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Charlie Strong seems to be the front runner
By FCOadmin. Posted in General | 5 Comments »Hmm. Who first suggested that Charlie Strong would be a great fit here? Oh yeah, it was me. Now would he come here? That I’m not so sure. I think Strong wants to coach at a BCS school. I believe he thinks he’s ready to be the head man at a big time program. He sees what Bob Stoops turned his defensive co-ordinator at Florida into, and thinks he can do the same. Maybe he can. But for every Bob Stoops, there are four or five Charlie Weiss/Ron Zook/Dan Hawkins/Lane Kiffins who have bitten off more than they can chew for their first head coaching gig. If he was smart I think he would like no further than his current boss, Urban Meyer, at how he has made it. His first gig? Bowling Green. He has turned a head coaching job at Bowling Green into being the most successful coach in todays’ game. Or how about up the road? Bobby Bowden? First head coaching gig was Samford. You are much more likely to be successful when you start out at a smaller profile job. You aren’t expected to come in and turn it around right away. The fan base will be more patient. The media will not scrutinize you as much. And the biggest reason, your competition is not as stiff. Strong may not be interested. But it sure would not hurt to give him the sales pitch.
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October 23rd, 2009 at 12:37 am
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/orl-sportsucf-tribble-23102309oct23,0,1552317.story
makes me sick…
October 25th, 2009 at 12:14 am
Fire Tribble first, then fire O’leary and get Tuberville in here.
October 25th, 2009 at 7:48 am
I would not be opposed to that.
October 26th, 2009 at 12:59 pm
Charlie Strong is a good choice. Let me throw out another name that is way off the radar – Tim Murphy. Mr. Murphy is the head coach at Harvard. Harvard you say? Well one way to find a head coach is to see who’s winning where they’re not supposed to. Tim Murphy has led Harvard to their most propsperous times since the early part of the century. The Crimson were the bottom feeders of the Ivy league before coach Murphy got there. Now they are the Ivy League’s super power – and not just for a single year. Coach Murphy has also turned around losing football programs at Maine and Cincinatti. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Murphy_(football_coach) I think Coach Murphy would love a chance to move up to Divison 1A and see if he can make UCF a top 25 program. I am not a Harvard alum and have never had contact with anyone affiliated with the Harvard Athletic department. I know of Coach Murphy because when GT fired Chan Gailey his name supposidly made the short list.
November 11th, 2009 at 3:04 am
I got one way off the radar, what about reggie herring. he is the linebakers coach for dallas. he played linebacker at florida state and played high school football on florida’s space coast. He was also the Def. Cord. for Arkansas. I say him becauce like Strong he could come in a build a stout defense. On top that mabye he could entice odell hagan (FSU d line coach) to be on his staff. Hagan could tap in the recruiting base that FSU and UF and the U recruit from. On the offense side maybe the running back coach from the miami dolpins? Brynn Harvey in the wildcat? just a thought.