Diaco NOT Going to BC

[Ironman8]

@celebrityhottub:

I admire Boston College's commitment to only hiring coaches who look like fire chiefs.

LOL

 

[Ironman8]

Diaco to Wisconsin??!!! Just kidding.

We need to expect to lose coordinators unless they have their sights set on something particular (like Iowa, maybe).

Wisconsin should hire Chryst.

Pitt will need their 8th coach since 2010. THAT IS INSANE.

 

[Pops Freshenmeyer]

SWEET!

Not out of the woods yet though... Pitt, Wiscy, etc. = a lot more dominos to fall.

Wait, is Pitt looking AGAIN?

 

[Whiskeyjack]

Wait, is Pitt looking AGAIN?

Chryst is assumed to be the leader for the Wisconsin job since Bielema bolted. Nothing official yet.

 

[zbikowski88]

Wait, is Pitt looking AGAIN?

Chryst could land in Wisconsin

 

[irishff1014]

Wisconsin should hire Chryst.

Pitt will need their 8th coach since 2010. THAT IS INSANE.

Poor Pitt. they can't keep a coach for anything.

 

[BeauBenken]

Party in the Gentlemen's Club!

 

[GoldenIsThyFame]

Hey! Yay!

 

[phork]

 

[Rhode Irish]

Good news. Not out of the woods yet, though.

However....weird hire by BC, no?

 

[Grahambo]

I think the problem that most sane fans would have is not Bob Diaco leaving for a HC gig, it's him leaving before the national title game.

I fully expect to lose him in the near future and I have all the faith in the world of Brian Kelly replacing him with someone who is just as good, if not better at the job, its just for the here and now it would not exactly be helpful.

 

[Ironman8]

@MileHighPharmer:

Paul Chryst to Wisconsin, Kirk Ferentz to Pitt and Bob Diaco to Iowa. connect the dots

Posted in the other thread, but a plausible, worst case scenario for ND fans.

 

[Emcee77]

Wisconsin should hire Chryst.

Pitt will need their 8th coach since 2010. THAT IS INSANE.

Wait, that cannot be right.

 

[ACamp1900]

I doubt Wisky goes there, honestly he may interview, the way BC went down tells me he's building experience and gaining leverage, ... He's not going anywhere except to Miami, then the White House

 

[Grahambo]

@MileHighPharmer:

Posted in the other thread, but a plausible, worst case scenario for ND fans.

No idea why Ferentz would go from Iowa to Pitt however I would not be surprised to see him leave for the NFL.

 

[irishff1014]

@MileHighPharmer:

Posted in the other thread, but a plausible, worst case scenario for ND fans.

BOOOO

 

[Cali_domer]

Ferentz has something like a 20 million dollar buy-out. He is an unmovable object.

 

[NDohio]

DEEP sigh .......

 

[NDHoosier101]

Why would Pitt hire a coach that led his team to a 4-8 season, where they lost their last 6 games? Doesn't make sense to me...

 

[Grahambo]

DEEP sigh .......

Only until the Wisconsin, Pitt, and Cal job are filled can we rest.

 

[Whiskeyjack]

Ferentz has something like a 20 million dollar buy-out. He is an unmovable object.

Yeah, I simply don't see him going anywhere; at least not yet. There's no way any other school, particularly Pitt, would freely choose to pay him anything close to what he's making now.

If Iowa has a couple more really disappointing seasons, some desperate Hawkeye boosters might pony up the cash to buy him out, but until then, I think Ferentz is pretty much untouchable.

 

[zbikowski88]

Ferentz has something like a 20 million dollar buy-out. He is an unmovable object.

 

[ARALOU]

Louisville may come open soon. Tennessee is still open but Strong is a big rumor now.

 

[phgreek]

great guy...great coach. My hope is that he remains by choice, and continues to grow under BK's wing.

 

[ACamp1900]

He seriously had a 13 game losing streak?

 

[JadeBrecks]

 

[NDohio]

Only until the Wisconsin, Pitt, and Cal job are filled can we rest.

...and I will do the same after each job is filled!

 

[ShawneeIrish]

No idea why Ferentz would go from Iowa to Pitt however I would not be surprised to see him leave for the NFL.

I agree this is more likely. His name has been kicked around during past couple of Chiefs coaching searches. However, a big part of this is his relationship to Pioli who should be swiftly fired at the conclusion of this season.

 

[Pops Freshenmeyer]

The Cal job is for suckers. They have to recruit head to head with USC, Stanford (who has them beat on their academic strengths as well as football), a surging UCLA, Tosh Lupoi and Washington, and Oregon who will be the cool kids on the block even after Chip Kelly leaves.

The team was mired in awfulness until Tedford. Mediocrity will be a tall task there and they're not likely to thank you for it.

 

[Domina Nostra]

Yeah, I simply don't see him going anywhere; at least not yet. There's no way any other school, particularly Pitt, would freely choose to pay him anything close to what he's making now.

If Iowa has a couple more really disappointing seasons, some desperate Hawkeye boosters might pony up the cash to buy him out, but until then, I think Ferentz is pretty much untouchable.

$20M is excessive but that BIG10 revenue makes a lot of things possible.

I think Tennessee should free Al Golden, and Miami should hire Petrino in his place.