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Once Taggart is no longer our coach, I want Mario Cristobol or (you guys will love this) Lane Kiffen.

 

Lane Kiffin :puke:  You're right, I didn't really like it.

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How is this thread on its second page?

Oh, replies like this...ahem...

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Lane Kiffen? Ask Tennessee and USC.

Just say no!

Mario was successful at FIU. He recruited Florida. Hummm?

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Some good ideas on this thread.   I had forgotten about Cristobol - he would be a great choice.    With Butch Davis, I get the "retread" concern, but he would be worth a look.   I can't imagine that Lane Kiffin would want to be bothered coach here, although his brother is David Reaves.

 

What about current coaches on staff - Hope or Allen?

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Butch is about to turn 64 so it wouldn't be a long tenure if he did come here.

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We're always going to be getting one of three kids of coaches:

 

1) retreads who are trying to jumpstart their career after a recent failure (not saying Rich Rod, but a guy like him who was on the rise, failed, and gets another shot)

2) someone who's just making the rounds of the good 'ol boy network and is a name trying to keep getting a paycheck (Skip Holtz would be a good example here with LA Tech)

3) a totally unproven flyer that will either crash and burn fantastically or move on when he he gets the next best offer (CWT when we hired him, Allen, another coordinator somewhere who wants his first taste of a HC gig)

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My top choice would be Mark Hudspeth. He inherited a 3-9 UL-Lafayette team that hadn't seen a bowl game in 41 years and immediately got them to 9-4 his first season and has 4 bowl WINS in his 4 seasons there.

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I keep hearing Dino Barbers (Bowling Green HC). Has a ton of experience including OC at Arizona and Texas A&M. Took over at Eastern Illinois and went 7-5, 12-2 and then at BG 8-6 and currently 1-2 on the year beating Maryland and suffering a tough loss at Memphis 41-44 and tossing 30 on #25 Tennessee in their first game. 

 

 

 

 

 

I'd rather 

1.) See CWT turn it around and continue to recruit at a high level AND win

2.) Hire a bigger name coach that is reasonably within our grasp

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I keep hearing Dino Barbers (Bowling Green HC). Has a ton of experience including OC at Arizona and Texas A&M. Took over at Eastern Illinois and went 7-5, 12-2 and then at BG 8-6 and currently 1-2 on the year beating Maryland and suffering a tough loss at Memphis 41-44 and tossing 30 on #25 Tennessee in their first game. 

 

 

 

 

 

I'd rather 

1.) See CWT turn it around and continue to recruit at a high level AND win

2.) Hire a bigger name coach that is reasonably within our grasp

I have become more and more convinced each season that Taggart does not have the smarts and ingenuity to excel at this level. Great coaches find ways to win with lesser talent than what Taggart inherited. What has held Taggart's head above water in the past was his ability to recruit, but recruiting only takes you so far. His lack of imagination and creativeness on offense plus his stubbornness to relinquish control of the play calling duties will ultimately be his downfall. 3 years of long passes for negative yards that have never worked, ie bubble screens, continuously being called will have you question any coach's football IQ. 

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Magee for me. USF guy that has proven chops.

Oh, and actually knows the spread option offense...

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