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Originally Posted by Nyck
Jk, now where to for ala-bammy beer:
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An un-proven shithole coach probably. The most likely candidates now stand as Jim Grobe @ Wake (would be a mistake, one season does not equal Jesus), Paul Johnson @ Navy (mistake, steroid scandal + rape allegations + playins 6th tier programs does not equal Jesus), and God knows who else.
There have been some interesting things I've heard about Bob Stoops, but that possibility is quite laughable and I'd be shocked if he came here. Nick Saban still might not be entirely out of the question. Despite what the ESPN fgts say, Nick Saban was our first choice to begin with. I posted here several weeks ago that Spurrier would be the next head coach. There were a few moments which Spurrier was sincerely interested, but decided he didn't want to put another move in with his family. He's out.
Personally, I would love to see us try to go after Jon Gruden. He was able to do what seems like the impossible to do, and that is turn around the Oakland Raiders fanchise. Immediately after he left, the Raiders went back into tard mode. Now of course he is struggling @ Tampa right now, but that is not necessarily his fault. His acquisition to become the next coach @ Tampa involved giving away 8 draft picks. To make things worse, the big contracts demanded by established superstars such as Warren Sapp, John Lynch, and Simeon Rice, backlogged Tampa's salary cap and put them into a position where they are now, and that's a position that sees a demolished offensive line and sporadic defense. It was only a matter of time before Tampa crashed.
Most big time teams actually suffer this trend. Most Super Bowl teams draft solid talent, build them up, and then when those players establish themselves as superstars, they demand high contracts. The original team is compelled to keep these marquee players to please the fans and sell jerseys and put butts in the seats. Eventually, this backlogs the salary cap to make things difficult. Teams then either have to trade away other players to make up for it, causing big gaps in other parts of the team, or trade away those players. The Dallas Cowboys are a prime example of this. In order to keep Aikman, Smith, Sanders, and Irvin, they had to let go several guys on the defense and offensive line to keep those guys. Eventually the salary cap caught up with them, and it has taken over a decade just to maintain some mort of stability.