MichaelWeston Posted November 28, 2011 Report Share Posted November 28, 2011 I know he has been offered a position, but we had a conversation in the other thread about whether or not it would be a good idea or an upgrade to go to another team as a head coach or if it is wise to stay on as AHC or DC. There are plenty of jobs open, Ignoring what is "wise" and going for what would simply be a good fit or a good head coaching job. Which of these places do you think fits Fickel best? [xml]Akron Rob Ianello FAU Howard Schnellenberger Illinois Ron Zook Kansas Turner Gill Memphis Larry Porter Mississippi Houston Nutt North Carolina Butch Davis Penn State Joe Paterno Tulane Bob Toledo UAB Neil Callaway UCLA Rick Neuheisal [/xml] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelWeston Posted November 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2011 [quote name='MichaelWeston' timestamp='1322509578' post='1068841'] I know he has been offered a position, but we had a conversation in the other thread about whether or not it would be a good idea or an upgrade to go to another team as a head coach or if it is wise to stay on as AHC or DC. There are plenty of jobs open, Ignoring what is "wise" and going for what would simply be a good fit or a good head coaching job. Which of these places do you think fits Fickel best? [xml]Akron Rob Ianello FAU Howard Schnellenberger Illinois Ron Zook Kansas Turner Gill Memphis Larry Porter Mississippi Houston Nutt North Carolina Butch Davis Penn State Joe Paterno Tulane Bob Toledo UAB Neil Callaway UCLA Rick Neuheisal [/xml] [/quote] I would x out Akron, FAU, Tulane and UAB as I don't think those moves make much sense. Although he did coach at Akron. Penn State is out just because of the situation there. That leaves Illinois, Kansas, Memphis, Ole Miss, NC and UCLA. 5 of which are basically basketball schools. But does a hire like Fickell help change that? From least fit to best. Completely in my opinion with 0 research, so i hop you guys have input 5/6. Ole Miss and Kansas to me they both have the same problem, not enough commitment to football. Both are in BCS conferences but neither has much of a chance to compete. 4. Memphis is far enough away to be out of the Urban shadow but close enough to maintain recruiting ties. He is also still in the midwest, close enough anyway. It would be an interesting job to consider but I think the non BCS makes him not consider. 3.UCLA is too far away and they don't invest much in football. Fickell might help to change that but I bet they want a bigger name if they go that direction. 2. Illinois. Midwest, Basketball over football again but they have had recent success in Football. Maybe Fickell does for them what Matta did here. However, he would face his school often. 1. NC. Beautiful area, in a bad BCS conference, where he could take a team to the top pretty quickly. Only Va Tech is consistently good. If I were him I would probably consider the Illinois and NC jobs but really only throw my hat in for NC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengals1181 Posted November 28, 2011 Report Share Posted November 28, 2011 Akron, FAU, Tulane, and UAB are the only ones who I think would consider him. Maybe Memphis too. IMO the others will want a more experienced coach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelWeston Posted November 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2011 [quote name='Bengals1181' timestamp='1322510434' post='1068844'] Akron, FAU, Tulane, and UAB are the only ones who I think would consider him. Maybe Memphis too. IMO the others will want a more experienced coach. [/quote] I think he was too experienced for those positions before his 1 entire year running OSUs program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengals1181 Posted November 28, 2011 Report Share Posted November 28, 2011 [quote name='MichaelWeston' timestamp='1322510667' post='1068847'] I think he was too experienced for those positions before his 1 entire year running OSUs program. [/quote] and I think in that one year he proved he wasn't quite ready to take over a BCS program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelWeston Posted November 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2011 [quote name='Bengals1181' timestamp='1322510916' post='1068850'] and I think in that one year he proved he wasn't quite ready to take over a BCS program. [/quote] Really? He took a BCS program riddled with abuses coming off the biggest scandal in the programs history to a .500 record with 8 total returning starters including a Freshman QB. I think he did an excellent job and if OSU did not have the best possible candidate waiting in the wings he would have eventually righted the ship. This was his learning year. I bet he doesn't make the same mistakes twice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengals1181 Posted November 28, 2011 Report Share Posted November 28, 2011 [quote name='MichaelWeston' timestamp='1322511648' post='1068857'] Really? He took a BCS program riddled with abuses coming off the biggest scandal in the programs history to a .500 record with 8 total returning starters including a Freshman QB. I think he did an excellent job and if OSU did not have the best possible candidate waiting in the wings he would have eventually righted the ship. This was his learning year. I bet he doesn't make the same mistakes twice. [/quote] He took a talented team and went 6-6 with them. You can argue that at minimum 3 games were lost due to coaching mistakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelWeston Posted December 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2011 Looks like he might just get the Pitt job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldschooler Posted December 16, 2011 Report Share Posted December 16, 2011 [quote name='MichaelWeston' timestamp='1324066712' post='1075566'] Looks like he might just get the Pitt job. [/quote] I hope he does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewdog Posted December 17, 2011 Report Share Posted December 17, 2011 Urban Meyer came out and said Fickell has a job on his staff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Bunghole| Posted December 17, 2011 Report Share Posted December 17, 2011 [quote name='Bengals1181' timestamp='1322511951' post='1068860'] He took a talented team and went 6-6 with them. You can argue that at minimum 3 games were lost due to coaching mistakes. [/quote] I don't know much about college football, but from what I saw "talented team" didn't translate to the QB position for OSU this season. I thought he was absolutely horrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Who Dey Forever Posted December 17, 2011 Report Share Posted December 17, 2011 Fickell is at least staying at Ohio State for another year. Wouldn't be surprised if this guy gets an offer he can't refuse in the future though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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