by weinerdog on Mon Sep 12, 2011 10:13 am
It's a good list, a good starting point, but if GDF is as hitched to Spaz as is suggested, then it seems likely that they'd exit together, and the situation a coach would be entering is far different from the present reporting structure. In that case, a lot of the "would never put up with GDF" dismissals don't apply, and the job would be way more appealing to A-list coaches.
It's a pipedream, but I'd love to see Urban Meyer take it on. As was said, BC is a low-pressure gig. In the absence of GDF, a VERY low-pressure gig. And the guy can flat-out coach, obviously. That's BC's only shot to return to the pre-Spaz level within 3 years.
Pipedream, though. When's the last time BC made a splash with an established national name like that? Ever? As much as GDF has harped on loyalty and not using this job as a stepping stone, unknowns and up-and-coming stepping-stone guys are all the school seriously pursues, in football OR basketball. Guys like Addazio and Clawson (neither of whom interests me) fit that mold better. That building process will be slower, and the end product will have stairs instead of an elevator.
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