Find a good head coach and pay him

[ponygrad90]

its time to move on Orsini

if this team does rally, how many fans would notice?

[RedRiverPony]

While you're at it, pay some top-flight assistant coaches. When Nebraska was a top-5 team every year, the Nebraska state government kept authorizing raises for Tom Osborne. But he had a bunch of money in the bank, and since he walked (and still walks) on water up there, he couldn't pay for a meal anyway. So he divided up his bonuses among his assistants, which is why he got good assistants and kept them for many years. To get a good coaching staff, you have to make the jobs financially appealing to top candidates.

[Pony Soup]

red river pony - you are quite the genius, arent you?

[Stallion]

I agree 100%. Assistant Coaches are essential to the development of a program. Just as important as the Head Coach. Need at least 2 Ace Recruiters too.

[jkflamebo]

please hire a legitimate HEAD coach that has won before

[Pony Soup]

We need to make sure we get someone that other people WANT to learn from and work for. I am sure we missed the boat on Applewhite because he has arguably the best coordinator job in the country, learning from Saban. I doubt he will leave after just one year.

[BRStang]

We need to make sure we get someone that other people WANT to learn from and work for. I am sure we missed the boat on Applewhite because he has arguably the best coordinator job in the country, learning from Saban. I doubt he will leave after just one year.

Applewhite would never come here if offered. All he has to do is bide his time at Alabama, and he'll land a BCS job eventually. Why move prematurely to a coaching graveyard (sorry, but that's everybody's perception) while he's still in his twenties and his star is rising?

At first, I thought the suggestion of Bowden was a pipe dream, but now, I'm beginning to think this could be a possibility. Retread, out of coaching for a while, won't get an immediate look from a top BCS school, big name, former coach of the year, still has some credibility with this generation of recruits....who knows, why not?

[smu diamond m]

please hire a legitimate HEAD coach that has won before

NEUHEISEL

[RGV Pony]

whomever it is, enlisting the services of the best recruiter currently on the Hilltop couldn't hurt. A conversation like "Good morning, my I speak with Terry, please. Hi Terry, this is Matt. Doherty. Not unlike yourself, I was once an AP coach of the year at a big time program. Also not unlike yourself, that honeymoon didn't last long. At any rate, I'd like to discuss something more positive with you. Got a minute?"

[ALEX LIFESON]

Let the Mop do some recruiting!