Leading Coach Options

[tjgopher]

If I gave up my sources, I'd have none. Believe me or not, but I believe this person.

I understand. I believe you have a source, and I believe this is what the source believes. I just believe your source is likely wrong.

I would bet large sums of money that the next U of M football coach is none of your source's four names, let alone that they are the frontrunners at this point. Again, nothing personal on you. I've always enjoyed your work and your insight. I hope you understand what I'm saying.

 

[icepirate13]

Let me preface this by saying, I haven't read one thread on GH since Sunday, as I've been out of the country. I have a dial-up like internet connection (forgot how it was in the olden days, haha), so if this has been posted I apologize.

Anyways, I heard from an extremely reliable source that these look to be the front runners:

Mike Leach
Mike Stoops
Tommy Tubberville
Kevin Sumlin

Stoops is a Big Ten guy at heart and I'm wondering how happy he is out west? What is everyone thoughts on him?

Honestly, I can't see Maturi hiring Leach...but that's just my thoughts.

GL, have your heard anything about Gary Patterson from TCU?
He would be right up there in my book!
Thanks

 

[kittysparrow]

I would love the Stoops hire and would be ok with Sumlin. The others don't excite me.

Kind of ironic that we're mentioning Stopps. A friend and I were talking last night and he told me that back in 1996, after Wacker resigned, Bob Stoops who was the defensive coordinator under Spurrier at Florida, had interviewed for the MN job but then withdrew his name from consideration and then we hired Mason.

Just kind of interesting since now we may potentially be going after his brother.

Not exactly true. Stoops was interested in the job, but Spurrier wouldn't let him interview.

 

[tjgopher]

Not exactly true. Stoops was interested in the job, but Spurrier wouldn't let him interview.

Stoops interviewed. Got his wife a free trip to MSP for a shopping spree at the Mall. He never intended to take the job. He was waiting out the Iowa job. Two years later the Iowa job opened, but so did Oklahoma. He chose Oklahoma who had offered, while Iowa was waiting to finish the interview process.

 

[kittysparrow]

Your list is a joke...
Tuberville just took the Tech job..why would he bail out
Leach has issues, he's a jerk for the admin to work with..no way on him
And anyone who hires little Stoops deserves him. He's a total rear end from everything I've seen.
And NONE of these has any Minnesota connections-a primary prereq. according to Maturi.
Sorry, your insider is on the outside.

The thing about Stoops is this, his defenses are something to watch. To the outside. maybe Stoops looks like a jerk, but maybe we need a coach with a little fire.

 

[EG#9]

Stoops interviewed. Got his wife a free trip to MSP for a shopping spree at the Mall. He never intended to take the job. He was waiting out the Iowa job. Two years later the Iowa job opened, but so did Oklahoma. He chose Oklahoma who had offered, while Iowa was waiting to finish the interview process.

That's the Iowa version of the story.

 

[kittysparrow]

Stoops interviewed. Got his wife a free trip to MSP for a shopping spree at the Mall. He never intended to take the job. He was waiting out the Iowa job. Two years later the Iowa job opened, but so did Oklahoma. He chose Oklahoma who had offered, while Iowa was waiting to finish the interview process.

I was sure he didn't, but i stand corrected.

 

[mkAz]

Stoops. Trust me. He'd wear thin here very, very fast.

He isn't particularly popular in Tucson. There'd be more than one Wildcat booster who'd thank us for taking him off their hands.

He's not like his older brother Bob all that much. Big Game Bob has struggled recently in bowl games, but over his career has won some monster games, has an "in control" sideline demeanor, handles himself pretty classy and is an excellent game coach. Watch Mike Stoops coach a game. Any game. He's an absolute head case bordering on an embarrassment. He loses touch with the game and it impacts the outcome.

Being in Arizona for the past 20 years, I can back this up, I'm not a fan, give me Bellotti or Golden any day.

 

[josh087]

Would he be the first African American head coach in the Big Ten since Dennis Green at Northwestern?

No, he wouldn't be. He would be the first since Bobby Williams at Michigan State.

 

[gopherphan]

Anyone else want to spam flood maturi's inbox with HIRE MIKE LEACH?

 

[station19]

If you don't understand that every so often programs have a dip or take a year to two to reload then there may not be much hope for you. I suggest you wait until the end of the year when Urban Meyer is canned for the dip in his program, considering all his loses have been in conference games he is terrible.

Or as one of the Chicago Cubs execs said a few years ago......."We had a bad century"

 

[denguegopher]

Stoops. Trust me. He'd wear thin here very, very fast.

He isn't particularly popular in Tucson. There'd be more than one Wildcat booster who'd thank us for taking him off their hands.

He's not like his older brother Bob all that much. Big Game Bob has struggled recently in bowl games, but over his career has won some monster games, has an "in control" sideline demeanor, handles himself pretty classy and is an excellent game coach. Watch Mike Stoops coach a game. Any game. He's an absolute head case bordering on an embarrassment. He loses touch with the game and it impacts the outcome.

Agree. Did anyone else see his assistant trying to restrain him in Saturday's game? "Head case" is a good description.

 

[GopherBeef]

Agree. Did anyone else see his assistant trying to restrain him in Saturday's game? "Head case" is a good description.

Yes, I saw the game and thought the same thing. He is a bit much on the sideline, especially considering that he is now in his seventh year as a head coach.

On the other hand, he is growing on me a bit as a candidate. His program seemed to turn a corner a few years back when he hired Sonny Dykes as offensive coordinator, which at least shows that he is willing to make changes when needed (perhaps he was forced). Dykes is now the HC at Louisiana Tech, and despite his loss Arizona is off to a 6-1 start.

Although I don't like his sideline craziness, I like his style of tough defense and diversified offense. He also appears to have a good coaching staff that hopefully would follow him here and ease the issues associated with starting over with a new staff. One concern is that despite all his energy his recruting classes have ranked good, but not great (mid-30s to mid-40s).

I would think that he may be interested in getting back to the Big Ten and the midwest. Other than being able to sell nice warm winters, there is not a lot to sell a kid on Tucson.

Anyway, I would definitely prefer Leach and probably Tuberville, but I would be content with Stoops.

 

[GopherLady]

I understand. I believe you have a source, and I believe this is what the source believes. I just believe your source is likely wrong.

I would bet large sums of money that the next U of M football coach is none of your source's four names, let alone that they are the frontrunners at this point. Again, nothing personal on you. I've always enjoyed your work and your insight. I hope you understand what I'm saying.

That's fine - all I know is my guy has been right on everything, from grades to suspensions, everything he's had 1st.

Will one of these guys be our coach? Who knows? I don't think many understand that news changes, but as when I posted, these these were top options they are looking at. Anything could have changed in a few days, and will in the future, but at the time, it was accurate (I haven't gotten any updates since from this person).

I do understand your point of view, and we'll agree to disagree. I've run into a lot of "sources" in my 14 years at the U, and very few are actually accurate, and have never been wrong. This is one of them.