- Joined
- Nov 23, 2011
- Messages
- 4,571
Gentlemen, we are in the final week of the Manny Diaz era. I think we can all agree that's reason to celebrate. A lot of good points and arguments have been made on various coaches as to why they should be the choice. I appreciate all the opinions and stats. The AD right now is THE most important decision. So while we clench our cheeks every time D$ and Cribby drop what they hear, lets play AD. Id love to hear where everyone is putting their final flag in the sand on their personal pecking order of coaches ON THE RECORD where there is no hiding. Time to drop your sac on the table and show your cards.
Im not adding folks like Cambell or Fickell. Those guys would send us right to voicemail. Im only going with candidates I think would pick up the phone and at least hear us out. It seems apparent that its Mario's job unless he says no, but fun to play superfan. Either way, I hope smarter people than me are making the decision and that its made on well thought out criteria.
After weighing Pro's/Cons and putting value on risk/reward, here is what Im going with:
1. Freeze: I dont see us having the sac to call him, but if we did he would take our call so he was in my mix and when I think about risk/reward I think he would be my #1.
2. Mark Stoops
3. Aranda
4. Lane
5. Mario
My wild card: Tom Herman. I just cant decide where he fits in my pecking order
I guarantee each of our lists would shift if we knew who their staff would be. Mario to me has the potential biggest pendulum arc with that information.
There is a very thin margin between all of these candidates. Im on record as saying that based on the state of our program, we should consider ourselves lucky and fortunate to get any one of these coaches and I'll be excited to support any of them. Go ahead and bust my balls or bump this in 3 years. My balls are already numb from the past 20 years.
Im not adding folks like Cambell or Fickell. Those guys would send us right to voicemail. Im only going with candidates I think would pick up the phone and at least hear us out. It seems apparent that its Mario's job unless he says no, but fun to play superfan. Either way, I hope smarter people than me are making the decision and that its made on well thought out criteria.
After weighing Pro's/Cons and putting value on risk/reward, here is what Im going with:
1. Freeze: I dont see us having the sac to call him, but if we did he would take our call so he was in my mix and when I think about risk/reward I think he would be my #1.
2. Mark Stoops
3. Aranda
4. Lane
5. Mario
My wild card: Tom Herman. I just cant decide where he fits in my pecking order
I guarantee each of our lists would shift if we knew who their staff would be. Mario to me has the potential biggest pendulum arc with that information.
There is a very thin margin between all of these candidates. Im on record as saying that based on the state of our program, we should consider ourselves lucky and fortunate to get any one of these coaches and I'll be excited to support any of them. Go ahead and bust my balls or bump this in 3 years. My balls are already numb from the past 20 years.
