GopherLady
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Here are my quick notes.
• I think you've gotta look at it, it's got to be a business decision, to get the guy in place. There isn't just one answer, if this was because of the boycott, and the tweet, and they said they need to make a change - you probably don't have your ducks in order. Barry Alvarez said - If I need a search firm to hire a head basketball or football coach, I'm not a good AD.
• Barreriro - you got a hell of a buyout. Mase - I might be dumb, but I’m not stupid.
• I'm going to get on my soapbox here. One thing that really wears me out, when they refer to someone as a "nice guy," let me tell you, this isn't a nice guy business. No one calls Nick Saban, Harbaugh or Urban Meyer a nice guy. It's a knee jerk reaction, the school tries to win the press conference, ebcause they got the secondary Coach from Alabama, rather than doing their homework. Who can deal with the problem, and situation. I was joking around - who's the most qualified person to make this decision? I said me. Because I know this job. Tim Brewster recruited Vince Young to Texas…he was from Texas and went to Texas! Mickey Mouse could of recruited him to Texas! There's a lot of mistakes made in evaluations, that's why I don't follow the staring. I think Jerry Kill and his staff did a good job, Rodney Smith and Celestin…one is evaluation, and one is selling them and getting them.
• Ohio State lost 9 players to the NFL last year, but Urban Meyer says, we're not recruiting guys to be here to redshirt. They don't want the raw talent, they want the finished talent.
• On Les Miles - he's a coach. He's been around. You know a lot more about a guy when he's run a program. For Claeys, it's really difficult when your 1st HC job is at that level. 1 negative about Les Miles, is he's a Michigan man. I've known him for a long time. He did a really good job at Ok St, which is why he got the LSU job. They play an exciting brand of football, that's a top 10 pressure cooker job. He knows about players, he knows about the Big 10. He knows the landscape of recruiting the midwest. If he had the burning desire. He's been somewhat controversial, his press conference are great, not always PC.
• On Pelini - Dean Johnson said they'd look at Pelini, because his wife is a NE grad, lol. Bo is a misunderstood guy, I recruited him to OSU, I went and watched him play bball, he was so tenacious, I said we've gotta go in on this guy, he's a tough guy. He had the image that he was a real jerk. You don't go to a place like OSU and become a caption because you're a jerk. People inside that program think he's great. He won 9 football games a year. If that's not good enough here, and he only won 9 there, they have a lot more resources there. Talk about facilities. The guy's a good coach.
• On Kiffin - I can't believe he got another job, I can't! You saw the sidelines and what was going on. He gets the break of his life at USC with Pete Carroll. He goes in there with great talent, gets the Raider job, then gets fired from there, but Al Davis says I'm not going to pay him because he's a fraud, then he's fired from that job, and gets the USC job…how does that happen? He gets fired, and goes to Alabama, and gets fired before the National Championship. The MVP when OSU played Bama, you check the record on that, should have been Lane Kiffin.
• I think Coyle went too far. There were rumors if Tracy was going to treat his job before the boycott. I told Tracy to not take that job for only 3 years. Then you make the change. Coyle says - We evaluated the whole program, and need to go in a different direction, new leadership, and thank Tracy for what he's done. The bad culture, integrity, academics…they got recognition for a high APR.
• Is it bad if we don’t' have a coach in 48 hours? It's an indication that you don't have your act together, or you're going down the list with no interest. There's been so much turnover in this program, you don't learn a program in a few months, or year, 2 years or 3 years. Iowa has had 3 AD's since 1979, you think they know what's going on? Alvarez at WI - you can tell if this guy is a fit here or isn't' a fit here. It's not a criticism, it's a fact of what's taken place at this university, it's been a revolving door. When they start to figure things out, they're gone.
• Gerry DiNardo has tried to start a search firm, and got a few jobs, but couldn't compete with the big boys. When you look at these search firms, how do they know? Have they ever coached, have they ever played, been an admin?
Ohio State had the worst loss that they ever had in a bowl, with that type of talent, you can see Urban was very very upset.
• I think you've gotta look at it, it's got to be a business decision, to get the guy in place. There isn't just one answer, if this was because of the boycott, and the tweet, and they said they need to make a change - you probably don't have your ducks in order. Barry Alvarez said - If I need a search firm to hire a head basketball or football coach, I'm not a good AD.
• Barreriro - you got a hell of a buyout. Mase - I might be dumb, but I’m not stupid.
• I'm going to get on my soapbox here. One thing that really wears me out, when they refer to someone as a "nice guy," let me tell you, this isn't a nice guy business. No one calls Nick Saban, Harbaugh or Urban Meyer a nice guy. It's a knee jerk reaction, the school tries to win the press conference, ebcause they got the secondary Coach from Alabama, rather than doing their homework. Who can deal with the problem, and situation. I was joking around - who's the most qualified person to make this decision? I said me. Because I know this job. Tim Brewster recruited Vince Young to Texas…he was from Texas and went to Texas! Mickey Mouse could of recruited him to Texas! There's a lot of mistakes made in evaluations, that's why I don't follow the staring. I think Jerry Kill and his staff did a good job, Rodney Smith and Celestin…one is evaluation, and one is selling them and getting them.
• Ohio State lost 9 players to the NFL last year, but Urban Meyer says, we're not recruiting guys to be here to redshirt. They don't want the raw talent, they want the finished talent.
• On Les Miles - he's a coach. He's been around. You know a lot more about a guy when he's run a program. For Claeys, it's really difficult when your 1st HC job is at that level. 1 negative about Les Miles, is he's a Michigan man. I've known him for a long time. He did a really good job at Ok St, which is why he got the LSU job. They play an exciting brand of football, that's a top 10 pressure cooker job. He knows about players, he knows about the Big 10. He knows the landscape of recruiting the midwest. If he had the burning desire. He's been somewhat controversial, his press conference are great, not always PC.
• On Pelini - Dean Johnson said they'd look at Pelini, because his wife is a NE grad, lol. Bo is a misunderstood guy, I recruited him to OSU, I went and watched him play bball, he was so tenacious, I said we've gotta go in on this guy, he's a tough guy. He had the image that he was a real jerk. You don't go to a place like OSU and become a caption because you're a jerk. People inside that program think he's great. He won 9 football games a year. If that's not good enough here, and he only won 9 there, they have a lot more resources there. Talk about facilities. The guy's a good coach.
• On Kiffin - I can't believe he got another job, I can't! You saw the sidelines and what was going on. He gets the break of his life at USC with Pete Carroll. He goes in there with great talent, gets the Raider job, then gets fired from there, but Al Davis says I'm not going to pay him because he's a fraud, then he's fired from that job, and gets the USC job…how does that happen? He gets fired, and goes to Alabama, and gets fired before the National Championship. The MVP when OSU played Bama, you check the record on that, should have been Lane Kiffin.
• I think Coyle went too far. There were rumors if Tracy was going to treat his job before the boycott. I told Tracy to not take that job for only 3 years. Then you make the change. Coyle says - We evaluated the whole program, and need to go in a different direction, new leadership, and thank Tracy for what he's done. The bad culture, integrity, academics…they got recognition for a high APR.
• Is it bad if we don’t' have a coach in 48 hours? It's an indication that you don't have your act together, or you're going down the list with no interest. There's been so much turnover in this program, you don't learn a program in a few months, or year, 2 years or 3 years. Iowa has had 3 AD's since 1979, you think they know what's going on? Alvarez at WI - you can tell if this guy is a fit here or isn't' a fit here. It's not a criticism, it's a fact of what's taken place at this university, it's been a revolving door. When they start to figure things out, they're gone.
• Gerry DiNardo has tried to start a search firm, and got a few jobs, but couldn't compete with the big boys. When you look at these search firms, how do they know? Have they ever coached, have they ever played, been an admin?
Ohio State had the worst loss that they ever had in a bowl, with that type of talent, you can see Urban was very very upset.
