblue on Dec 12, 2008 1:00 AM EST reply actions
Early reporting says BOOM MOTHERFUCKER to be named AU’s head coach today (12/12/08).
by Alan on Dec 12, 2008 8:59 AM EST reply actions
Didn’t Mack Brown just two days ago say he personally spoke to Boom M’fer and he told Brown that he was going to stick with his commitment to UT? Nice stab in the back to Brown and the Longhorns by Muschamp.
by The Snake will Drive Again! on Dec 12, 2008 9:28 AM EST reply actions
Wikipedia is reporting Boom M’Fer to Auburn…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Muschamp
So it MUST be true!
by CrimsonBarrister on Dec 12, 2008 9:37 AM EST reply actions
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