Can't believe we have to deal with this again already

I hope that this is all just specutlation...

I don’t know that I could handle another coaching search, and Manny is building a championship caliber defense. I would hate to see him go. Even though it is a HC gig, it is a step back, maybe two, from the DC position at Texas.

by LonghorninRaiderland on Nov 11, 2011 10:53 AM CST reply actions

Maybe Tuberville

will go back there.{Oh how I wish!}. Hope you guys can keep Manny. He has done a great job IMO.

Who knows. Maybe they hire the Captian. I would love to see him coaching again.

by Red and Black 71 on Nov 11, 2011 11:33 AM CST reply actions

I think we'd all love to see Leach coaching again.

Especially since it’s come to light that the whole closet incident never actually happened and it was the powers that be just making stuff up to get rid of him. He got a raw deal in all that, even if he is just a crazy man.

by HornPossessed on Nov 11, 2011 5:23 PM CST up reply actions

Manny

Ole Miss isn’t Florida. Why bother taking a bottom tier SEC coaching job whenever you could wait 2 years, have a legitimate shot at the MNC, then the Ohio State, Florida, etc jobs give you looks.

by nash89 on Nov 11, 2011 12:28 PM CST reply actions

So you think in a couple years the Florida job will be open again?

And if it is, which I doubt it will be, do you think they will hire another DC with no HC experience? No way!

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by 2Cor12:9 on Nov 11, 2011 1:23 PM CST up reply actions

no but

I guess I should have said schools like Florida or like Ohio State. My point is, you just don’t take the first head coaching job that comes your way unless you can’t pass it up. Chizik is really, really lucky Auburn hired him after posting a 5-19 (2-14) record after two years at Iowa State. If you fall on your face with your first head coaching job, chances are getting that big time job won’t come around anytime.

by nash89 on Nov 11, 2011 1:56 PM CST up reply actions

This is a problem you want to have as a program.

It means we’re doing something right if other schools want our coaches. If Diaz goes we will find a suitable replacement just like we did for Muschamp and for Chizik.

Do not be distracted by what you see, but be transformed by what you believe.

by 2Cor12:9 on Nov 11, 2011 1:25 PM CST reply actions

Only for the sake of discussion

Were Manny to leave (which I doubt will happen this soon), who would be on our radar? I’ll admit I haven’t kept up with other programs recently, so I’m very curious as to which candidates names would be thrown around.

by GoHorns on Nov 11, 2011 2:30 PM CST up reply actions

John Chavis, Kirby Smart (though both are bound to be in the running for HC gigs already)

Apart from them I have no idea who you’d go to.

by HornPossessed on Nov 11, 2011 5:25 PM CST up reply actions

Chavis actually would've been a guy I'd rather have had than Diaz in the first place

I’d go for that. There was a lot made on the other popular UT fanblog about how wonderful it is to have all this youth and such on the coaching staff, but give me an experienced badass like Chavis over an unproven youngster any day.

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by burntorangehorn on Nov 14, 2011 3:41 PM CST up reply actions

to be honest...

…if manny thinks he is ready to coach at a program, hes mistaken, and will surely fall off the map if he takes a HC job this early since he will not succeed… there is so much to learn to be a successful HC and IMO, even though mack isnt a strategic genius, hes probably the best person to learn from of how to be the face of a program. it is more prudent with what is going on at penn state since programs realize a decent person as HC is a rare commodity.
and manny hasnt spent much time, he needs to solid few yrs before he should even think about an HC job. there a lot of things he will see mack handle through the yrs and he can learn a lot through this for his future HC career
i think a lot of people take jobs too early and then fall on their face. i hope manny is smarter since he is so young and has potentially a great future ahead of him
manny should totally milk this for more money from us, but taking the job would be a bad decision

by vanterminatorhorn on Nov 11, 2011 8:13 PM CST reply actions