How would yall feel about bringing in Riley (or trying to) assuming Dave and Riley get fired this year?

And could be fun at least

I would hire Lincoln Riley, he knows how to coach in the Big12 and I feel he could attract some quality talent. He'd make a bowl game every year.

But the Bears are looking somewhat decent, watch Dave get atleast 5 more wins and you best believe he's back next year

I think if we could keep Klanderman as DC. He and Riley could be a real problem in the big 12, but I don't see Riley coming to Baylor or the Big 12 again. There will be an SEC team looking for someone...the other USC.

I don't want Lincoln Riley at all. He's a dick and his teams don't play any defense.

I'd rather go find a successful G6 or FCS coach, which has pretty much always been Baylor's best path to a successful football hire.

Jorkel said:

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I think if we could keep Klanderman as DC. He and Riley could be a real problem in the big 12, but I don't see Riley coming to Baylor or the Big 12 again. There will be an SEC team looking for someone...the other USC.

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I could see him going the coach Bro route and staying as an offensive coordinator in either the NFL or SEC, potentially springboarding that to another head coaching gig. The guy has an eye for finding and developing qb talent

Fond memories

AI Overview

Lincoln Riley was upset when Baylor kicked a last-second field goal while up by 10 points on November 13, 2021, because he felt it violated a "code of sportsmanship" and created a dangerous safety situation. [1, 2]

What Happened

• The Score: No. 13 Baylor was leading No. 8 Oklahoma 24-14 in the final seconds of the game.
• The Chaos: Thinking the game was over after a kneel, Baylor fans prematurely stormed the field, forcing Oklahoma's players to head toward the tunnel.
• The Play: Officials cleared the field and put three seconds back on the clock. Instead of taking a final knee, Baylor coach Dave Aranda called a timeout and kicked a 32-yard field goal to make the final score 27-14.

based on that brisket twitter picture alone, it would not be a good match. He inherited Bob Stoops' Oklahoma team and got them nowhere and now he went to USC and has done absolutely nothing. Beating UCLA and Rutgers isnt exactly a resume builder

Youre a clown said:

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IowaBear said:

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What's the standard? Baylor's pool of realistic coaching hires isn't what you apparently think it is

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I'm not sure I understand why people get hot and bothered by coaches like GJ Kinne and Jeff Traylor but turn their noses up at Lincoln Riley and Dabo Swinney

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Kinne and Traylors stock has gone down.. UTSA and Tx State have been very underwhelming the last couple of years

It wouldn't be his choice to leave USC

Karab said:

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Lincoln Riley is not leaving Southern California to hang out in Waco.

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Agree. Lotto odds are better than thinking, voluntarily or non-voluntarily leaving, even BU offering him multiple $Mil's he wouldn't even talk to BU. No, Nada, Zilch!

He would elevate our program instantly

BearlyBeloved said:

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We need a list of coaches we would never want.

Lincoln Riley is one
Lane Kiffin is another.

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I'm not a choosy beggar. Would be fine with Sweeney or Riley because they have actual skins on the wall. I don't want a coordinator, and I would really prefer not to have a defensive minded coach.. Other than that, I'm honestly very much in the "anybody but Dave" camp. It's not hard to find a coach that can beat the terrible teams but loses
to almost everyone else. We've had worse coaches than Dave in our history as a program, but he wouldn't be that hard to replace in my humble opinion

Youre a clown said:

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IowaBear said:

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What's the standard? Baylor's pool of realistic coaching hires isn't what you apparently think it is

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I'm not sure I understand why people get hot and bothered by coaches like GJ Kinne and Jeff Traylor but turn their noses up at Lincoln Riley and Dabo Swinney

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Because coaches who succeed with substandard resources typically work out a hell of a lot better at our level than those who underachieve with every resource advantage imaginable.

Karab said:

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Lincoln Riley is not leaving Southern California to hang out in Waco.

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He's going to get himself asked to leave at this rate. USC is a complete afterthought in the Big Ten.

Let me throw out a name I haven't seen mentioned in a while and that's Bill Obrien. Dont know his contract situation at Boston College but he would make a great coach for Baylor. Former Penn St coach, Houston Texans coach, Off coordinator at Alabama and now head coach at Boston College. He might not want the job but if BU makes a change I'd make a strong run at him. Also off coordinator for the New England Patriots.

He went 2-10 last year and has never been that good

I wanted Pat Fitzgerald, but he was never going to last long on the open market once he got cleared from the Northwestern hazing allegations.

Jacques Strap said:

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Fond memories

AI Overview

Lincoln Riley was upset when Baylor kicked a last-second field goal while up by 10 points on November 13, 2021, because he felt it violated a "code of sportsmanship" and created a dangerous safety situation. [1, 2]

What Happened

• The Score: No. 13 Baylor was leading No. 8 Oklahoma 24-14 in the final seconds of the game.
• The Chaos: Thinking the game was over after a kneel, Baylor fans prematurely stormed the field, forcing Oklahoma's players to head toward the tunnel.
• The Play: Officials cleared the field and put three seconds back on the clock. Instead of taking a final knee, Baylor coach Dave Aranda called a timeout and kicked a 32-yard field goal to make the final score 27-14.

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Yeah, that was another weird one.

I'm not against Lincoln Riley, but I'm not going to think about the next coach until we're at least at loss number 6, or there are definite official hints of a move.

bear2be2 said:

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Youre a clown said:

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IowaBear said:

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What's the standard? Baylor's pool of realistic coaching hires isn't what you apparently think it is

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I'm not sure I understand why people get hot and bothered by coaches like GJ Kinne and Jeff Traylor but turn their noses up at Lincoln Riley and Dabo Swinney

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Because coaches who succeed with substandard resources typically work out a hell of a lot better at our level than those who underachieve with every resource advantage imaginable.

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I tend to agree with that, but here's the thing - plenty (perhaps even the majority) of coaches that are fantastic in moderate sized ponds are then bad when they go to the big pond. Does that mean that their accomplishments from when they were in the moderate pond don't count? The Cincinnati coach that went to Wisconsin comes to mind. There was a time when every blue blood would fight to the death to hire him, and then anticlimactically he was pretty bad at Wisconsin. But yes, I wouldn't write off some of these coaches that were once amazing just a few short years ago in favor of these guys that haven't done anything particularly special at Texas State, UTSA, New Mexico, etc. That's not to say I would hate it if we hired those guys, because again, personally, I'm very much in the camp that any coaching change would be good (with a few exceptions like Bill O'Brien or another defensive coordinator).

The number one job of the next coach is going to be to endear himself to our big donor base. That's one reason that the hypothetical Dabo Swinney higher might work in my mind. I think he would fit really really well with Baylor from a cultural standpoint

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Let me throw out a name I haven't seen mentioned in a while and that's Bill Obrien. Dont know his contract situation at Boston College but he would make a great coach for Baylor. Former Penn St coach, Houston Texans coach, Off coordinator at Alabama and now head coach at Boston College. He might not want the job but if BU makes a change I'd make a strong run at him. Also off coordinator for the New England Patriots.

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Oh God no.

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Yup, I will also add that O'Brien willingly traded DeAndre Hopkins for basically a bag of chips, because he wanted to send some sort of stupid message about how player's families weren't allowed in the Texans training facility, or something to that effect. I can honestly say the man is a perfect example of the guy who constantly falls up because the Belichick connection is worth its weight in gold, and I guess he interviews pretty well

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Karab said:

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Lincoln Riley is not leaving Southern California to hang out in Waco.

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He's going to get himself asked to leave at this rate. USC is a complete afterthought in the Big Ten.

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Fully understanding he'll probably get fired, he still isn't coming to Waco. He can go OC in the NFL or Tech will pay him oil money to be involved with Tech somehow

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bear2be2 said:

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Karab said:

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Lincoln Riley is not leaving Southern California to hang out in Waco.

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He's going to get himself asked to leave at this rate. USC is a complete afterthought in the Big Ten.

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Fully understanding he'll probably get fired, he still isn't coming to Waco. He can go OC in the NFL or Tech will pay him oil money to be involved with Tech somehow

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I don't want him, so I hope you're right.

IowaBear said:

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What's the standard? Baylor's pool of realistic coaching hires isn't what you apparently think it is

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A Lincoln Riley hire would get what, exactly? I just don't see him as a serious improvement. He's not exactly lit a fire anywhere in the last decade.