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The 2021-2022 Coaching Carousel
- Thread starter DeNiro
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Or Dorrell hires. Yeesh.
I just feel like things may have gotten stale at Stanford, but he is a good coach who can recruit to high admission standards.
I think his best fit is the NFL.
Last time they did that they got the Ty Willingham era. Programs & their fan bases get very biased over stuff like that. I'm still not sure if CU would pull the trigger on another Boise State coach no matter his success there.
Notre Dame can afford to go with a stud recruiter, high upside guy because they’ll be able to buy out of a mistake. If Freeman is a hit, it’s business as usual. If not, back up the truck to a more established option in 2-3 seasons.
Just seems like a knee-jerk hire by ND. And if they wanted to keep it in house, well Freeman has been there all of 1 season.
Also, the last 2 DC's from ND to get head coaching jobs haven't worked out so well (so far on Lea anyway although to be fair he is in a tough spot)
Also, the last 2 DC's from ND to get head coaching jobs haven't worked out so well (so far on Lea anyway although to be fair he is in a tough spot)
Rob DeVere
Well-Known Member
Voting Lake-level of disaster, unless he hires All World OC & DC!
Rees is already confirmed as OC
UtahaluminTX
Well-Known Member
Almost UW level of 'thud' on this one compared to the names swirling the last few days. ND hired Freeman. Who? Indeed.
Is Utah going to hire Scally on Sunday after Willingham retires? That would be worse, much much worse.
ahoelsken
Well-Known Member
I actually think this is my favorite hire of the carousel. There's no downside here-even if Freeman flops, Notre Dame has the financial wherewithal to move on EASILY. That being said, he's extremely impressive. Listening to a podcast he did this week and I get why he's so popular with their players and why he's such a great recruiter (and so highly thought of throughout the sport for that matter). The other thing that stands out here is this-Brian Kelly has tried to get five of Notre Dame's coaches (that doesn't include Freeman) to follow him to LSU. They've all said no. Some of that's obviously because Kelly is a prick......but they don't do this if they all don't see the potential in Freeman.
I'm kind of rooting for them now. Not gonna lie.
ahoelsken
Well-Known Member
A couple of thoughts on the Oklahoma search-read a couple of things tonight saying OU is going to take their time and run a search. Saw a Pat Forde clip-first name he brought up was Bob Stoops-"What if he likes being back in that role?"
Seems like Castiglione is willing to give him a chance to see if that's the case.
Seems like Castiglione is willing to give him a chance to see if that's the case.
I do
NCTX
Well-Known Member
he has had two 3-9 seasons in the last three years.
Why wouldn’t it be Fickell?
brockbuff
Well-Known Member
He’s completely transformed a terrible program. He’s 109-90 at NWU playing in the Big 10. That’s actually pretty astounding. Barnett was 35-45 there. He also has experience coaching at a school with major recruiting restrictions.
brockbuff
Well-Known Member
I’d be great with that pick to.
NCTX
Well-Known Member
No doubt that his tenure there has been very impressive, and that's why he's not on the hot seat. I just can't imagine a program with Notre Dame's aspirations hiring a guy with two really bad seasons out of the last three and who hasn't had a competent offense for probably a decade.
We’ll see. I don’t think Okie beating Baylor a 2nd time this season is going to be seen as a significantly better win than Cincy beating a Houston team that has won 11 in a row - I think it would be hard for the committee to flip them in that case.
WarBuff
Club Member
Barnett also mentioned at one time about coaching at a NW or Stanford is that classes come first, so practices accommodate classes. He said the student athletes are in a very different situation than almost any other institution. It was interesting to listen to him discuss it.
Cincinnati being dropped after beating a ranked team this weekend to finish 13-0 isn’t happening.
If the favorites all win this weekend it’s UGA, Michigan, Cincinnati and OSU
Depending on how OSU looks against Baylor, I could see them jumping to three (and seeding looks pretty important this year).
I could totally see the committee forcing Cincinnati to play Georgia first
SerenityBuff
Well-Known Member
Oklahoma State playing in Dallas instead of Miami would also be a pretty nice break for them as well.
I knew things were bad up there, but still surprised he did not get another season. He must have alienated everyone.
