CC: The U's Coaching Job is Mark Richt's if he wants it
They are also interviewing Butch Davis, Greg Schiano and Dan Mullen according to ESPN.
http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/14267144/dan-mullen-mark…
Other beatwriters have Mullen and Richt at the top.
Honestly, I don't think they can go wrong with either Davis or Richt.
December 1st, 2015 at 3:41 PM ^
Mark Richt is indeed in Miami today and was with Blake in the early afternoon. More than one person thinks the job is his if he wants it.
— Susan Miller Degnan (@smillerdegnan) December 1, 2015
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December 1st, 2015 at 5:51 PM ^
Mark Richt, a world-class human being and excellent football coach at a program known for a loose application of discipline could either be the best thing that happened to that place since Howard Schnellenberger or a complete train wreck... either way I supposed I'm interested to see what happens.
December 1st, 2015 at 9:23 PM ^
If he gets/takes the job, I hope he can instill values and elimiate the thug factor.
December 1st, 2015 at 11:13 PM ^
of a certain segment of fans for two decades now. Meanwhile, they were killing people over drug deals in Gainesville, and doing women very dirty in Tallahassee. Payoffs for big hits have since been established as a thing at many schools, and the scholastic oversight issues extended to women's golf and cross-country, where no one is crying thug.
Just. . . always nice if we can fashion our perceptions around reality rather than what's being muttered by the fratboys. Miami is actually a tiny private school with a lot of wealthy. . . fratboys, and more highly rated academically than FSU, to take one example.
December 1st, 2015 at 3:43 PM ^
Schiano is in the top group of 4.
Source: Schiano agent
December 1st, 2015 at 5:20 PM ^
some guy posing on mgoblog as Coach Schiano said it.
December 1st, 2015 at 3:43 PM ^
As a Miami fan who lives down here in sunny sfla. I for one welcome Richt.
December 1st, 2015 at 3:57 PM ^
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Also 20x more humid... way too humid.
December 1st, 2015 at 4:38 PM ^
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That's why we run so fast. We need to feel a breeze to cool off with all of the heat and humidity.
December 1st, 2015 at 8:20 PM ^
And that was a surprise to you? Weather channel anyone? Internet?
December 1st, 2015 at 4:00 PM ^
I still think Mario Cristobal or Butch Davis would be a better choice, but Richt would be solid. I think the U would probably get bored with him in five years, though.
My choice, if they consider Cristobal to not be ready, would be to have Davis with Cristobal as an "assistant head coach" and tacit "coach in waiting." Davis could reinstate the "State of Miami" in recruiting and Cristobal could easily manage it with no drop in recruiting quailty when the transition is made.
December 1st, 2015 at 4:38 PM ^
Butch Davis hasn't coached since he was fired in 2011 for the major academic fraud scandal at UNC. Given Miami's reputation...sure, why not.
December 1st, 2015 at 4:40 PM ^
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Butch has left a trail of blatant rule violations at virtually every single stop. How can he possibly be considered for any job, much less a high level college coach, after he brought UNC as close to the edge as possible? I'm a UNC alum and followed them closely until Butch embarassed us all, only now, slowly, starting to root for UNC again. The guy is a swindler, crook, whatever term you want to use. College football is inherently a pretty dirty business, but he's second to none when it comes to cheating and impropriety.
December 1st, 2015 at 3:45 PM ^
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December 1st, 2015 at 3:53 PM ^
Mullen needs to get out of Mississipi now while he can before he turns into the next Schiano
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December 1st, 2015 at 4:31 PM ^
He's my top choice for the Virginia job. Virginia is actually a higher ceiling job than Miss State with better facilities and better access to good recruiting regions and a much easier conference division. It's not like the cupboard is bare either. Mike London recruited very well and next years team is loaded with upperclassman including a senior qb. There is even a promising 3/4 star QB recruit in Corwin Cutler. London was basically Hoke in his solid recruiting but terrible player development and coaching ability. They can pay him..they already paid London 3.2 million/year.
December 1st, 2015 at 3:46 PM ^
Butch Davis is 64 years old and per his wiki page has not been a coach since 2010 - I dont see why Miami would go that route.
Richt is the easy home run hire due to him playing there and Lloyd Carr (minus NC) type success. I guess with Mullen you think maybe he might be a higher ceiling lower floor than Richt but that's a risk as he hasn't shown the ceiling with MSU but obviously that's a ridiculously hard division to showcase that.
December 1st, 2015 at 4:07 PM ^
If I were a Miami fan, I would be really "meh" about a Richt hire. Sure, he will probably have a floor of 7 to 8 wins. But his ceiling may not be much higher than that either. Plus he has been an HC for a long time now; how much real will to do what it takes to win at all does a guy like that have left?
December 1st, 2015 at 4:31 PM ^
Does he just need a kick in the ass to get fired up again (which the Georgia firing might do) or did he max out as a coach?
He started off super hot at Georgia: 8-4, 13-1, 11-3, 10-2, 10-3, 9-4, 11-2 with 2 SEC titles and 5 Top 10 finishes.
December 1st, 2015 at 7:24 PM ^
Miami needs to spend more time worrying about getting 9 win seasons and less time worrying about who can take them back to the title contention
December 1st, 2015 at 7:24 PM ^
Miami needs to spend more time worrying about getting 9 win seasons and less time worrying about who can take them back to the title contention
December 1st, 2015 at 7:24 PM ^
Miami needs to spend more time worrying about getting 9 win seasons and less time worrying about who can take them back to the title contention
December 1st, 2015 at 3:46 PM ^
Probably not the best thing for M and recruiting in NJ but great for Rutgers.
December 1st, 2015 at 3:47 PM ^
Obviously he's an alum, but he doesn't seem to fit Miami's MO of freewheeling, bad boys, do-some-blow-and-win-some-games style. Maybe that's a good thing in their minds, but it's hard to picture Miami being run by a hard-nosed, by-the-book disciplinarian like Richt seems to be.
December 1st, 2015 at 3:48 PM ^
Richt strikes you as a hardnosed, disciplinarian? I thought that was Schiano...
Richt strikes me as the easy-going uncle, hence why the UGA coaching staff had problems with Pruitt being Harbaugh-lite down there rubbing everyone the wrong way.
December 1st, 2015 at 4:06 PM ^
wiping blow off their noses while he leads the prayer circle at halftime.
Seems like an odd fit to me.
December 1st, 2015 at 4:17 PM ^
You get coke off your nose by dipping your fingers in your cocktail and wiping them on your nose. Duh. Didn't you ever see Scarface???
December 1st, 2015 at 4:39 PM ^
to know that.
December 1st, 2015 at 4:19 PM ^
My recollection is that Jesus was comfortable hanging around with Mary Magdalene. So maybe Richt would see rubbing elbows with the Miami crowd as an evangelical opportunity.
Kidding aside, I think that Richt would be able to instill a culture of discipline in that program. I tried really hard to dislike him at first (b/c of the Bowden pedigree I assumed he was a fraud vis-a-vis his values), but I've come to believe he is sincere in his beliefs. I also don't recall too many Bulldog problem-cases while he was in Athens.
I wish the best for Richt.
December 1st, 2015 at 4:42 PM ^
you really don't hear about Georgia players having a ton of problems. Richt seemed to run a decently tight ship at Georgia. He just lost 2-4 games every season. He did win the SEC twice, for what that is worth. He should have an easier time of things at Miami.
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Richt hasn't won SEC titles, but he's at least put up 9 and 10 win seasons with regularity over 15 years and has recruited well to keep the program stocked with talent. Coker inherited probably the most talented roster in college football, and five years later was fired with a 7-6 record and a depleted roster.
December 1st, 2015 at 3:51 PM ^
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December 1st, 2015 at 3:53 PM ^
I have to wonder whether Bo Pelini has just dropped off of everyone's radar. Granted, he was only 5-6 at Youngstown State (still can't believe he went there!!!), but if he had stayed out of coaching for 1 year, he would have been a candidate for one of these open jobs, maybe not at the U, but at least at Maryland.
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December 1st, 2015 at 4:58 PM ^
YSU also has a strong football tradition.
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Nobody is anybody's Harbaugh. Let's get that straight
December 1st, 2015 at 4:16 PM ^
But anybody is nobody's Harbaugh.
December 1st, 2015 at 4:45 PM ^
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