IF Chad leaves...who's on the list for our next HC?

[Stallion]

Haven't followed Keeler close enough to comment

[Bergermeister]

Top 2 right now
1. Lincoln Riley
2. Phillip Montgomery

I would contact both of these now. Lincoln Riley would be a quality choice from what I know of him. Don't overreact but let's not drag our feet.

[Comet]

You guys think Montgomery will head down to SMU and stay in the AAC West?

[Stallion]

He's getting paid only $800,000. Going to need to do some due diligence

[SoCal_Pony]

I'd like to kick the tires on Blake Anderson-mrydel probably has a good idea

Top 2 right now
1. Lincoln Riley
2. Phillip Montgomery

I'm not sold on Meachum or Sonny Cumbie as head coaches right now. Are they great coordinators-yes
I think I might go for Strong over Meachum and Cumbie because in fact he has built a Top 10 team-and I truly believe when you tear a program to the ground like Strong did then you should expect it generally to take 3-4 years-but at UT you only get 3 at most. It would be nice to at least see him take UT to a bowl by beating TCU

Thoughts on keeler?

My fear w Riley is that he's another chad. He's already a really hot commodity and would likely leave after a yr or 2.

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Agree with your concerns about Riley. Herman & CM were the top 2 hires and both only contributed 1 true recruiting class.

Given the circumstances surrounding Strong's dismissal, he 'may' have a sense of loyalty towards us if we actively pursue him...who knows.

[Comet]

He's getting paid only $800,000. Going to need to do some due diligence

I just figured Tulsa could counter offer (maybe not at the $2.5 million level that SMU might be willing to do).

[Pony in SA]

He's getting paid only $800,000. Going to need to do some due diligence

This...If there as Art's OC when rapes first happened will need some explaining.

[Nacho]

https://campusinsiders.com/news/top-col ... 8-11-2016/

good list of ocs available.

[TidePony]

My top 5
1. Lane Kiffin (Saban has reformed him and he has a terrific football IQ)
2. Charlie Strong
3. Lincoln Riley
4. PJ Fleck
5. Ed Warriner

[redpony]

Charlie Strong could probably live with our pay scale since he will be getting a large buyout from the whorens. IMO he could do a good job here.

Riley would be great as well but probably would be looking at us as a short term stop.

[ponyinNC]

I THINK WE HAVE TO REALIZE THAT ANY GOOD, YOUNG COACH WHO TAKES THIS JOB IS USING IT AS A STEPPING STONE. THE ONLY WAY WE HAVE A COACH STAY AT SMU IS TO HIRE AN OLDER HEAD COACH WITH SKINS ON THE WALL ALREADY. OR HIRE SOMEONE THAT LOVES SMU LIKE A RAMON FLANIGAN TYPE

[mrydel]

If I am not mistaken, if a fired coach such as Strong were to get hired, the previous school only has to pay the difference in remaining contract and new pay. So if Strong is getting $5,000,000 from UT for 2 years, we can structure a contract to pay him $1.00 for 2 years and then a negotiated new amount to kick in year 3.

[Stallion]

Technically correct-mitigation of (contractual) damages. But a Court might find that Strong failed to reasonably mitigate his damages-I dunno they might pro-rate contract. But he can sit on his [deleted] and get the contract amount. Or UT could come to a contractual settlement of the remaining contractual damages and release their right of mitigation.

[mustangxc]

I'm thinking we would probably have to pay at least $500,000 for Strong. I think that is an amount we could get away with if, especially if we made it heavy on difficult to achieve incentives such as 9 wins next season. Would definitely be worth a shot as we would get buyout money from Baylor and let the COC save on salary which could be used for the IPF.

[RepublicanPNY]

Why do you guys want Charlie Strong? He doesn't appear to be a very good salesman and he failed with UT's endless resources.