@Texas-Hawk-10 said in Les Miles:
@COHawk said in Les Miles:
Better have Tom Herman named HC within a day or two.
Hell no I don't want Tom Herman here. He couldn't get Texas back to competing with OU annually with the resources he had at Texas, but it'd be realistic to think he could make Kansas competitive when he'd have basically no resources here? Herman is also a job hopper. His 4 year stint at Texas was the longest he'd been at any job in his career so if he did manage any success at Kansas, he'd be gone the next season KU would be back in rebuild mode.
KU needs to go get someone who built a winner at a smaller conference and doesn't jump at the first better offer he receives. Go look at Coastal's coach since they've beaten us twice now, Appalachian St., Louisiana, Toledo, San Jose St. These are the types of places KU needs to be looking at for a head coach and not a P5 retread.
Chadwell said no to Tennessee, Napier turned down Auburn and Mississippi State, App State’s coach is likely a lifer there (and he’s their third in 3 years). Candle from Toledo would be a good hire.
Key thing is getting through this year and keeping the roster in tact. We finally have a real foundation to grow from and a bunch of defections would set us back years. I would hire Jones as the interim. Best case, he becomes our Dabo. Gets the guys to play better than they ever have and win 3-4 games, be competitive in most others. Then remove the tag. Worst case he’s way in over his head, but the job is more attractive to an outside candidate come November and December.
I’d look at Herman for sure. Candle would be in that group too, though Matt Campbell’s really built Toledo, Candle to his credit has kept it rolling. Lance Leipold from Buffalo would be a good hire. Add in Willie Fritz, Brent Brennan (SJSU), and Sean Lewis (Kent St) then you’d have real options. Out of that group I think I’d take Candle, Lewis, Herman, Leipold, Fritz respectively.
