Bill O’Brien Leading Candidate For Boston College HC Job
Where things currently stand:
— Kevin J. Stone (@kstone06) February 2, 2024
There is no question BC has zeroed in on O’Brien as the main target. Interest is mutual. Still plenty of things to work out, but moving towards this becoming a reality from everything I’m told. @newftbj @AdamKurkjian @BCEagleAction
Current word around college football is that Bill is the most likely candidate.
February 4th, 2024 at 9:47 AM ^
Makes sense on many levels. Also, eff OSU.
February 4th, 2024 at 10:16 AM ^
We WANT him at OSU. No???
February 4th, 2024 at 10:43 AM ^
I want as much upheaval as possible at OSU, and also don't want Julian Sayin at OSU.
February 4th, 2024 at 11:39 AM ^
For those unaware… Bill O’ Brien’s son has a rare genetic/neurologic condition - So being near by a top-notch pediatric care center is a priority to him.
While Nationwide Children’s in Columbus is regularly recognized as a top-10 pediatric hospital - Boston’s Children is in the top-3, and the O’Briens likely already have pre-established care and relationships there from BoB’s multiple stints with the Patriots. It wouldn’t surprise me that Ryan Day is facilitating the BC move for BoB given that Day is still well-connected with Boston College.
February 4th, 2024 at 2:37 PM ^
Best wishes for his son regardless of where BOb coaches.
February 4th, 2024 at 9:47 AM ^
Damn. Loved the thought of him at Ohio
February 4th, 2024 at 11:05 AM ^
I was really hoping this image would make it to the board after finding out it was an actual screenshot from SNL last night
February 4th, 2024 at 9:53 AM ^
Not to worry. O$U NIL Coach's Collective will pony up to keep the offensive genius that "THE" Bill O'Brien is in Columbass.
February 4th, 2024 at 10:18 AM ^
Guy spent something like 8 seasons coaching under Saban and Bellicheck and didn't win a single championship.
February 4th, 2024 at 10:18 AM ^
Or they might go after Kliff Kingshury who also just withdrew his name from the Raiders OC position. Interesting timing… I also read that Chip Kelly really wants out of UCLA, bad enough to consider OC jobs in college as well as NFL. Day played for Kelly, and they coached together. My money says OSU goes after one of them.
February 4th, 2024 at 10:38 AM ^
Fine by me. Chip Kelly is yesterday’s news.
February 4th, 2024 at 10:40 AM ^
There was a time when UM playing against a Chip Kelly or Kliff Kingsbury offense would have scared the bananas out of me. That time has passed and I would welcome their offense in Columbus. It would feel like more of the same, methinks.
February 4th, 2024 at 10:47 AM ^
No way Chip Kelly leaves a HC job at UCLA to be an OC in college. [Halfley] leaving BC to be the DC for GB is weird enough.
How did KK and CK fall so far?
February 4th, 2024 at 10:54 AM ^
It's not that weird. From what I've seen BC is his only college coaching stint.
February 4th, 2024 at 12:07 PM ^
For Hafley? He’s spent more of his career in college than the NFL.
February 4th, 2024 at 11:30 AM ^
It’s not that weird. A lot of coaches are coming to the realization that NIL is going to make coaching the college game that much harder because you’re having to constantly re-recruit your roster every year. Maybe he just doesn’t want to deal with that and would rather have the stability the NFL offers. You largely know who your players are on a year to year basis. Everyone’s on a contract.
Also, BC is probably the least attractive job, football wise, in the ACC. When the GoR deal runs out, they’re going to be one of the schools that has nowhere to go. They’re not going to be competing for championships, likely ever, so any players they do have who end up coming to BC and punching above their weight are going to inevitably get poached by a Texas, Alabama, OSU, Georgia or Clemson the following year, and then BC is essentially starting all over again.
BC is just not a place that offers much of a ceiling for its football program. I imagine Hadley wanted to get out while he still could, because BC is a less attractive job with each passing year.
February 5th, 2024 at 11:05 AM ^
It is a beautiful campus where you can take the T into Boston. Not a great coaching advancement type gig where you are competing for championships, but it has other benefits.
February 4th, 2024 at 11:09 AM ^
Kingsbury getting an NFL HC gig is one of the greatest head scratchers of all time.
February 4th, 2024 at 12:08 PM ^
The fact that he pulled that job immediately after being fired from a college head coaching job and briefly taking the USC OC job is still mind boggling to this day
February 4th, 2024 at 12:53 PM ^
It was pretty much all because Mahomes blew up the league in 2018 so some NFL teams were like "let's see if his college coach can turn our QB into a prodigy too"
February 4th, 2024 at 11:09 AM ^
He would have to be bought on. I doubt OSU will spend millions on a buyout for an OC.
Kingsbury is negotiating to be the Commanders OC.
February 4th, 2024 at 10:14 AM ^
O'Brien had to be a partial reason that Julian Sayin committed to OSU. He was recruiting him to Bama before going back to NE in 2023. Don't commit solely for a coach or money kids.
February 4th, 2024 at 10:59 AM ^
If you're going to commit for a coach or money, make sure it's for the latter.
February 4th, 2024 at 10:15 AM ^
O’Brien to BC would be fantastic.. in so many ways.
Go Eagles..
February 4th, 2024 at 10:43 AM ^
One more loss to Michigan and Ryan Day will wind up as O’Brien’s OC at BC.
February 4th, 2024 at 10:32 AM ^
I think this is bad news for us. O’Brien was certainly going to draw up a bad game plan for the Michigan game. There is a chance they hire someone with a higher football IQ than O’Brien. They may figure out how to run it on 3rd and 2 or not run a jet sweep on 4th and 2.
February 4th, 2024 at 10:52 AM ^
I think Ryan Day will continue to design all gameplans. He has some heat on him and he's not going to put his future in someone else's hands in his area of expertise. OSU's OC will most likely collaborate with Day and may call plays with Day's approval.
February 4th, 2024 at 7:01 PM ^
If Ryan Day hires an alpha dude as his OC and then doesn't let him...you know...be an OC, there are going to be some problems on that coaching staff. I don't think that dynamic would sit well with Bill O'Brien.
February 4th, 2024 at 12:33 PM ^
They may figure out how to run it on 3rd and 2 or not run a jet sweep on 4th and 2.
They don't run it between the tackles on those downs because they suck at it, not because they can't figure out how to call the play.
February 4th, 2024 at 10:47 AM ^
Maybe he'll hire Ryan Day as his OC next year
edit: Ahhh was beat to it. Well played.
February 4th, 2024 at 10:58 AM ^
We know this about the Buckeyes in '24.
They've pushed all their chips into the center of the table. They'll start a new QB. They've spend more on NIL than they could have ever imagined. They brought in a new OC - and it's possible they'll have a "new, new OC" in the near future.
A lot of focus seemingly on everything except the OL. Which, is a formula I really like.
Enjoy your popcorn.
February 4th, 2024 at 11:14 AM ^
Their center can snap the ball over them mountains... or under them.
February 4th, 2024 at 11:15 AM ^
It's like putting a fart can exhaust and cold air intake on a Honda Accord then thinking you made it race car.
February 4th, 2024 at 4:03 PM ^
Dude they are going to spend more on NIL every year go forward. thinking this is a 1 year thing is so asinine. They were buying HS players pre NIL. Now they will buy both.
This whole narrative that this is the only year OSU is pushing their chips into the table is so lame. They will do this yearly.
Meanwhile Warde doesnt believe in transactions.
February 4th, 2024 at 6:59 PM ^
I believe the Buckeyes had a brown bag program that rivaled the SEC “giants”. Meyer figured it out at Florida and brought it to Columbus with him. And, before that - Tressel would rig the “random swag drawings” at summer camps so the prospects he wanted wound up winning - which really just took advantage of kids who saved their lawn mowing money in hopes of a truly random draw.
It seemed like two years ago that Day told boosters he needed an additional $13M just to keep the team they’d assembled in Columbus.
I’m not naive - the Buckeyes pay players to visit - it seems Gene mentioned that at a presser. And, their new AD - from A&M - where brown bagging and NIL aren’t “a thing” - they’re a way of life. They brought him in to get the NIL program into overdrive. The only question is - what will the donors think if they come up short this season - especially on November 30th. That we’ll won’t run dry soon - but - the big money donors might start asking - “What are we getting for this? It’s time for a change.”
The Buckeyes will do everything possible to buy a team and a championship - part of the reason I’m so grateful for the last three wins over them - and the NC.
February 4th, 2024 at 11:04 AM ^
This would be a good pick up for BC. O’Brien is a Boston guy, and he’ll be inheriting a promising QB and a good RB. They’ll have a decent chance of beating MSU next season.
February 4th, 2024 at 11:08 AM ^
I would laugh my ass off.
February 4th, 2024 at 11:51 AM ^
OSU's offense is an amalgamation of mismatched parts. Ohio has recruit long lanky downfield wideouts that want to run verticals and go up and high point the ball. So naturally they go into the portal and take a QB with a noodle for an arm who wants to dink and dunk. The names sound good but conceptually the parts don't fit. How hard will those 5* wrs block for their run game when they aren't getting the ball past 5 yrds downfield? Not sure what O'Brien or anybody else is gunna do about it.
February 4th, 2024 at 11:51 AM ^
That would be a great hire. He was only a college head coach for 2 years and he made the most it, given the dreadful circumstances. The NCAA granted immediate transfers to any PSU player. I remember when that dbag Tim Beckman at Illinois sent assistants to State College to recruit players leaving practice to coax them into transferring to Illinois. Despite all that, nearly everyone stayed, which speaks highly of O'Brien's team culture.
Add to that his highly relevant regional ties and his experience as an OC and developing Bryce Young into a Heisman winner. Great hire if BC can seal the deal.
February 4th, 2024 at 12:19 PM ^
BOB did an amazing job at PSU after all of the chaos that COULD have happened. Loss of scholarships, no bowls for 4 years (later rescinded), tarnished reputation for covering up Sandusky, etc.
Like a good coach, he let Brady Hoke crap the bed in that dreadful 4OT loss. Good old Al Borges and 27 carries for 27 yards to Fitz.
Funny thing is Beckman got canned for cause for abusive behavior at Illinois and has been out of football for 10 years now.
February 4th, 2024 at 12:10 PM ^
Makes a lot of sense for BOB and BC to get married.
BC is a lesser program in a 2nd tier conference. They need a hire that brings some interest. BOB can recruit pretty well.
BOB needs a HC job - has to bug him to be a 2nd fiddle after two HC gigs.
Any change right now for Ohio is a good thing - disrupt their momentum.
February 4th, 2024 at 4:04 PM ^
yeah they are in complete disarray
when asked what was the toughest game last year with a team loaded with seniors and juniors, UM fans said OSU.
February 4th, 2024 at 9:10 PM ^
On paper. Every year. Till the end of time it will be like this.
February 4th, 2024 at 3:56 PM ^
He got the #1 QB nation to commit to osu so he did his job. day dont care past that. OSU NIL is laughing.
February 4th, 2024 at 4:12 PM ^
Lmao what a short tenure at OSU
February 4th, 2024 at 10:45 PM ^
F ohio
February 5th, 2024 at 9:01 AM ^
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February 5th, 2024 at 2:01 PM ^
And they will likely get a better candidate.