Coaching Search Rumors - Consolidated Thread
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Its Michigan. Being able to recruit to Michigan doesn't mean much. Half the posters on this board could get a class full of four and five star guys to Michigan.
"Accountant JP" (which is suddenly an insult?) finally can sell off those remaining Chizik coins.
I realize Barry Alvarez coached under Hayden Fry, but Barry took a completely different approach in building Wisky. If anything Ferenz modeled his defenses after what Barry did at Wisky.
Other than the o-line as a group, ISU's talent is pretty close to Iowa's, Kirk just does a better job of getting his kids to execute. There can't be much of a talent gap because they have basically split the series over the past 15 years and even over the last 5-7 years it's apretty evwn split.
And Kirk consistently has an easier schedule than Iowa State does. Everyone wants to act like that is some excuse, but it's not.
Availability is a non-issue. First of all I would be completely surprised if a new coach is announced before Dec 1. So Hoke is no more available than an existing head coach or assistant. If there is truly a coaching search and there are candidates coaching teams in conference championship games, it may not be announced until after Dec 5.
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It was with RichRod. He just was never accepted and wasn't given much of a chance. Hoke was loved day 1, he won 11 games his first year and then just deteriorated due to the fact he refused to find a way to use Denard Robinson and Devin Gardner. Like Rhoads, he's a great human being but he wants to play 1990s Big Ten football in 2015 and he doesn't have an innovative football mind IMO and that won't work here.
Our OL wasn't bad at all. The tackles weren't great but the interior was pretty solid.
Loney has a solid resume as an OL coach, but nothing in he resume speaks to him being qualified as ISU's next head coach. If that was his desire, he would have been a head coach in the last 15 years.
Our next coqching hire needs to be more than a technician, he needs to transform a losing culture.
Here is my list of top 5 in no particular order: (I have confined the list to C-USA, MAC and Sun Belt because that is where we are headed)
1. Jeff Brohm--Western Kentucky
2. P.J. Fleck--Western Michigan
3. Todd Monken--Southern Mississippi
4. Skip Holtz--Louisiana Tech
5. Matt Campbell--Toledo
I find these three to be intriguing but more different reasons think they don't fit the bill at Iowa State.
1. Lance Leopold--Buffalo
2. Rocky Long--San Diego State
3. Willie Fritz--Georgia Southern
1. Jeff Brohm--Western Kentucky
2. P.J. Fleck--Western Michigan
3. Todd Monken--Southern Mississippi
4. Skip Holtz--Louisiana Tech
5. Matt Campbell--Toledo
I find these three to be intriguing but more different reasons think they don't fit the bill at Iowa State.
1. Lance Leopold--Buffalo
2. Rocky Long--San Diego State
3. Willie Fritz--Georgia Southern
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Can you imagine the people who never figured out how to spell Rhoad's name having to keep Jeff Brohm and Steve Prohm separate?
A strong second to this. The Probm/Brohm train out of Kentucky is too good to pass up.
And the thread title should be changed.
