I posted this on another thread. I'll bring it up again To that end, this is my order of candidates for replacement: 1) Dan Hawkins, Boise State head coach 2) Norm Chow, USC off. coordinator 3) Jimbo Fisher, LSU off. coordinator 4) Will Muschamp, LSU def. coordinator 5) Rich Rodriguez, West Virginia head coach Others worth looking at: Butch Davis (former Miami and Cleveland Browns HC) Bobby Petrino (Louisville HC) Tommy West (Memphis HC) Chuck Amato (North Carolina State HC) Coaches we need to stay away from: Dennis Erickson- A good college coach, but the poor fella, he really, really wants to coach in the NFL, and thinks he can do it, but he just can't. If we hire him, and he wins (which he would) he will ALWAYS be tempted by the NFL. We don't need that, especially for a coach who, while good, is not as good as Saban. Any other dyed-in-the-wool NFL guys (for same reasons above) Mike Price- It's too soon after the stripper scandal. Five more years of him winning a lot in a very obscure place (which UTEP is), and I'd take him. But believe me, after what happened at Alabama, this guy is spotlight-shy, and he wanted to get as far away from the SEC as he could get. He needs a little more time to prepare himself for his next shot at the bigtime, so he'll handle it better. Rick Neuheisal- Left Colorado tainted (I'm convinced he bears some of the blame for the "culture of rape" that was allowed to take root there). Left Washington in ruins. No thank you. Mike Riley- I'm not convinced he can be a bigtime head coach yet. Oregon State needs to get back to where they were when Erickson left before I'm sold on his ability to maintain high-level success for years on end. Hard to do at Oregon State? Sure. But really good head coaches win where winning is not easy. So that's the standard I'm holding him too.
My sources tell me it will be Brad Scott, former coach of the South Carolina Gamecocks from the early-mid 90's. Or possibly Hal Mumme, Ray Goff, Danny Ford, Joe Lee Dunn, Lou Tepper,Chan Gaily, Guy Moriss, Terry Bowden and maybe even Ron Turner. Don't forget Pete Richardson and Marino Casem! Let's hope my sources are correct.
I hope your sources... are as right as they were about Saban staying! Man, what a list of losers! I assume your post was w/ tongue firmly planted in cheek! Let me add a few more "winners" ... Lynn Amedee, Ed Zaunbrecher, Carl Smith (Saints OC under Jim Mora), George Haffner, Bum Phillips, Morris Watts, Pete Mangurian, Carl Mauck, Danny Abramowitz. :lol:
I am sorry, but anyone who puts Muschamp any where near their list, wow! Dude is a puppet that probably wouldn't even be a real good DC, must less a head coach! He would, however, make a great cheerleader on the sidelines.
Take Morris Watts off that list. That man did a fantastic job while at LSU. He gave up on DiNardo and headed North.......... He must be out of coaching these days. Last year he was at MOOOOOOOOOOOOO.U.
Dinardo's program hit the toilet once Morris Watts and our Defensive coordinator left and went to Texas,(forgot his name). Yeah, Great list Crawfish! :lol:
