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and the fourth would be terrific or something like that. These posters cough- harrycarayisgoat -cough are just throwing names out they'd want to have not necessarily Diaz.
And if it is 3 candidates that means he has narrowed things down and is focused on those 3 only.
Initially, Manny's camp leaked they were interested in Fedora and they may have had conversations (both Manny and he have same agent) but I think Fedora has a big ego and wants a HC gig at some point. He should be in no hurry to decide with his sizable buyout from NC. Don't think he really wants to be OC here or anywhere else.
Applewhite was rumored to have interviewed for the job and then you had this report by Stefan citing "multiple sources" he was hired. This seemed the most realistic choice given Manny's past association with him and the fact he could lean on his brief HC experience, and the guy has worked under some darn good headcoaches calling plays as an OC and been a qb coach. He has the Herman philosophy (from Meyers) of running a power spread with rpo and tempo. He would also bring concepts from Briles playbook. That is a perfect fit for the type of running backs we have coming back and skills of our returning wideouts/tightends.
Also another factor in Applewhite's favor is that he recruited Jarren Williams so he would already have some relationship established with at least 1 of our qbs. Don't think Applewhite's past indiscretion is really a factor. He was retained by Texas and hired later at Houston. The vetting has ready been done at those places.
The 3rd guy is definitely not Scott ( who went on record he would not leave Clemson unless to be an HC) and I don't think it is Coley.
It could possibly be Fisch. Personally he may be a candidate because some internal folks like him but I don't think this is the guy to run what Manny envisions on offense.
Regardless, I still think it is Applewhite and they are currently assembling a staff around him to make an official announcement before recruiting ramps up again. I think Manny wanted to have control of the announcement to have everything in place to make the desired splash he was talking about before recruiting starts.
Applewhite by himself would not be enough of a splash but there may be other guys like Seider (who supposedly reached out to Manny) those two in combination would make some waves in the recruiting world, I believe.
Anyway that is my .02 given the info already out there.
And if it is 3 candidates that means he has narrowed things down and is focused on those 3 only.
Initially, Manny's camp leaked they were interested in Fedora and they may have had conversations (both Manny and he have same agent) but I think Fedora has a big ego and wants a HC gig at some point. He should be in no hurry to decide with his sizable buyout from NC. Don't think he really wants to be OC here or anywhere else.
Applewhite was rumored to have interviewed for the job and then you had this report by Stefan citing "multiple sources" he was hired. This seemed the most realistic choice given Manny's past association with him and the fact he could lean on his brief HC experience, and the guy has worked under some darn good headcoaches calling plays as an OC and been a qb coach. He has the Herman philosophy (from Meyers) of running a power spread with rpo and tempo. He would also bring concepts from Briles playbook. That is a perfect fit for the type of running backs we have coming back and skills of our returning wideouts/tightends.
Also another factor in Applewhite's favor is that he recruited Jarren Williams so he would already have some relationship established with at least 1 of our qbs. Don't think Applewhite's past indiscretion is really a factor. He was retained by Texas and hired later at Houston. The vetting has ready been done at those places.
The 3rd guy is definitely not Scott ( who went on record he would not leave Clemson unless to be an HC) and I don't think it is Coley.
It could possibly be Fisch. Personally he may be a candidate because some internal folks like him but I don't think this is the guy to run what Manny envisions on offense.
Regardless, I still think it is Applewhite and they are currently assembling a staff around him to make an official announcement before recruiting ramps up again. I think Manny wanted to have control of the announcement to have everything in place to make the desired splash he was talking about before recruiting starts.
Applewhite by himself would not be enough of a splash but there may be other guys like Seider (who supposedly reached out to Manny) those two in combination would make some waves in the recruiting world, I believe.
Anyway that is my .02 given the info already out there.
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