^^Who in the hell wouldn't be happy with Kirby Smart?

11/26/2012 12:44:37 PM

Let me change that to I want Kirby Smart

11/26/2012 12:48:14 PM

Norv Turner. Phillip Rivers has been preparing him for this gig for years.

11/26/2012 12:51:44 PM

I hear Butch Davis is available

11/26/2012 1:37:34 PM

what all former football coaches are currently employed as analysts at ESPN? Corso and Holtz are obviously too old, but who are the "Mark Gottfried's of football"

11/26/2012 1:40:32 PM

^dan hawkins

11/26/2012 1:42:05 PM

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"what all former football coaches are currently employed as analysts at ESPN? Corso and Holtz are obviously too old, but who are the "Mark Gottfried's of football""

Mike Hogewood

11/26/2012 1:42:46 PM

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"Corso and Holtz are obviously too old"

Not so fast, my friend

11/26/2012 1:43:37 PM

I'm ok with this

11/26/2012 1:44:25 PM

what's up with some people thinking losing coaches from lower conferences is a good idea? Skip Holtz? Sheesh

11/26/2012 1:49:28 PM

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" what all former football coaches are currently employed as analysts at ESPN? Corso and Holtz are obviously too old, but who are the "Mark Gottfried's of football""

Pretty sure Tennessee fans got the jump on this unrealistic fantasy.

11/26/2012 1:58:45 PM

~first of all, please don't flame me for dreaming~

Bill Cowher is an analyst who, like Gottfried, may prefer to get back into coaching.
He lives in NC.
He played for NC state.
He is not too old.
He attended the UVa game, and witnessed a team with no motivation: a coaching failure.
Pretty sure his daughter is a freshmen here.
It is not so entirely ridiculous that it hasn't been mentioned in the sports press for over a decade.
Would Yow really have let go of someone like TOB before the bowl game if she didn't already have a better replacement in her sights.

~also, please don't flame me for dreaming~

11/26/2012 2:04:29 PM

there it is!

11/26/2012 2:06:54 PM

Bill Cowher? Never heard of him.

11/26/2012 2:08:57 PM

it's a dream, nothing more

1) We can't afford Cowher

2) He has no interest in coaching college football (he's openly stated this)

3) He'd be committing career suicide

I'd love to see it happen but it just isn't going to happen.

11/26/2012 2:09:35 PM

Rex Ryan DC?

11/26/2012 2:09:47 PM

LOL

11/26/2012 2:10:06 PM

Fireman Ed for head coach?

11/26/2012 2:11:49 PM

Rivers for President 2012

11/26/2012 2:12:02 PM

I think a realistic option would be James Franklin currently at Vandy. He is a young, up-and -coming coach that has the Maryland connection with Yow. State could do FAR worse.

11/26/2012 2:18:25 PM

^Never heard of him

11/26/2012 2:19:37 PM

Ron Cherry for NCSU HC.

11/26/2012 2:20:49 PM

^he was offered. gave yow the business.

11/26/2012 2:24:56 PM

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"Would Yow really have let go of someone like TOB before the bowl game if she didn't already have a better replacement in her sights."

The answer to this question is an obvious "yes." There is no reason to lose over a month of potential coach searching time waiting around until after a bowl game. Like Yow said in her presser, there are a lot of jobs open now and more to come in the near future. Why miss out on potential candidates that may be snapped up by other schools while you sit on your hands waiting for a lame duck coach to play a bowl game.

No, it's not the "nice" thing to do, but that's the unfortunate reality of high-revenue college sports nowadays. It's the same reason why Carolina fired Bunting mid-season, so they could get a jump on their coaching search and beat other schools to the punch Butch.

11/26/2012 2:24:59 PM

I've been surprised at how many people seem to be questioning the timing of this. It makes the most sense to openly start the search now.

11/26/2012 2:29:31 PM

^

This is about advancing a football program; not being "nice" to mediocre football coaches.

11/26/2012 2:31:29 PM

This is what HD thinks:

http://espn.go.com/blog/ncfnation/post/_/id/72436/coaching-candidates-for-nc-state

11/26/2012 2:33:48 PM

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"Bill Cowher is not interested in coaching alma mater North Carolina State"

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2680354

maybe he's changed his mind though!

11/26/2012 2:37:32 PM

BUT THAT WAS S LIKE 6 YEARS AGO, MAN!

11/26/2012 2:38:58 PM

^^ six years is long enough to change your mind

[Edited on November 26, 2012 at 2:43 PM. Reason : you're so 2000 and late]

11/26/2012 2:42:13 PM

^^^None of those makes me particularly excited.

11/26/2012 2:43:20 PM

What makes anyone think DY wants Cowher? She wants someone that can recruit. I know Cowher is a big name and can coach his ass off, but can he recruit worth a damn. And the argument of "Oh his name will bring people" or "He just has to show the Super Bowl ring" are reasonable. She wants a recruiter who is involved in the process through out, and not someone like O'Brien who comes in and closes and relies on his staff. I completely foresee that is what Cowher would do. Even if Cowher wants the job, I don't think DY would even entertain the idea.

11/26/2012 2:46:19 PM

My money is on Cowher.

Make it happen Yow!

11/26/2012 2:47:19 PM

I don't even understand why I continue to look in this thread for news. You guys have literally spent nine pages talking about the same four fucking names, throwing around bullshit troll posts and putting in pictures that really have no bearing on anything.

IF Cowher wanted to coach again (he doesn't), he'd go make big bucks back in the NFL.

How many people have to to tell you Franklin is not interested before you stop bringing his name up?

For fucks sake will some mods let one sports talk thread be serious for a change.

11/26/2012 2:52:18 PM

Either going one of two ways.

Alabamas game this week sets the timeline or availability of Smart. We would want them to lose to UGA this weekend for a few reasons 1.) less time with alabama as def coac 2.) no chance of Richt takeover talk 3.) logical transition to head coach after loss.

If Smart turns it down...

we will go with a bevvy of solid coaches/coordinators. one decent head coach at the helm but with good OFF and DEF coordinators I.e. LA Tech, Kent State current coordinators and a spectacular recruiter.

pay a up and coming big name or pay lots of good assistants. Thats the choice Yow has presented herself and the committee with.

11/26/2012 2:53:10 PM

seriosuly suggesting cowher or any sec/B1G head coaches should be a suspendable offense

11/26/2012 2:56:53 PM

Let me preface this by saying I don't think there's a chance in Hell that we'd ever get Cowher to coach here. That being said...

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" Even if Cowher wants the job, I don't think DY would even entertain the idea."

If you're not joking, then you've lost your effing mind.

11/26/2012 2:58:34 PM

DY makes a point to say that TOB's recruiting was a factor to why he was "released". So let's go hire a coach who has zero recruiting experience. Yes I'm dead serious. DY would not hire Cowher if he came knocking at the door.

[Edited on November 26, 2012 at 3:00 PM. Reason : ]

11/26/2012 3:00:22 PM

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"This is from an insider article that ranked NC State as the #3 job available to win right away, based on polling former coaches 3. North Carolina State Wolfpack Current coach: Tom O'Brien | Current record: 5-4 This is the only school on this list with a winning record and, quite frankly, wasn't on my "Would you take this job?" list when I started calling around. But nearly everyone I talked to brought it up as a position they expected to be opening, and one they would salivate over. "Have you seen the facilities in Raleigh?" a West Coast coordinator asked. "If you were at that stadium 15 years ago and then you were there over the last year, then you can see how committed they are to the program. That fan base is a sleeping football giant. And there is a ton of talent in North Carolina that leaves every year. O'Brien is a good X's and O's guy but he's never taken to recruiting. Get a real recruiter in there and he would mop up." From the outside, the idea of taking an ACC job might seem like the wrong direction. But everyone I talked to said the opposite -- as long as it's the right ACC job. "That conference is ripe for the picking," the West Coast coordinator continued. "It would take no time at all to start racking up big numbers and getting BCS berths. You can make a hell of a living doing that. Just ask Virginia Tech. NC State is the kind of place that can get to that level, and in a hurry. The other ACC jobs that might be out there -- Boston College and Maryland -- they're a hundred miles behind State.""

Don't know if this is true but this is from a comment in the HD ESPN article FWIW. Would be interested in finding the insider article that is referenced

[Edited on November 26, 2012 at 3:03 PM. Reason : .]

11/26/2012 3:01:32 PM

^if Cowher comes knocking at the door, DY better have adult entertainers there to open it.

11/26/2012 3:03:18 PM

^^^I'm going to assume you're just trolling at this point and move on.

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"I don't even understand why I continue to look in this thread for news. You guys have literally spent nine pages talking about the same four fucking names, throwing around bullshit troll posts and putting in pictures that really have no bearing on anything."

Unfortunately, this is going to be all we have for a few weeks. I seriously doubt we get any sort of news, real rumors (besides #sources), or anything concrete. Just speculation, opinion, and guesswork a la Bleacher Report journalism.

[Edited on November 26, 2012 at 3:11 PM. Reason : (^'s)]

11/26/2012 3:09:06 PM

While we're trying to lure Cowher, let's try for Saban while we're at it. The money would be about the same, since we'd be trying to keep him out of a top NFL job.

11/26/2012 3:09:10 PM

^^ deja vu from Pack Pride post

[Edited on November 26, 2012 at 3:14 PM. Reason : ^]

11/26/2012 3:13:53 PM

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"2) He has no interest in coaching college football (he's openly stated this) 3) He'd be committing career suicide "

bingo

11/26/2012 3:14:43 PM

suspend anyone who talks about cowher from now on...not going to happen

11/26/2012 3:15:49 PM

About Nick Saban, I think coaching trees are important here. Lets try hiring someone who has a history of having his staff have good head coaching tenures, so that there is continuity for future head coaches here at State

From Wiki

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"Over the years, former assistant coaches under Saban have gone on to take head coaching position at FBS schools. Most notably from Saban's LSU tenure are Jimbo Fisher, Will Muschamp, Mike Haywood and Derek Dooley. Bobby Williams, current assistant coach at Alabama took over at Michigan State after Saban left for LSU. Another assistant from his time at Michigan State University, Mark Dantonio, is currently MSU's Head Coach. Jim McElwain, Saban's offensive coordinator at Alabama from 2008 through 2011, was named head coach at Colorado State University on December 13, 2011. Saban himself is from the Bill Belichick coaching tree, having worked as his defensive coordinator during Belichick's Cleveland tenure."

How about going for Bill Belichick?



[Edited on November 26, 2012 at 3:19 PM. Reason : ...]

11/26/2012 3:18:20 PM

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"I seriously doubt we get any sort of news, real rumors (besides #sources), or anything concrete"

I'm not expecting anything other than an early rejection or two right now. That doesn't mean I should have to put up with retards debating whether or not Cowher would even be a good candidate here. I can't think of a more useless debate topic.

11/26/2012 3:20:17 PM

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"I think a realistic option would be James Franklin currently at Vandy. He is a young, up-and -coming coach that has the Maryland connection with Yow. State could do FAR worse. "

11/26/2012 3:20:42 PM

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"Don't know if this is true but this is from a comment in the HD ESPN article FWIW. Would be interested in finding the insider article that is referenced"

The article is from ESPN insider a few weeks ago. It was posted earlier in this thread, I think.

11/26/2012 3:21:22 PM

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"About Nick Saban, I think coaching trees are important here."

Worked well with Herb Sendek.

11/26/2012 3:23:11 PM