re: Taggart just got canned, FSU admin got the brass

It's crazy. All of Chad Morris' victories combined over two years will be less than either one of Taggart's two seasons. And he's fired first. Like, I get that we're not Florida State and we can't demand a 30+ year streak of bowls and a NC every decade, but we can demand a conference win. We can demand to defeat G5 teams that struggle to reach bowls. We can demand to decisively put away FCS opponents.

Clark and Norvell should be the obvious #1/#2. They're up and coming coaches who have proven themselves by building their owns programs up from scratch and maintaining that success for more than a year at a time. Guys like Josh Huepel I'm afraid may just be a flash in the pan. He's taken over a well-oiled UCF and has kept it going for two seasons. Sounds a lot like a low-stakes Bert. I'm not saying I wouldn't take him over any coordinator or some shite-arse coach with an overall losing record, but I don't know why anyone would put him on their short list.

Kiffin makes me really iffy, man. I never know what to expect from him from year to year. I never know what stupid shite he's going to do or say. Like, we could certainly do worse than Kiffin. But a staggering number of people are all-in on this guy, and he's done nothing but burn bridges and get pushed out the door. I get the appeal for Leach way more than Kiffin.

We can't keep getting this so horrendously wrong or it's going to encompass our whole identity. We're still in the current decade of when someone won big at Arkansas and shut people up. If we do this two or three more times and we turn around and it's 2029, that's just who we are.

Norvell or Leach. If ya cant land those shite cn aChad and do either maybe Petrino as we could use a hard arse for toughness or Nutt on a 1 year contract.

With the particular offensive weapons we have I want petrino back

Norvell turned the roster over almost completely in the first few years at memphis. He didn't like the Fuentes guys.

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I would argue that Norvell didn't build his team from scratch though. Fuentes went 19-7 his last two years at Memphis and handed Norvell a team that was humming along nicely.

I am not saying that automatically disqualifies Norvell but he hasn't shown he can bring a program back from the dead on his own yet.

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I believe this was a legit worry two years ago when we were searching but he has kept the train going since then. About the only thing that is concerning is the alleged all the field stuff and his bowl record.

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If there are more (than just me) saying they are ok with giving a dude who covered up rape (that's right. I believe he did it, and intentionally obfuscated that fact) no one gives a flying frick about gambling and dick pics. He seems like a saint compared to the most extreme desires now.

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I'm still out on Briles. We can have a good hire that doesn't have to bring on that level of headache as well. If gambling and dick pics (assuming they were to legal adults) are what the issues were in the past, I couldn't care less about that.

I understand what you meant, I was just saying he is still a no for me. As much as I enjoy winning, there are some things I still don't want to get involved with. That line is still pretty high for me as I wouldn't have an issue with Petrino coming back because of the off the field stuff. I just don't want him back because of his last tenure at Louisville. At least not as a head coach.

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overall thought that some baggage isn't a disqualification.

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I don't disagree with this but Briles baggage is really past the "some" mark for me.

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Now you no longer feel like fricking coeds, and gambling seems so bad.

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I understand what you are trying to do to others but my point was I never had an issue with that from the start.

Nothing is really going to change covering up rape to me but I'm sure others have moved their stances.