The Dawgs Ramblings

Coaching Update

Since the abrupt departure of Tom O'Brien (to the fan), it appears that Gene has been quite busy interviewing and determining candidates for the vacant head coaching position. Mark Whipple was interviewed this past Sunday and reports say that Green Bay Packers offensive cooridinator Jeff Jagodzinski was as well. Jagodzinski was the former offensive cooridinator at BC before the arrival of O'Brien.

Other candidates being thrown out now include Kevin Gilbride, Charlie Strong and Jay Norvell.

Kevin Gilbride would quickly make me sell my tickets and the other two candidates are current assistants in the collegiate ranks. Strong is the defensive cooridinator at Florida and Norvell is the offensive cooridinator at Nebraska. I do not know too much about either candidate so do not have any real opinion. Strong is a minority candidate that people have been saying is head coaching material for the last few years but no one has pulled the trigger.

As it becomes more apparent that Gene knew this was happening, he has been able to contact his short list and obtain interviews without a problem. Most reports think Whipple is the guy to beat and that Gene is going through the motions to show due diligence and to ensure that his decision is the right one.

I have no problem with a search that takes a couple of weeks if we hire the right guy. The heck with a class of recruits if it buys you the correct man at the helm. In no sport is coaching as valuable as in football. I thought the Patriots were crazy to trade a first round pick for Belichick but that seemed to work out.

Also, I do not care if we hire a man with NFL ambitions. If he can get an NFL head coaching job from stopping off here then so be it. That most likely means a BCS bowl at some point so that works for me. A career BC person would be nice but how many non-hockey head coaches could BC hire that fits that description.

posted by oceanjay @ 3:23 PM