Open CFB Coaching Jobs

[St. Anger]

South Carolina
USC
Illinois
Minnesota
Miami
Hawaii
Maryland
UCF
(I know I'm missing some)

Very possible:
Texas
Rutgers
Kansas

Guess my question is, who would be a homerun hire that Nebraska could actually end up with that wouldn't get a possible bigger/better offer from some of these schools?

 

[leodisflowers]

South Carolina
USC
Illinois
Minnesota
Miami
Hawaii
Maryland
UCF
(I know I'm missing some)

Very possible:
Texas
Rutgers
Kansas

Guess my question is, who would be a homerun hire that Nebraska could actually end up with that wouldn't get a possible bigger/better offer from some of these schools?

1st... Nebraska isn't going to be looking for a coach, but hypothetically speaking USC, Miami, and possibly South Carolina (SEC) would be the toughest competitors. If we opened our pocket book we should be able to go over the top of any other program listed. The problem is going to be the perception.

 

[DudeHawk]

OP forgot Virginia Tech.

Other possibilities include Purdue and Iowa State. Virginia is also pretty much a foregone conclusion.

Kind of a stacked year, actually.

Edit: And Kansas ain't firing that guy after one year. That's just crazy talk.

 

[newAD]

South Carolina
USC
Illinois
Minnesota
Miami
Hawaii
Maryland
UCF
(I know I'm missing some)

Very possible:
Texas
Rutgers
Kansas

Guess my question is, who would be a homerun hire that Nebraska could actually end up with that wouldn't get a possible bigger/better offer from some of these schools?

IF IF it were to happen this year (which I think is extremely remote) that is the $3-4 Million a year question. If those who think the self funding Nebraska Athletic Department is going to back the Brinks truck up to someone and offer Saban type cash you are crazy. And the Athletic Department doesn't get to dip into University funds to pay a football coach.

I don't think any hire would be a home run hire (in the eyes of everyone). There's only so many of those coaches out there, and right now, we wouldn't get one.

It cracks me up thst people think we would get a proven winner here why? Because we'd throw more $$$$ at him? A proven winner in 1997 would have jumped at the Nebraska job. We had a hard enough time in 2003, and now it's 12-13 years later.

A proven winner would likely pull a Huston Nutt and get a big payday and stay put. A proven winner depending on where he is at, might bide his time and hope for a perceived better job in today's world (sorry but a week after losing to Purdue, and giving up 55, doesn't do wonders to your image). We are a historic program that hasn't done anything super impressive in a generation.

A proven winner might want nothing to do with a program that has run off its last 3 coaches with overall winning records, and their last after 1 year.

IMHO, we'd have the normal 2 possible paths. One the hot assistant route, or two, a potential hot up and coming non-power 5 or even an FCS coach. Either way, it would be a huge leap of faith that about 50% of the fans would bitch about.

Again, we have one coach we are still paying, so unless Buffet (or someone else who can afford it) throws the Athletic Department a huge bone, or Riley steps away on his own (which I dont see him doing to all his assistants) it ain't happening this year.

 

[jay-cheese]

Agree. David Beatty (KU coach) isn't going anywhere.

Those are some good programs (VT, USC, South Carolina) looking for a coach. Hard to say but I think we'd be behind all four of the programs if we were searching. Our problem is that we can't fire a guy after one year, no matter what happens. Any new coach needs more than 1 yr...

Not much positive to say right now. The facts are this is the worst situation we've seen here in over 40 yrs.

 

[Nebraska Gator II]

South Carolina
USC
Illinois
Minnesota
Miami
Hawaii
Maryland
UCF
(I know I'm missing some)

Very possible:
Texas
Rutgers
Kansas

Guess my question is, who would be a homerun hire that Nebraska could actually end up with that wouldn't get a possible bigger/better offer from some of these schools?

Out of the list (including V Tech), USC is the only job that is better than Nebraska on the list. Now if Texas gets rid of Charlie Strong, then there are two that are better jobs.

In this hypothetical situation, you still hire Tom Herman. I would think that USC and Texas would both hire bigger name coaches that have been a head coaches for a longer period of time.

 

[leodisflowers]

Out of the list (including V Tech), USC is the only job that is better than Nebraska on the list. Now if Texas gets rid of Charlie Strong, then there are two that are better jobs.

In this hypothetical situation, you still hire Tom Herman. I would think that USC and Texas would both hire bigger name coaches that have been a head coaches for a longer period of time.

We could wish. At this point I would be combing the CFB ranks for a good D Coordinator. Can Reed, and Banker and go try and get Bud Foster for 1.2M.

 

[Nebraska Gator II]

We could wish. At this point I would be combing the CFB ranks for a good D Coordinator. Can Reed, and Banker and go try and get Bud Foster for 1.2M.

I believe Riley would walk away before he would get rid of Banker. Banker is his best friend.

If I were to replace the d coordinator, Foster would be way down my list. He was really good years ago, but I haven't been impressed with him in awhile. Having said that, he obviously would be a huge upgrade over Banker.

 

[SnohomishRed]

We could wish. At this point I would be combing the CFB ranks for a good D Coordinator. Can Reed, and Banker and go try and get Bud Foster for 1.2M.

Foster is already making 1.2 mill - but there are quality DC's we could get for the right price

 

[SnohomishRed]

I guess I do not understand what is so unappealing about the NU HC job

• We play in a fairly easy division and your main competition is against teams that normally do not recruit very well Iowa and WI - NU has shown in the past we can out recruit our West competition by a large margin
• The fan base is so beat down at this point - that as long as you can win a reasonable amount of games and do not act like a raving lunatic - you could have a lifetime contract
• Facilities and money is excellent
• Tarnished brand name but still something to build on

I dont believe that a coach who is competent would look at this as think it is terrible especially if we are paying top dollar

 

[SnohomishRed]

This guy is who I would choose for DC - Don Brown currently has the #1 defense in the country

http://espn.go.com/blog/boston/colleges/post/_/id/2946/bc-hires-don-brown-as-defensive-coordinator

His scheme has been compared to organized chaos

 

[leodisflowers]

Foster is already making 1.2 mill - but there are quality DC's we could get for the right price

Fair enough. Give him 1.5 then.. I guess the point is get rid of our fat and make some decent assistant hires at the major spots. I don't love langs, but we are scoring points so I can't bitch too much there.

 

[slwags]

I know it's not a major school but add North Texas to this list. Dan Mccarney was fired a few weeks ago after losing 66-7 to Portland State.

 

[SnohomishRed]

Fair enough. Give him 1.5 then.. I guess the point is get rid of our fat and make some decent assistant hires at the major spots. I don't love langs, but we are scoring points so I can't bitch too much there.

I am with ya and would love to see this happen but it just is not in the cards

I think Riley should :

Hire the best DC money can buy and yes there are guys out there
Take over play calling duties from Langdorf as he simply does not have a feel for it

 

[mkbrkloster]

The only high profile job in that list is USC (and Texas if it comes open). South Carolina and Miami are at least on the next tier, if not two, down. The others are all low-level jobs with distinct challenges.

 

[Hawk Supreme]

I believe Riley would walk away before he would get rid of Banker. Banker is his best friend.

If I were to replace the d coordinator, Foster would be way down my list. He was really good years ago, but I haven't been impressed with him in awhile. Having said that, he obviously would be a huge upgrade over Banker.

Really? Weren't impressed when he completely shut down OSU in the Shoe last year, huh?

 

[Hawk Supreme]

This guy is who I would choose for DC - Don Brown currently has the #1 defense in the country

http://espn.go.com/blog/boston/colleges/post/_/id/2946/bc-hires-don-brown-as-defensive-coordinator

His scheme has been compared to organized chaos

He's a lifetime Northeasterner. 30+ years of college coaching and he's never left that region.

 

[littleton tiger]

Texas and Southern Cal are certainly better jobs than Nebraska at this point. Also Virginia Tech is better for Several reasons
1) Bozo the clown isn't the AD
2) better recruiting area ( Ga, FL, Carolinas, VA )
3. Conference/division is beyond weak

 

[Nebraska Gator II]

Texas and Southern Cal are certainly better jobs than Nebraska at this point. Also Virginia Tech is better for Several reasons
1) Bozo the clown isn't the AD
2) better recruiting area ( Ga, FL, Carolinas, VA )
3. Conference/division is beyond weak

Agree with points one and two for sure although it is not easy for VT to get into Florida/GA for the top recruits. They have to battle all the SEC teams that recruit that area hard as well as other ACC schools (particularly F$U and Clem$on) Still, they do have a much better local recruiting base even in VA than Nebraska does...

3...not so much. It is hard for me to imagine a worse division in P5 conferences than the BIG west. At best, we will call #3 a push.

 

[JohnRossEwing]

With all these openings and Riley's reputation as a great teacher of the game and developer of talent (and with the "heat" people think he might be feeling here right now) don't you think he will get a few offers?

 

[SilentCommit]

We're not firing our coach. Repeat after me. We're not firing our coach. Keep repeating this as necessary.

 

[nebcountry]

With all these openings and Riley's reputation as a great teacher of the game and developer of talent (and with the "heat" people think he might be feeling here right now) don't you think he will get a few offers?

It's really hard to be objective as we are Husker fans and have vested interest. I do like watching the BTN sometimes. Before and just into the season, optimism flowed for NU on the BTN. As the season has progressed, the BTN analysts/announcers have taken a progressively more negative and questioning tone when they discuss NU.

Unless this coaching staff can turn it around, Mike Riley's next paying gig will be social security.