Coaching Search Rumors - Consolidated Thread

So sports writers also fling poo at the wall to see what sticks? Zoo monkeys across the world must be happy with this writing style

Hey, sometimes it just a deadline and a word count keeping you from beer money.
 
CPR was not really known as a great recruiter or a great coach at his previous jobs honestly.mhe was just ok. And ISU needs more than just ok. Alford is arguably the best RB coach in the country and prob one of the best recruiters in the country. What we need at ISU and its been said time and time again is a HC who can recruit talent to ISU and be a leader.


CPR has done an excellent job of recruiting for this season and next. He has stacked the cupboard for the next coach.

It amazes me that any recruit and his family come to a school with the expectation that the coach will be there for them for 5 years. I would guess that the cases where that happens must be under 20%.
 
Did anyone see the sb nation post about Bob Stitt? It intrigued me.
 
So far, Stitt is my favorite. Not a sexy hire, but he's from the midwest and knows how to win with limited resources. He's creative. And his teams HAVE A GOAL LINE PACKAGE.

When Mike Leach turns to the guy for offensive ideas, and when Stitt has a great rep among coaches at all levels for what appears to be a stellar football mind, and when he's a winner, and when he's from the upper Midwest (Nebraska), and when . . . well, on the surface he's my first choice, too (without knowing anything about him personally).
 
When Mike Leach turns to the guy for offensive ideas, and when Stitt has a great rep among coaches at all levels for what appears to be a stellar football mind, and when he's a winner, and when he's from the upper Midwest (Nebraska), and when . . . well, on the surface he's my first choice, too (without knowing anything about him personally).

Apparently this guy has a cult following. #stitthappens

They created this hashtag for him. I'm not on twitter, but I had to chuckle when I saw that.
 
I want the guy that's going to go to a traditional powerhouse program in 3-5 years because ISU had unprecedented success under his leadership. I could care less if he had any previous ties with ISU.

that's why my dream would be a big time hire with Rhoads as the DC. Win/win. Then, in 4 years, after we have turned the corner and that guy bolts to go to a USC type, we have Rhoads in the waiting to take over again.
 
More Stitt, from ESPN: (Includes video)
http://espn.go.com/ncf/story/_/id/13529396/montana-grizzlies-coach-bob-stitt-cult-favorite-coaches

MISSOULA, Montana - New Montana coach Bob Stitt has been called everything from Sasquatch to a mad scientist.

Since West Virginia coach Dana Holgorsen used Stitt's version of the fly sweep to score four touchdowns in a 70-33 rout of Clemson in the 2012 Orange Bowl -- and then gave the Division II coach credit in his postgame interview for drawing up the volleyball-like play -- Stitt has become somewhat of an Internet legend, often whispered about but never seen. . . .

"Sometimes the simplest things make a play great," Stitt said.

That's what makes his offense so unique. Stitt isn't trying to reinvent the wheel -- he's only tweaking traditional plays to make them more efficient. When other coaches see his solutions, they're often left wondering why they didn't think of it.

(Texas A&M) wanted to run a tunnel screen against man-to-man press coverage, but hadn't figured out a way to do it. Stitt told Spavital the solution was simple: Don't send the offensive linemen out to block.

"We studied two years of tape and saw how many times an offensive line actually got a block on a screen," Stitt said. "It wasn't very high. A lot of teams did not want to run screens against man [coverage] because there's a defender that's locked on the running back. If you block that guy and leave the offensive line in, it's a two-man deal. It's so simple but effective."

Texas A&M ran the tunnel screen three times for 49 yards and three first downs in its 52-28 victory at South Carolina in the 2014 opener. . . .

(A fun article to read)
 
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