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DrWildcat

So who would Ken hire as coordinators? I would assume we won't be able to throw money at anyone to pull in these so called "great" coordinators he would need to be successful.

DrWildcat

btfd16 wrote:
Hey! I'm not as crazy as I seem.

Edit: This is also the guy who said Sumlin would be hired Tuesday, so maybe I am.....

Is it weird that no other media members have said anything? Seems like they would be invited to attend.

DrWildcat

Bunch of over reaction, and you guys can’t help it I know. First, Ken isn’t the coach yet. 2nd, you have no idea if the triple option will be used. Jasper, the 10 year OC, would likely stay at Navy due to his son waiting on a heart and might be offered the job anyways. So...no gueentee that the tri...

DrWildcat

Lots of people who don't know jack shit are seeing a few people pissed and have decided to join the bandwagon. I can promise 90% of the people upset haven't watched a Navy football game nor understand that the Triple Option is not what he will run here. I've watched Navy a lot because I follow AAC ...

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azgreg wrote:

Thats fine but that wasn't the game plan and we had so many huge running plays. The triple option is not a big play offense. Its ball control and a slow drive down the field.

DrWildcat

Chicat wrote:
Defending Heeke/Niumatalolo to maintain access is an obvious, if clumsy move.

Let Heeke make his own bed.

Yeah, but most of the Tucson/UA media is trying to justify this possible hire.

DrWildcat

https://twitter.com/kensing45/status/951888761629024257 Am I the only one who thinks six passes a game (in his first year as a starter with barely playing UH) is a huge fucking difference? What is this guy and Lev thinking? Navy only had 102 pass attempts last year. Going back to 2010, the most att...

DrWildcat

RondaeShimmy wrote:I mean I don't want to see it but I wouldn't hire a coach just for one player, even if it's Tate

I get that but don't you think this is how a lot of kids feel? Would be hard to recruit power 5 talent to the triple option and Arizona football.

DrWildcat

btfd16 wrote:

Thank you Tate!

DrWildcat

btfd16 wrote:I'd rather have a Yates HC and Salavea DC.

Completely agree

DrWildcat

I wanted Sumlin but would have been fine with Baldwin. Ken? I just don't get it.

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RondaeShimmy wrote:

Terrible.

DrWildcat

btfd16 wrote:This is the first I have heard of us "negotiating" with a different coach. One last strong arm to Sumlin?

I would hope so, but if I'm Sumlin none of these names scare me into taking less.

DrWildcat

https://twitter.com/FootballScoop/status/951872313968021505 Source tells FootballScoop Arizona (and search firm DHR) are negotiating a potential deal with Navy head coach Ken Niumatalolo to become new head coach at Arizona. Source tells FootballScoop former Arizona head coach Dick Tomey initially s...

DrWildcat

As others have said, big pass on Ken. No triple option please! And no way he changes his offense and has great success after this long.

DrWildcat

At this point this hire should be pretty simple. If Sumlin wants to come and you have the money then hire him. If not, hire the bright up and comer like Baldwin. Start him out cheap, in the $1.6-$1.8M range. That way you save money to either pay him more if he does well or bank the saved money to pa...

DrWildcat

PHXCATS wrote:What's the better scenario?

Roll out Sumlin today for the first word on it at the bball game on PAC12

Roll out Sumlin Saturday for first public appearance on ESPN2 but announce/leak hire today

Just announce it today. Recruiting dead period ends today.

DrWildcat

I believe HCs get 5 year max deals

DrWildcat

The longer this goes on without a peep the more I think it will be Sumlin. Usually in these type of things it would have leaked somewhere that he's lost interest or something. I'm thinking Heeke wants to make a big splash at the bball game tonight. That splash isn't very big if he bring Baldwin out...

DrWildcat

PHXCATS wrote:
RondaeShimmy wrote:
chiefzona wrote:3 people have told me that the hire is Beau Baldwin.
Cheaped out huh
Cheaped out or couldn't afford? Attendance

Ok, we get it. Attendance matters but so does the lack of revenue from the Pac-12 network. This hire won't move the needle on attendance either.

DrWildcat

chiefzona wrote:3 people have told me that the hire is Beau Baldwin.

Disappointed but not a new feeling with UA football.

Any idea who he would bring in to fill out his staff?

DrWildcat

Well at least Sanford has west coast ties. However, it is concerning that he took over for a team coming off 12-2 and 11-3 seasons and went 6-7. Don't know if that is connected to a big change over in players or what. Hopefully its not an indicator of his head coaching ability.

DrWildcat

I know none of us thought Neuheisel was a legitimate candidate but this is some good news.

DrWildcat

I believe this is Colin's dad. Considering transferring?

DrWildcat

I think Heeke is having a hard time getting the money for finalizing a deal with Sumlin so Neuheisel’s name is mentioned to speed up the process with Sumlin. Baldwin is right there and I would put a high percentage that he gets offered. I believe there is a dark horse who hasn’t been mentioned who ...

DrWildcat

"Kevin Sumlin to be named the NEW Head Coach at Arizona within 1 week. UofA applied for waiver on 10 day posting rule. Yates will remain Dc." This was posted on our site recently. It was a tweet from PlayersProgramU. Sorry, didn't know how to post tweets on your site. I hope this is legit! That sit...

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chiefzona wrote:Neuheisel is a leak on purpose. He did great with Craft and Prince as his QBs outta the pistol at UCLA. Hahahahahaha

On purpose? Did Heeke just want to make himself look stupid? The only thing that makes sense is if Neuheisel was the one who leaked it.

DrWildcat

Thank you for responding. Like I said, I'm not necessarily hyped about someone who was recently fired, but among the "retread" category, Sumlin is probably the best option (if Miles is the biggest name due to NC). The biggest question I have about Sumlin's potential here revolves around his ability...

DrWildcat

Thank you for responding. Like I said, I'm not necessarily hyped about someone who was recently fired, but among the "retread" category, Sumlin is probably the best option (if Miles is the biggest name due to NC). The biggest question I have about Sumlin's potential here revolves around his ability...

DrWildcat

I'm with chief on Neuheisel. It has to be a joke. Talk about a bad retread hire.

DrWildcat

Maybe Heeke is leaking info on candidates like Brown to get boosters to say "Hell no" and throw out some more money.

DrWildcat

ramcat wrote:Which makes the idea of paying $3 million buyout ludicrous. That would pay for both an offensive and defensive coordinator.

I'm with you. I believe $3M is pretty close to what we pay for all of our assistants combined.

DrWildcat

btfd16 wrote:In 2012 GB forced RR to send Ippolito and Tevin Hood to the locker room for fighting on national tv. Guess it’s different if you go to Bama

Saban would fire him on the spot if he tried to interfere with his team.

DrWildcat

RondaeShimmy wrote:

I hope not. Seems like no one wants the job or we are low-balling everyone.

DrWildcat

Merkin wrote:Impact player is right. Wonder what happened?

Who else played on offense, defense and special teams?

DrWildcat wrote:

I guess he didn't want to play DL...

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DrWildcat

chiefzona wrote:It’s not Wolma, guys.

Should we just guess every starter until you say its them or what?

DrWildcat

sadly it appears that Lane Train has left the station and is not part of the search any longer. Real shame. He would do wonders here. Updated wish list with the names that I have seen that are in the running. 1 Kevin Sumlin 2 Les Miles 3 Beau Baldwin 4 Charles Schultz-Northeast sider 5 Mark Helfric...

DrWildcat

Seen a couple posts about CSM not using the bench. Note the Cats played 11 v. the Buffs, which I can't even remember the last time CSM played so many in a conference game that wasn't a blowout. Even Barcello played 5 minutes, when it was completely obvious that the game was much too quick for him, ...

DrWildcat

Seen a couple posts about CSM not using the bench. Note the Cats played 11 v. the Buffs, which I can't even remember the last time CSM played so many in a conference game that wasn't a blowout. Even Barcello played 5 minutes, when it was completely obvious that the game was much too quick for him, ...

DrWildcat

How about hiring MIles and then luring Baldwin away from Cal with a break-the-bank offer to be the OC?? I'd take that combination any day..........it would Win the Press Conference. While I'm completely guessing, it seems like money is an issue in this coaching search based on the way the talk has ...

DrWildcat

If its Baldwin, I think a lot of fans will take a wait and see approach.

I for one just hope he can recruit.

DrWildcat

chiefzona wrote:Got some players talking about leaving.

As long as Tate isn't one of them then we will be about the same in the short term. The rest, who cares. Maybe they can make it on a group of five team.

DrWildcat

The zone got us again? How did trier do? How much hero ball did he play? He didn't play hero ball. We lost because Miller thought it would be ok to let Ristic take 16 shots, with him missing the majority of them from 2 ft out. They also played some of the worst defense possible letting CU get an ab...

DrWildcat

For the most part we got a lot of open shots against the zone, they just didn't fall. Combine this with our horrendous effort on defense and this is the game you get. Ristic is usually pretty reliable on offense but he missed so many point blank shots. This was a game where you would really like to ...

DrWildcat

Merkin wrote:

All game long!

DrWildcat

Low IQ team

DrWildcat

This team just pouts and doesn't put in any effort when their shots aren't falling.

DrWildcat

If Sumlin (or any coach) does well enough here that he leaves in a few years to a better job that would be fine with me. At least it means we had a winning team. Its better than having a bad coach for longer that we have to fire and pay to leave.

DrWildcat

As far as moving the attendance needle, winning takes care of that every time. Didn't happen at the UA when they were winning and Tate was the most exciting player in college football. When Tate was Mr. October and playing a ranked and exciting WSU team, the attendence: 42,822 Even UCLA earlier tha...

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