I don't see Coach Tressel going, but it would be a home run for Tennessee

Don't see it with them being on probation

djtidebuck wrote: I don't see Coach Tressel going, but it would be a home run for Tennessee

I maybe wrong but I think Tressel has a show clause in place, so that will be tough for him to be hired but will be a homerun hire and the vols could get some traction recruiting Ohio with Tressel... I think recruits still respect him for standing up for his players even if they got trouble, over Tats, which was just crazy if you ask me...

"Internet rumor" says it all.

If Hazell doesn't get a BSC HC position...

If Purdue is really serious about becoming contenders, they should step up and hire Darrell Hazzell. The guy can recruit Ohio and he is a very good game-day coach.

I don't think Danny Hope got much of a chance there. What the hell do they expect, a Big Ten Championship every year? They'l get a player like Drew Breeze to a school like that once in a generation.

MrMojoLane wrote: If Purdue is really serious about becoming contenders, they should step up and hire Darrell Hazzell. The guy can recruit Ohio and he is a very good game-day coach.

coopercougar wrote:

BuckeyeFan1987 wrote: 
Colorado isn't a great job. It's pretty isolated from its conference's recruiting grounds Boulder is no more isolated than Corvallis, Eugene, Pullman, or Salt Lake-and alot more fun than those places to boot. and has no visibility in the closer area (Texas). There are a host of better jobs in the Pac 12 alone; OU, Washington, USC, UCLA, Stanford, ASU. It's probably equal to Arizona in desirability.

I never said it was a great job, just that it's an interesting job.  They have pieces to be great but have not been able to put it all together since the 90s really.

Colorado has a beautiful campus, insane social life, and recruiting wise isn't any different from any other non-Cali school in the Pac-10, as far as distance goes. Of all the open jobs out there, it is the most attractive non-SEC gig,IMO. Of course, any coach stepping into that mess is going to need a guarantee of 3 years to be competetive in the Pac-10, which can be done-it's not like anyone besides Stanford plays defense.
NC State was absolutely moronic in firing Tom O'Brien-Purdue ought to snatch him up if they have a clue. I think the SJSU coach gets the Cal job if he wants it.

Pulled Pinkel off. Thought it would be odd firing him after one bad season after he basically got them admitted to the SEC in the first place.

Kentucky would be smart to bring him in. His ability to recruit Ohio would be a big deal. If I were Coach Hazel, I would take a hard look at NC State

+1  He is an emerging talent in the coaching ranks.  I wish him well whatever he decides to do because deep down he is a Buckeye.  One to keep an eye on at the very least.

stxbuck wrote:

coopercougar wrote:

BuckeyeFan1987 wrote: 
Colorado isn't a great job. It's pretty isolated from its conference's recruiting grounds Boulder is no more isolated than Corvallis, Eugene, Pullman, or Salt Lake-and alot more fun than those places to boot. and has no visibility in the closer area (Texas). There are a host of better jobs in the Pac 12 alone; OU, Washington, USC, UCLA, Stanford, ASU. It's probably equal to Arizona in desirability.

I never said it was a great job, just that it's an interesting job.  They have pieces to be great but have not been able to put it all together since the 90s really.

Colorado has a beautiful campus, insane social life, and recruiting wise isn't any different from any other non-Cali school in the Pac-10, as far as distance goes. Of all the open jobs out there, it is the most attractive non-SEC gig,IMO. Of course, any coach stepping into that mess is going to need a guarantee of 3 years to be competetive in the Pac-10, which can be done-it's not like anyone besides Stanford plays defense.
NC State was absolutely moronic in firing Tom O'Brien-Purdue ought to snatch him up if they have a clue. I think the SJSU coach gets the Cal job if he wants it.

Uhmm... I didn't say Utah, WSU or Oregon State were better jobs or less isolated than Colorado though...?

And to compare Oregon and Colorado is completely ridiculous. Have you ever heard of a billionaire named Philip Knight or a company called Nike?

Colorado's a mid tier Pac 12 job. Like Iowa in the Big Ten. That's a fact.

enough to hire Tressel? I was reading around and saw a few posters on other boards making their case to hire him.

Unless he really misses coaching I just don't see him going anywhere. He has already won big at one of the big time powers what else does he have left to strive for?

Kentucky?  UT?  The southern schools would hire anyone regardless of a checkered past...

Tressel will not coach CFB FBS or FCS ever again.  I doubt he wants to, especially with the "show cause" and when it expires, he may feel a bit too old to try to start all over.

Years ago, I doubted he would go to the NFL, but if he were to coach, he might look that route.  Again, I doubt it.

I don't know.

The show cause penalty only lasts for four more years.  If a school hired him, he has the sit out the first five games and a bowl game during their first season.  The school also has to provide a "progress report" on him to the NCAA twice a year until the show cause expires.  That's not as severe a penalty as barring him from recruiting, which is what some coaches with show cause penalties are burdened with.

I think immediately after he was fired he thought he was done coaching, at least at the college level.  I could see him changing his mind just as easily as not.

Reports out there that Mark Stoops, Butch Davis and Sonny Dykes were all approached by Kentucky and all declined. For Davis that's a lateral move and Dykes can do much better. His stock is very high.

That makes sense regarding Dykes; I expect him to get some serious attention from those other SEC schools real soon.

Pullman is the most isolated city in the FBS; a two-hour bus ride from Spokane along winding roads can be pretty dull.

There's nothing isolated regarding the Colorado job; Denver is only 25-30 minutes away.

Whomever takes that job simply has rebuild the program by recruiting California heavily as coach McCartney did.

I think it would be a tough sell. However, two B1G boards where debating it along with two SEC schools. Just thought it was interesting. I saw many making the same argument on the show cause topic^

knot60609 wrote: I don't know.

The show cause penalty only lasts for four more years.  If a school hired him, he has the sit out the first five games and a bowl game during their first season.  The school also has to provide a "progress report" on him to the NCAA twice a year until the show cause expires.  That's not as severe a penalty as barring him from recruiting, which is what some coaches with show cause penalties are burdened with.

I think immediately after he was fired he thought he was done coaching, at least at the college level.  I could see him changing his mind just as easily as not.

That isn't a bad penalty in my opinion.

As long as the school plays in a bowl game, doesn't get dinged on schollies and their isn't recruiting restrictions I think a school trying to get back on it's feet would jump on it.

The progress report isn't a big deal either, hell it would provide the program some cover in the long run if anything did go down assuming JT wasn't involved.