CC: This Week's Update
So, I'm a lot more interested in David Shaw, Jimbo Fisher, Dan Mullen, Hugh Freeze, Art Briles, Brian Kelly, Nick Saban, Mark Dantonio, Steve Sarkesian, Bob Stoops, Mark Helfrich, Mark Richt, David Cutcliffe, Ruffin McNeil, Jeff Gundy, David Cutcliffe, Al Golden, Steve Addazio, Dabo Swinney, Dana Holgerson, Paul Rhoads, Mike Anderson, Kirk Ferentz, and Jerry Kill.
Think we can get any of them?
October 12th, 2014 at 5:15 PM ^
October 12th, 2014 at 5:25 PM ^
October 12th, 2014 at 5:37 PM ^
Iowa fans should stop complaining about Ferentz. The guy's won over 110 games at a school in the middle of a bunch of cornfields. Yeah, he's boring and conservative and blah blah blah, but they are much more likely to get a downgrade in their next hire than an upgrade.
October 12th, 2014 at 6:33 PM ^
You act like Iowa had no success before Ferentz. Hayden Fry is one of the best to ever do it.
October 12th, 2014 at 7:06 PM ^
Before Fry they were another Indiana. Their last two coaching hires have worked fantastically but that doesn't mean Iowa is automatically going to win. With no real recruiting base they could easily fall apart.
October 12th, 2014 at 7:40 PM ^
"Before Fry" is like saying "Before Schembechler". Not really relevant.
Michigan was great in the early twentieth century but so was Minnesota. The teams with the most history today were good in the mid to late twentieth century. Iowa isn't Michigan but I doubt they will ever be Illinois or Indiana.
October 12th, 2014 at 7:55 PM ^
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October 12th, 2014 at 8:52 PM ^
they have no recruiting base. They could just become Iowa State's clone in a heartbeat
October 13th, 2014 at 12:59 AM ^
Bump Elliot who turned Iowa around. He came in as the new AD in '70 and upgraded the facilities. Bump hired Fry! Bump at IA is equivalent to our Canham at Michigan.
October 12th, 2014 at 6:55 PM ^
October 12th, 2014 at 10:57 PM ^
But you're really not being fair to Fry. Prior to Fry's first year in 1979, Iowa had gone through 17 non-winning seasons. He took them to the Rose Bowl in 1981. He took them to 3 Rose Bowls, which is more than they'd been to in their entire history up to that point.
(Ferentz would have gone to a Rose Bowl in 2002 if the Rose Bowl hadn't been the BCS championship game that year.)
October 12th, 2014 at 5:15 PM ^
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October 12th, 2014 at 5:17 PM ^
What about Mike DeBord?
October 12th, 2014 at 5:24 PM ^
I was going to neg you and then I remembered this was a joke.
Still, if Mike DeBord ever got hired as our head coach I may have to just dunk my head in ice cold water 50 times to ensure I'm not having some kind of waking nightmare.
October 12th, 2014 at 5:31 PM ^
He's not the head coach of a team that won yesterday.
October 12th, 2014 at 5:22 PM ^
I like David Shaw as a person but I think he would not work out here.
October 12th, 2014 at 6:01 PM ^
Why is that, Brutus?
October 12th, 2014 at 7:51 PM ^
He just seems like he is succeeding on the program that Harbaugh built. I don't know that he could keep that going if he went somewhere else.
October 12th, 2014 at 6:11 PM ^
I don't know how feasible Shaw is, but I'd like our head coach to make a run at his defensive coordinator (Lance Anderson). Stanford hasn't given up more than 28 points in a game in two years, despite playing in the most offense-friendly conference. Anderson's in his first year (replacing Derek Mason, who is now Vanderbilt's HC) but he's schooled in their system and is carrying the torch now. Stanford's giving up 10 points per game.
October 12th, 2014 at 6:32 PM ^
I really like his demeanor and approach. Seems pretty level-headed throughout games. He also seems a little too conservative in my opinion.
October 12th, 2014 at 5:39 PM ^
is now a king.
IMHO, there is no way he leaves to come to the shit show DB ceated.
October 12th, 2014 at 5:50 PM ^
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October 12th, 2014 at 6:15 PM ^
October 12th, 2014 at 6:47 PM ^
We haven't been ranked #1 since 1997...and Mississippi State has. Let that sink in.
October 12th, 2014 at 7:13 PM ^
October 12th, 2014 at 7:19 PM ^
Also Nick Saban only had one good year at Michigan State. Why the hell did LSU hire him?
October 12th, 2014 at 7:57 PM ^
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October 12th, 2014 at 7:47 PM ^
It's Mississippi State. He has the #1 team at Mississippi State. That is really hard to do.
Since I was born, Miss St. has had 9 or more wins TWICE. Dan Mullen has 1 of them (and barring a collapse, he'll have another this year).
A 60% career win percentage is different at Miss St than it is at a powerhouse. Considering his resources and recruiting, it's quite impressive what he's done.
October 13th, 2014 at 7:46 AM ^
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October 12th, 2014 at 5:33 PM ^
October 12th, 2014 at 5:43 PM ^
If not for the health issues, I'd want him. He's a great coach for Minnesota - if he can keep the seizures under control.
October 12th, 2014 at 7:10 PM ^
Every place he has been, I think he would be a good hire. That being said, why would he leave Minnesota? It is the perfect place for him and his demeaner. Plus he looks like the Mascot. It would be like a southern gentleman coaching old miss. Or a gay guy coaching at Michigan State. (Attempted Airplane! referance, not funny if you have to explain it but I don't want to look like a hugh homophobe)
October 12th, 2014 at 5:38 PM ^
This may be the wrong thread to post this but Dennis Franklin really didn't impress me at all last night. In fact, I think he is overrated.
October 12th, 2014 at 6:12 PM ^
October 12th, 2014 at 6:39 PM ^
He meant Ben. Dude dropped out of elementary school and was a known philanderer.
October 12th, 2014 at 6:55 PM ^
Lolz I should downvote myself for that one.
October 12th, 2014 at 7:11 PM ^
The PSU fans around me didn't seem too encouraged by Franklin's game management and playcalling. They seem to think he's just a recruiter.
October 12th, 2014 at 8:01 PM ^
the Lion's drafted him. The Lion's curse. I put the blame on gettiing hosed of a Rose Bowl visit after the 1973 Ohio State game ended in a tie. Still a great Michigan man and a guy I will always admire.
October 12th, 2014 at 5:39 PM ^
October 12th, 2014 at 5:42 PM ^
David Cutcliffe, but not David Cutcliffe.
October 12th, 2014 at 5:45 PM ^
I stand by my statement.
October 12th, 2014 at 11:05 PM ^
I clicked on the twitter link in your signature. "Sorry, that page doesn't exist."
Do you really stand by your statement?
October 12th, 2014 at 5:53 PM ^
Jimbo Fischer and Nick Saban are definitley not leaving to come to Michigan. If Michigan can't get Les Miles or one of the Harbaugh brothers I would go down to the state of Mississippi and offer Dan Mullen and Hugh Freeze the job and the first one to accept the offer gets the job. Also Freeze is making $3 million a year only, michigan can easily double that
October 12th, 2014 at 7:34 PM ^
If you believe the scuttlebutt, Ole Miss in 2-4 years is going to be in a world of sanctions. Either that or Hugh Freeze is the best recruiter in the modern age. If that dude was clean I think he would be talked about a lot more as a top candidate for other jobs - he is curiously quiet as opposed to Mullen. He turned around Ole Miss much faster and his recruiting has been far better than Mullen.
October 13th, 2014 at 7:52 AM ^
October 12th, 2014 at 6:03 PM ^
I managed to get as far as Steve Addazio and then began to wonder - as is customary - if Mark Richt had lost control of this list. The funny thing is, a fair number of these names have actually not come up in CC threads and I am impressed by that frankly.
October 12th, 2014 at 7:37 PM ^
Mark Richt is a funny candidate for a fan base that largely wanted Lloyd Carr gone. He develops a lot of NFL players, seems to have dignity, but Georgia is often the bridesmaid and has a lot of 3-4 loss seasons.
Also why the hell does he leave a program with as storied of a tradition as Georgia in the right side of the SEC (not the hell side) at a place he enjoys to go fix a tire fire. For any reason other than "money".
Richt is basically Lloyd Carr south - not that there is anything wrong with that but he is not at Vanderbilt. He is at a prime time program - again a lot of institutional arrogance to say we should be stealing coaches from Georgia. Even if we were humming along with 3-4 loss seasons ourselves.
October 12th, 2014 at 6:12 PM ^
October 12th, 2014 at 6:25 PM ^
He's friends with Rich Rodriquez.