HC Candidate/Rumors/Info Thread

[GoJacketsInRaleigh]

First call should be to Deion

 

[tmhunter52]

It may be time to call the Big Ten and beg for an invite. If they say “yes, effective when the ACC GOR goes away or expires”, the GTAA could borrow enough to pay a good coach and structure a deferred payment plan on the loan in anticipation of the increased Big Ten payouts.

 

[stech81]

Ok, I’m probably going to h*** for this, but


More realistically

• Bill O’Brien
• Jamey Chadwell
• Chip Long
• Brian Harsin
• Tyson Helton

Feel free to append spelling corrections and other coaches to the thread

He fine but his age would work against him at 68. need a younger coach

 

[stech81]

Hugh Freeze
Bobby Petrino

We can get them on the cheap, they can both build a football program.

after 2007 I would not want Bobby Petrino

 

[rodandanga]

I think we should make Chadwell say no.

 

[Vespidae]

Ok, I’m probably going to h*** for this, but


More realistically

• Bill O’Brien
• Jamey Chadwell
• Chip Long
• Brian Harsin
• Tyson Helton

Feel free to append spelling corrections and other coaches to the thread

Gary Gaines

 

[NorthAvenueNation]

Tier 1 - Dion & Urban
Tier 2 - Chadwell & Freeze
Tier 3 - Dell McGee & Godsey

All IMO of course. I’d personally love to have Dion or Chadwell; but can see arguments against either being valid. Whatever we do, let’s just get it right this time!

 

[GTBandit22]

retreads:
Billy O (think he might get a better offer)
Mullen
Gus


Young guns:
Chadwell
Jeff Lebby
Jim Leonhard
Brad White

Good older coords:
Todd Monken
Robert Anae

 

[TheNaturalScientist]

Would have a very hard time supporting the program with Petrino or Urban as HC…

 

[TampaGT]

Tier 1 - Dion & Urban
Tier 2 - Chadwell & Freeze
Tier 3 - Dell McGee & Godsey

All IMO of course. I’d personally love to have Dion or Chadwell; but can see arguments against either being valid. Whatever we do, let’s just get it right this time!

You may need Tier 4,5,6

 

[Techwood Relict]

Would have a very hard time supporting the program with Petrino or Urban as HC…

I just would not.

 

[Vespidae]

As long as we are including completely unrealistic hires, let's go with

Bill Belichick
Bill Parcells
Brian Kelley
Dabo Swinney
John Heisman

 

[wrmathis]

As long as we are including completely unrealistic hires, let's go with

Bill Belichick
Bill Parcells
Brian Kelley
Dabo Swinney
John Heisman

Heisman’s corpse probably would coach better than Collins.

 

[LargeFO]

Can we quit with the urban, Petrino and freeze? GTAA is not hiring them. Ever.

 

[Techwood Relict]

I threw out Doug Belk, Houston, in a separate thread. Some local connections.

I also would be interested in interviewing Ron Roberts, Baylor, DC. Successful HC at Division II Delta State and FCS Southeastern Louisiana, 89-45 overall. Ready for his close up.

 

[jgtengineer]

As long as we are including completely unrealistic hires, let's go with

Bill Belichick
Bill Parcells
Brian Kelley
Dabo Swinney
John Heisman

If bill belichick was at the college level you can bet your *** he'd run the TO just because it pisses people off.

 

[Billygoat91]

retreads:
Billy O (think he might get a better offer)
Mullen
Gus


Young guns:
Chadwell
Jeff Lebby
Jim Leonhard
Brad White

Good older coords:
Todd Monken
Robert Anae

Anae would be interesting..speaking of the old UVA staff, would anyone think Bronco Mendenhall would be an interesting candidate? I always thought he was a good coach

 

[Techwood Relict]

Clayton White, USCe DC, would also be an interesting interview.

If Deion is truly interested, we should listen. It'd be quite the script change from where we are.

 

[slugboy]

Anae would be interesting..speaking of the old UVA staff, would anyone think Bronco Mendenhall would be an interesting candidate? I always thought he was a good coach

Mendenhall reTIRED. Emphasis on TIRED.

 

[Lavoisier]

Instead of recycling the same names I'll post some under the radar guys to keep the discussion fresh:

Mike Bloomgren at Rice depending on how the season goes. If he goes 6-6 I would consider him. Rice is like a CUSA Duke with high academic standards and very little football history or fan/alum support and a lot of instate programs to compete with. He took one of the hardest jobs in the country and went (ignoring the Covid season) 2-11, 3-9, 4-8, and is 2-2 right now after a close loss to a Houston team that's basically their UGA in terms of a rival that spends way more than you and out-recruits you by miles. He was OC for Stanford during their glory years and things sort of fell apart for them after he left. Downside is I think everyone wants an explosive high octane offense and he is very much a run first, dominate with big OL guy with West Coast Offense passing concepts and 22 personnel. If nothing else we should look at their AD who also came from Stanford, he got Rice into the AAC starting next year and his first basketball hire got poached by VCU so he has some chops for hiring for basketball as well.

I think we need to look at someone who has been/is successful at a place that is close to Tech because I feel Geoff's failure was that he tried to turn us into something we were never going to be. Bloomgren's "intellectual brutality" approach is probably more in line with what Tech fans want to hear in pressers and slogans and not the stuff Geoff was selling us.