POLL: Post-Week 6 HC Choice

Who Do You Want to Be the Next HC?

  • Brent Key

  • Deion

  • Jamey Chadwell

  • Matt Rhule

  • Dan Mullen

  • Other (Post Your Answer)

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Key has been good but I am not sure if he is the long term solution.
 
I'm still on Team Prime but man oh man am I liking Brent Key as a head coach more every day. But please, do something about this offensive line for the love of God.....
 
If I'm an AD (or a manager), the baseline I'm looking for is "no heartaches" from my people--they're easy for me to work with, and they meet expectations and don't put problems on my doorstep. There are some ADs that want "their people" but I'd just want people I can rely on and get along with.
Coaches that exceed what I expect are even better.
I also know I can't stand still--NCAA sports are evolving and getting more competitive. My coaches are going to have to be a part of a plan to progress every year so we don't fall behind.
If Key shows that he can win here and looks like he'll improve year over year as we build a program, then he's got several things to his favor--no unnecessary disruption (i.e. continuity, already here), being a known quantity (no unhappy surprises), loyal to the organization.

If I were an AD, I'd wonder "can I get along with him?" and "will he get better year-over-year, or will he plateau as a 6/7-win coach?".

Back in 2003, Ted Roof took over as Interim HC for Carl Franks. Franks had gone 2-5, and Roof went 2-3 the rest of the year, but looked much better than Franks in doing so, and people thought he'd turn that program around. He got the "interim" label taken off. Then, he won 2 games, 1 game, 0 games, and 1 game before getting replaced with Cutcliffe. If you've seen Ed Orgeron as an interim HC, there are very few head coaches who do as well as he does as an interim HC--the problem is, he's a much better interim HC than a non-interim HC. People who saw that don't want a coach that backslides when they get the job "for real"--and that happens in coaching.

The people offering the HC job have to figure out "is the guy I'm going to hire going to do well here?". Even if Key kills it this year, there's still some doubt for the new AD and his hiring team.
 
With 2 current kids at GT I can say that the students love Key right now. For most current GT students this is their first taste of any fun around the football program. Y’all did see the GT student chant right? They see Key as being one of them after we sent the guy who has destroyed their weekends packing. If Key continues to show upward progress and a new AD goes another route he will set himself up for a negative battle. The next couple of years are gonna be tough no matter who the coach is because we’ll be replacing the only QB who has had snaps in 3 years and we have to rebuild the recruiting. For the unity of the fanbase and school I hope Key continues to impress so the new AD has no choice but to keep him because if a new AD comes in and runs Key off and the next guy doesn’t succeed it will get uglier than it has been around the program.
 
OptionJacket said:
With 2 current kids at GT I can say that the students love Key right now. For most current GT students this is their first taste of any fun around the football program. Y’all did see the GT student chant right? They see Key as being one of them after we sent the guy who has destroyed their weekends packing. If Key continues to show upward progress and a new AD goes another route he will set himself up for a negative battle. The next couple of years are gonna be tough no matter who the coach is because we’ll be replacing the only QB who has had snaps in 3 years and we have to rebuild the recruiting. For the unity of the fanbase and school I hope Key continues to impress so the new AD has no choice but to keep him because if a new AD comes in and runs Key off and the next guy doesn’t succeed it will get uglier than it has been around the program.
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“Prime Time”
 
The job is Key’s to lose. If he keeps on winning, there’s no way he doesn’t get offered the job at the end of the year.
 
coit said:
You do realize we were down 3 OL by end of game right? On a squad that is all FR and SO.
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I do. I've also seen how they've performed all season and in previous seasons. It's got to stop. It's that simple.
 
If Brent Key goes 3-2 the rest of the way, then of course, he should get the HC job by default.

GO JACKETS!!
byteback
 
Instead of saying "We aren't hiring Deion". I think the correct way to say it, is this. Deion isn't going to leave where he is, for us.
 
BuzzedATL said:
Gotta love the way Key is getting the players and coaches READY each week. They are playing gritty, hard-nosed, FUNDAMENTALLY SOUND football right now. The role of a HC should be to:

1) get the team to play hard and clean each week
2) hire GOOD coordinators/play callers
3) recruit

Right now he’s doing #1 very well. Chip Long was basically his hire. Time will tell if he can recruit
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He's done a good job of #1. #2 would be incumbent somewhat on the budget for a staff--will GT commit more funds for staff (as opposed to shopping on the scratch and dent aisle last time).

#3--is his time at UCF and the previous years at GT enough time to judge?
 
Jmonty71 said:
Instead of saying "We aren't hiring Deion". I think the correct way to say it, is this. Deion isn't going to leave where he is, for us.
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It‘s more like no P5 school is going to ever hire Deion until he proves himself worthy in a better conference over a longer period of (Prime)time
 
Watching CBK in press conferences I would think he can recruit. Now the question is can he recruit 4 stars and the occasional 5 star athletes? I would love to have been a fly on the wall when G**** C****** was in a kid’s home making his pitch. Watching him in press conferences I just don’t see what attracted athletes to him but evidently he can sell. He sold TStan right out of a job.
 
GoldenIsle said:
Watching CBK in press conferences I would think he can recruit. Now the question is can he recruit 4 stars and the occasional 5 star athletes? I would love to have been a fly on the wall when G**** C****** was in a kid’s home making his pitch. Watching him in press conferences I just don’t see what attracted athletes to him but evidently he can sell. He sold TStan right out of a job.
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I don't think GT has ever recruited a 5 star before, have we? I think the better question is if he can identify the really good 3 and 4 stars like Gailey was able to.
 
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GTsapper said:
Well not with that negativity we ain't
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What negativity? We aren’t hiring Deion. Deion has chosen to take a job at a level of football about the equivalent of 7A high school ball. That was his decision. I’m not faulting him as he’s winning games but that conference is not relevant. Deion is smart and knew what he was doing by going there and using his son to win meaningless games. He knew the media would eat it up as they have. But everyone knows its meaningless.
 
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