Swazi

December 14th, 2013 at 7:32 PM ^

BKFinest it.

 

GERG will coach the bowl, crush Oregon, and become the permanent HC at Texas.

 

He will then proceed to talk about the Little Engine That Could in the midst of cratering a once mighty program.

LSAClassOf2000

December 14th, 2013 at 7:32 PM ^

NBC is running with this as well - (LINK)

According to their story, Brown will coach the bowl game, but if this is not a false alarm, then Texas is in a very interesting position, to say the least. According to another tweet, he supposedly has already talked to the team about it. 

itself

December 14th, 2013 at 7:32 PM ^

Chip Brown tweeted this piece earlier today from Rivals' OrangeBlood page adding a bit of context to the whole Mack Brown retained/Saban extension situation that broke last night. Not sure how relevant the piece is now but some of the insight it provides is interesting. If Brown had stayed it seems like itd have been an impossible situation.

LINK

http://texas.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1587416

Swazi

December 14th, 2013 at 7:43 PM ^

He at one point said there was zero sources for aTm gonig to the SEC.  Said it was never gonna happen.  He also said it was a done deal that West Virginia was joining the SEC, and that ND was going to join the Big 12 in all sports except football.

BluByYou

December 14th, 2013 at 8:51 PM ^

better.  What has Dantonio done over the last few years, but for this year and no connection with the South.  He's also a prick and would not schmooze with the alums.

Tagg

December 15th, 2013 at 12:16 AM ^

"Over the last few years" (Since 2010) Dantonio has led MSU to 3; 11 win seasons and won 2 Conference titles. While he doesn't have any recruiting ties to the Texas region with the right coaches that can be solved and UT and is still a draw for kids in Texas. 

As for the prick comments, I don't think that it matter really because unless you have been to an MSU fundraiser you really don't know what he is like with boosters. 

Maybe I'm being bitchy but I'm just tired of the "well he's a jerk" comments as a means to discredit the accompishments of others. If your team wins you don't care if the other coach is a "prick" because being a loser is a lot worse than being a jerk.  

Reader71

December 15th, 2013 at 3:23 AM ^

D'Antonio really is a prick. I know the man. Maybe prick is too strong; he's not a bad guy, he's just amongst the least "cool" people you could ever meet. He is cold and boring and always about business.

I don't really know how any high school kid could want to play for him. I have a feeling he gets a lot of overlooked kids who are mad at not getting attention from bigger programs, and they gravitate towards his negativity and underdog role. Hell of a coach. Good guy. Prickish attitude.

BluByYou

December 15th, 2013 at 10:18 AM ^

the last five years is not a great record, albeit with less than great talent.  I'm not saying he is a bad coach.  I respect what he has done at MSU and expect he would do well most places.  He would be a bad fit at Texas given his personality and lack of connection with the HS coaches.  You could question why then would Texas want Saban, a similar personality to Dantonio, but Texas and Alabama are two different worlds and I'm not so sure Saban would be a good fit at Texas either, but he would be successful just because he has proven himself to be a great coach and attracts great talent, two things Dantonio does not have, at least not yet. 

MichiganFootball

December 14th, 2013 at 7:48 PM ^

I think they would be more like to get Dantanio than Narduzzi (with Narduzzi then taking over MSU). More likely Dantonio is in for a big raise as he doesn't get paid much now and I can't imagine he would be leave as long as MSU takes care of him like they should.



People will also float Jon Gruden but he's not coming. Neither is Jim Harbaugh. Art Briles is probably out too with his recent extension. I don't think David Shaw will leave except for an NFL job.



More realistic options include James Franklin, Charlie Strong, Hugh Freeze, Jimbo Fisher, Jim Mora Jr., Todd Graham, Mike Gundy, and Dabo Swinney.



Also Gus Mahlzan but I think he got a recent extension too.



Swazi

December 14th, 2013 at 8:20 PM ^

Jimbo isn't leaving FSU.  Just not happening.

 

Mora just signed a long extension at UCLA.  Malzahn just signed a long extension at Auburn.  Saban just signed a long extension at Alabama.

 

Jim Harbaugh surprisingly has dodged the question at pressers when he's asked.  He never just bluntly says "I'm staying with the 49ers, not even talking to Texs".

 

Of the names you've listed, I could see Gundy or Strong.  The others are either 1. Texas wouldn't be interested or 2. They wouldn't be interested in Texas.

ghost

December 14th, 2013 at 8:29 PM ^

The extensions guys like Malzahan, Sumlin, etc signed almost certainly won't be able to stop Texas if they come calling if that coach is interested.  Those extensions were signed in part for PR reasons and for recruiting.  They likely have nothing in them that prevents the coach from leaving.