Rich Rod is the leading candidate for the University of Arizona job according to multiple twitter sources. Nothing concrete but very interesting. There was talk that ASU would consider him if Erikson left.
EDIT: confirmed by Bruce Feldmen. Apparently they will be announcing within the next 48 hours.
EDIT: It's official. The University of Arizona has hired Rich Rod as their next head coach. Goodluck to him.
Imminent
Twitter just blew up saying
Twitter just blew up saying expect him to be hired there in the next 48 hours.
As long as
As long as 'Arizona Man' isn't a thing, it's probably a good fit.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arizona_Wildcats#Traditions
To: RichRod. Pls study 4 ur own good. TIA.
And hire the best DC you can...
and let him run the D
it isn't
Most people in Arizona are originally from somewhere else, and even the ones who were born there don't give a rip about "outsiders". The most popular U of A coach of all time was Lute Olson, who came from Iowa. I think RR would be a good fit there, and transition issues should be minimal as QB Nick Foles (a west coast type who would not fit in a spread and shred) is a senior.
Congrats to RR and I wish him
Congrats to RR and I wish him well at ARI if that is indeed his landing spot.
-Those who stay will be champions-
I wish RR
well. With the right staff, I can see him being successful at Arizona.
Much better than Tulane...
RR could succeed in AZ. He should get full cooperation, and I would imagine he has figured out that he should delegate his defense to someone who can do the job. There is plenty of talent out there, and Oregon proved that a school can build a decent program in a short amount of time if enough resources are spend toward that end.
There are some nice Juco programs on the west coast, and AZ will probably let him recruit a few Juco transfers to get started.
would probably do well with
would probably do well with the weaker defenses in the pac twelve
903 wins most in college football
Weaker defenses?
Tell that to every Michigan team that had to play USC.
he can bring greg robinson
he can bring greg robinson along with him. those pac-12 defenses can suck it up together.
Good for him
I will look forward to seeing how he does out there
This might sound arrogant, and if it is, it is. We’re Michigan.
If Arizona Is In His Future...
I wish him luck. He actually could make the Pac-12 interesting with the right staff.
"Funny isn't it, how naughty dentists always make that one fatal mistake."
Follow the random tweets of a Michigan alum - http://twitter.com/#!/LorneEC3
I wonder if he's going to
I wonder if he's going to have to go toe to toe with Meyer for staff, if the coaching world either a) will wait and see what OSU does or b) RR doesn't put a staff in place until hiring season anyway.
Go Blue!
Interesting Thought
If Meyer went to OSU, it suddenly becomes an in-demand gig again since I presume that would happen only in a scenario where NCAA sanctions were deemed workable by Meyer, and of course, if he actually wanted the job. I would imagine that he could put together a staff that would quickly eliminate Walrusball anyway....
If RR goes to Arizona, my guess is that he would probably informally try to assemble a staff fairlyquickly, but perhaps we wouldn't hear much until early next year.
"Funny isn't it, how naughty dentists always make that one fatal mistake."
Follow the random tweets of a Michigan alum - http://twitter.com/#!/LorneEC3
It gets even more interesting
It gets even more interesting when you think they have similar desires from an x's and o's standpoint, even if their actual play on the field looks pretty different. With Magee and Co. settled at Pitt, and Meyer's old guys...wherever they went to, they might both be interviewing a fair amount of people without much (or any) prior connection.
Go Blue!
True...
Can you imagine a mix-and-match of their respective WV and Florida staffs (representatives of both on each staff)? That would make for some intriguing teams....
"Funny isn't it, how naughty dentists always make that one fatal mistake."
Follow the random tweets of a Michigan alum - http://twitter.com/#!/LorneEC3
Feldman just tweeted that
Feldman just tweeted that Rich Rod would be hiring a lot of former staff members from WV and Michigan.
I hope he's smart enough to
I hope he's smart enough to only take the offensive assistants from Michigan and Casteel from WV.
Do Pitt credits
transfer to Arizona?
I hope it's true, and wish him all the luck in the world.
I look forward to playing
I look forward to playing Arizona in the Rose Bowl year after year.
Tenim un nom el sap tothom. Barca, Barca, BAAARCA!
how is this flamebait? I
how is this flamebait? I want him to succeed and I think he will... as I think we will as well.
Tenim un nom el sap tothom. Barca, Barca, BAAARCA!
Probably
because everyone keeps saying the same thing in every single RR thread.
Can he have Casteel for his own sanity?
Can he have Casteel for his own sanity? Seriously, is Casteel available to join RichRod? I've lost track of the WVA coaching situation.
lots of rumors about
lots of rumors about Holgerson wanting his own guy in there for defense, would not be surprised at all to see Casteel and RichRod Reunite.
Tenim un nom el sap tothom. Barca, Barca, BAAARCA!
He shouldn't be that
He shouldn't be that dependent on one assistant. He's got to let the fixation on the 3-3-5 go, and let his DC run whatever he wants.
What he needs
What he needs is a good DC. And a good AD.
He needs a good DC and the
He needs a good DC and the willingness to let that DC run his own defense. In 2008 he had the first (Shafer), but not the second.
I'm curious to see where he'll go from here. Will he try to reunite his old WVU staff? He seems very loyal to them, but it might be better for him to go in a new direction (especially regarding the secondary).
Isn't Shafer a 4-3 guy?
Isn't that what we ran for the better part of the season till the Purdue game?
I believe so, but Shaffer
didn't hire his own staff, they were all former WVU dudes.
"They're stuck with that quarterback (sophomore Braxton Miller) for the next two or three years, that's fine with me. He throws worse than (Tim) Tebow. - Steve Everitt
We ran a 4-3 but it was not
We ran a 4-3 but it was not really Shafer's defense. He's big on bump-and-run coverage and sending pressure from lots of different places. We didn't do much of either.
true
it was more of a whiff-and-stumble defense.
Better assistants
What he really needs are better defensive position coaches. for all the grief VERY rightly takes, the positional fundamentals and understanding were as much of a problem as the overall scheme.
stupid autocorrect
VERY should obviously be GERG
Hoping
his life lessons at Michigan help him reach his potential. Who knows, he may still get the chance to take a team to the Rose Bowl.
Brady Hoke - High quality recruits one or two at a time.
I'm sure he and his
I'm sure he and his non-traditional brand of football will work well out there with all those alternative styles. Recruiting academics shouldn't be an issue now as well. Also, low expectations from a primarily.... (basketball I guess) school, where football is probably less important than the pre- and post- games for most students.
NO Music, Concerts, Ads, "Playing Dress-Up", Night Games, 3:30 Games, Neutral Site Games, And No MASCOTS
Low expectations is dead-on.
Low expectations is dead-on. Football in all of Arizona is dead and fans are apathetic about U of A and ASU outside of the Territorial Cup game. The ASU gig will open up also by the end of the year if not sooner, Dennis Erickson is toast. He'll have time to get his stuff together, although I recommend he beat ASU fairly regularly - which U of A has managed to do the last two years even with awful teams.
The swag is back.
ASU beat U of A last year....
ASU beat U of A last year....
It's the same old story. Boy finds girl, boy loses girl, girl finds boy, boy forgets girl, boy remembers girl, girls dies in a tragic blimp accident over the Orange Bowl on New Year's Day.
Oh, right - the Zendejas
Oh, right - the Zendejas kicking fiasco, missing the XP that would have won the game and a field goal in OT. On that note, U of A's kicking woes should make RR feel at home!
The swag is back.
I was at that game. Great
I was at that game. Great finish for my Sun Devils. Both missed XPs were more because of the defense.
It's the same old story. Boy finds girl, boy loses girl, girl finds boy, boy forgets girl, boy remembers girl, girls dies in a tragic blimp accident over the Orange Bowl on New Year's Day.
There is no defense that can
There is no defense that can block a proper extra point attempt. It takes a low kick, bad snap, or combination of factors that the offense has complete control of. The Devils were extremely lucky to win that game last year and in hindsight, maybe they wish they hadn't - Erickson may be gone and the program would be further along in its recovery.
This from an entirely neutral observer, M grad with no affiliation to either UofA or ASU, who lives in the valley.
The swag is back.
Both blocked, neither missed.
Both blocked, neither missed. It was a miracle finish but the defense definitely had something to do with it.
It's the same old story. Boy finds girl, boy loses girl, girl finds boy, boy forgets girl, boy remembers girl, girls dies in a tragic blimp accident over the Orange Bowl on New Year's Day.
I'm not sure if low
I'm not sure if low expectations would be a good thing. It's clear that RR needs a strong DC to succeed, but if UA doesn't expect much from its football program, will it be willing to pay market value for a good DC?
Good for him (no sarcasm)
Offensive Desert Swarm to come?
For my privacy, my new username is "non-Oriental non-Andrew"
I think he's got to be more
I think he's got to be more concerned about Defensive Desert Shield at this point.
Go Blue!
As an ASU grad
I hope these reports are false.
or
I hope he brings Greg.
It's the same old story. Boy finds girl, boy loses girl, girl finds boy, boy forgets girl, boy remembers girl, girls dies in a tragic blimp accident over the Orange Bowl on New Year's Day.
I hope he gets it right this time
He knows how not to go about things this time around, that's for sure.
Love to see him re-establish himself as a premier coach.
He got it right here
He took over a lousy team, won three games, then five, then seven. He said we were about to be really good this year with everybody coming back. Everyone said he was full of shit, that he had done a lousy job recruiting, that attrition was going to screw us over, that his players were too small to even compete in the Big Ten, that he didn't recruit defensive players, etc., etc.
Lo and behold here we are sitting at 9-2, could quite easily be 11-0, and people still act like he drove our program into the ground. And next year we still bring back our record setting QB, a 1,000 yard rusher, a versatile 3rd down back, a stud fullback, four starters on the offensive line, two starting wideouts (plus hopefully Stonum), and 8 starters on defense (plus guys like Campbell, Cam Gordon, Beyer, Hawthorne), all of whome (save for Stonum) committed and/or signed to play for Rich Rodriguez.
He built a fantastic team while everybody bitched and moaned, then told every one of them to stay even after the school and the fans treated him like shit. Maybe things would have gone differently this year if he'd stayed but the folks who assumed the worst about every other aspect of the job he did don't really have a leg to stand on at this point. The least we can do is say "Thank you" for where we're at today (in position to have our best season in over a decade with a win Saturday and another in early January).
It is spelled HOKEAMANIA. Our coach is an ass-kicking American citizen, not one of the Beatles, for Christ's sake!
If you listened to my friends
It's all hoke and Mattison. Not that the youngest defense in the country got a year older (and yes having a real dc allowed to work his one scheme is important). RRs biggest failing was firing Schafer and not allowing him to hire his own assistants)
He only got the job because he's a Michigan Man not because he was the best. Is that what Michigan is all about? You do the best, you get the job. This MM meme is crap.
Expected to be announced as coach in the next 48 hours per Bruce Feldman