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TonkaSker

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  1. He's not making a ton of money at SFA although he's winning a ton of games. It would be a hard pull but I could see them easily tripling his salary.
  2. Yeah fair point, just a lot of G5 texas jobs opening up this offseason. There's gonna be a sweepstakes for Carthel and outside of that Eric Morris is the first that came to mind. Could see Fuente taking a job of that stature. Maybe coach applewhite honestly?? They're gonna go at Morris pretty hard. He's a great candidate for any Texas G5.
  3. T - The task of replacing Mickey with a full-time recruiter of his caliber is a tall task. As a HC he's limited on how much recruiting he can do off-campus.
  4. Here's my projection of all the HC changes this offseason Arizona St - Josh Gattis, Miami OC Auburn - Kevin Steele, Miami DC Nebraska - Matt Rhule, Carolina HC Wisconsin - Jim Leonhard, Interim Indiana - Sean Lewis, Kent State HC Colorado - Tony Alford, OSU AHC Louisville - Jeff Brohm, Purdue HC Purdue - Ryan Walters, UIUC DC Georgia Tech - Brent Key, Interim North Texas - Eric Morris - Wazzu OC South Florida - HCSF (not kidding. I bet he has more than one offer on this list. Texas St, NT, and Charlotte Message Boards all want him) Navy - Brent Davis, Army OC West Virginia - Jamey Chadwell, Coastal HC Coastal Carolina - Willy Korn, Coastal OC Texas State - Colby Carthel, Stephen F. Austin HC Charlotte - Scott Satterfield, Louisville HC Bowling Green - Barry Lunney, UIUC OC Stanford - Mike Bloomgren, Rice HC Rice - A kid playing Xbox Kent State - A kid playing Xbox but not making money doing it
  5. Don't get this logic. Why does this need to be in house first? Give me the guy with fresh philosophies, with experience evaluating scheme and skill on both sides of the ball and a track record of setting and achieving organizational objectives over years, not weeks. And why should we settle for the closest guy to the situation? This team just lost a 10,000lb backpack they were playing with week-in and week-out. They would have played better no matter who the interim was. Credit to Mickey, the guy is highly respected for a reason, but I'd rather he be where his skills are maximized, which is teaching WR's, building the relationships necessary to keep kids out of the portal, and recruiting in-home, which HC's have limitations on per NCAA rules.
  6. The reporting and circumstances say that Riley wasn't available when they fired Clay but became available after they'd started their search. It's been reported that they offered Aranda and Fickell but it's understood that Riley's agent approached the USC search team midway or toward the end of their process. There wasn't a list he was third on, perse
  7. Oh my god you're actually right, two comments in his history
  8. Not a very inspiring hire. Reminds me of bringing in Houston Nutt
  9. I can defend the Chryst firing. The big ten west has about two more years until we go to a 3-6 scheduling scenario with nine games and three locked opponents, which is far more likely with the conference's geography in 2024 and beyond. PC was good for beating Iowa and Minnesota but not for being OSU, Michigan, USC, and Penn State regularly. Best to start the rebuild now and be in a good position to compete than later after the conference is more competitive and the top two teams play in Indy (or los angeles). Of all the teams in the B10 West, Wisconsin has the most to lose 'after the merge' (survivor reference). Their brand of football dominates the West, but they have a hard time recruiting skill position players, have pretty tough academic requirements relatively speaking, and have to compete with the Packers for revenue. They can't really expand facilities and Camp Randall needs a facelift. Practice facilities are some of the worst in the P5 and Madison isn't exactly set up for new construction. They don't even have a 100-yard practice field. Nebraska, on the other hand, has all these things going for it with room to grow. I don't see Michigan or Penn State being more competitive after merge, I see Iowa having an absolute shytshow to deal with in the near future with their administration and staff, and Michigan State is locked into a bad contract with a coach who's juggling knives with his roster. USC looks fine for the long term, but they'll probably drop one every year in November when they have to play Illinois or Purdue in freezing temps. The way I see it, the Chryst firing is just confirmation that Nebraska is in a good spot. The narrative that came out after the frost firing about the 10-year plan for the big ten has schools like wisconsin and iowa afraid to wait. I don't think timing could be worse for them and better for us.
  10. Maybe so, but Nebraska didn't have Jim Leonhard. Pretty similar to us turning to Bo in 2003, but if Bo were a better coaching prospect and taking calls from every other P5 job opening.
  11. Curious why? The sample size of his scheme against actual P5 defenses is one game against a BYU team that got four days notice. I really want to buy in to the guy but I can't get around that fact. Hope they get a NY6 berth and get to take on OK State etc cause I'd love to see it.
  12. Rossi is a fantastic coach. He does a lot of offseason clinic work for high school coaches in the twin cities and I've sat in on a handful of his sessions. Amazing teacher and will be an excellent HC. Ryan Walters, Rossi, and Leonhard are all going to be great head coaches soon, but they're all still pretty green as far as those organizational skills go. I'd say Leonhard would be able to step into the Nebraska job or any other P5 job and really excel, but Rossi and Walters will probably go the MAC/FCS route prior.. I do disagree that we need to get a coordinator. Should be plenty of HCs wanting to be on solid footing in their conferences.
  13. Good perspective. I live around a lot of badger fans too and it seems almost unanimous but fans are fans. I've also caught a few radio clips that confirm it's a sentiment out there.
  14. That's how it's been reported. It's obviously not fact but the story is that Fickell had the job if he wanted it and Lincoln's agent approached them pretty late in the process.
  15. Doesn't make sense to me that he'd turn down USC and come to Nebraska. Guy won't leave Ohio to coach Not really true anymore now that everyone caught up to the air raid. Go look at last year's scoring defenses, there are 4 Big 12 teams in the top 25 and 5 big 10. Jim Knowles was hired at OSU out of Oklahoma St and they've immediately improved. There's almost zero difference between the two leagues aside from a consistency in pro-zone/off-tackle offensive scheme (Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan) and one conference has a team that's good enough to make a playoff and get waxed by Georgia/Alabama more consistently than the other. To say one is tougher isn't based in any facts.
  16. Not for you, but a lot of people seem to think Lane is chomping at the bit to come 'home'
  17. Not necessarily a rumor but it's definitely getting play locally in Madison and nationally. Something I see coming to a head in the next 14 months. If UW moved on from Chryst it's pretty safe to say their next coach is either Leipold or Leonhard, unless the way they go about it makes the program toxic. Both guys have clear ties to the state and wisconsin fans love em. Would have some huge ramifications in the current coaching carousel and beyond. They obviously have huge potential but PC isn't going to elevate them.
  18. Seems like a win/win/lose: - Big schools (Nebraska) win because they can let the market work in their favor and allow the market to set caps - Big athletes (Malachi Coleman, Casey Thompson, insert recruit or player) win because their earnings are now tied to brand and school - Little schools (ULM, Buffalo) and Little athletes (4* that redshirted, walk-on, even WR3/RB2, e.g.) find themselves on shaky ground since licensing deals are driven by the athlete's brand. Couple interesting questions: - Can the players establish licensing deals for other mediums? NCAA '23, broadcasts (??), tweets with images, etc. I'm just thinking merch because that's the easiest way to experiment. - How would these licensing deals impact the coaching compensation market? Hard to imagine that as soon as the floodgates open for this that football coaches will still be able to command their massive portion of the athletics salary. Hard to see them sticking around and taking paycuts without a mass exodus for the NFL. Not my opinion, just taking the thought experiment through.
  19. 1. Aranda 2. Stoops 3. Leonhard 4. DeBoer 5. Leipold 6. PJ Fleck 7. Jeff Monken 8. Matt Campbell 9. Howard Schellenberger Urban Meyer 10. Jeff Traylor Argue about something else!!
  20. This is like the third time you’ve said this. Say it one more time and maybe it becomes true
  21. Urban is sleazy like your brother-in-law. Art Briles is sleazy like you see on a netflix documentary
  22. Yeah I recall there being some smoke that he was linked to LSU but the USC stuff shocked everyone
  23. Correct, firms just offer cover. Facilitating hotel conference rooms, private jets, scheduling and structuring evaluation and interview questions in some cases. The only interesting things about this one are that they have the playbook on poaching from a blue blood and they have Luke Fickell's cell. Not much else.
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