tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34122303.post116551503325979109..comments2023-11-05T03:48:45.283-08:00Comments on Rose Bowl Before I Die - Cal Football: Tedford's New Whipping BoyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34122303.post-1165606436626222522006-12-08T11:33:00.000-08:002006-12-08T11:33:00.000-08:00Ha! That's pretty good analysis: a head coaching p...Ha! That's pretty good analysis: a head coaching position as a stepping stone to a real head coaching position. <BR/><BR/>I can see that...<BR/><BR/>How about Jay Norvell, offensive coordinator at Nebraska? Except that their offense sucked in the conference title game, but at least they got there...<BR/><BR/>Or what about one of Boise State's coordinators? B.S. and The Cardinal are comparable programs, except that Stanford never wins and Boise State does often.<BR/><BR/>(Hee hee. Just trying to get under the skin of that one Stanford football fan.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34122303.post-1165530653336275472006-12-07T14:30:00.000-08:002006-12-07T14:30:00.000-08:00Wow, you really looked far and wide for those. I ...Wow, you really looked far and wide for those. I just pulled mine off of an AP story.<BR/><BR/>I think Stanford will stay away from the recently fired. Based on how much they can pay a coach, I think they are looking at hiring a rising star who has not yet reached the big time. It is like being the offensive coordinator at a real school. A stepping stone to a real head coaching job.Dannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04088529796936597841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34122303.post-1165524062677770232006-12-07T12:41:00.000-08:002006-12-07T12:41:00.000-08:00Please not Harbaugh! Don't let Stanford be the tr...Please not Harbaugh! Don't let Stanford be the training ground for his "next" D-I job!<BR/><BR/>Here are some that wouldn't be terrible, but may fly in the face of Conventional Wisdom:<BR/><BR/>Larry Coker - yes, he let a rogue school go rogue all over again, but he's not a rogue, and his worst year so far has still been better than Stanford's best in five years!<BR/><BR/>Mike Shula - Probably a little to "footbally" for Stanford, but he got a probation team to the Cotton Bowl and a 10-3 record. I think Stanford could get used to seeing 3's at the end of the record instead of having them as distant goals for the front part of same.<BR/><BR/>Dan McCarney - I know, ties to Bowlsby and a .500 record since 2000 don't exactly endear him to the typical fan, but consider where he was: Iowa State - whose budgetary restrictions (12th place in the Big 12) make Stanford's academic restrictions on student athletes look like a Pass-Fail basketweaving class. 5 bowl games isn't bad, and he's beaten good programs like Nebraska, Iowa, Texas Tech, Texas A&M, etc. He also has a successful track record of resurrecting a dead program. Outside of Tulsa, none of the other guys you are talking about really do.<BR/><BR/>Frank Solich - See, here's the thing about the head coach at Ohio - he wins with a rarely-used, run-oriented option system that levels the playing field for schools that are limited in their ability to get a huge number of blue-chip athletes. He's one of the nations' leading coaches in terms of winning percentage, and he's taken two different teams in two different conferences to their respective conference title games. Can the Cardinal tolerate the option? The bigger question is how long can they tolerate losing?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com