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  1. Are we waiting for GH to not get a HC position now?

    Wondering the same, and I'd guess that would be the case.

     

    It looks like the only HC jobs he interviewed for were UNLV and UTSA.

     

    UTSA is off the table (Traylor), and it appears that UNLV will be hiring Arroyo out of Oregon, latest reports being they were close on a deal.

     

    I think we're close to finding out what Harrell is going to do.

     

     

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  2. not true, i'd be very happy with Graham. Just doesn't sound like he wants the job

    It doesn't sound like anyone knows anything other than he interviewed and hasn't openly accepted or declined.

    The only thing it sounds like is he hasn't chosen to stay at USC, or it'd have been announced by now.


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  3. 8 minutes ago, Eggo said:

    Is that because that's what he wants or because Tim Beck wasn't capable of doing it himself?

    I think he just assumed he and Beck could get the ball rolling on his system as soon as they got to Austin, Beck would take it over and the athletes would fill in the blanks, leaving him to focus on the team as a whole. Have never gotten the impression that he's hell bent on the offense being his.

  4. 8 minutes ago, Vertigo said:

    Most coaches at that level are. I knew someone playing under Fran at TX St that he said he was an insufferable prick. 

    It's as if working over 100 hours a week under a large microscope trying to get a group of 50+ men all in sync on what you need them to do doesn't lead to much of a gee-golly-shucks attitude.

  5. 10 minutes ago, Old Freak Nasty said:

    Tom has to “prolong” the DC search for optics before Ash is announced. The coaching carousel is probably responsible for timeline of the OC hire.

    Tom's narcissistic ass isn't worried about optics re: Ash, so that it pleases a bunch of jagoffs on message boards (myself included). 

  6. 11 minutes ago, RGBIII said:

    Super K says Odom may be a bigger possibility than he originally thought and we are in touch with his DC Walters to coach secondary. Also says expect to know yes or no on Harrell by Wednesday 

    Hopefully Odom can secure the bag

  7. 2 minutes ago, Getafix said:

    Chip Brown / Horns 247 / The latest (on the coaching search) - Monday, 12:00 pm

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    Monday, 12 pm - As we head into Week 2 of Tom Herman’s search for two new coordinators and two receivers coaches, here’s where things stand …

    Former Rutgers coach Chris Ash, the co-defensive coordinator at Ohio State on the Buckeyes’ 2014 national title team with Herman, is a leading candidate (if not THE leading candidate) to replace Todd Orlando.

    Herman and Ash have talked about the possibility of Ash becoming Texas’ next defensive coordinator (although Ash hasn’t been in Austin to formally interview and wouldn’t need to because he and Herman are so close, sources said).

    Ash, however, is interested in seeing if current Ohio State defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley ends up getting the Boston College head-coaching job, sources said. If so, Ash might be in the mix to return to Ohio State, sources said.

    Indications are the Boston College coaching search could wrap up this week.

    We’ve reported from the beginning that Texas strength coach Yancy McKnight is doing Herman’s advance work - contacting candidates and gauging their interest - and that McKnight contacted Todd Graham as a defensive coordinator candidate.

    Graham, a former head coach at Rice, Tulsa and Arizona State, hired McKnight at Rice in 2006. Sources said Graham has interviewed for the vacant New Mexico head-coaching job.

    We’ve also heard former Missouri coach Barry Odom as a possible DC candidate, but Odom might be the leading candidate to take over the defense at Virginia Tech under Justin Fuente.

    Utah defensive coordinator Morgan Scalley, a Broyles Award finalist this year whom Texas will face in the Alamo Bowl, has also been a name of interest. But sources have indicated Scalley, a devout Mormon who teaches the Latter-day Saints program to Utah football players in addition to serving as DC, is very comfortable at Utah.

    The Week 1 main target of Herman’s offensive coordinator search - USC’s Graham Harrell - met with Herman last Wednesday in Houston, according to sources, and the two talked about the possibility of Harrell joining the Texas staff, sources said.

    Sources indicated financial parameters of the job (three years guaranteed at roughly $6 million) were discussed and even the possibility of UT’s new offensive coordinator installing his offense during bowl practices.

    But Harrell, who interviewed for the UTSA head-coaching job in Dallas last Monday, sources told Horns247, has returned to Los Angeles and continues to recruit for USC, where it’s been announced Clay Helton will remain the coach.

    Sources said Harrell has a close relationship with Helton and has enjoyed the autonomy Helton afforded him in their first season together.

    Sources said the reason nothing has been officially announced about Harrell’s future because he’s waiting to see if any other head-coaching job opportunities might come open that he would interview for. (Chip Brown)

     

    Lol. FCB basically just said Harrell isn't coming to Texas, but waiting to announce he is returning to USC just in case other HC opportunities present themselves. 

  8. 7 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

    1) The concerns/thoughts around Herman meddling with whatever an OC wants to do are unfounded. The guy handed the offense to Tim Beck and provided input on strategy. Then Tim Beck shit the bed, predictably to everyone not named Herman and his apologists, and Herman was forced to intervene. He attempted to hand the reins back several times. He doesn't want to be the OC. Harrell or whoever comes here, they're getting their run of the offensive side of the ball and Herman will help them gameplan. 

    2) Everyone, and I mean fucking everyone, on this thread is acting as if Herman is a dead man walking. That includes me. We're also a bunch of message board dorks. Herman's seat is warm to the outside world, but not toasty. The guy had a down year with major defensive losses and major injury issues. Texas still won 7 games and returns a ton in 2020. Coaches fire chunks of their staff every offseason and it doesn't mean they're a year away from termination. Someone taking a job at Texas isn't the same as taking a job at USC when Helton was known to have been retained merely due to bigger problems within the USC administration at the time. 

    3) A coordinator coming to Texas has a chance to brand themselves a guru, just as much as one taking a job at OU, Ohio State, Bama, and other major programs or blue bloods. Harrell fucking talked about this as that kind of big deal when all of this came up and I referenced in prior posts. If he doesn't take this job, it's because he simply preferred to work with Helton over Herman. It isn't because the opportunity wasn't big enough or because he assumes Herman is a dead man after next season. 

    4) Apparently, they're actually going through a plan with all of this. Like, we're getting the thing we wanted and many of you guys are now bawling because you have a need for instant gratification. Or maybe you care that other people are laughing at us and didn't realize that other people have been laughing at us for a decade. 

    5) This time 10 years ago, Texas had a HCIW to replace the HC as a rising coordinator. The donors and the AD are not above looking at the circumstance for what it is. If Harrell were to come here, look like a fucking wizard, and Herman were to keep pissing everyone off, they might fucking scramble to address the move before someone nabs the guy.

    Anyway, Herman can still fuck all of this up. I have no doubt he can. But I'm not despondent at the moment, and you shouldn't be either.

    You probably have me blocked or ignored but I like your reply here.

  9. Here to eat my crow on Drinkerseinkwitzki. Figured the best bet would be one more year at App then parlay that into a better HC gig.
     
     
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    Nm. Was under the impression Mizzou had already hired HC and Drinkwitz would be going as a coordinator. My bad. No crow eating for me.


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    Looks like Eli is Mizzu bound...

     

    Here to eat my crow on Drinkerseinkwitzki. Figured the best bet would be one more year at App then parlay that into a better HC gig.

     

     

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  11. Scott Frost didn’t exactly make a normal transition either. Who knows...

    I just know the history of it, and there aren't many surprises after bowl season. Shit's usually settled and out in the open, just up to them and current employer as to whether or not they coach in a bowl game.

     

     

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  12. Texas likely wouldn’t get a bump in recruiting over the next couple weeks no matter what. Relationships take time and maybe plans are being communicated to the recruits already committed. 

    Sure, "likely" not, but you would still want that information out there for any recruits on the fence.

     

     

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  13. I don't know if he is coming here.
    Bet they wouldn't announce Harrell before early signing day, to give USC the opportunity to keep their early commitments.

    Fuck that. Announcing Harrell early gives UT a bump in their recruiting, why would they throw away that advantage to help USC?


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  14. He may have turned us down already. How would we know?  He’s not required to run to social media to publicly reject a job offer. 

    I guess we're all assuming it's really down to UT and USC. So if he's returning to USC, then both he and the university are out of their got damn minds not letting their recruits know.


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  15. My sources tell me the new nacho vendor layers the cheese and chips to fill the gaps. 

    Don't care, he could be the best but he's almost very close to a comfort hire so I'll be upset.


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  16. Well nachos are comfort food...

    Ugh they make me so uncomfortable, wondering if the bottom half will even get a drop of cheese or any other topping on them. I DIDN'T ORDER CHIPS!


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  17. Not that "comfort hiring" isn't a problem, but I'm starting to hear the words "don't know shit about the guy" in my head any time I read the words "comfort hire" on here.

     

     

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