UC Coaching Search Official Thread

[broeli]

Please don't let it be Turner Gill though. I don't think he'd be a good pick at all. Al Golden might be good but maybe not a good fit. He'd bolt for Penn State with a quickness if offered when JP leaves too.
The others are ok. KC isn't ready to be a headcoach though

[DBrentonBuck]

The idea of hiring a sub par head coach because he won't leave us is laughable. Hire the best coach available... and that isn't KC.... by a long shot

[FL_Bearcat]

I would love to see Tuberville, but would he ever come here? I don't see UC paying that much for a head coach.

[Lobot]

Per Cnati.com twitter Kevin Sumlin has been contacted.

[udonkey]

From twitter:

TomDienhart: Cincinnati has asked for permission to talk to Houston coach Kevin Sumlin.

[Cincyillini]

OK, i would LOVE Sumlin... but what about.... Charlie Weis?

[Lobot]

OK, i would LOVE Sumlin... but what about.... Charlie Weis?

Front butt is not a recruiter. He's not even a good HC or OC at the college level. He's an NFL OC only.

[udonkey]

Front butt is not a recruiter. He's not even a good HC or OC at the college level. He's an NFL OC only.

And even so, would he be willing to make 1/3 of what he was making at ND, even with dual incomes, when he can make a lot more by going back to the NFL? ****, if he gets the Chicago OC position, as people are speculating, he may even get a front row seat to watch BK's (hopeful) demise.

[#41]

Per Cnati.com twitter Kevin Sumlin has been contacted.

God, please no -- I can only take so much bad news in one day.

Sumlin is Kragthorpe v. 2.0. Both coordinators from the B12, both head coaches from C-USA programs, both incredibly inconsistent as head coaches (Sumlin's Houston team lost not once but three times to unranked opponents this year, including a loss to a UTEP team that lost by 60 to Texas), both with zero recruiting experience in the midwest.

Don't be fooled by the gaudy offensive numbers -- Sumlin is NOT a good coach. He's exactly the kind of hire that Mike Thomas needs to avoid making.

[seville]

God, please no -- I can only take so much bad news in one day.

Sumlin is Kragthorpe v. 2.0. Both coordinators from the B12, both head coaches from C-USA programs, both incredibly inconsistent as head coaches (Sumlin's Houston team lost not once but three times to unranked opponents this year, including a loss to a UTEP team that lost by 60 to Texas), both with zero recruiting experience in the midwest.

Don't be fooled by the gaudy offensive numbers -- Sumlin is NOT a good coach. He's exactly the kind of hire that Mike Thomas needs to avoid making.

Then other than Jones who else would you like to see coach UC football?

[Lobot]

God, please no -- I can only take so much bad news in one day.

Sumlin is Kragthorpe v. 2.0. Both coordinators from the B12, both head coaches from C-USA programs, both incredibly inconsistent as head coaches (Sumlin's Houston team lost not once but three times to unranked opponents this year, including a loss to a UTEP team that lost by 60 to Texas), both with zero recruiting experience in the midwest.

Don't be fooled by the gaudy offensive numbers -- Sumlin is NOT a good coach. He's exactly the kind of hire that Mike Thomas needs to avoid making.

Sumlin is from Indy. He does have recruiting ties here.

[Cpaw]

Thought.... Sumlin might not have the MidWest Ties we are looking for but he is recruiting in another HUGE hotbed right now for HS players, TEXAS. If we can get his recruiting ties from Texas combined with Coombs Midwest ties, it might not be a bad thing. Not sure if it would work, just a different perspective.

[DMoney1080]

Then other than Jones who else would you like to see coach UC football?

Is Quinn staying or leaving? I know he's coaching the bowl game, but really is he serious about staying at UC. I know he's a BK guy, but he was OC for this offense, even though BK called the plays. I'm just thinking he might not be that bad. I just don't know about him. If he can keep most of the crew it might not be a bad idea.

I think Holtz is a good candidate as well. East Carolina beat WV and that is a plus in my book.

[Cpaw]

Is Quinn staying or leaving? I know he's coaching the bowl game, but really is he serious about staying at UC. I know he's a BK guy, but he was OC for this offense, even though BK called the plays. I'm just thinking he might not be that bad. I just don't know about him. If he can keep most of the crew it might not be a bad idea.

I think Holtz is a good candidate as well. East Carolina beat WV and that is a plus in my book.

Quinn will be leaving to SB on Jan 2nd.

[RedRocker]

John Gruden was a target at the 'Ville. I think he should be a target here. I know he just re-inked with ESPN but contracts aren't worth the paper they're printed on. I'd like Gruden simply because I think it would make Cincy even more nationally relevant than now, he's a Midwest guy, and has had head coaching success. Players would know who he was, especially top talent wanting to working through him to the NFL.

Why can't he be a candidate here?

He was a QB for Dayton in the early 80's. One of his teammates was.......Kerry Coombs.