OT: A Tradition Unlike Any Other - Bruce Feldman Knows Greg Schiano's Agent, Guys
With Oregon's Hire of Willie Taggart, a yearly tradition has come to pass: Bruce Feldman insinuating Greg Schiano is a candidate for a job (in this case, Oregon) that he never seemed to be in serious consideration for. We all saw this year's tweet:
Another name to keep an eye on for the #Oregon HC vacancy I'm told is #OhioState DC Greg Schiano. Will have more in my story in a few min.
— Bruce Feldman (@BruceFeldmanCFB) November 30, 2016
Previous years' gems included Schiano being a candidate for such jobs as:
South Carolina - http://www.thestate.com/sports/college/university-of-south-carolina/usc-football/article47808365.html
And I'm sure I'm missing a bunch more. This has become something of a frequent occurrance. Which begs the question, what kind of photos of Bruce Feldman does Schiano possess?
December 7th, 2016 at 5:37 PM ^
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In 2006, he was basically hired before backing out.
December 7th, 2016 at 6:45 PM ^
December 7th, 2016 at 6:20 PM ^
In 2006, he was basically hired before backing out.
December 7th, 2016 at 6:36 PM ^
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December 7th, 2016 at 5:40 PM ^
John Gruden
December 7th, 2016 at 5:40 PM ^
I hope Schiano stays at OSU. Rumors have been circulating that if he leaves, Charlie Strong would take the DC there and wait it out til he could land another P5 head coaching job.
His defenses under Meyer at Florida were terrifying.
December 7th, 2016 at 5:42 PM ^
His and Greg Mattison's defenses at Florida were terrifying.
December 7th, 2016 at 5:48 PM ^
Solid point. I forgot they were Co-DCs. If anything, maybe Charlie's time at Texas proved that Mattison was the brains behind the operation.
December 7th, 2016 at 5:57 PM ^
Maybe Strong isn't the greatest HC, but Texas was also a bad situation--akin to RR being here. Not that RR is the greatest HC either, but you get my point.
December 7th, 2016 at 7:14 PM ^
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Once GMatt arrived, Strong was promoted to Assoc. HC and split the DC duties with Mattison.
Before Strong got to Florida, he had some pretty impressive defenses at South Carolina which was unheard of at the time.
I have no idea what the hell happened at Texas.
December 7th, 2016 at 5:44 PM ^
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Fickell seems to be the candidate getting the most buzz for Cincy so it may not matter.
December 7th, 2016 at 7:11 PM ^
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December 7th, 2016 at 9:50 PM ^
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Charlie Strong isn't taking a co-DC job, are you kidding me? He's going to take that Texas money and sit a year if he has to.
December 7th, 2016 at 9:46 PM ^
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December 7th, 2016 at 6:00 PM ^
He was first to report Taggart was a name to watch at Oregon, in stark contrast to a certain writer who has a history with this site.
@FootballScoop given @BruceFeldmanCFB 's rep, maybe you should have more delicately reported what "sources" said. Hurts your credibility. pic.twitter.com/c9bsZ9U5oF
— Brian McL (@BrianMcL13) December 7, 2016
December 7th, 2016 at 7:00 PM ^
"Accurately reflects your credibility"
December 7th, 2016 at 6:10 PM ^
Schiano knew...that piece of shit.
December 7th, 2016 at 7:26 PM ^
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have Jimmy Sexton as his agent?
December 7th, 2016 at 7:35 PM ^
Wait so Bruce Feldman IS greg Schianos agent! It's brilliant.
December 7th, 2016 at 8:53 PM ^
"Begs the question" police:
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They both lost out on their Big 12 expansion dreams. Outbidding what WMU is supposed to offer Fleck seems nuts to me.
December 7th, 2016 at 11:01 PM ^
iirc, Tommy Tubberville was already in the $3.5 million range.
If the AAC (and MWC) want to sell themselves as being the middle class, so to speak, of college football, they need to pay like it.
December 8th, 2016 at 12:06 PM ^
With bonuses, he was getting $2.2 million. I think there's a ceiling for what they should pay. $3.5 million and up is more than a lot of Power 5 jobs pays and very close to most of the ones above them. There isn't much return unless they can move up to a Power 5 conference. Maybe Cincinnati and Houston will hire with that possibility still in mind.
December 8th, 2016 at 12:21 AM ^
I can't speak to the other rumored jobs you allude to, but it has been confirmed that Oregon interviewed Schiano, so it's disingenuous just to fit your narrative to suggest that that was all smoke and he was not a serious candidate. In fact there were only two confirmed interviews at all, Schiano and Taggart.
December 8th, 2016 at 7:00 AM ^
Especially when Bruce is one of the most reputable reporters in CFB.
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which is very good at the college level, and his recent job opportunities. He spent two years out of coaching, now one season as co-DC at OSU. That's not a bad job, but it pays about half of what an SEC DC gets. Something doesn't quite add up. Maybe he's terrible at interviews. I would have expected him to have gotten some HC offers for 2015 and 2016.