Now to some specific concerns...
1. We will take a huge hit on the field next year. Maybe. It is a very talented team coming back. The schedule is much tougher, but there is no reason to think that next year is a lost cause. But even if we really fall, the change should not be viewed as a one season issue. It is a five to ten year issue. We might have to take a step back in order to move forward. Would you take 6-6 next year for a shot at the Peach Bowl in 2009?
2. Recruiting is toast and current players will leave. Again…maybe. But any coach worth his salt will do his best to keep this class intact and keep the current kids on board. But there will be gaps in any transition. This needs to be viewed with a slightly longer perspective.
3. We can’t/won’t pay enough for a quality coach. I think we will pay more than TOB was making for the right coach. But even with a budget (say under 750K) you can find a really good assistant looking to move up or a MAC-type coach looking for a bigger opportunity.
So everyone take a deep breath. I think this will work out. And if it doesn’t and we end up with Henning Part II, we have proven that we can overcome and bounce back from that too.
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I guess they have already figured out TOB - this is pulled off of the NY Times website!
December 7, 2006
N.C. State May Fire B.C. Coach O'Brien
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Filed at 10:23 a.m. ET
LA Eagle. I think that is a typo in the AP slug.
I know - I just thought it was funny! The article is the same one that was on the wires all morning.
By the way - nice work on this. Your blog was the first place I checked after seeing the speculation this morning.
Hipp, you are full of it. Historically BC wins at a 58% clip. And if facilities and tradition are so important explain our current ACC Champ.
I'm telling all of you, BC should hire Jim Harbaugh who is a D1-AA coach with USD. He took a 2-8 program and transformed it in 3 years. In the last two years he has lost 1 game and rode an 18 game winning streak. His team moved all the way up to #13 in the polls this year, and this is coming from a school that offers 0, that's right, 0 football scholarships compared to 53 everyone else offers in D-1AA. His teams are offensively gifted every year averaging in the neighborhood of 40+ points a game. He has groomed a quarterback whos projected to be a third round pick if he came out early this year (not bad for a 1-AA qb). He's dabbled his feet in the coaching selection process when he expressed interest in Iowa St. this year and Rutgers last year. He would be a perfect fit into the system and type of program BC has and would make them instant winners. Plus, he would probably bring his entire coaching staff who all have NFL experience. Nothing could be better for BC.
He's none other than the Jim Harbaugh who played QB at Michigan under Schmembechler and who played in the NFL with the Colts. He's got his D-1AA school as the talk of the town, even over the D-1 school in San Diego St., who lets face it, would get destroyed by the little Catholic school that could USD.
Harbaugh is absolutely MY #1. If you listed all the attributes you want in a landmark hire, this guy has them. Although making statements like these seem pretty silly, Harbaugh could be the next Bobby Bowden or JoePa if BC plays it right. I think he's something like 40 or 41.
I think the best thing Harbaugh has going for him is where he's coming from. An element in any major BC hire (administrators, professors, etc) is trying to "hire for mission." No football coach in the country understands what a Jesuit school wants from a coach more than this guy. I have no idea how much say Leahy has in choosing candidates, but I think Harbaugh would have to be the Leahy favorite if he's considered.
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