11/21/2004

THE OFFICIAL “FIRE YOUR COACH” THREAD

OK, football fans . . . with the effective end of the regular season in college football, who’s on their way out and who’s changing addresses? My picks and predictions:

  • Urban Meyer to Florida (let’s call this one a foregone conclusion, OK?)
  • Ron Turner whacked at Illinois, Chuck Long (OU offensive coordinator) to take over
  • Paterno stays put
  • So does Kirk Ferentz, who appears poised to extend his contract through 2012
  • Mark Farley (Northern Iowa head coach) to Western Michigan

Names I expect to be in play somewhere: Ron Zook, Frank Solich (though he will not be going to UNLV), Barney Cotton (Iowa State offensive coordinator).

Anybody?

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7 Comments

  1. Geez, someone get JoePa a wheelchair and get him out of happy valley!

    Comment by bryan — 11/21/2004 @ 5:53 pm

  2. If U$C wins another MNC, I would guess that Norm Chow would be more apt to leave to replace Meyer at Utah. (Chow turned that down before.) Washington is also hanging out there - good program but a big rebuilding job. How about Mike Price making a return to the state?

    Comment by Jon — 11/22/2004 @ 8:10 am

  3. I’m thinking UDub is going to make a play for Dan Hawkins.

    Comment by Mark Hasty — 11/22/2004 @ 10:56 am

  4. Is Western Michigan a step up from Northern Iowa?

    Comment by Harry — 11/22/2004 @ 11:22 am

  5. Some Ole Miss fans are starting to want David Cutcliffe’s head on a platter. I think they’re nuts, but when you live in a past that never existed, it’s hard for anyone to measure up.

    Comment by Harry — 11/22/2004 @ 11:23 am

  6. Re: Hawkins…I would be careful if I were Washington. It is one thing to hire a coach like Meyer, who has experience as an assistant at a big-time program, but Boise is the biggest place that Hawkins has been. (And before you look it up, both Koetter and Nutt were assistants elsewhere before going to Boise.) Boise is a couple steps up from Sonoma State, but it is a whole staircase below Seattle. I just think everything about a program like Washington might be too much for someone without that exposure to deal with on a first go around.

    Comment by Jon — 11/22/2004 @ 11:32 am

  7. Football News
    Ron Turner was officially fired today by Illinois AD Ron Guenther. It was a hard decision, as Turner had shown a great deal of loyalty to the program (something Guenther values). Unfortunately, the lack of attendance at games was costing the progra…

    Trackback by Left Oblique — 11/23/2004 @ 12:45 am

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