Gary Patterson is my guess for the Houston opening.
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I could see that.
Someone threw his name out for.. New Mexico? Maybe? I can't remember.
That’s actually a good idea for Houston
Prefer NM for Gary. He’d do well at Houston, let’s keep them down.
Stockstill out after 18 years at Middle Tennessee (behind only Ferentz, Whittingham, and Gundy in longevity):
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MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – Middle Tennessee Director of Athletics Chris Massaro announced Monday that Rick Stockstill has been relieved of his duties as head coach of
That would make no sense, IMO. A guy goes from having the best situation in a conference to a tougher one - I don't see that going well for Indiana. They'd be better hiring a FCS guy or a guy whose been in a situation where its about developing gems and what not rather than having the best setup.
But I could be wrong
But I could be wrong
Brent Vigen seems like a guy that could win at Indiana. Head Coach at Montana State after being the OC at Wyoming and NDSU. Pro style system that you'd feel like he could get the right talent for there. I think Jason Eck at Idaho would do okay too but he's a really weird dude but not in a charming Mike Leach kind of way.
Saw Gruden was also linked to that opening … not sure Im buying that though.
It's not that much different than what we did. Supposedly Candle was pretty high on Michigan State's list too.
Right. Or heck, even a Chris Creighton at Eastern Michigan. Yeah, his record is not great. But he won at Drake. He's winning at Eastern Michigan and going bowling on the regular.
Yes, his overall record at Eastern Michigan is not great. But at the same time, its freaking Eastern freaking Michigan. I doubt it happens but you want to talk about a coach whose a developmental coach, is used to winning places where its really hard to win at , recruits in a similar foot print and has generally won everywhere he's gone... IDK.
Its never going to happen because his record is never going to get approved with boosters
32-9 at Ottawa
63-15 at Wabash
44-22 at Drake
52-67 at Eastern Michigan BUT outside of the first two years where they went 2-21 and then he went since then
50-46, 6 bowl games in the last 7 years , 3 bowls in a row...
at EASTERN MICHIGAN.
I'm just saying. If I was Indiana, I would not win the press conference - but I'd look at a coach like him.
Sean Lewis, former Kent State Head coach and Colorado OC... I'd look at him too as Indiana
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True but Indiana is arguably in a worst situation than Iowa State. Or comparable. I just - IDK. Campbell took over following Beckman, who under achieved, after Amstutz, whose ending was rough - so while their backgrounds are similar I'm not sure one is the same as the other.
Plus, Indiana has done this before, hired a guy who was won a lot at a smaller conference as the Big dog.
If I'm Indiana, I'm hiring a guy whose used to winning with small resources, who knows how to find gems and develop them and is used to competing against big boys without the resources. Because that's who you are at Indiana.
I'd say Candle would have made sense at Michigan State because they are similar to Toledo, or more similar to Toledo than Indiana
That makes sense.
I followed the Michigan State coaching search pretty closely on their 247 board the last couple of months. First, because I was interested in seeing if Campbell's name came up and then because it was such a ******* **** show. If I ever think we are a stupid fan base, I'll think of that fan base and realize that we are not the stupidest. They were pretty clueless---they thought that a sitting head coach was going to be named prior to the end of the season (i.e. they couldn't understand why they would have to wait for Jonathan Smith to finish off his season) and they really thought they had a shot at Urban.
I agree with a lot of this but especially the recruiting side. From a resource stand point sparty is 12th in the nation for revenue, 3 spots behind Penn State (less than 10 mil) but much higher than Oregon, Washington, USC, and UCLA. When we have played well we have been easily on par with Penn state (since they can’t win any big games) and with partial shares for the PNW schools we will be much more flush then all the PAC additions.
However recruiting has always put a hard ceiling on the program. Dantonio was able to work magic by turning 2/3 star players into first round draft picks. Once that magic dried up the cupboard was bare. That was the big reason for the Tucker love, he was bringing in top tier recruits that was supposed to close the gap. If smith can coach up players and get some wins better recruits can and will show up.
No one is expecting nattys or even big ten championships. But splitting games with Michigan (harder task now) and regularly getting 8-9 wins with the occasional run or playoff bid is realistic. Next year alone he could easily double this years win total with an easy schedule and decent coaching.
True and I speak as someone who frequents message boards.
The funniest one was the that so many of them thought they were going to hire a sitting coach during the season. That never happens anywhere.
If I were Indiana I would get Pat Fitzgerald, it’s not like anyone outside of NW in the Big 10 cares about ****** up off the field stuff.