(11-28-2015 05:17 PM)Wood Tiger Wrote:  Freeze would've done anything for the Memphis job and we said no twenty times.

And I'm very thankful that we did.

(11-29-2015 10:43 AM)Gray Avenger Wrote:  

(11-28-2015 05:17 PM)Wood Tiger Wrote:  Freeze would've done anything for the Memphis job and we said no twenty times.

And I'm very thankful that we did.

Freeze would've done the same thing Fuente did. Been successful then leave for a better job.

What Freeze has been able to do at Ole Miss in his 4 years there is nothing short of a miracle. The same could be said for what Fuente did here...

Time to stop thinking small.

We should interview Nick Saban for HC and steal Pete Carrol to be OC and Bill Belichek as DC. Urban Meyer can coach the special teams. Keep Fuente and Pastner as equipment managers and assistant waterboys.

Saban would be a fool to turn down Memphis to stay at Alabama, and I'm sure Belichek is bored to death in NE. Carol will jump at the chance. Besides, it rains too much in Seattle anyway.

(11-29-2015 11:13 AM)HometownTiger Wrote:  

(11-29-2015 10:43 AM)Gray Avenger Wrote:  

(11-28-2015 05:17 PM)Wood Tiger Wrote:  Freeze would've done anything for the Memphis job and we said no twenty times.

And I'm very thankful that we did.

Freeze would've done the same thing Fuente did. Been successful then leave for a better job.

What Freeze has been able to do at Ole Miss in his 4 years there is nothing short of a miracle. The same could be said for what Fuente did here...

Realize that any good coach we bring in will leave in a few years. It's not negative just a fact. The only way to avoid that would be to get a coach who is in the final chapter of his coaching career to take the job.

Any young good coach is about having a shot to win a National championship. The Memphis job at this point doesn't allow that because it is not in a P5. Until Memphis is in a P5 it will have almost an impossible job of hanging onto young good coaches. The best thing to due is follow the Boise model which is ensure you make a good hire that keeps the program moving forward.

Not negative about the Memphis job or program but not being in a P5 is a huge disadvantage not only in facilities but also in keeping coaches

(11-29-2015 11:32 AM)ericsrevenge76 Wrote:  Time to stop thinking small.

We should interview Nick Saban for HC and steal Pete Carrol to be OC and Bill Belichek as DC. Urban Meyer can coach the special teams. Keep Fuente and Pastner as equipment managers and assistant waterboys.

Saban would be a fool to turn down Memphis to stay at Alabama, and I'm sure Belichek is bored to death in NE. Carol will jump at the chance. Besides, it rains too much in Seattle anyway.

Sarcasm duly noted.

(11-29-2015 11:13 AM)HometownTiger Wrote:  

(11-29-2015 10:43 AM)Gray Avenger Wrote:  

(11-28-2015 05:17 PM)Wood Tiger Wrote:  Freeze would've done anything for the Memphis job and we said no twenty times.

And I'm very thankful that we did.

Freeze would've done the same thing Fuente did. Been successful then leave for a better job.

What Freeze has been able to do at Ole Miss in his 4 years there is nothing short of a miracle. The same could be said for what Fuente did here...

Exactly. Being a stepping stool ain't bad but you'd like to be a destination job.

(11-29-2015 11:55 AM)fishman6581 Wrote:  

(11-29-2015 11:13 AM)HometownTiger Wrote:  

(11-29-2015 10:43 AM)Gray Avenger Wrote:  

(11-28-2015 05:17 PM)Wood Tiger Wrote:  Freeze would've done anything for the Memphis job and we said no twenty times.

And I'm very thankful that we did.

Freeze would've done the same thing Fuente did. Been successful then leave for a better job.

What Freeze has been able to do at Ole Miss in his 4 years there is nothing short of a miracle. The same could be said for what Fuente did here...

Exactly. Being a stepping stool ain't bad but you'd like to be a destination job.

Being a stepping stone beats being a doormat. Baby steps.

(11-29-2015 12:02 PM)EdmondTiger Wrote:  

(11-29-2015 11:55 AM)fishman6581 Wrote:  

(11-29-2015 11:13 AM)HometownTiger Wrote:  

(11-29-2015 10:43 AM)Gray Avenger Wrote:  

(11-28-2015 05:17 PM)Wood Tiger Wrote:  Freeze would've done anything for the Memphis job and we said no twenty times.

And I'm very thankful that we did.

Freeze would've done the same thing Fuente did. Been successful then leave for a better job.

What Freeze has been able to do at Ole Miss in his 4 years there is nothing short of a miracle. The same could be said for what Fuente did here...

Exactly. Being a stepping stool ain't bad but you'd like to be a destination job.

Being a stepping stone beats being a doormat. Baby steps.

THIS.