Next HC at Mizzou?
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I too totally agree with the "cookie cutter offense" statement. If in fact they do hire Odom as HC, do they bring in a new offensive coordinator or do they hire from within and keep the same bullshit approach.
I made the comment on another thread that Mizzou's eventual hire would reflect the amount of $$$ that they are willing to spend. Hiring Odom simply tells me that they are doing things on the cheap.
There are so many openings this year that the pool is limited. The hot coaches have their pick. We'll get to see how much influence the Missouri AD has by his new coach.
This is Rhoades biggest hire of his career. This hire will make or break him as a P5 conference AD. From what I have read on the candidates he has interviewed color me less than impressed.
Are they willing to compete ($$$) to get the guy they want or are they simply going to take the easy way out ?(Barry Odom)
From what I've been hearing, promoting Odom may be the only way to keep him as his name is coming up with about 7 other HC jobs, including Toledo, Memphis, Tulane, UL Lafayette, Maine, Virginia, North Texas..
Mark Richt is fired from Georgia.
Mark Richt is fired from Georgia.
I can't imagine he takes it unless Mizzou doesn't offer him, and he has a second interview with Mizzou still.
Only Virginia plays in a Power 5 conference.The rest of those schools are not the most desirable destination...
And Maine is an average FCS school. Memphis and Virginia are the only two I could see him taking. Virginia is Power 5 conf. And Memphis for obvious ties to the program.
Miles staying at LSU, Fuente has taken the Vir Tech job.. really thinking Hermann will at least get a look
I'm fine with giving Odom a shot rather than lose him IF he goes out and snags a good OC with some imagination and multiple sets in his playbook. That being said, if we don't develop some depth and seriously upgrade our O-line play then I don't know if we could be successful in any system.
All that works great if you have the play makers to carry it out! IMO, it will be a step back to hire a mid-major coach or even Odom. Only time will tell.
Well, who do you like that we can realistically get and keep for a nice long run.
I think he'd be a great hire. Heard Dearmond this morning saying he didn't think he or Miles (had he been let go)would be a good fit for MU. They had Pinkel, or slightly higher, (his words) success at places with better resources. How could they do it at MU? Total BS, IMO. They've both had significantly more success than Pinkel (certainly no shot at Pinkel). And...If you don't hire one of them (theoretically), you're hiring someone completely unproven as a HC in a Power 5 conference. Batcrap reasoning. If two guys like that can't get it done with lesser resources, why would one assume someone with far less experience and success could???
All of that said...I think he takes the Miami gig or slides into some BS admin role at UGA. I'm betting FSU, Florida, and the ACC would rather he take that gig at UGA though. Call me bonkers, but he's exactly what the U needs.
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At some point somebody is going to take a chance on Bo Pelini and they're going to be right....The guy can coach...and he isn't the monster the Nebraska media made him out to be....Won a National Title in the SEC with LSU...has ties to the midwest (especially KC) recruiting.....Mizzou should give him a look.
after the way he was trashed, on here, by Mizzou fans.. would love to see that, for their reaction, if nothing else.
Would rather see Odom get it instead of the list I saw. Really. Cal coach was only 7-5, 5-7 and 1-11 the last three years in an average conference
I would rather Odom get it but there has to be a change with the offense. Will Odom keep Henson? That's my only concern with Odom. We need to either bring in an offensive minded head coach or bring in a new offensive philosophy and keep Odom. I'd prefer to keep Odom and have an awesome defense and bring in someone to bring life to the offense.
With the zoo that was the campus and team this year how appealing is the mu job to the top tier coaches?
It would have to be in the back of any applicant's mind that the slightest unfounded accusation could find you under the same bus as the university president.
It would have to be in the back of any applicant's mind that the slightest unfounded accusation could find you under the same bus as the university president.
as much as I dislike the Pac-12 is hard to call them an "average conference" Both the north and south are rated better than the SEC east. At least by Sagarin its by quite a bit.
Don't care about offense or defense. The next Coach better be able to recruit. It is all about recruiting!!
COMPLETE overhaul from what they were doing under Tedford. Dude can coach. And recruit. He'd be flat awesome in Columbia. Think Leach at TTU.
I think Lock in that offense would be fun to watch and he'd be pretty successful with it as well.
I don't think he'd be very fun to watch until they get some WRs. Once that happens, then I would whole-heartedly agree.
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