(11-25-2019 02:00 PM)CitrusUCF Wrote: (11-25-2019 01:50 PM)mtmedlin Wrote: (11-25-2019 01:42 PM)ArmoredUpKnight Wrote: What a Florida heavy carousel it could be. FSU looking for a coach already. Miami probably discussing if they should Fire Diaz after the FIU loss.
If I’m USF, I don’t want to be looking for a coach with Florida ties and can recruit down here at the same time Miami and FSU are. I’d hold my cards till you see what happens at Miami.
Lol Tampa media asked him about the rumor.
https://twitter.com/tbtimes_bulls/status...01248?s=21
I heard an interesting name that some donors brought up.... Some donors from south florida area.... ones that like a defensive minded coach. Someone with deep ties to the state, who recruits well in the south florida area. Someone who has helped develop a strong unit at another florida school.... Someone who was run off a bit quick at another Florida school, but many believe still has what it takes.... is that enough hints???
So you're going to hire Randy Shannon?
If Strong is indeed fired, I would expect his name to come up.
USF is REALLY big about hiring coaches who are APR masters and run a clean program. Randy did that at one of the hardest schools to be clean. He got through the entire investigation without ANY indication he did anything wrong.
then, if you look at his record, he won there. Just not up to the level they wanted, and lets be honest... nobody in the past 20 years has really done well at Miami.... but he had a damn fine defensive line at UF and honestly, UCFs strongest aspect is their D.
He REALLY does well on making certain all the fundamentals are down. His players tackle well, play their assignments well and have phenominal gap coverage.
Some question if hes the best guy to lead a program, but not many question his ability as a DC.... so, ya, I think he gets looked at really hard.
I personally like the guy and he used to pull in premier players out of Miami. If we got the right OC and DC with him, held on to King as our QB coach and then brought in some USF alumni who have coaching experience, I think we could turn this around.
I think Shannon as HC and maybe Larry Scott as OC, keep Shaun King and move him to QB coach and bring Blackwell in to coach RBs, it could be a good combination. Even heard that the legend himself Matt Grothe is interested in coming to work at USF. Kid is a legend and Id love to see him on the sidelines.