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Oldbear83
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9:31p, 10/28/23
So, let's say that the Oompa Loompas running Baylor have a moment of Lucidity and decide to replace Aranda, Grimes, or Both.

It's one thing to terminate an employee who is not up to the job. But now you need to hire someone, and that guy had better be someone up to the task of making Baylor relevant in FBS Football.

Might as well start the talk. Not that I believe the PTB would actually pay attention to our forum, but then again, if they come to their senses enough to recognize what we have been saying all these months, maybe they will listen to us when choosing the next OC and/or HC.

Who is on your short list and why?
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10:16p, 10/28/23
Whelp, the guy who won the D1 national championship just a few short years ago is hanging out at games and practices. That guy is a heck of a recruiting magnet too.
That guy is such a good play caller his assistant looked like the right guy for Baylor.
And he's not employed so there won't be a buyout for him.
Heck, why not move our current HC down to assistant and get the band back together?
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10:29p, 10/28/23
GJK
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10:34p, 10/28/23
Gundy if he would come but probably has no interest in us.
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In reply to chriscbear • 10:50p, 10/28/23
He only interviews with us when he's in the last year of a contract...
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11:01p, 10/28/23
How bout the Washington coach?
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In reply to Smashmouth • 11:06p, 10/28/23
Smashmouth said:
How bout the Washington coach?


Is this suggestion serious?
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12:07a, 10/29/23
Jeff Traylor would be a good candidate. K.C. Keeler from Sam Houston might be another option.
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12:23a, 10/29/23
How about the guy at Oregon State?
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In reply to WA Jim • 12:29a, 10/29/23
WA Jim said:
How about the guy at Oregon State?


I don't think he is an option. First, he played for Oregon State. Second, he has no Texas ties.
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In reply to RightRevBear • 7:41a, 10/29/23
RightRevBear said:
WA Jim said:
How about the guy at Oregon State?


I don't think he is an option. First, he played for Oregon State. Second, he has no Texas ties.
But maybe he's not interested in the MWC. But then again he may not be happy about ending up there with Baylor in the next round when our viewership is in the bottom 25% of the current conference.

There will be no quick turnaround unless whoever it is gets authorization to replace 50+ on the current roster. And get handed the well above average cash in the conference to do it. Winners aren't coming to this disaster if they can go to better and get more cash. Who would? No one with a brain.
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9:27a, 10/29/23
Logical Prediction - someone like Traylor

Crazy Prediction - Deebo is wearing out his welcome at Clemson
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In reply to BU82EX • 9:33a, 10/29/23
BU82EX said:
Logical Prediction - someone like Traylor

Crazy Prediction - Deebo is wearing out his welcome at Clemson
Hint: Deebo & Dabo are 2 completely different people.
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10:34a, 10/29/23
My list would be (in order): Jeff Traylor, Willie Fritz and GJ Kinne.

This is Traylor's worst team in years and he's going to win seven or eight games in a tougher conference than the one he just left.
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10:42a, 10/29/23
Prolly a pipe dream, but Dabo would obviously be a great fit from a cultural standpoint, has some demonstrable fire and enthusiasm about him, and can obviously recruit (as would be assumed about a former National Championship winning HC). Even if his relationship with Clemson sours enough that he's available and would consider coming here, being able to afford him would I'm sure still be a question - but boy, would that be a statement type hire.
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In reply to bear2be2 • 10:44a, 10/29/23
I like Traylor too. And he's got a lot of years left. I feel like Fritz is going to end up at M State. They have money and a vacancy. We have neither at the moment.
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In reply to Killing Floor • 10:51a, 10/29/23
Killing Floor said:
Whelp, the guy who won the D1 national championship just a few short years ago is hanging out at games and practices. That guy is a heck of a recruiting magnet too.
That guy is such a good play caller his assistant looked like the right guy for Baylor.
And he's not employed so there won't be a buyout for him.
Heck, why not move our current HC down to assistant and get the band back together?



O would need an interpreter so most of the players and media would understand him. I speak Cajun-French and am willing to take that job. LOL
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In reply to Killing Floor • 10:57a, 10/29/23
Killing Floor said:
I like Traylor too. And he's got a lot of years left. I feel like Fritz is going to end up at M State. They have money and a vacancy. We have neither at the moment.
I think there are guys that make more sense for Michigan State than Fritz, who has spent his entire head coaching career in the South. He would be a gamble for Michigan State at a time they can't really afford to gamble. Leipold would make more sense for them if he was interested.
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In reply to bear2be2 • 11:05a, 10/29/23
bear2be2 said:
Killing Floor said:
I like Traylor too. And he's got a lot of years left. I feel like Fritz is going to end up at M State. They have money and a vacancy. We have neither at the moment.
I think there are guys that make more sense for Michigan State than Fritz, who has spent his entire head coaching career in the South. He would be a gamble for Michigan State at a time they can't really afford to gamble. Leipold would make more sense for them if he was interested.


In a scenarios where Michigan State hired Lance, Fritz would almost certainly end up at Kansas.
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In reply to Aberzombie1892 • 11:09a, 10/29/23
Aberzombie1892 said:
bear2be2 said:
Killing Floor said:
I like Traylor too. And he's got a lot of years left. I feel like Fritz is going to end up at M State. They have money and a vacancy. We have neither at the moment.
I think there are guys that make more sense for Michigan State than Fritz, who has spent his entire head coaching career in the South. He would be a gamble for Michigan State at a time they can't really afford to gamble. Leipold would make more sense for them if he was interested.


In a scenarios where Michigan State hired Lance, Fritz would almost certainly end up at Kansas.
Probably. He's a Kansas guy originally.

But he's coached in and around Texas enough to know how much easier it is to recruit here than there.
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In reply to Killing Floor • 11:11a, 10/29/23
Killing Floor said:
Whelp, the guy who won the D1 national championship just a few short years ago is hanging out at games and practices. That guy is a heck of a recruiting magnet too.
That guy is such a good play caller his assistant looked like the right guy for Baylor.
And he's not employed so there won't be a buyout for him.
Heck, why not move our current HC down to assistant and get the band back together?
Moving from one head coach who, frankly, puts most to sleep with his monotone explanations and answers....to one one cannot even understand would be quite an entertaining and engaging change.

Am I riiiight ?
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11:12a, 10/29/23
Nick Rolovich

Look it up.....
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In reply to ZachTay • 11:16a, 10/29/23
ZachTay said:
Nick Rolovich

Look it up.....
No thanks.
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In reply to Aberzombie1892 • 11:18a, 10/29/23
Aberzombie1892 said:
Smashmouth said:
How bout the Washington coach?


Is this suggestion serious?


I'm wondering if he meant the WSU HC.
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11:47a, 10/29/23
Chadwell- Liberty
Troy Calhoun- Air Force
Curt Cignetti- James Madison
Jeff Traylor- UTSA
Jon Sumrall- Troy
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In reply to Johnny Bear • 12:20p, 10/29/23
A statement hire is the best way to instantly resurrect our program. Baylor is still relevant, although 1.5 off seasons recently, so a splash hire with STRONG Texas ties salvages what's left of an overall respectable 10 year run.
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In reply to pluce • 12:20p, 10/29/23
pluce said:
Chadwell- Liberty
Troy Calhoun- Air Force
Curt Cignetti- James Madison
Jeff Traylor- UTSA
Jon Sumrall- Troy

And willy Fritz - Tulane
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3:42p, 10/29/23
Mac and Tom Herman used to be tight.

Traylor would be similar to Joey M.

GJK would be an option in another year.

I don't expect Aranda to be gone this year. I think it is inevitable that it will happen, but 2 years after our best season in school history would seem like a knee-jerk reaction.
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4:14p, 10/29/23
not happening this year
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In reply to Smashmouth • 4:16p, 10/29/23
Smashmouth said:
How bout the Washington coach?
Nope. Should have gone after him when he was HC at Fresno State.
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4:20p, 10/29/23
One thing in our favor is that we are members of a conference where a coach has a chance to win games without being overshadowed by FB Goliaths. Pity the search committees at SEC also-ran schools who have to sell a meat grinder schedule to a prospective coach.
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In reply to RightRevBear • 6:30p, 10/29/23
RightRevBear said:
Jeff Traylor would be a good candidate. K.C. Keeler from Sam Houston might be another option.
Sam Houston is absolutely terrible this year!
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7:22p, 10/29/23
My list: Kinne, Dabo, Oregon st HC, Cignetti, Lance Leipold, Urban Meyer, OC from Oregon, and Ed Orgeron

Honorable mentions: RG3 or Kendal Briles (only because I like the idea of bringing a briles back here)
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In reply to ImABearToo • 7:22p, 10/29/23
ImABearToo said:
a splash hire with STRONG Texas ties salvages
I love the enthusiasm but unfortunately, we have never made a splash hire and will likely never make a splash hire.

Our success is going to be rooted in finding a G5 guy who has proven he can build programs into conference winners. That's the guy we need - and he doesn't have to be from Texas.
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In reply to bear2be2 • 7:51p, 10/29/23
bear2be2 said:
My list would be (in order): Jeff Traylor, Willie Fritz and GJ Kinne.

This is Traylor's worst team in years and he's going to win seven or eight games in a tougher conference than the one he just left.


Good list. Will these guys all pass the Sunday school Christmas party test?
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