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(11-22-2021 11:03 AM)Bearhawkeye Wrote:  

(11-22-2021 09:59 AM)UCGrad1992 Wrote:  

(11-22-2021 09:27 AM)Bruce Monnin Wrote:  I am hoping Fickell turns into a UC legend and stays until after we build his statue.

If he leaves, then he was just a great employee I was always be grateful worked for UC for a few years.

But I am not going to let whether Fickell leaves/stays affect my enjoyment of this season one iota.

Now, I am hoping Fickell has the integrity he espouses and would not leave until after any bowl/playoff games are over. Even at only $4 million a year, we should expect a full season's work out of him.

He didn't leave Ohio St to start here until after their bowl game. I wouldn't expect anything different from him.

Well he also interviewed and accepted well before that bowl game. I'm not saying that as a criticism and I think it's different for a HC v. an assistant. But I think it's easy to see that would be a disaster to do in this situation.

Which, as Thamel points out in his recent article, puts us in a pretty nice position if we make the CFP and especially so if we make the Final. The big money programs aren't going to be able to wait that long on a guy who still might turn them down. I think the early signing period starts on Dec. 15.

It would be criminal of an AD not to have a coach lined up and hired before the early signing period.