UC Coaching Search Official Thread

[cincycpaw]

Sumlin is waiting for a Big 12 job to open up.

And Shanahan is waiting on a NFL job to open up.

[Big B]

Mike Shanahan? Really??? C'mon fellas. Mike Sumlin turned us down.

Sumlin said he didn't want to interview right now, he's only interested in coaching his team in their bowl game. Come Jan 2, if the position is still available he will interview.

Next years team with anyone coaching will finish in the top 15, with a very good coach, we'll be in another BCS bowl game. Everyone is calling MT and is interested in this job.

Also Diaco is a good D-coor., the 3-4 is not made for college football. It was created for the NFL to get more linebackers on the field, higher paying position. If we play strictly 4-3 against Fla, we win.

[Big B]

And Shanahan is waiting on a NFL job to open up.

Come on, we're a better job then any 1-15 or 2-14 NFL team. He already has a contract from Buffalo he hasn't signed yet.

[Bearcat_DF]

Also Diaco is a good D-coor., the 3-4 is not made for college football. It was created for the NFL to get more linebackers on the field, higher paying position. If we play strictly 4-3 against Fla, we win.

I think if we play a 4-3 against Fla, Tim Tebow will have a field day with our secondary . . .

While everyone is down on Diaco, we are leaders in two defensive categories: 21 in points/play and 26 in yards/play. (And we didn't get to play Nebraska to pad our stats . . . ) The most frustrating thing of our D was that we didn't make adjustments quicker against Pitt. We didn't start run blitzes till the 2nd half. I could understand not making adjustments against UConn and UI when we were ahead, but when we were down 14 points . . .

I'm not sold on Quinn and if part of the support is about continuity, you can forget that - BK is going to hire every assistant he wants, even if Quinn stays.

[KirbyN03]

I don't get the facination with Quinn. It's very similar to everyone jumping on Narduzi (sp)'s bandwaggon before we hired Kelly. I know some guys who sat with some players at the Football banquet and the word from them was Quinn is very good #2 guy but not #1 guy material.

I have to imagine in the interview with Zimmer (if true) could just be a casual talk about the Job. He's a local NFL coach whose star is rising and it's probably just worth a conversation about the position...if it's a fit cool...if not, no big deal he goes back to his office at PBS and determines how we shutdown San Diego this Sunday.

[Hartz821]

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/footbal...yhoo&type=lgns

Report indicates search should be over this week.

[#41]

Wow, bringing in Zimmer or Shanahan would be huge. I like the idea of both but how tough would it be to assimilate to the college game for either. We wouldnt have a Weiss on our hands would we?

Shanahan? He was a great NFL coach, but are we really interested in a guy who has been out of the college game for 26 years?

Zimmer is 16 years out of college, and he's never been a head coach at ANY level to the best of my knowledge. Plus, what's his availability like? I don't think he's going to bail out on the Bengals during a playoff-run to become the UC Coach -- and based on what I'm hearing, I don't know that our recruits are going to wait around.

I don't know that I like either of them any more than I do someone like Jones.

[richard k.]

Is Thomas serious about Shanahan? Is Shanahan serious about UC? While somewhat more run oriented using the "west coast" offense than others, this guy was/is supposed to be an offensive genius, at BOTH the college and and pro levels. Bring him in, let him coach for a couple of years, have him bring in his son (Kyle? isn't he the OC for the Texans or some pro team/) then turn the program over to him. Keep KC as local recruiting guy - find someone who can recruit on a more national level, and you don't think there will be all kinds of kids clamoring to play at UC for a potential HOF coach, with a serious pro background AND extensive college experience as well.

[catscratchfever]

the more I read the more I want Butch Jones!

[catsfan32]

I would love to get Shanahan if possible. The guy is an amazing coach and would definitely be a big name to attract talent.

[Forsure21]

What is up with this Shannahan and Zimmer talk? Are people being serious? Im confused. Is there any info linking them to the Bearcats? I could never imagine.

[chase1050]

For once, I totally agree with you. No way a guy like Shannahan take a job like this. I'm curious where Rivals is getting this.

[catsfan32]

For once, I totally agree with you. No way a guy like Shannahan take a job like this. I'm curious where Rivals is getting this.

I agree it is a bit crazy for a coach like Shanahan to take this job. But if he is good friends with Mike Thomas I could definitely see him being linked to the job. Does anyone know if he was looking to get back into the NFL or would really consider a college job?

[catscratchfever]

I agree it is a bit crazy for a coach like Shanahan to take this job. But if he is good friends with Mike Thomas I could definitely see him being linked to the job. Does anyone know if he was looking to get back into the NFL or would really consider a college job?

I'm not very familiar with the NFL, but don't NFL coaches get paid substantially more than college coaches? Especially a future HOF coach?

[#41]

For once, I totally agree with you. No way a guy like Shannahan take a job like this. I'm curious where Rivals is getting this.

Of course, there's always the possibility that Shanahan might want to coach college -- with impending labor unrest in the NFL in 2011, college might be the only sure thing in coaching over the next 2-3 years.