FOOTBALL New Coach Wish List
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You and JT have swayed me. His offenses weren’t very good at Rice and the HC experience he has as you mentioned isn’t really much, which is why I wasn’t sold. If he had a little more coordinator experience in FBS that would be a plus. Let’s get going and get it done. I’m looking forward to being back on campus.
One thing for sure after the contract fiasco that was stockstill ball, It better be loaded down with higher standards (no auto unless a conference championship) and incentives for everything regarded as positive (wins over wku and in-state FBS schools, all P5 wins, etc) and it should be well documented and publicly available, no FOIAs required.
No auto-renewals PERIOD. That’s what contract renegotiations are for. Let the new HC void years off his contract if he meets the major milestones and forces the AD’s hand at giving him more money and years. As others have stated before, reasonable/competitive salary based on experience, and laden with bonuses for 1) beating WKU, 2) championship game appearances, 3) ranked opponent wins, and 4) bowl game wins. Minimum 8 wins and a championship game appearance by Year 3 with progressive improvement to consider any kind of moderate extension. And absolutely no fully guaranteed contract which pays out the full remainder of what he would make if he were fired. But favorable buyouts for us to receive if he’s lured to a bigger program.
If Mack ends up being the guy I have no idea what type offense he will run. No clue what they did at Central. At Rice he used quite of bit of 21 personnel including I-formation. They even huddled. Might be a culture shock. Both are practically going extinct as a philosophy/ grouping. Also some 11. Of course everyone has 10 grouping now as did Rice.
What he did at Rice is a lot different than Tennessee does now. Wonder which philosophy he would bring here? FWIW, Rice’s offense ranked 124th in 2018 and 123rd in 2019. His last year was the pandemic year so it’s not a useful metric.
What he did at Rice is a lot different than Tennessee does now. Wonder which philosophy he would bring here? FWIW, Rice’s offense ranked 124th in 2018 and 123rd in 2019. His last year was the pandemic year so it’s not a useful metric.
Someone mentioned Will Healy earlier... There is a thread connecting MT / Healy... His father-in-law went to Middle back in the late 70's...
I was in on Healy coming here after 2017. But not now, he bombed at Charlotte, and he’s not even a coordinator now, so he would need to prove it again before I’d look at him again.
Healy would be a step back. Stock was a better coach than he was.
See the premium folder for more on Joe & MT. Pretty sure there’s something in there.
That said, IMO, he’s not the right guy right now.
This next HC MUST connect with & excite the fan base / community. I’m not sure hiring the OC from Troy does that.
So the guy HAS to come from a P5 in order to excite us? I tend to put P5 position coaches, G5 coordinators and FCS head coaches on the same level. And that puts upper P5 coordinators out of our reach.
I think regardless of who it is, the vast majority of the fanbase will not know who the new guy is or anything about him. So who’s to say how excited people will be until we start winning big.
I don't think there's any pre conceived notion about where the guy absolutely has to come from....
Craddock's laid back demeanor and lack of experience are probably what's keeping him from the job.
We really need an energetic outsider. Someone with no ties to MT. Someone who will run through a brick wall and entice our fans to do the same.
Ok, so that’s the thing I don’t know about Craddock, his personality, so I can’t speak to any of that. But experience-wise, if we’re looking at top G5 coordinators at all, he fits. If we’re looking for somebody with HC experience, then yeah, he ain’t it.
Love to have Joe as OC.
Me, too, and I think we could pay him a helluva lot more that he’s making now (~$240K?)
For what it's worth, Willie Simmons is leading 21-7 over Prarie-View. Game on rain delay.
Craddock essentially has Troy locked for their 2nd straight SBC champ and 11 win seasons. Up 35-17 with 6min left. Hell of a job by Sumrall down there. That can be us if we get this right.
Craddock essentially has Troy locked for their 2nd straight SBC champ and 11 win seasons. Up 35-17 with 6min left. Hell of a job by Sumrall down there. That can be us if we get this right.
I'm assuming just our Board is what was meant. It's a good question. Does Smith and Co. have to approve the hire?
Blake Baker played there. I haven’t been able to confirm anything in regards to MT with him but there have been posts here that say he interviewed.
Manny? Assuming champagne/caviar for celebrating a home run hire?
As time goes on, it’s really feeling like they are waiting on someone. Like we might be a backup option and we are okay waiting a little bit to see if we can get our guy. If it were some of the other names tossed around, I think we would have that wrapped up.
Does that mean we passed? Hard to imagine someone taking the UTEP job over MT, but that may be blue tinted glasses talking.
Atkins is very impressive and fits what Massaro says he wants in the next coach. Just missing the head coaching background.
Is this pure speculation?? You mentioned a few days ago the hire would happen over the weekend.
