I think it comes down to Olson, Miles (who goes to Baylor), Skip Holtz, or a wildcard, maybe Troy Calhoun.
agree Miles to Baylor, No to Holtz, my preferred wildcard is Brohm. Still want Fleck the most.
I think Fleck is out. If you do some digging, he can recruit, but the guys he is winning with, a lot of those he could not get in to Purdue. Just my take on the situation.
Another aspect is the inflated numbers for recruiting rankings. He has had some what large classes and that makes the numbers look a little better than they should. Currently, ESPN doesn't have WMU in the top 40 and Purdue is going to need to be in that range to improve in a decent amount of time.
Honestly? A little bit of a Hazell situation where the body of work, 3 years, makes me unsure. He also took over a program that had Willie Taggart and Bobby Petrino get things rolling. He did not have to implement much, he just had to keep the bus going. I do like he has coordinator experience. I don't like how different the Sun Belt and Big Ten are. I think his career path will lead him to American or Big East or whatever it is called then a P5. I don't know if he is on the radar. So little has been released.
if Brohm fits under a coach that keeps things going by his predecessor, and Fleck fits under a program builder but is out, what do you think of Schiano?
Schiano would be a safe pick. Made Rutgers relevant; to be honest I never new they had football until Schiano made them relevant and played in some big prime time games. Fleck is part of the Schiano tree as I think they worked together in that disastrous year in Tampa. The Rutgers experience has me high on Schiano, the Tampa would be the only knock.
Fleck was the receivers coach under Schiano at Rutgers. I don't put much stock in the Pro stuff, some guys are better off in college like Petrino and Kelley even in basketball, Pitino and Caliparri didn't do well in the Pro's.
It is quite remarkable to see a college coach who has had success go on to a successful professional coaching career. Even Saban struggled in Miami and he is one of the greatest NCAA coaches of all time. Who would you say is the best college to pro coaches for NFL and NBA?
Don't believe Fleck is out, one question may be if we are willing to wait until early December on him and some of the other high profile coaches.
I understand that but it is not as simple as just picking someone. Lot of factors. Like last coaching search we had a good one in Butch Jones and it didn't work. Hopefully they interview more than one and don't have to widen the search with none working out.
FIU already hired Butch Davis
This might be the worst prediction list I've ever read.
