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[cajunhawk]

_ He has already told the administration that it will take $750K. He will not be our next coach unfortunately. _

Speculation....nothing but. I have heard three different numbers. Keep guessing buddy.

[Just1More]

_ Look we have to be realistic. We are a mid- size program. We have to take a srtong look at a Coach that understands our program and what we need. We dont need someone who thinks this program is a stepping stone. WE NEED A COACH THAT WILL BE WILLING TO BUILD OUR PROGRAM TO A TOP LEVEL, A CHAMPIONSHIP LEVEL, A CONSISTANT WINNER. We dont want this to be a revolving door type of situation. This will only set us back. Now lets look at a list of coaches who would maybe interested or we should take a look at and why.

You never approach a coaching selection with a criteria that the person will stay at the program... one way or the other. You simply select a coach that is the best candidate to win at UL. You never have a guarantee that they will stay indefinitely.

UL has to be a winning football program before we can discover whether the coach in question is a stone stepper or is an Acadiana fixture. That is a post success discovery. Not a pre-selection criteria.

[BirdofParadise]

I think the reality of the situation is that there is no formula.

Is it an FCS coach? Well, you could count the FCS coaches that have moved up and been successful on one hand. Most of them recruit FCS talent. Does that mean you discount them? No. But there are a lot more Steve Roberts out there than there are Jim Tressels.

Is it a coordinator from a bigger school that has never been a head coach? Many discount that because they'll tell you it hasn't worked here. They'd be wrong in my opinion. If we had the bowl setup back then that we have now, Nelson Stokley would have been bowling multiple times during his career. And, while Rickey Bustle didn't get the Cajuns to a bowl, he got the program to a position where six wins isn't good enough.

Is it a coordinator or position coach at a bigger school that has been a head coach somewhere? Well, in that case, you have a record to look at. But it doesn't always mean success.

Is it a position coach? That got us Jerry Baldwin.....but it got FIU Mario Cristobal, who just won the Sun Belt.

There is no tried and true formula. You find out who is interested, you do the interviews and you make your decision.

Is it a high school coach? No. It isn't.

Fans (that includes me) need to worry about "we don't want soandso because he's never done that" and understand that whoever we hire, it just might work out.

[Clutch0364]

I think the reality of the situation is that there is no formula.

Is it an FCS coach? Well, you could count the FCS coaches that have moved up and been successful on one hand. Most of them recruit FCS talent. Does that mean you discount them? No. But there are a lot more Steve Roberts out there than there are Jim Tressels.

Is it a coordinator from a bigger school that has never been a head coach? Many discount that because they'll tell you it hasn't worked here. They'd be wrong in my opinion. If we had the bowl setup back then that we have now, Nelson Stokley would have been bowling multiple times during his career. And, while Rickey Bustle didn't get the Cajuns to a bowl, he got the program to a position where six wins isn't good enough.

Is it a coordinator or position coach at a bigger school that has been a head coach somewhere? Well, in that case, you have a record to look at. But it doesn't always mean success.

Is it a position coach? That got us Jerry Baldwin.....but it got FIU Mario Cristobal, who just won the Sun Belt.

There is no tried and true formula. You find out who is interested, you do the interviews and you make your decision.

Is it a high school coach? No. It isn't.

Fans (that includes me) need to worry about "we don't want soandso because he's never done that" and understand that whoever we hire, it just might work out.

Great comments Jay!

igeaux.mobi

[cajun4life]

_ Speculation....nothing but. I have heard three different numbers. Keep guessing buddy. _

I am not guessing. I have very good and credible sources. I am hoping that they are wrong, because I want Orgeron to be the next coach, but the reality of the situation is, he priced himself out of the job.

Had he wanted $550K instead of $750K I think we might have found that money somewhere. But that is not what happened.

[cajunhawk]

_ I am not guessing. I have very good and credible sources. I am hoping that they are wrong, because I want Orgeron to be the next coach, but the reality of the situation is, he priced himself out of the job.

Had he wanted $550K instead of $750K I think we might have found that money somewhere. But that is not what happened. _

We all have "good and credible" sources. All with different info. If I told you mine it would be completely different. Truth be told.....we have no earthly idea what is going on.

[CajunT]

_ Deforest will fail. No coordinator experience. No head coaching experience.

McGee could be a home run hire, or a bust. He is a Petrino disciple. Has NFL experience. But has no head coaching experience. Would not be my first choice, but I would give him a chance. _

There are no guarantees with any coaching hire. The next coach will have to battle in homes and high schools for a program with little football tradition. To say any coach will fail at this point, without knowing their staff is nothing more the speculation.

[CajunZ1]

MIke Canales was mentioned?


igeaux.mobi

[cajun4life]

_ MIke Canales was mentioned?


igeaux.mobi _

A little to late in the game, but I would hope that whoever is hired takes a strong hard look at Canales as the OC.

[steve jones]

Russ Huesman Tenn Chattanooga - has done a tremendouse job with this program. Very well known amoungest college coaches good background.

Major Applewhite University of Texas- proven winner as a player and as a coach. Has been at Rice University, won there and now at a top level school that has rich tridition in winning.

To be continued

[CajunT]

_ Russ Huesman Tenn Chattanooga - has done a tremendouse job with this program. Very well known amoungest college coaches good background.

Major Applewhite University of Texas- proven winner as a player and as a coach. Has been at Rice University, won there and now at a top level school that has rich tridition in winning.

To be continued _

Major Applewhite has turned down opportunties to interview at Louisiana Tech and North Texas recently. I don't see him agreeing to interview at UL.

[Clutch0364]

_ Major Applewhite has turned down opportunties to interview at Louisiana Tech and North Texas recently. I don't see him agreeing to interview at UL. _

T, are you going to put up anything on cajunredzone this week on possible interviews?