If Brooks leaves like he says he is going to, who is the next Kentucky coach?
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MSU124 said:
The Coach-in-waiting deal will prove to be one of the dumbest trends in college football. UK's offense has been awful the last two seasons and that has a lot of football fans in the Bluegrass feeling a little leery about Joker Phillips. Having said that, Rich Brooks is the Jeff Fisher of the SEC. As in play it close to the vest, don't turn it over, don't have a lot of penalties and pull it out at the end. That approach has a better shot at working in the NFL where the rules are designed to level the talent base. It doesn't work as well in the SEC. You'll find out a lot about Joker Phillips if he overhauls the staff right out of the gate. If he doesn't, it will be more of the same and UK will remain a bottom feeder in the SEC. And he won't have nearly as long of a rope as Brooks did.
I just think people are overusing it. If you're Kentucky and you think you've got an offensive mastermind at OC (apparently not true, but when they named him head coach in waiting, maybe that was a reasonable guess), you know you're going to lose your coach soon, it makes sense to name a head coach in waiting if it lets you keep a good coordinator that will likely be your best candidate for the HC job anyway.
I don't know why the hell Texas would use it. If you're 17ing Texas and an assistant wants to leave, you hire a new one and when you need a HC get the best coach available. Doesn't make sense for FSU either. Let Bowden fail and you should be a desirable coaching spot. Florida recruiting base, competing against the ACC, and I'm assuming good money.
But if you're a lower tier SEC team or middle tier in any other BCS conference, I can see it. If Byrne is as high on Hudspeth as everyone thinks, I could even see an unofficial coach in waiting title being offered to him; although the ninja might would rather just wait until Mullen leaves, look into the future, and pick the best assistant available.
I don't know why the hell Texas would use it. If you're 17ing Texas and an assistant wants to leave, you hire a new one and when you need a HC get the best coach available. Doesn't make sense for FSU either. Let Bowden fail and you should be a desirable coaching spot. Florida recruiting base, competing against the ACC, and I'm assuming good money.
But if you're a lower tier SEC team or middle tier in any other BCS conference, I can see it. If Byrne is as high on Hudspeth as everyone thinks, I could even see an unofficial coach in waiting title being offered to him; although the ninja might would rather just wait until Mullen leaves, look into the future, and pick the best assistant available.
I wouldn't be surprised if that money grubbing ***** decided to interview for the job. His ship is sinking and everyone is swimming for the life boat next year.