Who should our next HC be?

[Red Five]

Ed McCaffery, anyone?

 

 

 

 

[ColoradoHusk]

2 minutes ago, Red Five said:

Ed McCaffery, anyone?

 

 

 

 

Would Ed try to coach in Lincoln while still living in the Denver suburbs (as he did at UNC)?

[GSG]

1 minute ago, ColoradoHusk said:

Would Ed try to coach in Lincoln while still living in the Denver suburbs (as he did at UNC)?

 

That's a s#!tty commute (mostly the Greeley part ) 

[B.B. Hemingway]

5 minutes ago, ColoradoHusk said:

I hadn't thought about Mendenhall during this process, but I actually think he could be a solid hire.  He had very good years at BYU in the Mountain West, and had good years at Virginia, after they had 4 straight losing seasons under their previous coach.  Judging by his 2020 and 2021 record, Mendenhall wasn't able to maintain the good seasons during/after COVID.

Yeah, calling it awful was probably a little harsh. I’ll say underwhelming instead…. I’d also have some concern about hiring a coach that needed to step away from the Virginia job. Nebraska is a whole new level of fish bowl compared UVA.

[gossamorharpy]

4 hours ago, RedDenver said:

FIFY

 

x1000

 

Watching people meltdown over a rumor about contract negotiation for a rumored coach is peak HC search.

lol, great edit

[ColoradoHusk]

2 minutes ago, GSG said:

 

That's a s#!tty commute (mostly the Greeley part ) 

It's not terrible if you leave your windows shut! 

[ColoradoHusk]

3 minutes ago, B.B. Hemingway said:

Yeah, calling it awful was probably a little harsh. I’ll say underwhelming instead…. I’d also have some concern about hiring a coach that needed to step away from the Virginia job. Nebraska is a whole new level of fish bowl compared UVA.

I agree it would be a bit out of left field, and I have no idea why he stepped down from Virginia after last year (other than lack of success).  Other than Rhule, I haven't tried to get too excited or caught up in one name or the other during this "search", so I will just try to wait until the guy is named and go from there.

[Xmas32]

13 minutes ago, ColoradoHusk said:

I hadn't thought about Mendenhall during this process, but I actually think he could be a solid hire.  He had very good years at BYU in the Mountain West, and had good years at Virginia, after they had 4 straight losing seasons under their previous coach.  Judging by his 2020 and 2021 record, Mendenhall wasn't able to maintain the good seasons during/after COVID.

 

He also burnt out like shuttle remanents which is why he left UVA. 

[ColoradoHusk]

Just now, Xmas32 said:

 

He also burnt out like shuttle remanents which is why he left UVA. 

Thanks for more details on why he left UVa.

[Xmas32]

1 minute ago, ColoradoHusk said:

Thanks for more details on why he left UVa.

 

Didn't quite get the chance to attach this article in my original post.  He's an interesting cat but my big fear is when a guy leaves a job like UVA which by all means is a pretty cushy job by P5 standards (very manageable expectations) then what happens when he gets dropped into the cauldron here?

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/34248930/how-stepping-away-football-bringing-bronco-mendenhall-closer-game

[ColoradoHusk]

8 minutes ago, Xmas32 said:

 

Didn't quite get the chance to attach this article in my original post.  He's an interesting cat but my big fear is when a guy leaves a job like UVA which by all means is a pretty cushy job by P5 standards (very manageable expectations) then what happens when he gets dropped into the cauldron here?

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/34248930/how-stepping-away-football-bringing-bronco-mendenhall-closer-game

 

And you bring up fair concerns/fears.  Thanks for that article.  I would keep an open mind on Mendenhall, but I also think I would prefer Kleiman or Leipold, based on their experiences in the Big Ten area of the country.

[The Whale]

9 minutes ago, ColoradoHusk said:

 

And you bring up fair concerns/fears.  Thanks for that article.  I would keep an open mind on Mendenhall, but I also think I would prefer Kleiman or Leipold, based on their experiences in the Big Ten area of the country.

 

Hiring any of those three would be a MASSIVE disappointment to the majority of our fan base.

[ColoradoHusk]

Just now, The Whale said:

 

Hiring any of those three would be a MASSIVE disappointment to the majority of our fan base.

Then I would say that the majority of the fan base had too high of expectations on who NU could actually hire.

[The Whale]

Just now, ColoradoHusk said:

Then I would say that the majority of the fan base had too high of expectations on who NU could actually hire.

 

I guess we'll find out in about a week.

 

Meyer or Kiffin would be acceptable hires, and I honestly think it will be one of these two.

[ColoradoHusk]

7 minutes ago, The Whale said:

 

I guess we'll find out in about a week.

 

Meyer or Kiffin would be acceptable hires, and I honestly think it will be one of these two.

So, if it's a hire not Meyer or Kiffin, then the coach isn't acceptable?