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re: Coaching search: Who do we look for?
Posted on 9/20/15 at 8:33 pm to TiptonInSC
Posted on 9/20/15 at 8:33 pm to TiptonInSC
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TiptonInSC
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Who do we look for?
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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Posted on 9/20/15 at 9:48 pm to Cheese Grits
You're right Cheese, great post. 
Posted on 9/21/15 at 12:07 am to Cheese Grits
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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.
If you're such a Nostradamus why don't you post your prediction
Posted on 9/21/15 at 8:44 am to Cheese Grits
OK, based on your blueprint as it were, here's the "what" qualifications that Tanner and Spurrier (if he's involved in the process, and Holtz certainly was) would/ought to be looking for:
Recruiting prowess
Ties to the program, however cursory they may be
Good connections/recommendations among the "fraternity"
Defensive-minded, as this has typically been Carolina's identity.
Young, in that the person should want to stay here for a while
Based on that, Shane Beamer makes an awful lot of sense.
Born in Charleston, coached at GT, UTK, Miss State, USC, and Va Tech.
Primary coaching focus on defense
Experience recruiting the region, and largely responsible for the best teams we've ever had as recruiting coordinator
38 years old
Ties to the program
Plenty of connections/recommendations
The only two things he lacks that would be ideal are experience as a head coach, and the possibility/likelihood that he'd go back to VaTech in the instance that he'd be successful here when his dad retires. Though, I think that's Bud Foster's job to lose.
Not saying I think this is the most likely case, or that I even think it's the best option, but that it makes some sense in the grand scheme of things.
Recruiting prowess
Ties to the program, however cursory they may be
Good connections/recommendations among the "fraternity"
Defensive-minded, as this has typically been Carolina's identity.
Young, in that the person should want to stay here for a while
Based on that, Shane Beamer makes an awful lot of sense.
Born in Charleston, coached at GT, UTK, Miss State, USC, and Va Tech.
Primary coaching focus on defense
Experience recruiting the region, and largely responsible for the best teams we've ever had as recruiting coordinator
38 years old
Ties to the program
Plenty of connections/recommendations
The only two things he lacks that would be ideal are experience as a head coach, and the possibility/likelihood that he'd go back to VaTech in the instance that he'd be successful here when his dad retires. Though, I think that's Bud Foster's job to lose.
Not saying I think this is the most likely case, or that I even think it's the best option, but that it makes some sense in the grand scheme of things.
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