2010 Football Coaching Candidates

[cjdecuir]

Alright I will bite. I do believe that Cook may be a good fit for the program, but I do not feel that it is in the Head Coaches role. Reading this thread over and over again, I also feel that Orgeron may be a great step in the right direction if he would be interested in the position. I think with the ties that Ed has to the state and the relationships that he has with the high school coaches in the area, I am sure that he would be able to put a great staff together to help this team get to a bowl game. I also know first hand that Cook is not the only area high school coach that would be very interested in a position on the Cajuns coaching staff, just seem that he was never even given a call or second thought when Bustle was looking for assistants. He is the only coach on Cooks staff that is in the LHSAA Hall of Fame. I guess Bustle got what was coming to him.

[Rebel02]

Hiring a successful coach worked out well for North Texas. Coach Cook can recruit better at ND than at UL.

[zephyr]

_ I am 100 % with you. The biggest problem that the cajuns are currently dealing with is the disconnect between it's coaching staff and the Louisiana High School coaches. Cook would bridge that gap immediatly. He would surround himself with quality people who will have a vested interest in turning the program around. He was the best offensive coordinator that the Cajuns have had in years and his defenses at Notre Dame have been so ridiculously good that COLLEGE coaches regularly visit him and his staff for ideas and direction.

I realize that many cajun fans are "BIG EYED" over big names, but I believe that the best fit for our program lives 20 miles to the west. _

I like Lou Cook as much as the next guy but translating success from High School to college has very little proven results to back its theory. Todd Dodge is the most recent proving point for this notion as he was arguably the most successful high school coach in the country and perhaps in history before his hire at NT. He didn't even get to double digit wins before his firing. I believe its apples and oranges when comparing the two levels and to think that he will be just as successful as other high school coaches to get the same opportunity may be assuming too much. I would be in favor of possibly bringing him on as a coordinator like he was under Stokley but I do not feel that this program needs to bring in a high school coach. Just because he has led a very successful high school program doesn't mean that kids across the state would feel any differently about committing to his program over someone else's and I don't think that would improve our recruiting base within this state or region. In fact, i think it would hurt it because he has no track record of success across the collegiate landscape. This school is committed to paying a coach at the top of the SBC for his rebuilding services and I think we can get a much safer and proven candidate for the money they are willing to spend than coach Cook

[Damon]

_ I assure you that he is VERY interested. _

You are very sadly mistaken. Read signature.

[JMV JustMyView]

Ed Orgeron may be the next coach, two weeks ago he was flown in to interview for the job...Heard his asking price is 1 million for him and his staff, also heard that they have the money to pay him...Sit back and watch this could be great news!

[RaisingCajun08]

_ Ed Orgeron may be the next coach, two weeks ago he was flown in to interview for the job...Heard his asking price is 1 million for him and his staff, also heard that they have the money to pay him...Sit back and watch this could be great news! _

$1 million? We are crazy if we pay a coach that much. Our program has a ways to go before we can afford that price tag.

[RedTails]

_ $1 million? We are crazy if we pay a coach that much. Our program has a ways to go before we can afford that price tag. _

I interpreted it as asking for $1,000,000 total to split between him and his staff? Now that's speculating on speculation.

[Hammer58]

_ Ed Orgeron may be the next coach, two weeks ago he was flown in to interview for the job...Heard his asking price is 1 million for him and his staff, also heard that they have the money to pay him...Sit back and watch this could be great news! _

If the combined compensation package for himself and his staff to be $1 million that should be doable. I think that is about the total compensation package for our current staff.

[RaisingCajun08]

_ I interpreted it as asking for $1,000,000 total to split between him and his staff? Now that's speculating on speculation. _

You are correct. I stopped dry and almost fell out of my chair when I read "1 million for him" ... may be $1 million total is not to crazy. $350k-$450k for head coach. $500k for the rest of the staff.

[RedTails]

"Get Ed in Red" campaign.