Leave our OC alone UNM
@TomDienhart Tom DienhartSome early names I hear for New Mexico: Bob Bostad; Sonny Dykes; Mike Leach; Noel Mazzone; Jim McElwain; Ed Warinner; Al Borges.
September 27th, 2011 at 5:01 PM ^
It's Dienhart. Who cares?
New Mexico would be crazy to hire anyone but Leach if he wants the job.
September 27th, 2011 at 5:05 PM ^
Job is Al's if he wants it. Al's updated resume has a referral from Fred Jackson on it
September 27th, 2011 at 5:10 PM ^
"Only The Brave Coach At UNM...Also Those On Probation"
They just need their own Nevin Shapiro and they are in business.
September 27th, 2011 at 5:40 PM ^
They should hire his father. That guy makes me want to run through a wall.
September 27th, 2011 at 6:51 PM ^
The situation with the UNM football program is beyond bad. It requires a younger guy who is willing to make peanuts relatively speaking. In other words a coach starting at the very bottom of the food chain of FCS ball with a lot of ambition.
My take? UNM should dump its football program and develop one of the best soccer programs in the country. That may be doable. Football? As I said in a recent post, at times friends ask me to go to games and I tell them that I've already been to high school once in my life.
September 27th, 2011 at 7:08 PM ^
No program is so bad that a great coach can't turn it around. The challenge is just to find that coach. UNM needs to find a rising young assistant and hope he turns into a Meyer or Stoops.
September 27th, 2011 at 7:16 PM ^
Sure, but it may well take three years to get to three wins, depending on how bad the recruiting was. Any coach who can pull that off would be better off waiting for a better job in the first place.
Florida International is a good example of a horrific program that's been turned around.
September 27th, 2011 at 9:45 PM ^
I understand that Rita likes the sun, and that Rich is available . . . .
September 27th, 2011 at 7:28 PM ^
I got posted in the wrong spot.
September 28th, 2011 at 7:56 PM ^
No thank you! Too darn hot.
September 28th, 2011 at 8:15 PM ^
Down the line and not anytime in the immediate future, the ideal replacement for Borges whenever he decides he wants to move on seems like it would be Scott Loeffler (once he gets more seasoning and success over at Temple). And if Loeffler had success as Michigan offensive coordinator it would set him up to succeed Brady Hoke whenever he decided to retire (of course Loeffler might get a head coaching job by then).