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Dylan Raiola

I think he would need at least a year with us before being offered another head coaching gig at a P4 team. This end of the season will be a very small sample size.

If what @dinglefritz said is true and Dana was too “tired” at the beginning of the year, I don’t see him as a guy wanting to jump back to a head roll at this level anytime soon. He no doubt had multiple OC offers and only took a consultant position at TCU.

Possible he sees Dylan as a belt-notching type of project. I’m all for the marriage if we can get it! Dylan threw it 39+ times and we blew out what some claimed was a “tougher” Fickell team. Anyone who says that can’t work here is a moron. It is harder to do, yes but anything can work anywhere with the right coaches and players.
Those were Dana's exact words on Sports Nightly. He said he was too tired and wasn't ready to coach again right away. He worked 2 days per week breaking down film and working on game plans for TCU and then went and did other non-football stuff the rest of the week. He didn't even help on game days.

Bama turning into Nebraska

I will research and see if they went 7 years straight without going to a Bowl
Huh? I said they had some good teams in that 25-year stretch of coach flipping but ask any Alabama fan to list their favorite coach during that lengthy span. Most of them probably couldn’t name one.

And of course that infamous seven-year streak of ours only exists because our 2020 “warriors” chose to turn down a bowl invite. They were tired.

Coaching Matters Thread

Seems like Rhule is very hesitant to give DH any credit. Was a little disappointed at what I heard at the press conference. Clearly play calling has made a significant difference.

It's not just the players as Rhule continues to say. Maybe he is just trying to be the "nice" guy to his buddy but it'd be okay to credit and complement DH with a good offensive game plan and call.

If it were me, as I said before, give DH full control (recruiting, personnel etc..), make him an Associate Head Coach today and do whatever is necessary to keep DH here. DR and everyone else on offense has benefited and it's only been 2 weeks.
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THE big question now is whether we can keep DH in the fold. As with every year, there are going to be head coaching vacancies. And given the increased publicity he has gotten for engineering this turnaround at NU, his stock has probably gone up as a potential head coach again. We need to be very proactive and open the checkbook big time to ward off the small-fry programs. We will lose DH to any major P4 team who offers, but we will see.
I think he would need at least a year with us before being offered another head coaching gig at a P4 team. This end of the season will be a very small sample size.

If what @dinglefritz said is true and Dana was too “tired” at the beginning of the year, I don’t see him as a guy wanting to jump back to a head roll at this level anytime soon. He no doubt had multiple OC offers and only took a consultant position at TCU.

Possible he sees Dylan as a belt-notching type of project. I’m all for the marriage if we can get it! Dylan threw it 39+ times and we blew out what some claimed was a “tougher” Fickell team. Anyone who says that can’t work here is a moron. It is harder to do, yes but anything can work anywhere with the right coaches and players.

Bowl Game

Sean Callahan said he talked to the AD and said that worst case scenario we are going to Phoenix for the rate bowl. And if we win Friday we will be in play for the Music City and ReliaQuest Bowls. Basically said that because of our fan draw will be treated as an 8 win team.

Thanks. Conference tie in opponents to each of those scenarios...

Rate - Big 12
Music City - SEC
ReliaQuest - SEC

Bama turning into Nebraska

I think bama had great coaching and a good ole boy network that got nil to players before nil..
now that nil is legal I'm not too sure many can afford to have a bench full of 5 stars sitting on their hands..
there will still be top teams but maybe not with the strangle hold on top talent.
because other teams can pool thier money and chip away at them benches, one at a time.
the trick seems to have enough horses with the right coaching, them 2 things
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