Gill or Paterson would be amazing. Not sure we can actually get them but they would RE-energize the Cyclone faithful.
12/15/2008-Official Head Coaching Search Thread
- Thread starter isucyfan
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There are currently no other BCS school openings. We are the best open job left in the country. I cannot get over the fact that Gill is still available after all of these job openings. The fact that ISU has a shot at him is a miracle.
CycloneErik
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Sticking with Gill!!
Would Schottenheimer want to leave the pro game? Would he want to be a college OC? Either of those questions might be worth asking.
Best outside-the-box idea so far.
Would Schottenheimer want to leave the pro game? Would he want to be a college OC? Either of those questions might be worth asking.
Best outside-the-box idea so far.
Wow! That's a huge risk! (Although I suppose he'd rather have the unhappy players gone instead of infecting the ones who stay) I really, really hope the players will hang around until the next guys is on board before deciding.
Iowa State is the closest Gill is going to get to Nebraska unless Pellini starts looking like Callihan, but so far, that's not likely to happen. I think he turned down Auburn because the atmosphere wasn't right for him, he is an outsider, and they tend to come down harder and quicker on those who don't have a southern pedigree. If he wants to make a statement to Nebbie that they chose the wrong guy, this job is definitely it.
How about Terry Bowden? I know a lot of his succes at Auburn can be attributed to great assistants (Jimbo Fisher for one), but I think the guy knows his stuff. He got a pretty raw deal at AU, mostly because he wouldn't get on the Bobby Lowder gravy train when he was there.
Any chance he would come north? Has been out of the game too long? Can he recruit to a place like Ames, IA?
They still can't transfer to Big XII schools... and would any of them WANT to go to Auburn?
Can you provide the link that says he turned down Auburn? That's one I'd like to see.
I doubt he would want to be a collge OC, but sure he wouldn't mind being a HC.
Some of these guys may have already been hired elsewhere, but I don't think so.
Larry Coker
Tommy Bowden
Terry Bowden
Lloyd Carr
Bill Snyder
Dennis Francionie
Lan Kiffin
Ty Willingham
Phil Fulmer
Larry Coker
Tommy Bowden
Terry Bowden
Lloyd Carr
Bill Snyder
Dennis Francionie
Lan Kiffin
Ty Willingham
Phil Fulmer
This is obviously a moot point now, but could we have gotten Lane Kiffin if the Tennessee job hadn't been open? Just wondering, that could have been cool.
I have to think that JP will dig up some old Big 10/Wisconsin ties that we haven't discussed here yet.
How abaout Chuck Long? That was a jole
I have to think that JP will dig up some old Big 10/Wisconsin ties that we haven't discussed here yet.
How abaout Chuck Long? That was a jole
THRILLED TO GET:
Turner Gill- Buffalo
Chris Peterson- Boise St
Tommie Tuberville- ex-Auburn
EXCITED TO GET:
Skip Holtz- East Carolina
Todd Graham- Tulsa
Bill Cubit- Western Michigan
HAPPY IF WE GET:
Steve Loney- ex-ISU
Turner Gill- Buffalo
Chris Peterson- Boise St
Tommie Tuberville- ex-Auburn
EXCITED TO GET:
Skip Holtz- East Carolina
Todd Graham- Tulsa
Bill Cubit- Western Michigan
HAPPY IF WE GET:
Steve Loney- ex-ISU
Long was about to get fired at Oklahoma as an OC before he lucked into the SDSU job that he butchered... NO WAY...
and Dennis Francionie? That guy did the same thing Chizik did at just about every school he has been to...
I don't know that for sure, but he was listed as one of the candidates numerous times. If he didn't interview, I'd say it was because he didn't want the job, because I'm sure he was ahead of Chizik on their wish list.
They didn't offer it to him. The good ol' boy network at Auburn wouldn't accept him for a number of reasons. Sad really, but it still happens...
