HC Candidate/Rumors/Info Thread

[ramble_on92]

You're impressed by this???? Great conference record! He has had 1 good season.

Tulane Green Wave (American Athletic Conference) (2016–present)
2016	Tulane	4–8	1–7	6th (West)
2017	Tulane	5–7	3–5	5th (West)
2018	Tulane	7–6	5–3	T–1st (West)	W Cure
2019	Tulane	7–6	3–5	4th (West)	W Armed Forces
2020	Tulane	6–6	3–5	T–7th	L Famous Idaho Potato
2021	Tulane	2–10	1–7	T–9th
2022	Tulane	10–2	7–1	1st
Tulane:	41–45	23–33

I’m not really excited about the Fritz hire, but this is not a fair take on his tenure at Tulane. Just look at the seasons prior to Fritz…I’d say he’s done a damn good job given the state of that program (facilities, recruits, conference affiliation, fan support, etc.) when he took over.

 

[Jacket4Life]

Context guys, it matters. The context here is that Tulane does not see 7 or 6 win seasons EVER, like ever ever. So he brought them from worst program in the nation territory to middle to upper pack G5, that's pretty dang good.

Ok he brought them to middle of the pack. He definitely did not bring them to upper pack. He was 2-10 last year. He has no real ties to recruiting GA other than two years at Southern where he had an excellent recruiter with extremely strong relations with the high school coaches in GA Dell McGee. It is what is but I'm pretty sad if this is the best we could do.

 

[Wrecked]

McCollum going into the portal tells me Key was told flat out he is not getting hired. McCollum was one of the first players to push for Key to be HC after the game Saturday.

The exodus is just starting.

 

[Longestday]

Ok he brought them to middle of the pack. He definitely did not bring them to upper pack. He was 2-10 last year. He has no real ties to recruiting GA other than two years at Southern where he had an excellent recruiter with extremely strong relations with the high school coaches in GA Dell McGee. It is what is but I'm pretty sad if this is the best we could do.

2 and 10 using their OC (2021 ONLY) we hired away from them this year...lol

 

[GT33]

I, like everybody else on here, don't know if those were the top targets or if we're out of the running for them. If you have factual info, please share.

If I was sitting in the room, I wouldn't be on here. Of course, GT would have no interest in coaching targets like Rhule, Fickell, Chadwell, O'Brien, Neon, etc. We're busy fighting off all the top contenders for Fritz.

 

[Hjacket]

2 and 10 using their OC (2021 ONLY) we hired away from them this year...lol

Yep. He made a bad hire and fixed it. Same team this year, same QB, new OC, won the conference. Impressive. He’s a coach. I want Key but WF can flat coach.

 

[leatherneckjacket]

By the way, has anyone checked Fritz's Wikipedia page. Do they know something?

 

[malak05]

If we see a mass exodus of our best players... then the AD can pound sand

 

[Jacket4Life]

If I was sitting in the room, I wouldn't be on here. Of course, GT would have no interest in coaching targets like Rhule, Fickell, Chadwell, O'Brien, Neon, etc. We're busy fighting off all the top contenders for Fritz.

This! If he is such a great hire why has his name not been mentioned for any of the other schools looking to hire a coach? Is Batt just that much smarter than everyone else?

 

[684Bee]

If we see a mass exodus of our best players... then the AD can pound sand

Ha! Yeah, let’s put 19 year olds who will be here 2 more years ahead of the AD and HC on the pecking order.

 

[Wrecked]

If we see a mass exodus of our best players... then the AD can pound sand

Its not an if, unless you are saying we can replace them IF Fritz can recruit the portal.

 

[cpf2001]

At this point it seems there may be no good options. Even the "money" just is pushing for Key? That means that there just isn't that much money, vs being able to compete with other P5 programs. So "he'll keep people from transferring" just isn't that great an argument for rolling with the unproven coach. I'd understand it, but I wouldn't expect much more than 6/7 wins, and I think there are other "least bad" options that can get there too with more proven track records. From where I'm sitting, the gamble on Key looks as good as a gamble on Fritz, but I have no evidence that it actually is as good or better. Cinderella interims often turn back into pumpkins.

 

[FredJacket]

The impetus for any exodus (mass or otherwise) is not on the AD that was hired about a month ago. Not even close.

Players picking their coach is crazy-talk.

 

[leatherneckjacket]

If we see a mass exodus of our best players... then the AD can pound sand

Fans blaming the AD one month into his job for things outside his control can pound sand.

 

[whitegoldsphinx]

Get used to it. A lot of good players are going to leave every year. It is the current reality of college football. It doesn't matter who the coach is. Saban predicted that this would be bad for the non-elite schools and he was right. Throw in the NIL and many players today are simply paid mercenaries. I feel like Sims almost had to enter the portal. My opinion of McCollum, whether justified or not, has dropped a notch. He was one of my favorite players. Since he is no longer with us, this is obviously no longer true.

 

[Sean311]

McCollum going into the portal tells me Key was told flat out he is not getting hired. McCollum was one of the first players to push for Key to be HC after the game Saturday.

Yep! Way to piss off the whole entire fan base J Batt. Good job buddy. All I can say is this better pan out or you might be fired along with the HC.

 

[Kennethshannon20]

Dont think Fritz is coming. If you listen it is around the 8:15 mark where he speaks on the question directly

 

[Wrecked]

At this point it seems there may be no good options. Even the "money" just is pushing for Key? That means that there just isn't that much money, vs being able to compete with other P5 programs. So "he'll keep people from transferring" just isn't that great an argument for rolling with the unproven coach. I'd understand it, but I wouldn't expect much more than 6/7 wins, and I think there are other "least bad" options that can get there too with more proven track records. From where I'm sitting, the gamble on Key looks as good as a gamble on Fritz, but I have no evidence that it actually is as good or better. Cinderella interims often turn back into pumpkins.

And they sometimes turn into Dabos and Olearys

 

[DiffusedAcorn]

Yep! Way to piss off the whole entire fan base J Batt. Good job buddy. All I can say is this better pan out or you might be fired along with the HC.

Comments like this are so ignorant and unhelpful, did J Batt get us here, to the position where a rebuild is necessary? (No, that was Geoff and Todd).Batt has ran a tight lipped very proper coaching search, don't turn on him because he doesn't hire the coach you'd prefer. Players leaving was inevitable in a coaching hire like this, so blame Geoff and Todd if you want to blame someone.

 

[Wrecked]

Fans blaming the AD one month into his job for things outside his control can pound sand.

How is this outside of his control? He knew he had one job when he was hired, how many programs have already hired their coach, thus minimized instability. He needed to be prepared to make this call when the season ended, now he is looking like the first time AD that he is. We can't afford for him to @#$% this up, but he needs to make a call.