25GeraldRd {l Wrote}:Dave Sheridan on Twitter with 3 interesting tweets:
1 - At a Christmas event for donors, Martin Jarmond reportedly said that Boston College's new head football coach will be announced on Tuesday and that alums will be happy. Delay in Process: Jarmond needed to convince the BOT to increase their financial commitment to football.
2 - Rumors are that B.C. athletic director Martin Jarmond has presented two finalists for Father Leahy's approval. New head football coach announcement could now happen on Monday or Tuesday.
3 - Further Unsubstantiated Info: The rumor is that one of the finalists presented by Martin Jarmond to Father Leahy is current Ohio St defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley.
https://twitter.com/toughdsheridan
Personally no thanks on Niumatalolo. I would think we'd want no part of a military-style option-based offense here. That's a shallow read on BC, that our players are smart but un-athletic. How does the triple option exploit our traditional strengths? Going back at least to Yukica, we usually build a powerful and intelligent O-Line that spearheads a strong running game AND a pro-style passing attack. I thought we learned our lesson when we brought in Chlebek and his Veer.
Plus, your Scout team look is now hideous as you can't bring in passers to replicate what your defense faces each week. So the defense doesn't develop. Ergo even worse NFL prospects for your players.
Does it sound like Hafley is the backup if we can't get a bigger fish?
So who would make people "take notice", and require a deeper financial commitment to football? The only one I can think of who would get that kind of attention, and who just might want to relocate East, is Chip Kelly. It seems ludicrous, but Kelly is truly his own duck (har har har). Plus I would think HCRD if anyone would have an inkling of just how interested Kelly might be in such a move. Seems like a win-win for HCRD if he can quietly pass on such a tip and thus fend off Hafley getting poached after one year. Hard for Hafley to complain or feel badly about losing out to Chip Kelly.
Now OTOH if he lost out to Scot Loeffler...