Hate that I feel this way. I think it was a sound financial decision for the university but I have my doubts the outcome will be anything more than a one year delay of the inevitable. Hope I'm wrong but 4 years in I don't have much hope.
Trev Alberts didn't force the firing, and he isn't going to force any hire on SF. Frost will succeed or fail on his own terms.
I don't believe he is going to force Frost to hire a specific coach. Then he is part of the problem if things don't improve next year. On the way out the door Frost will hint "This is the hand I was dealt. I had no choice in my replacement hires." Then part of the blame is on TA. He wants no part of that. It will be Frost's decision to make when it comes to hiring new assistants.
My guess, and its a guess because I wasn't in the meetings with TA, is that Alberts asked Scott Frost to come up with a plan going forward after the Minnesota game. He may have said I want to see what you are going to do, what changes need to be made, how are you going to get over the hump since you are so close, etc. Then the plan was brought forth and TA may have said...hmmm....same coaches? Might not work. Maybe work on the plan a bit more.
It’s hard to have locked up replacements who are currently employed without tampering. They can and should have a short list of viable people to contact though.
Most, if not all, of the coaches Frost would be looking at have agents. No tampering is involved when an agent is contacted for a casual conversation. That stuff happens all the time.
The likely OC is currently a TV analyst so there would not be any tampering issue talking to him directly.
I’m not convinced that is the guy— if is was, there is no reason not to announce it now and get a jump on recruiting— SF seems to want a more physical approach with more option sprinkled in— we’ll see
HOLY COW, Jimbosc!!! That's quite the scoop!
Herbie not experienced enough. Corso is what I'm hearing.
