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[CuseCubFan69]

Lots of rumors on various Michigan boards that UM's coaching search has turned it's attention to Jim Grobe from Wake Forest. I have to say, I would be extremely happy with Grobe as the new HC. He's done amazing things with that Wake program. Of course, he'll probably turn us down too.

 

I've been telling my Michigan friends since the beginning they should hire Grobe. Yes, even over Miles.

 

He seems very well respected. Deacon fans like him alot.

If he turned down Nebraska because he needed to keep their assistants that could be a problem with Michigan. Rumors are they are being strongwilled about keeping the current assistants.

 

No disrespect to Arkansas, Petrino is great hire for them. But if Arkansas can afford $3M for a head coach and UM's best offer to Miles was $2.5 thats pathetic. UM is self funding $250M in stadium and practice facility upgrades but cant put an offer of of say $3.5M for the head coach of that program? Fine botch up the process but don't botch up the $.

 

That's pathetic if they only offered $2.5 million. They are loaded.

 

On Grobe, Wake Forest has absolutely no business being good at all in football. They are one of the smallest schools in all D-I (approx. 4,000 students), yet play in a BCS league. It's an excellent academic institution with stringent standards. North Carolina isn't the most fertile football recruiting ground, either, and Wake must contend with three other in-state ACC teams (don't laugh, but Duke has about as much reason to be good as Wake). Their previous 14 coaches since 1950 had winning percentages of: .292, .448, .394, .412, .209, .182, .469, .350, .175, .313 and .460. That's abysmal. Grobe is at .536, including last year's ACC Championship. He's going to make some big-time program very, very happy.

 

North Carolina has some pretty good HS football talent there. Unfortunately, there is a lot of competition college in state wise for that talent NC, NCS, Duke and Wake just in the ACC alone plus East Carolina USA and there may be other big schools I'm forgetting. Don't get me wrong, it's no Texas, Cal or Florida but it's solid.

[Exile on Waveland]

Lots of rumors on various Michigan boards that UM's coaching search has turned it's attention to Jim Grobe from Wake Forest. I have to say, I would be extremely happy with Grobe as the new HC. He's done amazing things with that Wake program. Of course, he'll probably turn us down too.

 

I've been telling my Michigan friends since the beginning they should hire Grobe. Yes, even over Miles.

 

He seems very well respected. Deacon fans like him alot.

If he turned down Nebraska because he needed to keep their assistants that could be a problem with Michigan. Rumors are they are being strongwilled about keeping the current assistants.

 

No disrespect to Arkansas, Petrino is great hire for them. But if Arkansas can afford $3M for a head coach and UM's best offer to Miles was $2.5 thats pathetic. UM is self funding $250M in stadium and practice facility upgrades but cant put an offer of of say $3.5M for the head coach of that program? Fine botch up the process but don't botch up the $.

 

That's pathetic if they only offered $2.5 million. They are loaded.

 

On Grobe, Wake Forest has absolutely no business being good at all in football. They are one of the smallest schools in all D-I (approx. 4,000 students), yet play in a BCS league. It's an excellent academic institution with stringent standards. North Carolina isn't the most fertile football recruiting ground, either, and Wake must contend with three other in-state ACC teams (don't laugh, but Duke has about as much reason to be good as Wake). Their previous 14 coaches since 1950 had winning percentages of: .292, .448, .394, .412, .209, .182, .469, .350, .175, .313 and .460. That's abysmal. Grobe is at .536, including last year's ACC Championship. He's going to make some big-time program very, very happy.

 

North Carolina has some pretty good HS football talent there. Unfortunately, there is a lot of competition college in state wise for that talent NC, NCS, Duke and Wake just in the ACC alone plus East Carolina USA and there may be other big schools I'm forgetting. Don't get me wrong, it's no Texas, Cal or Florida but it's solid.

 

Yeah, I didn't mean to imply that North Carolina was devoid of talent. It just doesn't have enough to sustain multiple D-I programs, much less four BCS programs.

[CuseCubFan69]

Lots of rumors on various Michigan boards that UM's coaching search has turned it's attention to Jim Grobe from Wake Forest. I have to say, I would be extremely happy with Grobe as the new HC. He's done amazing things with that Wake program. Of course, he'll probably turn us down too.

 

I've been telling my Michigan friends since the beginning they should hire Grobe. Yes, even over Miles.

 

He seems very well respected. Deacon fans like him alot.

If he turned down Nebraska because he needed to keep their assistants that could be a problem with Michigan. Rumors are they are being strongwilled about keeping the current assistants.

 

No disrespect to Arkansas, Petrino is great hire for them. But if Arkansas can afford $3M for a head coach and UM's best offer to Miles was $2.5 thats pathetic. UM is self funding $250M in stadium and practice facility upgrades but cant put an offer of of say $3.5M for the head coach of that program? Fine botch up the process but don't botch up the $.

 

That's pathetic if they only offered $2.5 million. They are loaded.

 

On Grobe, Wake Forest has absolutely no business being good at all in football. They are one of the smallest schools in all D-I (approx. 4,000 students), yet play in a BCS league. It's an excellent academic institution with stringent standards. North Carolina isn't the most fertile football recruiting ground, either, and Wake must contend with three other in-state ACC teams (don't laugh, but Duke has about as much reason to be good as Wake). Their previous 14 coaches since 1950 had winning percentages of: .292, .448, .394, .412, .209, .182, .469, .350, .175, .313 and .460. That's abysmal. Grobe is at .536, including last year's ACC Championship. He's going to make some big-time program very, very happy.

 

North Carolina has some pretty good HS football talent there. Unfortunately, there is a lot of competition college in state wise for that talent NC, NCS, Duke and Wake just in the ACC alone plus East Carolina USA and there may be other big schools I'm forgetting. Don't get me wrong, it's no Texas, Cal or Florida but it's solid.

 

Yeah, I didn't mean to imply that North Carolina was devoid of talent. It just doesn't have enough to sustain multiple D-I programs, much less four BCS programs.

 

I agree with you that Grobe is a heck of a coach. I really thought last year he would have had a lot of offers.

[Guest]

UCLA has reportedly contacted Dennis Green about an interview. Guh?

[Andy]

UCLA has reportedly contacted Dennis Green about an interview. Guh?

THE BRUINS ARE WHO WE THOUGHT THEY WERE!!!!

[bhogg]

Arkansas is the 15th wealthiest program in the country. Not sure where Michigan falls.

 

Regardless, Arkansas has a crap ton of money -- they've finally gotten rid of the old codger who was keeping them from spending it.

[Derwood]

Any Penn State fans have a sense at how committed Vanderlinden is to the program and what his chances of taking over for Paterno are? Just about every NU fan has his return to Northwestern at the top of their DC wish list.

 

who? seriously, is he on the coaching staff? i only know of Hall, Johnson, McQueary and Bradley

 

EDIT: ah, assistant coach/linebackers. huh, you never hear his name around here

[Jon]

Any Penn State fans have a sense at how committed Vanderlinden is to the program and what his chances of taking over for Paterno are? Just about every NU fan has his return to Northwestern at the top of their DC wish list.

 

who? seriously, is he on the coaching staff? i only know of Hall, Johnson, McQueary and Bradley

 

EDIT: ah, assistant coach/linebackers. huh, you never hear his name around here

According to Rivals, he recruited 3 of Penn State's 12 commits for the '08 class and co-recruited 2 others. He's a strong recruiter and was known for his attacking defensive style.

 

He was assistant head coach and DC at Northwestern when Fitzgerald was playing and was the head coach at Maryland, where he gave Fitzgerald his first coaching job in the late '90s. They're pretty close, but the biggest issues would be whether or not he'd feel comfortable coaching under Fitz and when he wants to try for a head coaching position again. There was talk a couple of years back about him possibly replacing Paterno when he retired, but I'm guessing nobody is really throwing his name out there anymore.

[Derwood]

Any Penn State fans have a sense at how committed Vanderlinden is to the program and what his chances of taking over for Paterno are? Just about every NU fan has his return to Northwestern at the top of their DC wish list.

 

who? seriously, is he on the coaching staff? i only know of Hall, Johnson, McQueary and Bradley

 

EDIT: ah, assistant coach/linebackers. huh, you never hear his name around here

According to Rivals, he recruited 3 of Penn State's 12 commits for the '08 class and co-recruited 2 others. He's a strong recruiter and was known for his attacking defensive style.

 

He was assistant head coach and DC at Northwestern when Fitzgerald was playing and was the head coach at Maryland, where he gave Fitzgerald his first coaching job in the late '90s. They're pretty close, but the biggest issues would be whether or not he'd feel comfortable coaching under Fitz and when he wants to try for a head coaching position again. There was talk a couple of years back about him possibly replacing Paterno when he retired, but I'm guessing nobody is really throwing his name out there anymore.

 

people here have given up on Paterno ever retiring, so no one ever speculates anymore on next head coach. at this point, my guess is they go internal, but Galen Hall would get the nod over Vanderlinden (since Hall was HC at Florida for 4 years)

[TruffleShuffle]

Any Penn State fans have a sense at how committed Vanderlinden is to the program and what his chances of taking over for Paterno are? Just about every NU fan has his return to Northwestern at the top of their DC wish list.

 

who? seriously, is he on the coaching staff? i only know of Hall, Johnson, McQueary and Bradley

 

EDIT: ah, assistant coach/linebackers. huh, you never hear his name around here

 

I hear about him some. He's highly thought-of as a recruiter and a defensive coach. Would Vanderlinden leave PSU to go back to a job he had 10-15 years ago? Not sure.

 

Tom Bradley is HC material, and Larry Johnson and Ron Vanderlinden are both DC material at least. They've shown a lot of loyalty to the program, and one rumor I've heard is that there is some sort of succession idea in mind, where Bradley becomes HC and either Johnson or Vanderlinden move up to DC. That leaves one of them without a promotion, though. Bradley has been here since he played for PSU in the last '70s; I can't see him going anywhere at this point. Larry Johnson has been here 12 years, and seems to comfortable in the area. If any of the three of them is going to leave, I suspect it would be Vanderlinden.

[Derwood]

Any Penn State fans have a sense at how committed Vanderlinden is to the program and what his chances of taking over for Paterno are? Just about every NU fan has his return to Northwestern at the top of their DC wish list.

 

who? seriously, is he on the coaching staff? i only know of Hall, Johnson, McQueary and Bradley

 

EDIT: ah, assistant coach/linebackers. huh, you never hear his name around here

 

I hear about him some. He's highly thought-of as a recruiter and a defensive coach. Would Vanderlinden leave PSU to go back to a job he had 10-15 years ago? Not sure.

 

Tom Bradley is HC material, and Larry Johnson and Ron Vanderlinden are both DC material at least. They've shown a lot of loyalty to the program, and one rumor I've heard is that there is some sort of succession idea in mind, where Bradley becomes HC and either Johnson or Vanderlinden move up to DC. That leaves one of them without a promotion, though. Bradley has been here since he played for PSU in the last '70s; I can't see him going anywhere at this point. Larry Johnson has been here 12 years, and seems to comfortable in the area. If any of the three of them is going to leave, I suspect it would be Vanderlinden.

 

remember when we though Jerry Sandusky would succeed Paterno as HC? Paterno seems to outlast his coordinators, who either retire or get sick of waiting and go take another HC job elsewhere

[TruffleShuffle]

Any Penn State fans have a sense at how committed Vanderlinden is to the program and what his chances of taking over for Paterno are? Just about every NU fan has his return to Northwestern at the top of their DC wish list.

 

who? seriously, is he on the coaching staff? i only know of Hall, Johnson, McQueary and Bradley

 

EDIT: ah, assistant coach/linebackers. huh, you never hear his name around here

 

I hear about him some. He's highly thought-of as a recruiter and a defensive coach. Would Vanderlinden leave PSU to go back to a job he had 10-15 years ago? Not sure.

 

Tom Bradley is HC material, and Larry Johnson and Ron Vanderlinden are both DC material at least. They've shown a lot of loyalty to the program, and one rumor I've heard is that there is some sort of succession idea in mind, where Bradley becomes HC and either Johnson or Vanderlinden move up to DC. That leaves one of them without a promotion, though. Bradley has been here since he played for PSU in the last '70s; I can't see him going anywhere at this point. Larry Johnson has been here 12 years, and seems to comfortable in the area. If any of the three of them is going to leave, I suspect it would be Vanderlinden.

 

remember when we though Jerry Sandusky would succeed Paterno as HC? Paterno seems to outlast his coordinators, who either retire or get sick of waiting and go take another HC job elsewhere

 

yeah, but tom bradley isn't going anywhere. Temple, Illinois and Pitt supposedly were interested in him when they had recent coaching vacancies, and he turned them all down. Most people believe that if Paterno ever steps down, he'll endorse Bradley as his successor, to reward Bradley for his loyalty. If they look to anyone from the outside, it'd probably be either Al Golden or Greg Schiano.

[cubweiser03]

Arkansas is the 15th wealthiest program in the country. Not sure where Michigan falls.

 

Regardless, Arkansas has a crap ton of money -- they've finally gotten rid of the old codger who was keeping them from spending it.

 

Well it appears the Hogs are not too damn scared to spend it on coaching. Their smart. The football coach is the most valuable person in the whole AD.

UM is 4th in total football program value and profits $36M a year from it. Arkansas profits $19M from theirs.

I dont know if they are stuck in the past that they dont need to pay top dollar for a coach or what. If you are going to poach another Head Coach you are going to have to premium dollar to steal him away. It doesnt make sense for them to not spend money on a coach with all their money and all their future investments in the program.

[Jon]

Any Penn State fans have a sense at how committed Vanderlinden is to the program and what his chances of taking over for Paterno are? Just about every NU fan has his return to Northwestern at the top of their DC wish list.

 

who? seriously, is he on the coaching staff? i only know of Hall, Johnson, McQueary and Bradley

 

EDIT: ah, assistant coach/linebackers. huh, you never hear his name around here

 

I hear about him some. He's highly thought-of as a recruiter and a defensive coach. Would Vanderlinden leave PSU to go back to a job he had 10-15 years ago? Not sure.

 

Tom Bradley is HC material, and Larry Johnson and Ron Vanderlinden are both DC material at least. They've shown a lot of loyalty to the program, and one rumor I've heard is that there is some sort of succession idea in mind, where Bradley becomes HC and either Johnson or Vanderlinden move up to DC. That leaves one of them without a promotion, though. Bradley has been here since he played for PSU in the last '70s; I can't see him going anywhere at this point. Larry Johnson has been here 12 years, and seems to comfortable in the area. If any of the three of them is going to leave, I suspect it would be Vanderlinden.

LBers coach and assistant head coach certainly isn't insignificant with a program like Penn State, but he'd be a DC and assistant head coach over here (once he cleans house with the defensive staff). It's pretty hard to read him since he's never in the public eye.

 

Of course, with our new AD search likely to take at least another couple of months, I'm not sure how much money we can spend on a new DC. Plus, he'd be going from State College to the 8th most expensive cost of living area in Division I sports. I sure wish we had a billionaire booster to provide coaches with free housing like Stanford...

[NCCubFan]

North Carolina has some pretty good HS football talent there. Unfortunately, there is a lot of competition college in state wise for that talent NC, NCS, Duke and Wake just in the ACC alone plus East Carolina USA and there may be other big schools I'm forgetting.

You've named all the Division 1-A schools in North Carolina. Appalachian State is also in NC.

[Guest]

Washington State went with Eastern Washington's coach instead of Brady Hoke. Michigan's now the only job he's been linked to, so if they don't hire him, we get to keep him for at least one more season.

 

Random fact: Paul Wulff (WSU's new coach) is a Davis High grad.

[fiver]

This probably falls into the "nobody cares" category sans maybe a few SEC fans, but Auburn has hired a new offensive cooridnator, Troy offensive coordinator Tony Franklin. Franklin is known for his no-huddle, spread offense. Auburn has utilized primarily an I formation, smashmouth type strategy for the last decade (longer), so this will be a huge change. The new offense should be a great fit for the very athletic Kodi Burns who will take over for Brandon Cox at QB next year. Edited December 14, 2007 by fiver

[Guest]

According to the LA Daily News,Terry Bowden is openly campaigning for the UCLA head coaching job. What say you, Fiver? The way he left Auburn midseason was certainly strange. And he's been out of coaching for a decade now. I'd also be worried that Bowden would jump ship asap to get back into the SEC.

 

ESPN and Provo newspapers are reporting that UCLA has contacted BYU head coach Bronco Mendenhall. :D I wonder if a coach has coached his old team against his new team in a bowl game before?

[Flames24Rulz]

Jerry Kill left SIU as he agreed to a 5 year deal to become the coach of Northern Illinois.

 

Good hire for NIU.

[fiver]

According to the LA Daily News,Terry Bowden is openly campaigning for the UCLA head coaching job. What say you, Fiver? The way he left Auburn midseason was certainly strange. And he's been out of coaching for a decade now. I'd also be worried that Bowden would jump ship asap to get back into the SEC.

 

ESPN and Provo newspapers are reporting that UCLA has contacted BYU head coach Bronco Mendenhall. :D I wonder if a coach has coached his old team against his new team in a bowl game before?

 

I wouldn't be overly concerned about Bowden leaving Auburn during the middle of the '98 season. Bobby Lowder, the same powerful board member who wanted to replace Tuberville with Petrino a few years back, had it in for Bowden that year. Without question, Bowden was going to be fired before the end of '98.

 

That said, I don't believe Bowden is a great coach or recruiter; he wasn't with Auburn. He inherited a lot of talent from Pat Dye, and his Auburn teams consequently went 11-0 and 9-1-1 in '93 and '94. However, by the time he left in '98, the cupboard was bare, and his team was 1-5 when he resigned. Tuberville replaced Bowden, went 5-6 in '99, has turned the program around thereafter.

 

I honestly can't provide a lot of expert analysis about Terry, but I'm pretty sure he has more experience and would have more input with the offensive side of the ball. Bottom line, my perception is that he wasn't a great coach ten years ago.

[CubinNY]

According to the LA Daily News,Terry Bowden is openly campaigning for the UCLA head coaching job. What say you, Fiver? The way he left Auburn midseason was certainly strange. And he's been out of coaching for a decade now. I'd also be worried that Bowden would jump ship asap to get back into the SEC.

 

ESPN and Provo newspapers are reporting that UCLA has contacted BYU head coach Bronco Mendenhall. :D I wonder if a coach has coached his old team against his new team in a bowl game before?

 

I wouldn't be overly concerned about Bowden leaving Auburn during the middle of the '98 season. Bobby Lowder, the same powerful board member who wanted to replace Tuberville with Petrino a few years back, had it in for Bowden that year. Without question, Bowden was going to be fired before the end of '98.

 

That said, I don't believe Bowden is a great coach or recruiter; he wasn't with Auburn. He inherited a lot of talent from Pat Dye, and his Auburn teams consequently went 11-0 and 9-1-1 in '93 and '94. However, by the time he left in '98, the cupboard was bare, and his team was 1-5 when he resigned. Tuberville replaced Bowden, went 5-6 in '99, has turned the program around thereafter.

 

I honestly can't provide a lot of expert analysis about Terry, but I'm pretty sure he has more experience and would have more input with the offensive side of the ball. Bottom line, my perception is that he wasn't a great coach ten years ago.

Wasn't Bowden sleeping with a cheerleader or something?

 

UCLA has some hoterific looking cheerleaders.

[fiver]

Wasn't Bowden sleeping with a cheerleader or something?

 

UCLA has some hoterific looking cheerleaders.

 

 

:lol: I've heard different variations of the rumor..some say he slept with a trustee's daughter. I'm not sure there is any merit to that. Personally, I believe he was going to be axed by Auburn in '98 mainly because he was a poor recruiter. I do seem to remember some stories about him not having a very close relationship with his players...distant and perhaps more of a figurehead than a coach. I'm not sure how much truth there is to those stories either.

[chuckywang]

Duke is close to hiring David Cutcliffe as their next head coach.

[dew1679666265]

Duke is close to hiring David Cutcliffe as their next head coach.

 

:cry: :cry:

 

Both my teams may lose their offensive coordinators. I really don't understand why Cutcliffe would want to go to Duke. He's said he wants to go to a team that is ready to contend, and no offense but I just don't think Duke's close.

 

He'd be a terrific hire for ya'll though. Very, very intelligent offensive mind and he did well at Ole Miss before they inexplicably fired him to bring in Ed Orgeron.

[Guest]

Norm Chow will interview with UCLA, don't know how or when with his NFL schedule. UCLA will also be interviewing Rick Neuhiesel (:D) and Philadelphia Eagles assistant John Harbaugh (Jim's older brother - guh?). There's also a rumor going around that UCLA might interview Herm Edwards (eww). I don't think you have to worry about losing Chow, dew.