Who doesn't want a schematic advantage. Included in his contract would be unlimited access to all dining facilities.
Possible Helton Replacements
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How about Bill Belicheck. Didn't do so well without Brady. Here he can recruit a Brady every year
You didn't know? Jim Mora Jr. already turned down the job.
Chadwell inherited the players from the builder and mastermind Joe Moglia. If you want a Coastal Carolina coach get Joe our of retirement.
BTW as the former CEO and current board member of TD Ameritrade he would fit perfectly at USC.
I am serious get Joe for 3 years and let him pick his successor like he did with Chadwell at Coastal
Miami could get him..... but are they willing to outbid Phil Knight? He's earning $5.5 million a year now. He will most likely get a raise if he takes the Ducks to the CFP. If anybody goes after him, you're probably looking at $7 million a year at minimum.
Everybody inherits players.
CHADWELL’s a winner who has done amazingly well racking up Coach of the Year nominations and COY honors from jump, both at CC and before. As I said, he’s not at the top of my list, but he is on it.
For sure Moglia ain’t coming out of retirement to coach at SC. JMHO
Call Urban and Petersen first. Then Campbell and Fickell. Then Bob Stoops. All of these guys would be home run hires. My only problem with Stoops is that he is 61, yet I am 55 so I am cool with it. Perhaps Stoops can hire Elliott to run the offense while he runs the defense?
For family reasons, I could see Fickell preferring to live in Ohio vs Los Angeles, but Columbus and Cincinnati aren’t small towns and I don’t see a lack of sophistication as being an issue for him. Many of these Ohio guys grow up watching the Rose Bowl and are naturally intrigued by USC and the West Coast. I thought that to be true of Urban.
Luke Fickell finished #8 in 2020 and nearly beat Georgia in the Peach Bowl. He’s currently #8 and doing it with the #53 ranked roster in terms of recruited team talent. This guy can coach and develop talent. He’s a big reason why Cincinnati got invited into the Big 12. It’s a long season and will be 3 months before USC names a coach.
I think by that he meant the lab-grown clone of their merged DNA. Has the toughness of the Ute coach and the suave and reassuring demeanor while explaining an inexcusable loss of the Huskies / domer head man. Really a can't miss prospect.
Thamel:
1 Franklin
2 O’Brien
3 Campbell
4 Fickell
8 Tony Elliott-Southern California native
sports.yahoo.com
1 Franklin
2 O’Brien
3 Campbell
4 Fickell
8 Tony Elliott-Southern California native
10 potential candidates for USC head coaching job include Penn State's James Franklin and Clemson's Tony Elliott
Who will replace Clay Helton? The Trojans' gaze could be fixed on the Midwest.
sports.yahoo.com
Dennis Dodd:
Top choice should be Fickell. Surprised he mentions Urban.
www.cbssports.com
Top choice should be Fickell. Surprised he mentions Urban.
USC coaching candidates: Luke Fickell, Bob Stoops, Chris Petersen among names to replace Clay Helton
There is an obvious top candidate, but the Trojans may have their pick of quality coaches
www.cbssports.com
Some interesting comments about Helton before the pay wall.
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Bill O’Brien is Pete Thamel’s #2 candidate. Only two years at Penn State and .500 coach in the NFL (as was Pete Carroll). Coached under Belichek and Saban. Carol Folt would like him for being a Brown graduate. Seems arrogant (maybe not a bad thing) and doesn’t seem to have stayed in any one place very long.
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Thamel’s #3 Matt Campbell easily beat Oregon in the Fiesta Bowl. Like Fickell, Campbell coaches up 2 and 3-star recruits. He played at Division III powerhouse Mount Union (Ohio) … where as a d-lineman his teams won 3 national championships. Iowa State has been down for so long. For them to be able to compete with Oklahoma (and Texas), says so much for Campbell’s coaching ability. For those concerned about minority hires, Campbell is black (or mixed … not obvious).
Am I mistaken or did Herman not fire Orlando? Send basically be taking on the majority of the staff that TX booted.
Keen Fickell is my number 1 choice after Urban Meyer. His ceiling is Urban Meyer his floor is Brian Kelly he is a can’t miss prospect.
Unfortunately he’s kinda a hillbilly like me he likes the country and space. Cincinnati has a population of 309,317. Moving to LA county with a population of almost 10 million may not appease him. I’m leaving California soon myself for the same reason so I get it.
