What head coaches that you like for next season

SLB · Post by **SLB** » September 8th, 2024, 12:18 am

I start it off with my list
I have a head coaching search with the following names: Thomas Hammock, Scot Loeffler, Clay Helton, G.J. Kinne, Jason Candle, Tim Albin, and Jason Eck.
What is your list of coaches that you would consider?

Post by **ProvoAggie** » September 8th, 2024, 12:33 am

I think Nick Saban is available.

Aggie4L1fe · Post by **Aggie4L1fe** » September 8th, 2024, 12:34 am

Bowling green would really hate us if we stole their football coach

Any candidates named Tod / Todd perchance?

EngineeringAggie · Post by **EngineeringAggie** » September 8th, 2024, 12:51 am

This topic is not worth anybody’s time. We all know that Sabua has some coach from Ohio that she wants to hire. The sad thing is that I think Dreiling is doing a fine job. I don’t think cefalo is a good offensive coordinator.

ineptimusprime · Post by **ineptimusprime** » September 8th, 2024, 12:53 am

It’s hard to judge Dreiling harshly at all under the circumstances, but the schedule does not do him any favors to impress Diana and win the job. Kinda feel for the guy.

I like Jason Eck at Idaho a lot. His team today against Wyoming was everything I wish our team was — likable, no non-sense, disciplined, and tough as nails. But I don’t think he’ll get picked.

3rdGenAggie · Post by **3rdGenAggie** » September 8th, 2024, 12:56 am

I expect 8 wins wouldn't get Nate the job. He'd have to make it impossible for Sabau not to hire him to get hired.

I hope it doesn't hurt his chances at an HC job a decade from now when he's actually ready.

Blue Sage · Post by **Blue Sage** » September 8th, 2024, 1:04 am

Could do worse coach wise. I mean after this off season WHY would you ever coach here?

GameFAQSAggie · Post by **GameFAQSAggie** » September 8th, 2024, 6:49 am

Jimbo Fisher. He would sure love the chance to beat Texas A&M and tell them to kiss his (I can't express myself without swearing).

QuackAttackAggie · Post by **QuackAttackAggie** » September 8th, 2024, 7:16 am

Aranda might be available

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Imakeitrain · Post by **Imakeitrain** » September 8th, 2024, 7:20 am

It's gonna be some coach from like Youngstown

Aggie formerly in Hawaii · Post by **Aggie formerly in Hawaii** » September 8th, 2024, 7:55 am

Would love Jason candle

Hoot · Post by **Hoot** » September 8th, 2024, 8:04 am

Aggie formerly in Hawaii wrote: ↑
September 8th, 2024, 7:55 am
Would love Jason candle

Sucks in bowls but man that regular season would be great.

slcagg · Post by **slcagg** » September 8th, 2024, 8:15 am

QuackAttackAggie wrote: ↑
September 8th, 2024, 7:16 am
Aranda might be available

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Man watched his defense vs alabama last night. Impressive.

Edit: Oops was thinking of Todd Orlando

StanfordAggie · Post by **StanfordAggie** » September 8th, 2024, 9:00 am

Imakeitrain wrote: ↑
September 8th, 2024, 7:20 am
It's gonna be some coach from like Youngstown

If I'm not mistaken, Jim Tressel coached at Youngstown prior to coaching Ohio State. I think he's available, too.

Aggiesbleedblue · Post by **Aggiesbleedblue** » September 8th, 2024, 9:25 am

Don’t care who it is as long as they build a football team from the inside out and actually prioritize the trenches. That hasn’t happened under Blake and is the main reason we aren’t competitive in big games. Longing for the days of Jordan Nielsen and BJ Larsen *sigh*

AggiePharm · Post by **AggiePharm** » September 8th, 2024, 10:00 am

Ironically, Jason Candle really might be one of the best, realistic candidates for the job.

GameFAQSAggie · Post by **GameFAQSAggie** » September 8th, 2024, 10:03 am

Aggiesbleedblue wrote: ↑
September 8th, 2024, 9:25 am
Longing for the days of Jordan Nielsen and BJ Larsen *sigh*

SLB · Post by **SLB** » September 8th, 2024, 8:57 pm

Ex-MWC coaches- Matt Wells, Bryan Harsin, and Jim McElwain (currently Central Michigan's head coach)
Which of the 3 do you like the most?

shoresy · Post by **shoresy** » September 8th, 2024, 9:05 pm

Gonna have to lower expectations. All the recent drama in the program plus all the money we're going to end up paying Blake is going to make it extremely difficult to attract/afford many decent candidates.

Going to have to take the "diamond in the rough" route to find our next coach.

SLB · Post by **SLB** » September 8th, 2024, 9:05 pm

Top picks for FCS coaches in my opinion - Jason Eck and Brent Vigen
Brent Vigen is Montana State's head coach and was a longtime assistant coach to Craig Bohl.

SLB · Post by **SLB** » September 8th, 2024, 9:07 pm

shoresy wrote: ↑
September 8th, 2024, 9:05 pm
Gonna have to lower expectations. All the recent drama in the program plus all the money we're going to end up paying Blake is going to make it extremely difficult to attract/afford many decent candidates.

Going to have to take the "diamond in the rough" route to find our next coach.

Some of the coaches that I listed are being paid about half or less of what BA was being paid.
If cost is a real concern and need a quick rebuild, Brent Vigen might be the way to go.

Bullnamed_gus · Post by **Bullnamed_gus** » September 8th, 2024, 9:43 pm

SLB wrote: ↑
September 8th, 2024, 8:57 pm
Ex-MWC coaches- Matt Wells, Bryan Harsin, and Jim McElwain (currently Central Michigan's head coach)
Which of the 3 do you like the most?

Give me Harsin. He’s an adult, an always has tough and physical teams.

flying_scotsman2.0 · Post by **flying_scotsman2.0** » September 8th, 2024, 10:04 pm

shoresy wrote: ↑
September 8th, 2024, 9:05 pm
Gonna have to lower expectations. All the recent drama in the program plus all the money we're going to end up paying Blake is going to make it extremely difficult to attract/afford many decent candidates.

Going to have to take the "diamond in the rough" route to find our next coach.

If we’re going for diamond in the rough, just keep Dreiling. He hasn’t even had a full offseason to put a staff and team together. I like the guy a lot. Give him 3 years to develop on a smaller contract than we maybe would pay a more experienced coach. If he completely bombs after 1-2 years, buy out the last year and try again.

Hoot · Post by **Hoot** » September 8th, 2024, 10:06 pm

flying_scotsman2.0 wrote: ↑
September 8th, 2024, 10:04 pm

shoresy wrote: ↑
September 8th, 2024, 9:05 pm
Gonna have to lower expectations. All the recent drama in the program plus all the money we're going to end up paying Blake is going to make it extremely difficult to attract/afford many decent candidates.

Going to have to take the "diamond in the rough" route to find our next coach.
If we’re going for diamond in the rough, just keep Dreiling. He hasn’t even had a full offseason to put a staff and team together. I like the guy a lot. Give him 3 years to develop on a smaller contract than we maybe would pay a more experienced coach. If he completely bombs after 1-2 years, buy out the last year and try again.

Or just sign him to a two year deal and extend him if he’s good.

shoresy · Post by **shoresy** » September 8th, 2024, 10:53 pm

Hoot wrote: ↑
September 8th, 2024, 10:06 pm

flying_scotsman2.0 wrote: ↑
September 8th, 2024, 10:04 pm

shoresy wrote: ↑
September 8th, 2024, 9:05 pm
Gonna have to lower expectations. All the recent drama in the program plus all the money we're going to end up paying Blake is going to make it extremely difficult to attract/afford many decent candidates.

Going to have to take the "diamond in the rough" route to find our next coach.
If we’re going for diamond in the rough, just keep Dreiling. He hasn’t even had a full offseason to put a staff and team together. I like the guy a lot. Give him 3 years to develop on a smaller contract than we maybe would pay a more experienced coach. If he completely bombs after 1-2 years, buy out the last year and try again.
Or just sign him to a two year deal and extend him if he’s good.

Yeah, I don't hate the idea. Though it would be a pretty tough sell if we end up only winning 3 or 4 games this year.

I know some are very opposed to hiring an FCS coach, but I really don't think there's all that much difference between the top FCS teams and mid MWC teams these days. There are a lot of guys at that level worth considering.

Hoot · Post by **Hoot** » September 8th, 2024, 11:01 pm

shoresy wrote: ↑
September 8th, 2024, 10:53 pm

Hoot wrote: ↑
September 8th, 2024, 10:06 pm

flying_scotsman2.0 wrote: ↑
September 8th, 2024, 10:04 pm

shoresy wrote: ↑
September 8th, 2024, 9:05 pm
Gonna have to lower expectations. All the recent drama in the program plus all the money we're going to end up paying Blake is going to make it extremely difficult to attract/afford many decent candidates.

Going to have to take the "diamond in the rough" route to find our next coach.
If we’re going for diamond in the rough, just keep Dreiling. He hasn’t even had a full offseason to put a staff and team together. I like the guy a lot. Give him 3 years to develop on a smaller contract than we maybe would pay a more experienced coach. If he completely bombs after 1-2 years, buy out the last year and try again.
Or just sign him to a two year deal and extend him if he’s good.
Yeah, I don't hate the idea. Though it would be a pretty tough sell if we end up only winning 3 or 4 games this year.

I know some are very opposed to hiring an FCS coach, but I really don't think there's all that much difference between the top FCS teams and mid MWC teams these days. There are a lot of guys at that level worth considering.

I agree. I’m not a huge fan of most FCS coaches being elevated but if it’s one of the high end programs it could work.

I actually would be interested in checking out Matt Entz from USC who won championships at NDSU and just helped kick our butts. Not sure we could afford him though.

hickaggie · Post by **hickaggie** » September 8th, 2024, 11:40 pm

Aggiesbleedblue wrote: ↑
September 8th, 2024, 9:25 am
Don’t care who it is as long as they build a football team from the inside out and actually prioritize the trenches. That hasn’t happened under Blake and is the main reason we aren’t competitive in big games. Longing for the days of Jordan Nielsen and BJ Larsen *sigh*

That is impossible to do at the bottom of the NiI.
That requires development and all you are doing is acting as a AA minor league team developing guys for the majors.

Face it. You get what you pay for in this deal and if they turn out to surprise you somebody else pays more.

SLB · Post by **SLB** » September 9th, 2024, 1:48 am

Hoot wrote: ↑
September 8th, 2024, 11:01 pm

shoresy wrote: ↑
September 8th, 2024, 10:53 pm

Hoot wrote: ↑
September 8th, 2024, 10:06 pm

flying_scotsman2.0 wrote: ↑
September 8th, 2024, 10:04 pm

shoresy wrote: ↑
September 8th, 2024, 9:05 pm
Gonna have to lower expectations. All the recent drama in the program plus all the money we're going to end up paying Blake is going to make it extremely difficult to attract/afford many decent candidates.

Going to have to take the "diamond in the rough" route to find our next coach.
If we’re going for diamond in the rough, just keep Dreiling. He hasn’t even had a full offseason to put a staff and team together. I like the guy a lot. Give him 3 years to develop on a smaller contract than we maybe would pay a more experienced coach. If he completely bombs after 1-2 years, buy out the last year and try again.
Or just sign him to a two year deal and extend him if he’s good.
Yeah, I don't hate the idea. Though it would be a pretty tough sell if we end up only winning 3 or 4 games this year.

I know some are very opposed to hiring an FCS coach, but I really don't think there's all that much difference between the top FCS teams and mid MWC teams these days. There are a lot of guys at that level worth considering.
I agree. I’m not a huge fan of most FCS coaches being elevated but if it’s one of the high end programs it could work.

I actually would be interested in checking out Matt Entz from USC who won championships at NDSU and just helped kick our butts. Not sure we could afford him though.

Brent Vigen is 35-9 (5-3 in the postseason) at Montana State.
Runner-up, semi-final, and upset by North Dakota State in the 2nd round (it was decided in overtime) in his 1st 3 seasons at Montana State as HC, and Montana State's final FCS rankings #2, #4/#5, and #8/#9. Montana State is currently #3. Nevada has the previous Montana State head coach as their head coach. Brent Vigen was the OC/QB coach for Bohl from 2009 to 2020, and he coached Josh Allen and Carson Wentz. Vigen was the OC/QB coach for Wyoming from 2014-2020, and Vigen was AHC from 2017-2020 for Wyoming.
I have to imagine that Vigen wants a shot at being a MWC head coach.

gomretat · Post by **gomretat** » September 9th, 2024, 7:18 am

I am not ready to give up on Nate Dreiling.

AGNUMPI · Post by **AGNUMPI** » September 9th, 2024, 7:22 am

SLB wrote: ↑
September 9th, 2024, 1:48 am

Hoot wrote: ↑
September 8th, 2024, 11:01 pm

shoresy wrote: ↑
September 8th, 2024, 10:53 pm

Hoot wrote: ↑
September 8th, 2024, 10:06 pm

flying_scotsman2.0 wrote: ↑
September 8th, 2024, 10:04 pm

shoresy wrote: ↑
September 8th, 2024, 9:05 pm
Gonna have to lower expectations. All the recent drama in the program plus all the money we're going to end up paying Blake is going to make it extremely difficult to attract/afford many decent candidates.

Going to have to take the "diamond in the rough" route to find our next coach.
If we’re going for diamond in the rough, just keep Dreiling. He hasn’t even had a full offseason to put a staff and team together. I like the guy a lot. Give him 3 years to develop on a smaller contract than we maybe would pay a more experienced coach. If he completely bombs after 1-2 years, buy out the last year and try again.
Or just sign him to a two year deal and extend him if he’s good.
Yeah, I don't hate the idea. Though it would be a pretty tough sell if we end up only winning 3 or 4 games this year.

I know some are very opposed to hiring an FCS coach, but I really don't think there's all that much difference between the top FCS teams and mid MWC teams these days. There are a lot of guys at that level worth considering.
I agree. I’m not a huge fan of most FCS coaches being elevated but if it’s one of the high end programs it could work.

I actually would be interested in checking out Matt Entz from USC who won championships at NDSU and just helped kick our butts. Not sure we could afford him though.
Brent Vigen is 35-9 (5-3 in the postseason) at Montana State.
Runner-up, semi-final, and upset by North Dakota State in the 2nd round (it was decided in overtime) in his 1st 3 seasons at Montana State as HC, and Montana State's final FCS rankings #2, #4/#5, and #8/#9. Montana State is currently #3. Nevada has the previous Montana State head coach as their head coach. Brent Vigen was the OC/QB coach for Bohl from 2009 to 2020, and he coached Josh Allen and Carson Wentz. Vigen was the OC/QB coach for Wyoming from 2014-2020, and Vigen was AHC from 2017-2020 for Wyoming.
I have to imagine that Vigen wants a shot at being a MWC head coach.

We could probably get one really good season out of him.

Post by **aggies22** » September 9th, 2024, 7:42 am

In the event it happens, there is no way a coaching search leaves the state of Ohio.

Hoot · Post by **Hoot** » September 9th, 2024, 7:49 am

aggies22 wrote: ↑
September 9th, 2024, 7:42 am
In the event it happens, there is no way a coaching search leaves the state of Ohio.

If Ryan Day gets canned I’m open to it.

gomretat · Post by **gomretat** » September 9th, 2024, 8:11 am

aggies22 wrote: ↑
September 9th, 2024, 7:42 am
In the event it happens, there is no way a coaching search leaves the state of Ohio.

Seems to be true and for me, very disappointing.

Bullnamed_gus · Post by **Bullnamed_gus** » September 9th, 2024, 8:11 am

hickaggie wrote: ↑
September 8th, 2024, 11:40 pm

Aggiesbleedblue wrote: ↑
September 8th, 2024, 9:25 am
Don’t care who it is as long as they build a football team from the inside out and actually prioritize the trenches. That hasn’t happened under Blake and is the main reason we aren’t competitive in big games. Longing for the days of Jordan Nielsen and BJ Larsen *sigh*
That is impossible to do at the bottom of the NiI.
That requires development and all you are doing is acting as a AA minor league team developing guys for the majors.

Face it. You get what you pay for in this deal and if they turn out to surprise you somebody else pays more.

it’s not impossible. Plenty of schools with worse NIL and worse budgets than us have no problem doing it.

It’s a philosophy shift. We are bringing in Lineman Talent that it’s comparable to everyone else in the conference. We’re just not developing them like other programs.

Post by **aggies22** » September 9th, 2024, 8:14 am

Bullnamed_gus wrote: ↑
September 9th, 2024, 8:11 am

hickaggie wrote: ↑
September 8th, 2024, 11:40 pm

Aggiesbleedblue wrote: ↑
September 8th, 2024, 9:25 am
Don’t care who it is as long as they build a football team from the inside out and actually prioritize the trenches. That hasn’t happened under Blake and is the main reason we aren’t competitive in big games. Longing for the days of Jordan Nielsen and BJ Larsen *sigh*
That is impossible to do at the bottom of the NiI.
That requires development and all you are doing is acting as a AA minor league team developing guys for the majors.

Face it. You get what you pay for in this deal and if they turn out to surprise you somebody else pays more.
it’s not impossible. Plenty of schools with worse NIL and worse budgets than us have no problem doing it.

It’s a philosophy shift. We are bringing in Lineman Talent that it’s comparable to everyone else in the conference. We’re just not developing them like other programs.

The philosophy behind bringing in guys with 1 or 2 years of eligibility remaining is they should in theory, require little to no development.

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