CPJ has one year Wanted UT job

ThisIsAtlanta said:
Guys we could probably get that we might maybe want:

Monken: Upside, may actually be the best 3O coach in the game as of last year. Downside, people h8 the 3O.

Jeff Tedford (Fresno): Holds like every record at Cal, many many awards, reputed quarterback guy, took Fresno from a 1 win team to a 10 win team in a single year, had a mean defense. Seems to know how to foot a ball. Downside, a ways back, dude lost control of his players academics at Cal and went *gasp* 3-9 before getting fired. Drifted around the very outer edge of football for a bit, so may actually be a hobo, who knows.

Bill Clark (UAB): Guy built and then rebuilt UAB into a program and a winning team. Knows how to produce wins against massive political pressure. He's built up a lot of sentiment over at UAB given what he's been through, but money talks.

Neal Brown (Troy): Went 11-2, works for peanuts, beat LSU. Downside: very little HC experience.

Dave Clawson (Wake): Did a pretty good job when people weren't buying his playbook. His salary is only 1.8 million. Can recruit a bit. Knows how to work a small program. Downside: we really wanna hire a coach from Wake?

Mike Norvell (Memphis): Guy will score all the effin points. Beat UCLA, won double digits, will probably win the UCF National Title next year. Has an okay salary but we could double it comfortably. Downside, lost to UCF twice, so booooo. Also, he'll probably be the hot name for the next school with $Texas and a coach firin' itch, so stiff competition to get him.

Lane Kiffin: Yeah, I think we could get him. Do we want him? Text 1-800-Coach-Idol to vote (message and data rates may apply). Voting closes in one hour.

Lance Leipold (Buffalo): Upside, guy had some all-time impressive results at a lower level. Downside, he's been more or less a dud at UB. That said, who isn't a dud at UB. Highly unproven. Fanbase probably wouldn't be very happy with it unless he started out hot.

Scott Satterfield (App St): Discussed earlier in the thread. Did some awesome things last year. Also did some decidedly not awesome things last year. Fan base would probably not be happy with similar results for long.

Guys with a way outside shot that we might maybe want:

Matt Campbell (Iowa State): Did some things, check the tape. Downside, no idea if the dude can recruit well. He's an ohioan and a P5 guy who played at Pitt, so he's got no ties for us. His salary may already be higher than CPJ's. But Iowa State is a öööö place to coach, so there's that.

Jeff Brohm (Purdue): If he can do it there, he can do it here. They had precisely öööö all anything, and he went bowling with it. He's got a 4.8 million dollar salary, which has got to be higher than CPJ's, but he might want to coach in the south again, and not have to put on such a massive rebuilding job.

Rich Rodriguez (FIRED): This would prove a very controversial hire, but Rich Rod has proven he can throw together a team from time to time and has had good quarterbacks. I think we could possibly land him if he's not too burnt out from the life of drama he's lived on the road. Also there are allegations. Not sure what will come of that, but the fan base might not be happy about it either way.

PJ Fleck (Minnesota): Didn't do all that well in his inaugural P5 season, but coach rowboat did take some green mustangs to 13-1 that one time. He's got a 3.5 million dollar contract and is reputed to be a good recruiter for the gophers. Maybe we could get him with some warmer weather and hope the 13-1 thing is how he proves out.

These are just FBS coaches. I might go through the FCS playoff coaches roster later and see what's on the menu.

I don't really see a clear home-run upgrade from CPJ on that list though, honestly. I think Brohm is probably the best coach we could hope to snag. I doubt he'll be at Purdue very long, though. He'll get hired away for $Texas sooner or later.
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I know some idiots are going to instantly shoot it down, but stick with me here.

Sark.
 
ThisIsAtlanta said:
Guys we could probably get that we might maybe want:

Monken: Upside, may actually be the best 3O coach in the game as of last year. Downside, people h8 the 3O.

Jeff Tedford (Fresno): Holds like every record at Cal, many many awards, reputed quarterback guy, took Fresno from a 1 win team to a 10 win team in a single year, had a mean defense. Seems to know how to foot a ball. Downside, a ways back, dude lost control of his players academics at Cal and went *gasp* 3-9 before getting fired. Drifted around the very outer edge of football for a bit, so may actually be a hobo, who knows.

Bill Clark (UAB): Guy built and then rebuilt UAB into a program and a winning team. Knows how to produce wins against massive political pressure. He's built up a lot of sentiment over at UAB given what he's been through, but money talks.

Neal Brown (Troy): Went 11-2, works for peanuts, beat LSU. Downside: very little HC experience.

Dave Clawson (Wake): Did a pretty good job when people weren't buying his playbook. His salary is only 1.8 million. Can recruit a bit. Knows how to work a small program. Downside: we really wanna hire a coach from Wake?

Mike Norvell (Memphis): Guy will score all the effin points. Beat UCLA, won double digits, will probably win the UCF National Title next year. Has an okay salary but we could double it comfortably. Downside, lost to UCF twice, so booooo. Also, he'll probably be the hot name for the next school with $Texas and a coach firin' itch, so stiff competition to get him.

Lane Kiffin: Yeah, I think we could get him. Do we want him? Text 1-800-Coach-Idol to vote (message and data rates may apply). Voting closes in one hour.

Lance Leipold (Buffalo): Upside, guy had some all-time impressive results at a lower level. Downside, he's been more or less a dud at UB. That said, who isn't a dud at UB. Highly unproven. Fanbase probably wouldn't be very happy with it unless he started out hot.

Scott Satterfield (App St): Discussed earlier in the thread. Did some awesome things last year. Also did some decidedly not awesome things last year. Fan base would probably not be happy with similar results for long.

Guys with a way outside shot that we might maybe want:

Matt Campbell (Iowa State): Did some things, check the tape. Downside, no idea if the dude can recruit well. He's an ohioan and a P5 guy who played at Pitt, so he's got no ties for us. His salary may already be higher than CPJ's. But Iowa State is a öööö place to coach, so there's that.

Jeff Brohm (Purdue): If he can do it there, he can do it here. They had precisely öööö all anything, and he went bowling with it. He's got a 4.8 million dollar salary, which has got to be higher than CPJ's, but he might want to coach in the south again, and not have to put on such a massive rebuilding job.

Rich Rodriguez (FIRED): This would prove a very controversial hire, but Rich Rod has proven he can throw together a team from time to time and has had good quarterbacks. I think we could possibly land him if he's not too burnt out from the life of drama he's lived on the road. Also there are allegations. Not sure what will come of that, but the fan base might not be happy about it either way.

PJ Fleck (Minnesota): Didn't do all that well in his inaugural P5 season, but coach rowboat did take some green mustangs to 13-1 that one time. He's got a 3.5 million dollar contract and is reputed to be a good recruiter for the gophers. Maybe we could get him with some warmer weather and hope the 13-1 thing is how he proves out.

These are just FBS coaches. I might go through the FCS playoff coaches roster later and see what's on the menu.

I don't really see a clear home-run upgrade from CPJ on that list though, honestly. I think Brohm is probably the best coach we could hope to snag. I doubt he'll be at Purdue very long, though. He'll get hired away for $Texas sooner or later.
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How about Mike Elko
 
Diseqc said:
I know some idiots are going to instantly shoot it down, but stick with me here.

Sark.
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Sark has a hell of an upside, actually. That is, assuming he keeps his head in the game and doesn't leave after two years for whatever reason. His four year stint at Washington was just about twice as long as any of his other stops, which is worrisome. But his exposure to USC and Alabama would give him a good reference point for what direction to take a program and structure all of those kinds of things, and his NFL experience would probably be a good recruiting hook and aid in player development.

That could be something.
 
donsue said:
He had about 4 “gift” wins in 2014. There have been as much or more losses to mediocre or less teams as there have been quality wins.

If people are going to zero in on the Miss St win, and the “kick and the pick”, then they have to acknowledge some of the losses as well.

Again, I am not a “run fire him” guy, but I just don’t get the mindset that he, and the triple option offense, are the best Tech can do. The idea that any half ass coach would quickly bolt is pure speculation.
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yeah it's why the "most 9 win seasons!" stuff doesn't mean much. We play more cupcakes today than ever before. I don't blame CPJ for doing so but it's a record inflater.

And like you said, losses to ööööty Kansas, MTSU, 3 of 4 to Puke, etc.
 
ThisIsAtlanta said:
Guys we could probably get that we might maybe want:

Monken: Upside, may actually be the best 3O coach in the game as of last year. Downside, people h8 the 3O.

Jeff Tedford (Fresno): Holds like every record at Cal, many many awards, reputed quarterback guy, took Fresno from a 1 win team to a 10 win team in a single year, had a mean defense. Seems to know how to foot a ball. Downside, a ways back, dude lost control of his players academics at Cal and went *gasp* 3-9 before getting fired. Drifted around the very outer edge of football for a bit, so may actually be a hobo, who knows.

Bill Clark (UAB): Guy built and then rebuilt UAB into a program and a winning team. Knows how to produce wins against massive political pressure. He's built up a lot of sentiment over at UAB given what he's been through, but money talks.

Neal Brown (Troy): Went 11-2, works for peanuts, beat LSU. Downside: very little HC experience.

Dave Clawson (Wake): Did a pretty good job when people weren't buying his playbook. His salary is only 1.8 million. Can recruit a bit. Knows how to work a small program. Downside: we really wanna hire a coach from Wake?

Mike Norvell (Memphis): Guy will score all the effin points. Beat UCLA, won double digits, will probably win the UCF National Title next year. Has an okay salary but we could double it comfortably. Downside, lost to UCF twice, so booooo. Also, he'll probably be the hot name for the next school with $Texas and a coach firin' itch, so stiff competition to get him.

Lane Kiffin: Yeah, I think we could get him. Do we want him? Text 1-800-Coach-Idol to vote (message and data rates may apply). Voting closes in one hour.

Lance Leipold (Buffalo): Upside, guy had some all-time impressive results at a lower level. Downside, he's been more or less a dud at UB. That said, who isn't a dud at UB. Highly unproven. Fanbase probably wouldn't be very happy with it unless he started out hot.

Scott Satterfield (App St): Discussed earlier in the thread. Did some awesome things last year. Also did some decidedly not awesome things last year. Fan base would probably not be happy with similar results for long.

Guys with a way outside shot that we might maybe want:

Matt Campbell (Iowa State): Did some things, check the tape. Downside, no idea if the dude can recruit well. He's an ohioan and a P5 guy who played at Pitt, so he's got no ties for us. His salary may already be higher than CPJ's. But Iowa State is a öööö place to coach, so there's that.

Jeff Brohm (Purdue): If he can do it there, he can do it here. They had precisely öööö all anything, and he went bowling with it. He's got a 4.8 million dollar salary, which has got to be higher than CPJ's, but he might want to coach in the south again, and not have to put on such a massive rebuilding job.

Rich Rodriguez (FIRED): This would prove a very controversial hire, but Rich Rod has proven he can throw together a team from time to time and has had good quarterbacks. I think we could possibly land him if he's not too burnt out from the life of drama he's lived on the road. Also there are allegations. Not sure what will come of that, but the fan base might not be happy about it either way.

PJ Fleck (Minnesota): Didn't do all that well in his inaugural P5 season, but coach rowboat did take some green mustangs to 13-1 that one time. He's got a 3.5 million dollar contract and is reputed to be a good recruiter for the gophers. Maybe we could get him with some warmer weather and hope the 13-1 thing is how he proves out.

These are just FBS coaches. I might go through the FCS playoff coaches roster later and see what's on the menu.

I don't really see a clear home-run upgrade from CPJ on that list though, honestly. I think Brohm is probably the best coach we could hope to snag. I doubt he'll be at Purdue very long, though. He'll get hired away for $Texas sooner or later.
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I was going to try and put a list together. Thank goodness you did. You mentioned just about everybody I would have. Hey, are we ready to give Charlie Strong another shot in P5? As far as FCS, Mike Houston from James Madison was a guy I was thinking of suggesting, but it may be a bit early for him to make that big of a jump. But hey, he's coached a bunch of our former players.

I really don't know who the hot coordinators are right now.

If we wanna go NFL, we can always throw an alum like Whisenhunt in there or raid the O'Leary coaching tree. Bill O'Brien probably won't last much longer with the Texans, right?
 
atlanta jacket said:
He would not be on my list for more than coaching
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He’s got some baggage which is why we’d even be able to get him. But if he’s over his alcohol problems, then I don’t see any non-football reasons that would be a big issue.
 
Sark is a pretty good dark horse candidate. I like young coaches with a lot of experience, guys who were once considered prodigies but made some mistakes that made them attainable. The added bonus is it would get him the heck away from Matt Ryan.
 
ThisIsAtlanta said:
PJ Fleck (Minnesota): Didn't do all that well in his inaugural P5 season, but coach rowboat did take some green mustangs to 13-1 that one time. He's got a 3.5 million dollar contract and is reputed to be a good recruiter for the gophers. Maybe we could get him with some warmer weather and hope the 13-1 thing is how he proves out.
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I don't have alot of issues with alot of your list. It's well reasoned and directly stated.
I just think it would be really ööööing hard to pull PJF out of the Big10
 
BigChooch0405 said:
I don't have alot of issues with alot of your list. It's well reasoned and directly stated.
I just think it would be really ööööing hard to pull PJF out of the Big10
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Yeah, for sure. He's in the "way outside shot" list for that and a few other reasons. The only reason he's in the list at all is because he's HC at Minnesota and we both know he's not staying there forever.
 
atlanta jacket said:
Correct, a couple of bounces and we would have 2 or 3 more losses. The CPJ record speaks for itself, it is very mediocre
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So of his predecessors, who has done better? And keeping reality in mind, who would you choose to be the next coach?
 
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