Tom Herman to FAU

[ben]

Kiffin did pretty good here

At bama? Of course he did

 

[561Cane]

Solid hire for FAU..

 

[grover]

Win/win. Herman can replicate the Houston situation exactly. All the kids that UCF and USF would have gotten will now take a hard look at FAU. He gets to be the boss, will leave for a playoff contender in 3 years like Kiffin.

 

[TemplarCane]

Stay with Saban another year and he would've likely skipped a level above FAU. Bama's coordinators land in larger jobs routinely.

Well, Kiffin wanted out or Saban wanted him out.

 

[Golsen82]

FAU has a better HC than miami

 

[grover]

FAU has a better HC than miami

Offensive Xs and Os, no question. Overall, I still disagree. But I admit I wanted Mario, Lane, Herman in that order when we hired Mario. The guy is good and he's not an ******* like so many top HCs.

 

[Tad Footeball]

FAU has done a pretty nice job in the last decade. Got a good on-campus stadium built for that type of program and has at least tried hard in their coach searches/hires. It's definitely not a bad spot for those 2 and 3 star type kids that either want to stay in South Florida or might want to spend their college years here as an out-of-state QB or something.

 

[sml]

A long, long way from Texas.

Figured he’d end up somewhere in Florida as HC. Really wanted him here for OC.

 

[Cylo]

That's a head scratcher. I can't help but feel he'd be better taking an OC job or virtually anywhere else.

agree, FAU a really tough place to win. His hoping to follow what Lane did

 

[Cylo]

Maybe, but Kiffin spent three years at FAU to resurrect his career. Worked out.

Kiffin was a beast with a great staff. I'm willing to bet more of the Taggert outcome

 

[Cylo]

Wtf lol what a hire for them

Homerun hire. FAU gets good names, I gotta give them that

 

[SayWhat]

Well, Kiffin wanted out or Saban wanted him out.

Ah, I wasn't really aware of that if true. Was it public or just more yammering on public forums?

 

[Category69]

Great hire for FAU, thought he might end up at Cincy or USF.

 

[CaneThang2020]

1 Florida team down, 1 more to go (USF).

#KeepPrimeAwayFromFlorida

 

[CaneThang2020]

Guess we can X off Herman as an option for OC.

 

[paksat]

what's next? urban meyer to fiu?

 

[MumbleRap]

He was also a candidate for Cincinnati which is the top G5 job. Guess he withdrew because he didn’t want to risk losing FAU

Technically Cincy is a P5 job now. Big 12 in 2023. Seems like FAU/USF are the two best G5 jobs in the country this go around.

 

[Canesfan1899]

Sooooooo No Manny... LOL

Manny or Herman, manny or Herman? poor Mandy

 

[gogeta4]

FAU’s admin conducts way better HC searches then Miami, and many other schools.

Its just what we do to ppl

 

[gogeta4]

agree, FAU a really tough place to win. His hoping to follow what Lane did

It aint actually.

All you have to do is truly recruit...in the conferences they are in you can win with 3rd and 4th tier s.fla kids....Its just that they didnt go national too much...but with Lane and now Herman they probably can develop recruiting bases outside of S.fla. Its how MaRIO won at FIU...his team iwth 3rd n 4th tier guys were better than the rest of the conference...even though he still couldnt beat fau then either lol