No but his assistant would
All FB coaching rumors and speculation
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Which one? BV has to be the clubhouse leader, but TE gets a ton of press as the next great offensive mind. TE will probably stay at Clemson forever, he's an alum (studied IE, smart dude!)
Want to be an AD? The single #1 part of the job is hiring a football coach:
1. hire a dud and he fails and you are a chump and it costs the dept millions to dump the guy
2. hire a winner and he does so well he goes somewhere else for more money
Lather, rinse, repeat.
People talk about guys who stay 20 years, but those guys are unicorns. That said, you keep trying to find one...
Steve Prohm. He could coach football and then replace Coach K for basketball.
Thinking he might get a total of 3 wins if he coaches both football and basketball. Maybe.
People should really listen to Pollard's comments from Monday night in full, or his appearance on KXNO yesterday where he said much the same thing. He wasn't just prepping fans for Campbell's possible exit - which we've known for years was a possibility - but for this new world in which we're even less competitive financially than before, including what we can afford to pay Campbell or his hypothetical replacement amidst this rapid uptick in salaries.
Steve did get a player into the NFL...
This.
We are getting priceless publicity from this. While it causes ISU fans to freak out and may cause some hesitation with recruits given the uncertainty (although none of them need to make a decision immediately) none of this speculation hurts. It only helps.
ISU brand is all over and Campbell’s reputation as a top young coach just grows. Rumors about him turning down schools like USC and OU to stay at IowaState paint the best possible image for anyone even considering Iowa State as their school of choice.
I have no doubt coach was interested in ND job and waiting to see how that played out, but for everyone freaking out about why he doesn’t come right out and say “I’m staying” understand that’s only to give you comfort. Have you ever considered that a head coach and AD understand this dynamic with the optics and media attention and that’s why (or at least part of why) they let it play out?
It might be next week, which seems crazy. Hopefully nothing bad pops up on the background check.
Fair question. Given the absolute youngest are in their 30s I’d say coach is still in this category. Scale goes way further in the other direction. Totally arbitrary, but I personally would consider anything under 45 to be “young”. Others will certainly have other equally valid (but also arbitrary) lines.
Marcus Freeman is 35 and hasn’t even been a HC yet. Takes time to be an HC at a University.
I don't think so but Clemson is a program that could fall from the top of the hill.
I would disagree. AD's main job is managing Finances, Facilities, and Fans.
Coaches come and go. Hire the best fit you can and then give them what you can to be successful. Be a good boss. Remember, most people quit bosses not jobs.
It is an interesting question as Mark Stoops was listed as "age being a concern" (too old) when there was a discussion about potential replacements for the bigger programs in need of an HC. And he is 54 (or close to that age)!
This could be applied to being a university president in hiring an athletic Director as well.
Wrong.
If he leaves someday for another college ND or whoever he's still working with that age group of young men regardless of the business side of it. My original post was against him going to the NFL (Browns or Bust). Coaching those guys and their mentality and egos is a different thing all together.
