On Finebaum they are talking about Muschamp taking over for Brown ala Jimbo/Bowden at Florida State. True?
Well that's a new one on me, but I'm not well connected like Finebaum. :shock: But I am suprised, for a couple of reasons the most important is that Will has never been a head coach before, and like Notre Dame, Texas is no place to learn on the job. Also Mack is in excellent health, seems to still have the passion for the game, he actually doesn't have to work all that hard at recruiting. Unlike Charlie Weis who has to work coast to coast, Mack rarely leaves the Austin area, his assistants do the leg work and after signing day each year he has a Jr. Day and that's when he starts giving out offers, you have to come to Austin to get an offer from Mack, and as all have noted over the years Longhorns fill up the class faster than any school around. Terry
Wow! That's a heck of a salary for an assistant, no matter what he will be later. I guess all those dentists, and lawyers don't mind covering a little extra for a guy that hasn't ever had the top job.
Well I'm very suprised. I know he's very popular in Austin and with Texas fans but I'm just suprised that they would go with an a guy with no head coaching experience. I know that FSU has that deal with Jumbo Fisher, but he's been around a whole lot longer than Muschamp. Purdue made a similar deal with their current heir apparent and I could see that as being just fine, the spotlight doesn't shine as bright in West Lafayette as it does in Austin. I wonder what happens if his defenses in the next couple of years don't satisfy the fans, can they renig on the deal? I assume they can, but I wonder if he's got them to put in some protection against that financially if they want out of the deal. Terry
In the light of the conversations over on NDNation, regarding the "proper" way to conduct a coach search ....this is interesting. Already Swarbrick has come under criticism for things he said and done, and many are saying that he's just another lackey for those who aren't comfortable with ND football going balls to the wall to be successful.
This whole thing is very strange. Will is getting a big raise and will make plenty of money. There is of course risk on both sides. Say he took the Clemson job, and maybe gets a salary of 1M/yr and is successful there and gets raises, say he's there the entire 8 years that Brown says he'll coach at Texas. He'll get more raises, and he'll gain valuable experience as a HC. When Brown retires he can come back to Texas if he wants. But he could also fail and be out in 3 years, and that failure would preclude him getting the Texas job. So taking the job now sort of takes that risk out of it. Texas of course assumes some risk, because what if his defenses never are great, what if he's not a great recruiter, what if by the time Brown retires they wish they could hire some other young gun who has head coaching experience and has proven himself. Very odd.
So here's the opinion of one guy who has ties to Steve Spurrier and Mike Leach - played for Spurrier and coached for Spurrier and Leach. Also, his family has ties to Clemson, father's a big booster: * Talked to Spurrier and he's not retiring * Talked to Leach and Leach is interested in the Tennessee job. His opinion is if Leach coaches TTU to a win on saturday, Leach will get the UT job. Otherwise, it's between Leach, Kiffen, and Brian Kelly ... but I didn't hear the discussion for this list. * Bobby Johnson is a top candidate for Clemson. * Hinkel has interest in the Washington job and if he leaves Missouri, they go after Jim Leavitt who played and coach at Missouri.
Can you live with a head coach who dispenses relationship advice and does weather reports? I'm not knocking the guy BTW... I just know how stuffy and conservative the folks in these parts are... And that just ain't Coach Pirate.
Corey, I'm right with you. The guy is a long way off center! BUT... winning can make just about any relationship work. . I would be interested to see how long it would take Leach to implement his system at UT. They have access to a lot of great players, but he'd still have to find QB's that can run his system. And of course, he'd have to teach the SEC refs to overlook holding when his wrestling team... er I mean OL have the opposing DL's in head locks! :?
WRT the system Leach is running at TTU ... and some of the other pass-happy offenses in the Big-12 .... heard some folks assert that many of the short passing plays have o-linemen blocking 3-5 yards downfield when the ball is passed to a receiver who's also beyond the line of scrimmage. They hold the opinion that such would be flagged as "ineligible man downfield" in many conferences. :?:
Gaterz, It is something that gets lost in the action of the play. If you watch a lot of Ninja football, their pass plays are 2 and 3 yard dumps... then the WR cuts back against the grain bringing chasing tacklers into rushing blockers coming the other way...and those are just the 'downfield' passes. They run an absolute ton of screens... and plays that look like screens but are really 'illegal' plays that they get away with. Sort of like Spurrier and the 'rub'... Darth Visor is the Jedi leader of the pick play, but you almost never saw Florida get called for it....or SCAR for that matter.
Thanks. Wonder if an officiating crew in the BCS+1 game will call those plays differently ..... than (non) called by the Big 12 crews. Of course, if UF is fortunate enough to get into that game, I'm concerned UF will get flagged for the "offensive pass interference" that UF WRs seem to "get away with" in the SEC. Hey ... I see that Dennis Dodd at CBS is "calling" ... Cincy's Brian Kelly to U of Tennessee.
Seriously guys, you need to really pay attention to the OU/Tech game. Not so much for the illegal screens (I will watch for that) but for the ridiculous holding that Tech gets away with. Leach's original system has the ball leaving the QB's hand in 2 seconds or less. Now watch Harrell. He will sit back and look over the field 2 or three times without worry. Is it because Tech has an OL consisting of 5 top blue-chip players? No... it's because they drag down any defender that even thinks about breaking through. :shock:
Will do, Scott. On the coaching changes ... here's what the previously mentioned radio sports guy posted, today: He still thinks UTenn will be Leach or Kiffen and that TT stays at Auburn.