🏈 Football 2024-2025 Head Coach Wishlist

[UVApride7]

The name I keep seeing pop up for them is Tony Gibson. There also seems to be a contingent of their fanbase who want Rich Rod back.

[BDragon]

@UVApride7

The first name mentioned on WVU’s 247 board as the replacement for Neal Brown was Nick Saban.

There are no bad ideas when brainstorming

[MaineWahoo]

@BDragon

There are no bad ideas when brainstorming

What if we bring Mike London back? He knows UVA, has a winning record at William & Mary of all places, and I’ve heard he’s a really good dude. He also used to be a cop!

[BDragon]

You have my interest had he learned to read a clock? Can we bring his whole go go offense and maybe just have him shake hands and not coach?

[UVApride7]

You joke but I bet you there’s some pockets of our fanbase who would be all for bringing him back. Donors fuckin loved that guy.

[MaineWahoo]

I have to imagine by now somebody has taught him that you actually need to recruit linemen every year and not solely stock up on dudes with CB/ATH designations. So he’s probably pretty great.

[MaineWahoo]

I mean to be honest, while it would obviously be the dumbest thing anyone has ever done, hiring him again would be a relief in some ways. It’d be like taking my sickly UVA football fandom out behind the shed and putting it down for good. It might be freeing.

[haney]

@BDragon

Bunch of St Charles alumni who spend every Saturday night at Tee Jays eating a barn yard buster covered in gravy and talking about how much tail they chased in 98 when they went to states.

I’ve spent about 48 hours in Ohio in my life, but I always enjoy the specificity of your Ohio burns. Even though I don’t know the details. (except I feel like I can figure them out). Also, I’d probably enjoy a barnyard buster.

[BDragon]

Thanks i like to paint a picture with my words.

A barn yard buster is the 2nd best late night meal in ohio

2nd only to 2 cheese coneys and gravy cheese fries at PRCs

[DFresh11]

I am just thankful that my Cincinnati Reds are in Kentucky. Cause my KY bros and me love the Reds

[BDragon]

Ha close but Great American Ballpark is on the Oh side of the river

[DFresh11]

Dammit I know!

[ElliottHoo]

Totally agree. My first reaction to the poll was “AAAAHHHHH”.

But after a second I realized my objection to CRS is that he’s fine and we’re used to “fantastic” so he’s disappointing. But with CTE, the objection is that he’s actually bad.

The tradeoff is that giving CRS only one more year is basically impossible and I’m not excited about giving him a 4 year deal or whatever, whereas keeping CTE for one more year is a football concern but isn’t a logistical problem like it is for CRS. Heck, we’d even save more than CRS’s salary doing it.

So, with the question the poll asks, giving CRS another year is the easy answer. But in the real world, if we could only do one, I’d very reluctantly give the year to CTE and resign myself to a 2-10 season.

[4547Lambeth]

Same donors who don’t want Al Golden because he’s tied to Al Groh love Mike London even though he was an assistant under Groh longer than Golden was. Sure, that makes sense.

[UVApride7]

My first reaction was that it’s incredibly stupid as well. But London was the antithesis of Groh when it came to courting donors, again for all his faults he entered in as a very, very popular choice and stayed longer than he should have because of his relationship with our donor base.

[4547Lambeth]

@MaineWahoo

@BDragon

There are no bad ideas when brainstorming

What if we bring Mike London back? He knows UVA, has a winning record at William & Mary of all places, and I’ve heard he’s a really good dude. He also used to be a cop!

If Mike London had never coached here and instead had a failed P4 stint at say Wake or Vandy or NC State, you could talk me into him as a candidate. Not a top choice candidate, but not an automatic no either. If he had similar success at a G5 like ODU rather than his success at the FCS level, he’d be a candidate somewhere. Hell, maybe in a few years after ODU and Rahne part, they will hire London.

Looking further down the road, if you’re looking for UVA alum coaching incubators, London’s staff and Mendenhall’s staff are filled with them.

[BDragon]

@4547Lambeth

If Mike London had never coached here and instead had a failed P4 stint at say Wake or Vandy or NC State, you could talk me into him as a candidate. Not a top choice candidate, but not an automatic no either.

You might be onto something there. If that was the scenario, I could easily be talked into London as a legit option.

[Jwhelan33]

I’d imagine they would’ve fired him by now if it was going to happen.

[4547Lambeth]

Yeah, UNC took care of business last week. Purdue and WVU fired their coaches yesterday. UCF coach resigned to take the FSU OC job. No point in waiting if you’re not a bowl team and your season is done. Purdue only gave Walters 2 years, so 3 years isn’t too short a time period to assess a coach.

But I’ve already accepted that Elliott will get a year 4 as a lame duck for…reasons…

I’m not sure even a 6-6 bowl eligible season saves him in 2025. Nor should it.

Transfer portal opens next Monday Dec 9. Surprised we haven’t had transfer declarations yet.

[StLouHoo]

@4547Lambeth

But I’ve already accepted that Elliott will get a year 4 as a lame duck for…reasons…

@4547Lambeth

Transfer portal opens next Monday Dec 9. Surprised we haven’t had transfer declarations yet.

We have, Colandrea and Gibson.