The fearless beatwriter chimed in and said that Southern Miss's Jeff Bower and Terry Bowden have still not been contacted.
Update: I figured there would be an article in the DMN on Tuesday, focusing on the recruiting angle. If there are any nuggets it is that Glenn Mason, the former Minnesota coach, hasn't been contacted either.
Orsini said Monday that he remained pleased with the search.
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Orsini said the search is his highest priority.
"I'm doing what I need to do," he said.
I wonder what the SMU fan would have thought of Bower had he not been fired. Would the prospect of a coach from a perrenial bowl contender in-conference be appealing? Alas, he was a coach under Collins at SMU pre-death penalty; doesn't that automatically disqualify him (albeit probably unfairly)?
I am now going to perform a braindump on the Big Four of Former Coaches.
Bowden is Bowden and Neuheisel is Neuheisel and Barnett is Barnett. Oh, and Coker is Coker. I personally have little interest in all four. I concede Bowden probably is unfairly mixed in with the other three and Coker probably shouldn't be mixed in with Barnett and Neuheisel. They are coaches with baggage. Some's baggage is nicer than other.
Bowden's is nine years out of coaching, which seems like no big deal to some people but is a huge deal to me. While I recognize there are coaches that have been successful after a layoff; I still don't trust it and don't trust the motives. I admit I could be wrong. At least Bowden is still relatively young and only had one year sub .500 as a head coach.
Trouble has followed Neuheisel wherever he has gone and people should not deny it. The trouble that Barnett, age 62, got in was partially Neuheisel's doing. I believe both can coach, but they are pariahs. Barnett may have the most impressive turnaround resume, but his Colorado firing had as much to do with performance as anything. At one time, I was somewhat fond of Neuhiesel because some people hate Neuheisel, which I think is cool. Be nice to be hated; at least they would be talking about SMU.
I have no interest in Larry Coker, age 60. Miami went downhill in his tenure and he lost control. Maybe he can coach an offense, but I don't let the man run my team.
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I am surprised that Glen Mason has not been contacted. People I know that follow the Big10 swear he did a great job at Minnesota. The only problem he had was being on the wrong end of a Texas Tech rally at a bowl game.
If you want to win a Music City Bowl, Grinnin' Glen Mason is your guy. He can recruit the heck out of the 2nd tier Ohio players, too.
Beware of your Shiny New Coach as he will rob you blind, wreck the life of one of your young female athletes future and fail at suicide, a nasty car wreck, to get out of a big mess. You will be sorry sooner or later, lets hope it is sooner so no one gets hurt.
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