ctc2010
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Post by ctc2010 on Dec 4, 2015 19:13:02 GMT -6
Spoke with a few of the current coaches and they say that word is interviews will begin next week...should hopefully have some more news regarding the next leader of the program soon. I know the current staff is out on the road recruiting and keeping tabs on current commits and still selling the U to prospective commits also. The sooner we can get someone hired and a staff in place, the easier it will be to sell the program and get recruits onto campus and show them the direction and vision for the program. Should be an exciting week. I called an old coaching buddy that has distant ties to Neilson at WIU to see what he thought about the rumor, and while he couldn't confirm that he might be interested in finding another place to coach in the Valley, they understood why he might leave and didn't think the notion was crazy that USD might have a very good chance at nabbing him. Things are about to heat up and Christmas may come early for Coyote football in the next 7-10 days. Go Yotes! I am all for taking as much time in this process as it takes but why does it take two weeks from Joe's announcement to start interviews. I would have thought that process would have started 4 days ago Monday and not this upcoming week. Does it take two weeks to sift through resumes to find out who to bring in for a conversation. I am probably being a little nit picky but I would have hoped the process would be further along than that at this point. I would think that going through potential candidates could be done at the same time that interviews would be happening. If they have to wait for the consulting firm to do some of their work or have a rep sit in on the interviews than I can understand that time frame a little better. Coaches are busy playing playoff games |
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Post by Coyote Fan on Dec 4, 2015 19:22:44 GMT -6
I am all for taking as much time in this process as it takes but why does it take two weeks from Joe's announcement to start interviews. I would have thought that process would have started 4 days ago Monday and not this upcoming week. Does it take two weeks to sift through resumes to find out who to bring in for a conversation. I am probably being a little nit picky but I would have hoped the process would be further along than that at this point. I would think that going through potential candidates could be done at the same time that interviews would be happening. If they have to wait for the consulting firm to do some of their work or have a rep sit in on the interviews than I can understand that time frame a little better. Coaches are busy playing playoff games That is for sure relevant to the discussion. What if the target ends up having his team make the FCS national championship game. If that happened the Yotes could potentially not name a head coach until early to mid January. If it is a FBS assistant alot of coaches would have to wait until January. I still think there is a 50% chance that Stugart ends up the guy. |
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Post by Coyote Fan on Dec 4, 2015 21:04:29 GMT -6
sd4ever says that he would like to have co head coaches. Deboer and Stugart both. :-)
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Post by Yote 53 on Dec 5, 2015 16:40:06 GMT -6
This is why search committees are hired. Search committees do the background work (which has probably been happening all season) and identify candidates, work through the agents to solidify who would be interested, and narrow it down to a handful of candidates, any of which will take the job if the get the offer after interviews.
USD's next head coach has already been identified, just waiting for the coach to finish playoffs.
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Post by SagatagSam on Dec 6, 2015 23:36:19 GMT -6
USD's next head coach has already been identified, just waiting for the coach to finish playoffs. Hey all, I'm new to the forum. Will be a USD law grad in the spring. Figured I'd chime in here by diving right in. I'm new to USD football, but am hoping to follow for a long time to come. If the coach has been identified and they are waiting on that coach's playoffs to finish, I would guess Caruso. CSU-Pueblo just got knocked out of the D2 quarterfinals Saturday and St. Thomas is still going in the D3 semifinals. |
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Post by Coyote Fan on Dec 6, 2015 23:40:57 GMT -6
Caruso would be an excellent decision.
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wiley
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Post by wiley on Dec 7, 2015 10:43:30 GMT -6
The search committee has been doing work for this for a while now. I do think it's a timing thing as to when the coach is revealed, but the process has been ongoing for a while.
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Post by nccyote on Dec 8, 2015 8:04:59 GMT -6
Jeff Jamrog has been hired as the next HC at Midland (NAIA) in Fremont, NE. Another coach with SD connections that has been hired so far this off-season. I didn't think he would be a leading candidate for the USD job but I think I saw his name pop up on here awhile back.
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Post by nccyote on Dec 8, 2015 8:41:19 GMT -6
I am all for taking as much time in this process as it takes but why does it take two weeks from Joe's announcement to start interviews. I would have thought that process would have started 4 days ago Monday and not this upcoming week. Does it take two weeks to sift through resumes to find out who to bring in for a conversation. I am probably being a little nit picky but I would have hoped the process would be further along than that at this point. I would think that going through potential candidates could be done at the same time that interviews would be happening. If they have to wait for the consulting firm to do some of their work or have a rep sit in on the interviews than I can understand that time frame a little better. Coaches are busy playing playoff games I am certain that the search committee has done several phone interviews with candidates over the last couple of weeks, I was just referring to actual sit down, in-person interviews beginning this week. Just speculation here, but one would think that the search firm would identify qualified candidates based on Herby's wish list, conduct phone interviews along with the administration with a pool of initial candidates, and then narrow that group down a couple of times until they get a solid group of candidates to have face-to-face interviews with. Last time we had a "coaching search" in the true sense, when we hired Ed, they brought in 3 finalists to interview and had those coaches meet with the team also. Not sure if they would do that in this case as it is a bit more of a high profile deal, but I thought that was cool as a player to be able to get a feel for the finalists at that time. Hopefully, we get some news of who might be getting interviewed later this week, if anyone is in fact being interviewed this week, that is. I for one am getting a little antsy to have a coach hired, but I trust the administration and I trust the process and understand that they are doing their due diligence in the hiring of our next HC. Question: If our target is by chance still coaching in the FCS/D2/D3 playoffs, do we really have to wait until their teams are done playing to interview/ announce their hiring? FCS title game isn't until Jan. 9, D2 is Dec. 19, D3 is Dec. 18. That means if we intend to hire a coach involved in the FCS title game that we can't announce a hiring for another month? Just curious on your opinions on this matter. I know a lot of it depends on the wishes of the person being targeted, but geez, another month of this would be tough. |
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Post by Yote 53 on Dec 8, 2015 8:58:35 GMT -6
No, you don't have to wait until the playoffs are completely over. Just need to get to a break in the action. See Kirby Smart leaving Alabama for Georgia and the slew of other coaching hires at the FBS level.
The USD head position will attract a higher caliber coach than Jamrog. Don't think he was ever in serious consideration.
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Post by nccyote on Dec 8, 2015 9:16:16 GMT -6
No, you don't have to wait until the playoffs are completely over. Just need to get to a break in the action. See Kirby Smart leaving Alabama for Georgia and the slew of other coaching hires at the FBS level. The USD head position will attract a higher caliber coach than Jamrog. Don't think he was ever in serious consideration. I didn't think Jamrog was in consideration either, not a big fan of the guy, or the coach for that matter either. |
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Post by fightsd on Dec 8, 2015 10:39:33 GMT -6
No, you don't have to wait until the playoffs are completely over. Just need to get to a break in the action. See Kirby Smart leaving Alabama for Georgia and the slew of other coaching hires at the FBS level. The USD head position will attract a higher caliber coach than Jamrog. Don't think he was ever in serious consideration. I didn't think Jamrog was in consideration either, not a big fan of the guy, or the coach for that matter either. Might be an OK coach, but seemed like a jerk in my only encounter with him. |
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Post by yodayote on Dec 8, 2015 10:52:11 GMT -6
I understand the process and the confidentiality of the coaches who are interviewing and not wanting their existing teams to know, but all of this "mum is the word" stuff is killing the excitement and buzz of hiring a new coach. If this doesn't happen fairly soon, it will turn into a "it's about time" type of feel, rather than excitement.
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Post by Yotes on Dec 8, 2015 11:43:09 GMT -6
If we get into next week without an announcement or any leads I'll begin to get anxious. Most teams are done unless we are looking at one of the few guys competing for a NC
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Post by SagatagSam on Dec 8, 2015 12:13:27 GMT -6
Coaches are busy playing playoff games I am certain that the search committee has done several phone interviews with candidates over the last couple of weeks, I was just referring to actual sit down, in-person interviews beginning this week. Just speculation here, but one would think that the search firm would identify qualified candidates based on Herby's wish list, conduct phone interviews along with the administration with a pool of initial candidates, and then narrow that group down a couple of times until they get a solid group of candidates to have face-to-face interviews with. Last time we had a "coaching search" in the true sense, when we hired Ed, they brought in 3 finalists to interview and had those coaches meet with the team also. Not sure if they would do that in this case as it is a bit more of a high profile deal, but I thought that was cool as a player to be able to get a feel for the finalists at that time. Hopefully, we get some news of who might be getting interviewed later this week, if anyone is in fact being interviewed this week, that is. I for one am getting a little antsy to have a coach hired, but I trust the administration and I trust the process and understand that they are doing their due diligence in the hiring of our next HC. Question: If our target is by chance still coaching in the FCS/D2/D3 playoffs, do we really have to wait until their teams are done playing to interview/ announce their hiring? FCS title game isn't until Jan. 9, D2 is Dec. 19, D3 is Dec. 18. That means if we intend to hire a coach involved in the FCS title game that we can't announce a hiring for another month? Just curious on your opinions on this matter. I know a lot of it depends on the wishes of the person being targeted, but geez, another month of this would be tough. If they are waiting on a coach to finish playoffs, my guess is that they would only extend such a courtesy to a current head coach. And, if that is the case, it would be safe to assume that the coach is coming from D2 or D3 as I don't think any current FCS head coach that has his team in the quarterfinal would be looking to leave to come to a school in the same echelon. |
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