Matt Campbell would turn down the Michigan job per Dennis Dodds

Submitted by BlueManJack00 on December 8th, 2020 at 3:57 PM

One of the staff members of Bucknuts.com sent out a tweet about Matt Campbell. Apparently Dennis Dodds said on XM radio that Matt Campbell would not take the Michigan job if offered. 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Dennis Dodds on ESPN CFB XM said his sources are saying Matt Campbell is not interested in Texas the two jobs he wants is Ohio State or Notre Dame. He also said Matt Campbell would not take the Michigan job.</p>&mdash; jbook™ (@jbook37) <a href="https://twitter.com/jbook37/status/1336320035002826754?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 8, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

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BlueManJack00

December 8th, 2020 at 3:58 PM ^

Dennis Dodds on ESPN CFB XM said his sources are saying Matt Campbell is not interested in Texas the two jobs he wants is Ohio State or Notre Dame. He also said Matt Campbell would not take the Michigan job.

— jbook™ (@jbook37) December 8, 2020

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December 8th, 2020 at 4:17 PM ^

So Campbell is Urban Meyer 2.0, I mean, without the national championship in his background? What a load of crap.  You don’t tether yourself to an Iowa State and say you won’t leave for Michigan or Texas or USC or Florida or LSU or any number of other great jobs, because you would rather stick with a second rate position if you can’t have ND or OSU.  

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canzior

December 8th, 2020 at 5:12 PM ^

I think he does like it there. And he's got a bunch of young kids I think and said something last year about not wanting to leave. The prevailing thought would be only a Brinks truck would make him move and even then it was questionable as he's never expressed a desire to leave and has made a number of comments over the years about how much his family loves it there. He could easily do 10-15 years there, like Ferentz and wait until Brian Kelly leaves or Day is fired for breaking a rule that allows Lincoln Riley or Campbell to step in.

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iawolve

December 8th, 2020 at 5:36 PM ^

There are two parts to this:

1) I have been to Ames, I don't think the comment of easily "doing 10-15 years there" being completely on target...  There are many, many better combinations of facilities and the associated surrounding community than ISU and Ames. It is an admittedly better city than Lincoln, so you they have that going for them.

2) Nobody has had sustained success in Ames, your shine can wear off quickly when the stars with those juco transfers and recruits you took a flier on don't align in a particular class. 

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bronxblue

December 8th, 2020 at 4:01 PM ^

Ah yes, because the one thing we know about college coaches and agents is that they are 100% up front with the media/sources about their future interests.

I'm not sure Matt Campbell will be the HC at Michigan, but if he's waiting for only OSU or ND then he's (a) likely going to be waiting for a while, and (b) might not be in a position to be considered for either of those stops when they become available.  

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MGlobules

December 8th, 2020 at 4:22 PM ^

Let's think for a minute how dumb Matt Campbell would be to tell Dennis Fricking Dodd that he's only interested in coaching OSU or ND. What kind of prima donna would want that message out there about him. Runs completely counter to the modest character so far visible to national audiences, and would be very, very inadvisable from a PR standpoint. I'm calling intergalactic bulldinky on this one, and on Dennis Fricking Dodd. 

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December 8th, 2020 at 4:43 PM ^

I don't know whether Matt Campbell actually would or would not accept the Michigan job if it were offered to him. But I know for certain he would not turn down a hypothetical offer from the 3rd highest revenue generating athletic department in the country before hearing the actual offer, and then tell Dennis Dodds, or Dennis Dodds' sources how he would respond to said hypothetical offer.

This report is pure and utter non-sense.

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BlueTimesTwo

December 8th, 2020 at 4:03 PM ^

Isn't Dodd also a massive SEC homer?  That doesn't make this necessarily false, but it does mean that it should be taken with a grain of salt.  Also, if true, then Campbell will only take a job offered by a current playoff team?  I guess if he is happy where he is, he might as well set the bar high.

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maizenbluenc

December 8th, 2020 at 5:20 PM ^

I wouldn’t if I were him. This place is toxic to coaching careers. Three in a row have been damaged. (Hoke had no business here but his career went backwards just the same.)

There is no way I take a job where I can’t work the bagmen to get five stars, have to recruit to compete with OSU each year just to win the division, and have a fan base that will sour on me the year the recruiting dip from the transition from the last guy to me has it’s biggest impact.

You’re basically fucked walking in the door.

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OfficerRabbit

December 8th, 2020 at 6:40 PM ^

I love the bagmen crutch... half of your fanbase understands what 5* recruits want... to win championships and get to the NFL. The other half resorts to bagmen and "shady recruiting" to justify why UM isn't stocking up on blue-chip talent... guess which half you're in.

Perhaps, just perhaps... recruits see "This place is toxic to coaching careers" and don't want to commit? 

 

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The Deer Hunter

December 8th, 2020 at 10:36 PM ^

Uh no, your team & fanbase were just the first in the conference to finally sell out of doing it they right way...you know, the rules and amateurism be damed and all bagmen welcome. Yeah, OSU was an early adopter of this so if you're judging our fanbase by its dilemma between going all in to being corrupt and competing on your level, and having a moral compass like the old days then go fuck yourself.  

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maizenbluenc

December 9th, 2020 at 9:21 AM ^

Perhaps I didn’t make that point clear:

once there already is a playoff juggernaut in your conference sucking up all the best recruits, the only way to get to that level of recruiting is to cheat long enough to catch up and become a juggernaut as well.

examples:

UGA
LSU

Auburn

Bama when Saban took over

OSU when Tressel took over (no one outside the state of Ohio is forgetting the cars scandal that glossed over by a shallow sham investigation - they were properly titled so must be nothing to see right?)

Clemson

Sure, if Michigan hired Saban or Urban  or Dabo, the recruits would come. Who is the proven, recent National Championship contending coach out there Michigan could / would steal away with that kind of pull?

I thought not, so the only way said second tier or up and comer coach can recruit at a high enough level to catch up is to cheat.

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maizenbluenc

December 9th, 2020 at 9:27 AM ^

Your example actually prove my points:

Saban had a recent National Championship 

And Bama recruiting was and continued to be pretty lucrative 

i.e., Saban stepped into a situation where he could succeed. Not one where the expectations were much higher than the ability to fill the gaps.

The SEC and OSU were threatened by Harbaugh, and they successfully contained him. The one sided refereeing in 2016 was the inflection point.

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Tesel

December 8th, 2020 at 4:03 PM ^

Ah yes, Schrodinger's coach. Every coaching candidate is in a superposition of "not good enough to coach at Michigan" and "too good to be interested in Michigan".

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