Who should our next HC be?

[Ulty]

Again, why does it bother you?  Do you think that if he takes the job, he's not going to care enough and do a bad job because of it? 

Yeah, that's pretty much the only thing...the hunger. But coaches at that level are certainly a different breed. 

I mean, my work is meaningful and I like what I do. If I didn't have to do it, I might still be willing to help out do some work here and there for free. But I wouldn't commit to 14 hour days in a fishbowl over the long haul. Maybe that's why I'm not a football coach.

 

[Born N Bled Red]

I say we put Leipold and Arnada on a team and then Mickey and Campbell on another team for best two out of 3 beer pong.  The winning team faces off in a sack race. Whoever wins the sack race meets Urban Meyer in an undisclosed location for 10 rounds of bare knuckle Battleship to win the opportunity to maybe become head coach of Nebraska (after a committee possibly forms to maybe discuss it)

I see it playing out a little different. Round robin all the way around for the right to turn the job down. Guy who loses the most must accept the gig. If Meyer's the oldest, we might get him by default that way, maybe beer pong didn't exist back in his day, we could also make it electronic battleship, the youngins might get a two ship head start as Meyer figures out how to make the electronics work.   :LOLtartar

 

[Mavric]

I will be disappointed though if we find out Kiffin didn't come due to $ issues

Also rumors are swirling that Stoops may be leaving Kentucky and is eyeballing Iowa (his alma mater) should they fire Ferentz

I thought there was no way Stoops was leaving Kentucky.   :dunno

 

[Guy Chamberlin]

Does anyone remember the Bo Pelini contract at Youngstown State?  IIRC he signed well below going rate (under $300K?), preventing Nebraska from recouping more of its loss, but also helping out the lower-budget program that was nice enough to hire him. Essentially he got paid the larger number either way. I think.

I also remember talk about some kind of threshold: you could come up with a lowball number for your new salary, but if you went really in-your-face lowball some kind of legal oversight kicked in. 

 

[desertshox]

Yeah, that's pretty much the only thing...the hunger. But coaches at that level are certainly a different breed. 

I mean, my work is meaningful and I like what I do. If I didn't have to do it, I might still be willing to help out do some work here and there for free. But I wouldn't commit to 14 hour days in a fishbowl over the long haul. Maybe that's why I'm not a football coach.

He won't be working for free. The school that hires him will pay x amount then Carolina will be paying him 10 mil - x for the first 4 years.

 

[BIG ERN]

I thought there was no way Stoops was leaving Kentucky.   :dunno

There is a 0% chance that Ferentz is fired. 

 

[The Scarlet Pimpernel]

Of the names I've seen mentioned over the past 2 days, my personal preference would be...

1. Lane Kiffin

2. Chris Petersen

3. Dave Aranda

4. Matt Rhule

5. Gary Patterson

6. Jeff Monken 

 

[The Scarlet Pimpernel]

I thought there was no way Stoops was leaving Kentucky.   :dunno

I just knew you wouldn't be able to resist making a snarky comment. He's not leaving to come here. Iowa's his alma mater... but I'm sure you already knew that.

There is a 0% chance that Ferentz is fired. 

If he loses to us, he might... and I didn't necessarily mean this season.

 

[desertshox]

I just knew you wouldn't be able to resist making a snarky comment. He's not leaving to come here.

Horton says "say what you mean and mean what you say".

 

[The Scarlet Pimpernel]

Horton says "say what you mean and mean what you say".

 And I say, "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind."

 

[Mavric]

Does anyone remember the Bo Pelini contract at Youngstown State?  IIRC he signed well below going rate (under $300K?), preventing Nebraska from recouping more of its loss, but also helping out the lower-budget program that was nice enough to hire him. Essentially he got paid the larger number either way. I think.

I also remember talk about some kind of threshold: you could come up with a lowball number for your new salary, but if you went really in-your-face lowball some kind of legal oversight kicked in. 

I'd have to look for the exact number but I believe you are correct.  They definitely didn't have to pay him much.  I think you are correct that it was under $300k.

 

[desertshox]

 And I say, "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind."

Sadly none of us matter in this situation. But if you don't wish to have your words used against you, take Hortons advice.

 

[Born N Bled Red]

Assuming it's Joe Brady https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Brady_(American_football_coach)

Nah... .its that homeless dude. Heard he's going to crash in Riley's old suite at the Cornhusker. 

 

[BigRedBuster]

I'd have to look for the exact number but I believe you are correct.  They definitely didn't have to pay him much.  I think you are correct that it was under $300k.

Maybe Ruhle would allow us to do this so we could go spend 2.5 million per coordinator.

 

[307husker]

Maybe Ruhle would allow us to do this so we could go spend 2.5 million per coordinator.

If you wanted to "shock the world" this would be a way to do it.  

We're in the sad state where we've been bad enough for long enough that it would seem like a miracle for a coach to bring us back to prominence.