Hypothetically if we're looking for a new coach after the season

[bulloni]

What type of hire should we be looking for? 2 we should not be looking for are:

• No guys who used to be a hot commodity and just failed at a bigger school (Charlie Strong/Scott Frost)
• No assistant coach who has 0 experience outside 1 winning program (Jeff Scott/any current Clemson assistant)

Categories:

• Coordinator who has been on fire lately? Willy Korn, Jim Knowles, Jeff Lebby, Phil Longo
• Good college coach, failed in NFL? Bill O'Brien, Matt Rhule
• Throw a lot of money at another G5 schools coach? Clay Helton, Charles Huff, Jeff Traylor
• Decent at a big school but not up to their expectations (Gus)? Jim McElwain, Dan Mullen
• Wild Cards? Deion Sanders, Urban Meyer

Edited September 12, 2022 by bulloni

[El_Toro_86]

The more important question is how do we feel about the guy doing the hiring?

[BullDut]

If it has to happen, Deion all day.  Excitement and guy wants to rumble the establishment.  Would not be boring.  

[bulloni]

5 minutes ago, BullDut said:

If it has to happen, Deion all day.  Excitement and guy wants to rumble the establishment.  Would not be boring.  

Has 11 four stars and a five star at Jackson State.

Think his strategy would be recruit, recruit, recruit then out talent our entire G5 schedule...would take that over whatever this current strategy is

[El_Toro_86]

Jeff Lebby would be intriguing

[USFRaider]

Both Sanders and Lebby would be intriguing for sure.

[bulloni]

1 minute ago, El_Toro_86 said:

Jeff Lebby would be intriguing

football wise he knocks it out of the park...his off the field issues show some cause for concern

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Lebby#Role_during_2015_Baylor_football_scandal

 

[zarnozdabull]

Definitely no to re-threads (Frost, Mullen, etc.) or coordinators with no HC experience (CJS).

Jeff Traylor or Shawn Clark would be dreams, but they're probably going P5. USF would only be a lateral move at this point.

Realistically, Tyson Helton would be an awesome choice. He has won a lot at WKU, has experience as a HC, and was born in Florida.

 

 

 

[WWMJD]

The problem is we have had high-profile failures for every type of hire:

• Up and coming small school guy? Skip.
• Guy who had a ton of success at our level and washed out at major program? Charlie.
• Coordinator for major hot program? Jeff.

And 90% of the fanbase was ready to fire Taggart too, so you could add him to this list... he just caught lightning in a bottle with Flowers, Mack, and Johnson.

There is no one mold for a coach, and anyone who says "no [X type] coach" is ignoring the magnificent scope and diversity of USF's hiring failures.

[bcgruber]

Gruden