Coaching search: Who do we look for?

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someone like Chad Morris?

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Maybe in the sense of a smaller school coach, but not Chad Morris, unless he has a tremendous season. They'll get someone who's a proven winner.

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What kind of contract does James Franklin have with PSU?

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Probably safe to say that he gets paid well and there's a clause permitting rape.

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As long as it isn't the other Stoops bro I don't really care. Anyone can do better than this.

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We could be much worse, like Toledo worse, but we could/should be better with that 2010-2013 run we had.

Manning

Chad Morris

Toledo's coach? NIU's coach?

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TiptonInSC

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Who do we look for?

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You have phrased the question incorrectly. The question is not WHO but WHAT.

Most coaching deals are done well in advance and out of the public view. Hires that seem to happen overnight or in under a month may have been underway for a year or more. The bigger the money gets, the more I believe this will continue in the future. I believed the UM to Ohio State deal was done at least in principle before he ever announced the "health" issues and I believe it even more in all that has happened since.

First, don't throw the baby out with the bathwater. Spurrier still knows more about football than a stadium full of armchair coaches. Not saying that to be mean, just saying sometimes you have to stop and step back before making a snap decision. On top of that, most AD's are becoming more corporate, but that does not mean they do not have some instincts to get them to the jobs they have right now.

Second, expand the window beyond just this moment in time and understand what makes a coach, or more importantly, who makes them. I hear the name Strong mentioned but who was his magic man at Louisville that he no longer has at Texas? I hear Smart mentioned but he is still at Alabama under another boss so you have to ask yourself why?

I guessed Spurrier to SC about a year before it was announced and I had no inside information. Most of the insights were based on observations to make a high probability degree "educated guess" and were out there if you took time to connect the information that was publicly available. Stop focusing on "names" and concentrate on tangible points beneficial to SC. Maybe then the tree reveals itself among the forest.

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Take a deep breath right now and ask the right questions if you want the probable answers.

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Anyone who doesn't go after Chad Morris is a fool in my opinion. He made Clemson and improved smu two fold overnight with the same talent.