247 Mod just updated possible list to the below… has Carla really contacted all these folks realistically?
Dex
Mike Houston - ECU
Marques Hagans
Jason Beck
Curt Cignetti - JMU
Tony Elliott - Clemson OC
Charles Huff - Marshall
Ricky Rahne - ODU
Mike Elko - TA&M DC
Jeff Monken - Army
Josh Gattis - Michigan OC
Joe Moorhead - Oregon OC
Pete Golding - Alabama DC
Chris Beatty - Chargers WR Coach
Dan Lanning - Georgia DC
Brent Venables - Clemson DC
Or like Memphis hiring Penny
Love Dex but sentimental hires rarely work [See Mike London].
First call needs to be Lanning. 35 years old, stops at Alabama & Georgia, in charge of the most dominant defense in CFB.
If the calls haven’t already been made, Carla is behind… and Lanning is more likely to go to Oklahoma I think.
Is Lanning or any other football factory coordinator who has never worked at a non-football factory going to have any idea how to run a program without the advantage of superior facilities and recruiting staff?
This sounds like a fan wish list, not a we already contacted list. It isn’t hard to get in touch with 20 agents just to guage interest level though.
Yeah, even if he’s on the wishlist, we may be outside of our weight class. And on the slim chance he took it, he has no ties to UVa…we’d be a springboard job.
Springboard guy isn’t completely ideal but who wouldn’t want 4 years that are good enough to get our guy a job at a top 10-ish program? Worse things could happen than to get a reputation as a springboard coaching job.
Finding a lifer who can make us a consistent top 25 ain’t easy to say the least.
Said it 2 days ago Lannong should be Carla’s top priority until she gets a hard no. Admittedly that may come after the first call.
I’m fine being a spring board program. Plenty of schools have achieved sustained success in the model. Also love the idea of Dex coming in at that point. Be the guy who follows the guy who replaced the guy.
I also don’t think lifers exists anymore or they are rare. Shaw at Stanford or Gundy at okie st may be the closest we see. Riley and Kelly proved even the greenest pastures look out on greener fields.
Think people are delusional with half the names on this list. Lanning isn’t even picking up the phone.
If I’m Lanming I’m holding all my calls until Jan and banking on myself to win a nati.
That said Carla has to make the call for due diligence
Exactly. Carla has to call them all, in case the 1 in 100 chance that their wife happens to have always loved C-ville or their kid just moved to Richmond and they want to be there or whatever. Its really unlikely with any one person, and still unlikely over ~20, but the collective chance is high enough that you’re not doing your job if you don’t at least try.
And, you have to try while also recognizing there’s an excellent chance nothing will come of it. That’s how it goes.
We can only hope to be a springboard job. Would mean he had success here. I’d take that all day.
No one is poaching 6-6 coaches.
Springboard guy is fine with me. Means we won enough that bigger programs want our coach. Hopefully that opens the money faucet to get the master plan going. The guy after that will have a better chance of sustained success.
Joe Moorhead took the Akron job. Given the timing doubtful Uva approached him. But he would have been a nice snag.
Just saw on Twitter that Coach O is in cville right now. Can’t speak to the veracity of that statement but…interesting
Interesting he was at a HS game in La last night. Also I love Coach O as a character but Virginia wants no part of him. He was checked out at LSU.
Lol that’s via a Facebook group…so…