Timeline for New Hire and Who's your candidate?

[Clutch0364]

_ Ok. that is this year. he still had an outstanding team last year and that is with players that hadn't even been in his system a full year. is there anything else you don't like about him other than the fact that you are stuck on the fact he has had so many D-I transfers this year. UNA's transfer requirements are the standard of most university admissions in a 2.0 and being in good academic standing. there FTF standards are ACT of 18 SAT of 860 or 870 i think and a 2.0 core GPA of specified high school courses. not that much lower than our current standards if you think about it and not much lower if at all than many Div. 1-AA schools. _

I believe a lot better candidates are out there and if we were going to hire a Bowden it should be Tommy.

[Clutch0364]

_ would we have a shot at Joe Deforrest? or could we even afford him? sounds a bit out of our reach _

What has Deforrest done other than be an alum?

[CajunFan89]

_ I believe a lot better candidates are out there and if we were going to hire a Bowden it should be Tommy. _

LOL....... you must want Lewis Cook to come coach here don't you.

[CajunFan89]

_ What has Deforrest done other than be an alum? _

absolutely nothing. we definitely don't need another special teams guy coming and taking the reigns of our program again. you think we would have learned with the whole bustle thing. sure he recruits for OSU but he has no skill set he can teach the players other than cruddy kick and punt coverage and returns.

[Clutch0364]

_ LOL....... you must want Lewis Cook to come coach here don't you. _

Nope not at all I don't think a high school guy should ever be considered for the head job of a D1 program. There are better candidates out there and I am not at all impressed with Terry Bowden.

[CajunFan89]

_ Nope not at all I don't think a high school guy should ever be considered for the head job of a D1 program. There are better candidates out there and I am not at all impressed with Terry Bowden. _

Who, pray tell, would you recommend then? at least we can agree a HS coach shouldn't get considered

[Clutch0364]

_ Who, pray tell, would you recommend then? at least we can agree a HS coach shouldn't get considered _

Because we are already talking N. Alabama football lets talk about Mark Hudspeth who was the HC before Bowden. He won 12 games his final year at N. Alabama (he didn't leave the cupboard bare for ole Bowden). He is now the WR coach/passing game coordinator at Mississippi State. He figured his best chance to move into a HC position at a D1 school would be as an asst at a big school.

That is only one guy that I think would be a better choice than Bowden.

[Clutch0364]

_ Who, pray tell, would you recommend then? at least we can agree a HS coach shouldn't get considered _

If you want to read more about him

http://www.mstateathletics.com/ViewA...&Q_SEASON=2010

[CajunFan89]

_ Because we are already talking N. Alabama football lets talk about Mark Hudspeth who was the HC before Bowden. He won 12 games his final year at N. Alabama (he didn't leave the cupboard bare for ole Bowden). He is now the WR coach/passing game coordinator at Mississippi State. He figured his best chance to move into a HC position at a D1 school would be as an asst at a big school.

That is only one guy that I think would be a better choice than Bowden. _

yea... because he hasn't coached much at the D-I level with the exception of a 1 year stint at Navy as a offensive coordinator and if you want to count his 2 year stints at UCA and and Nicholls as a DB coach and WR/TE coach respectively. his offenses against teams of UL's caliber is at an average not much greater than ours is against all of our opponents and we play in one of the worst leagues in FBS.

At least Bowden has been a HC at an FBS school and won games.

[Clutch0364]

_ yea... because he hasn't coached much at the D-I level with the exception of a 1 year stint at Navy as a offensive coordinator and if you want to count his 2 year stints at UCA and and Nicholls as a DB coach and WR/TE coach respectively. his offenses against teams of UL's caliber is at an average not much greater than ours is against all of our opponents and we play in one of the worst leagues in FBS.

At least Bowden has been a HC at an FBS school and won games. _

He had a successful offense at N. Alabama and is learning from a very good coach at Mississippi State. The best thing about him to me is that he wants to move up and we need a guy with that kind of drive.

I don't know who my choice would be for the next UL coach however...but if I had a chose between these 2 it would be Hudspeth.

[CajunFan89]

_ He had a successful offense at N. Alabama and is learning from a very good coach at Mississippi State. The best thing about him to me is that he wants to move up and we need a guy with that kind of drive.

I don't know who my choice would be for the next UL coach however...but if I had a chose between these 2 it would be Hudspeth. _

fair enough. i guess we'll just have to wait and see though.

[raginsaints]

Bryan Harsin is my choice.

Bryan Harsin is entering his 10th season as a member of the Bronco football staff and his fifth as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. The 32-year-old is one of the top young assistant coaches in the country and one of the youngest offensive coordinators in Division I football.

After serving as tight ends coach from 2002-05, Harsin was promoted to offensive coordinator in 2006 when Chris Petersen was named head coach. He was a graduate assistant with the Broncos in 2001.

In four seasons leading the Bronco offense, Harsin has continued to build upon the high octane attack that Boise State fans have become accustomed to. Harsin helped put together the most potent scoring offense in the country in 2009, as the Broncos averaged an NCAA best 42.21 points per game. As a unit, the Bronco offense finished the season ranked 10th in total offense (450.21 ypg), 26th in rushing offense (186.07 ypg) and 29th in passing offense (264.14 ypg). Perhaps most impressively, however, was Boise State's Division I leading five sacks allowed through 14 games.