15 minutes ago, 9068 said:

Think it's the Toledo guy? Candle??

Justin Williams of The Athletic didn't mention him on his most recent update so I don't think so. 

Him and Chad Brendel are as connected as it gets when it comes to all things Bearcats and both are struggling to get information past the initial zoom interview phase because of how quiet AD Cunningham has kept things. 

Do we have the airports at CVG and Lunken covered?

2 hours ago, 9068 said:

No...why would you want him in Cincinnati?

Because he can coach recruit top prospects. 

1 hour ago, nkypete said:

Do we have the airports at CVG and Lunken covered?

You clearly don't know Bearcat fans very well ... They've been tracking flights all week ?

1 hour ago, nkypete said:

Do we have the airports at CVG and Lunken covered?

Not my work but... One flight left Lunken for Jackson, MS at 7:17 after the SWAC game ended.

 

And then there's this flight that would have left Arlington right after the B12 championship ended. 

On 11/27/2022 at 8:30 PM, futurecoach said:

I read that in the athletic too. I don’t know about you, but it seems like he may have regretted not truly going for the Notre Dame job last year based off that info. If Notre Dame would have been willing to wait until after the playoffs, he probably would have took the Notre Dame job last year. However, he learned that teams aren’t going to wait and why he pounced on this one. 

I would've liked to have seen Fickel at Notre Dame.  I think he could've done good things for them which is typically good for college football in general. 

Any talk of John Sumrall from Troy?  I know he's a UK guy, but he just leads Troy to their conference championship and I think was named coach of the year for the conference.   Just thinking outside the box a bit. 

4 hours ago, Walter said:

At this point, I have no clue who the finalists are or who the next coach will be. 

There was some serious smoke yesterday that Tennessee OC Alex Golesh was in the final stages of being named the next head coach at UC....And then hours later, a Tennessee insider said Golesh wasn't a finalist for UC. 

If the position was going to Golesh or Gino or even Sean Lewis of Kent State, you would think there would have been an announcement by now. This is why I'm not sure that Gino is going to end up being the guy. I think it would have been announced by now if it were any of those candidates. 

Throughout this process, it has been said AD Cunningham probably has a mystery candidate that hasn't been on any "hot board" because their team is playing today. I think this makes the most sense for why we are still waiting for an announcement. 

 

9 minutes ago, Walter said:

 

Sounds great for USF.  I could imagine Rocky Top fans are extremely bummed.  Their back to relevance tour was short lived.  

2 hours ago, MaddenCurse44 said:

Because he can coach recruit top prospects. 

He has a ton of coaching experience.....not, and JSU is very different than a Big 12 program. NIL is his recruiting tool.

28 minutes ago, sportsfan41 said:

Any talk of John Sumrall from Troy?  I know he's a UK guy, but he just leads Troy to their conference championship and I think was named coach of the year for the conference.   Just thinking outside the box a bit. 

Was on the first hot board but not a name that has come up since. I know UC wanted to go the offensive route with this hire so that would put guys like him out of the mix. Also think he has more recruiting ties to the south than Ohio and Midwest. 

Was just mentioned on a live pod that Gino Guidugli is out as well... With Golesh and Gino out, I really have no clue now. 

I really hope it's not Sean Lewis from Kent State. That would be a major disappointment considering what this program has accomplished the past 4 years. A MAC coach that was 1-3 against Chuck Martin is not the route this UC should be taking heading in to the Big 12. 

13 minutes ago, 9068 said:

He has a ton of coaching experience.....not, and JSU is very different than a Big 12 program. NIL is his recruiting tool.

Officially going to Colorado so we can cross Deion off the list. Currently on a plane with his sons and family to Boulder. 

4 hours ago, Walter said:

Justin Williams of The Athletic didn't mention him on his most recent update so I don't think so. 

Him and Chad Brendel are as connected as it gets when it comes to all things Bearcats and both are struggling to get information past the initial zoom interview phase because of how quiet AD Cunningham has kept things. 

Justin Williams just dropped another update on The Athletic and added Buffalo HC Mo Linguist back to the mix.... 

 

17 minutes ago, Walter said:

Justin Williams just dropped another update on The Athletic and added Buffalo HC Mo Linguist back to the mix.... 

 

Lots of great "stops" on his resume but that's about it based on the above post.  The Tennessee OC would've been a good choice before he came off the board. 

1 hour ago, sportsfan41 said:

Lots of great "stops" on his resume but that's about it based on the above post.  The Tennessee OC would've been a good choice before he came off the board. 

High level recruiter and reputation of being a guy that really knows his stuff schematically on the defensive side of the ball... Was brought to Texas A&M and then made Co-DC at Michigan before taking the Buffalo job 2 months later. (That decision is what led to UK losing Clinkscale)

I was ok with Golesh, Gino, Hartline, or Deion. Would be thrilled to land Garrett Riley or Sherron Moore at this point too. I'd be ok with Sumrall. People are definitely questioning the UC AD for not having Golesh or Gino as finalists and not pursuing Deion. 

If Mo is the guy, it's 100% because of his experience of playing and coaching in the Big 12 and his ability to recruit at a high level and relate to players. (See below)