Diaco to Interview for HC Jobs

[Black Irish]

Just in case, I hope Ishaq shows up at his front door first thing in the morning.

Good stuff. Reps.

 

[rocket66]

Bobby D is about to get a raise....at ND. He will get a head coaching job in a few years but i dont think he takes a job at Boston College or Cal.

Right. Those are no-win type of jobs anyway. It's where good coaches go to die. The best way to do it is start small, ala BK in the MAC and work your way up to getting an elite job. He'll never have sustained success at a school like BC.

 

[Emcee77]

Yeah, I'd be surprised if Diaco doesn't coach in the NCG ... a national championship is a huge deal. Many coaches coach their whole careers without the opportunity to be involved in one. I doubt he'd pass up this chance. I know coaches who take other jobs often leave before the bowl game, but I think your first NCG appearance is different.

As for the distraction aspect ... Alabama is dealing with the same thing, with Kirby Smart interviewing for Auburn. I'm not super worried about it.

 

[NDBoiler]

Anyone have any insight on what the timetable is on BC's decision? I saw in the article where Diaco is supposed to interview in the next couple of days, but nothing on when a decision is expected.

 

[Whiskeyjack]

Surely Kelly and Diaco are aware of the precedent set by Brown and Muschamp at Texas. Diaco would do far better to stay at ND until he gets an offer from a major program than bolting for a dead-end job like BC.

 

[Polish Leppy 22]

1) It's Notre Freakin Dame. Money isn't a problem. Pay the man.

2) half of me says cooks and elliot will be able to run a top 5 defense if/ when diaco leaves.

3) the other half looks at what happened with urban at florida when he lost his top assts and what's happening now with mack brown at texas.

 

[Riddickulous]

Diaco should wait a year and then he can have the Texas job.

 

[connor_in]

I don't think Diaco is going anywhere just yet, but great HC's plan for this kind of stuff.

Exactly my take on this. I think he stays, but you take the interview so that you get used to the interview situation. You see how the schools see you and what they offer you and how they treat you. Then you go back and you make sure you learn from the great and experienced guys he has around him here at ND to fill in perceived gaps. BK knows he won't have him forever and seems like he already has taken him under his wing and is teaching him how to be a head coach so he can springboard off on his own when he is ready.

My 2 cents anyway...

 

[IrishLax]

Just so everyone is aware... it's not as easy as saying "just pay the guy"... BC paid Spaziani $1.1 mil a year and you can imagine they're going to pay their new HC somewhere north of that. The highest paid assistant in CFB is Clemson's OC who makes $1.5 mil a year.

Can Notre Dame go that high? I don't know. We're still paying Charlie a RIDICULOUS amount of money and are going to have to give Kelly a big raise.... the "promotion" of Diaco to Associate Head Coach last year signaled to me that he had aspirations... but also that he'd be around a couple more years. This is kinda the perfect storm and I'm really interested to see what happens because I'd bet it's 50/50 right now what happens with him.

He's supposed to interview today, right?

 

[Mr. Larson]

Anyone have any insight on what the timetable is on BC's decision? I saw in the article where Diaco is supposed to interview in the next couple of days, but nothing on when a decision is expected.

According to these sources it looks they will make a decision in the next 7-10 days.

Boston College Football Coaching Updates: Updates on Diaco, Sullivan - BC Interruption

Eagle in Atlanta -- atleagle.com: Coaching update

 

[ickythump1225]

Just so everyone is aware... it's not as easy as saying "just pay the guy"... BC paid Spaziani $1.1 mil a year and you can imagine they're going to pay their new HC somewhere north of that. The highest paid assistant in CFB is Clemson's OC who makes $1.5 mil a year.

Can Notre Dame go that high? I don't know. We're still paying Charlie a RIDICULOUS amount of money and are going to have to give Kelly a big raise.... the "promotion" of Diaco to Associate Head Coach last year signaled to me that he had aspirations... but also that he'd be around a couple more years. This is kinda the perfect storm and I'm really interested to see what happens because I'd bet it's 50/50 right now what happens with him.

He's supposed to interview today, right?

Well maybe if we give him a generous raise and the title of "HC in waiting" that will be enough? BK will stick around for a while so I'm sure a few years down the road Diaco would leave for a big time gig ala Muschamp.

 

[Emcee77]

Just so everyone is aware... it's not as easy as saying "just pay the guy"... BC paid Spaziani $1.1 mil a year and you can imagine they're going to pay their new HC somewhere north of that. The highest paid assistant in CFB is Clemson's OC who makes $1.5 mil a year.

Can Notre Dame go that high? I don't know. We're still paying Charlie a RIDICULOUS amount of money and are going to have to give Kelly a big raise.... the "promotion" of Diaco to Associate Head Coach last year signaled to me that he had aspirations... but also that he'd be around a couple more years. This is kinda the perfect storm and I'm really interested to see what happens because I'd bet it's 50/50 right now what happens with him.

He's supposed to interview today, right?

Yeah, according to this, he is supposed to interview today:
Report: Bob Diaco to interview at Boston College | Inside the Irish
Hopefully we'll hear something later.

Couple interesting things in that article, incidentally, although I'm not sure I totally agree with Keith's analysis. He seems to think that Diaco has no interest in coaching in the SEC. "Antithesis" of the SEC, he called Diaco. He also seems to think that the BC job is really attractive to Diaco and a great fit for him, with his northeast roots. I got the impression that he thinks this would be a great job for Diaco at this point, not one that's beneath him and that he'd be settling for. A little unnerving.

 

[connor_in]

According to these sources it looks they will make a decision in the next 7-10 days.

Boston College Football Coaching Updates: Updates on Diaco, Sullivan - BC Interruption

Eagle in Atlanta -- atleagle.com: Coaching update

This is one of the suckiest aspects of CFB to me. Once the regular season ends, schools want to get rid of their coaches right away and get in a new guy who can save face for a school and save/improve a recruiting class.. The thing is, they want the successful guys, so the guys who are going to bowls and aren't done with their seasons yet are getting the distractions and the kids/fans are getting the angst. Then you run into situations like BK had. Gets the school to where it had never been, but for the sake of his career and to help himself in his new job, he has to turn over his team to an assistant and gets the anger and hurt feelings of people being left in the lurch.

Not that I have an answer to the best way to do it, I just know there are always hurt and angry people this time of year as the musical chairs game begins again.

 

[IrishLax]

Yeah, according to this, he is supposed to interview today:
Report: Bob Diaco to interview at Boston College | Inside the Irish
Hopefully we'll hear something later.

Couple interesting things in that article, incidentally, although I'm not sure I totally agree with Keith's analysis. He seems to think that Diaco has no interest in coaching in the SEC. "Antithesis" of the SEC, he called Diaco. He also seems to think that the BC job is really attractive to Diaco and a great fit for him, with his northeast roots. I got the impression that he thinks this would be a great job for Diaco at this point, not one that's beneath him and that he'd be settling for. A little unnerving.

YUP.

I had heard it'd have to be a really good fit for Diaco to want to leave... and sadly, this might be the perfect storm. I guess we'll know for sure sooner rather than later... but if Diaco wants this job, there really isn't much we can do to keep him.

 

[stlnd01]

Exactly my take on this. I think he stays, but you take the interview so that you get used to the interview situation. You see how the schools see you and what they offer you and how they treat you. Then you go back and you make sure you learn from the great and experienced guys he has around him here at ND to fill in perceived gaps.

Right. When in the mix for a good job, in football or real life, always interview for it. There's no downside, really. And even if you don't want it, it can be a useful experience.

As for our response, I don't know about the "head coach in waiting" scenario. It's not like Kelly is Bobby Bowden or even Mack Brown. He's not going anywhere any time soon. That can get awkward. I'd make the case to Diaco that he still has things to learn about running the broader program, and that better jobs than BC will come down the pike.

 

[dwshade]

Right. When in the mix for a good job, in football or real life, always interview for it. There's no downside, really. And even if you don't want it, it can be a useful experience.

As for our response, I don't know about the "head coach in waiting" scenario. It's not like Kelly is Bobby Bowden or even Mack Brown. He's not going anywhere any time soon. That can get awkward. I'd make the case to Diaco that he still has things to learn about running the broader program, and that better jobs than BC will come down the pike.

I think people have stopped with the head coach in waiting crap. Stupid idea in the first place.

 

[PLACforever]

Couple of things:
1. He's the D-Coord for the best D in the BCS, so of course he gets HC offers, he's earned them. Being that we play them every year, great move by BC, addition by addition and addition by subtraction.
2. If ND wins the BCS, go for it Bob, you've earned it. IF they don't win, I'd like him to stick around (I'd like him to either way, but would be more okay with him leaving with a title)
2b. My biggest concern is that this could become a distraction during the most important weeks, leading to the most important game in recent ND history.
3. I'm not saying this is the case, but I'd hate to see what happened to Steve Spagnuolo happen to Diaco. Spags was a fulltime DC for one year (when the Giants won the Super Bowl in 2007-2008. The hottest HQ candidate that offseason took the HC job with the Rams (I think, in hind-sight, before he was ready). HC in St Louis for 3 years with a terrrrrible record of 10-38. Came in 4th in an awful NFC West twice and 2nd the year that the Seahawks became the first team with a record under .500 to get in the playoffs (thats how bad the NFC West was). I digress, but I just think Spags wasn't ready. I'm not saying that Bob D isn't ready, I don't know, but I'd hate to see him take the easy money and flame out rather than stick around and become a legend.

Analysis:
ND should do whatever they can to keep him in the fold for at least another year as soon as possible to prevent any issues prior to Jan 7th.

 

[Emcee77]

Right. When in the mix for a good job, in football or real life, always interview for it. There's no downside, really. And even if you don't want it, it can be a useful experience.

As for our response, I don't know about the "head coach in waiting" scenario. It's not like Kelly is Bobby Bowden or even Mack Brown. He's not going anywhere any time soon. That can get awkward. I'd make the case to Diaco that he still has things to learn about running the broader program, and that better jobs than BC will come down the pike.

Couple of things:
1. He's the D-Coord for the best D in the BCS, so of course he gets HC offers, he's earned them. Being that we play them every year, great move by BC, addition by addition and addition by subtraction.
2. If ND wins the BCS, go for it Bob, you've earned it. IF they don't win, I'd like him to stick around (I'd like him to either way, but would be more okay with him leaving with a title)
2b. My biggest concern is that this could become a distraction during the most important weeks, leading to the most important game in recent ND history.
3. I'm not saying this is the case, but I'd hate to see what happened to Steve Spagnuolo happen to Diaco. Spags was a fulltime DC for one year (when the Giants won the Super Bowl in 2007-2008. The hottest HQ candidate that offseason took the HC job with the Rams (I think, in hind-sight, before he was ready). HC in St Louis for 3 years with a terrrrrible record of 10-38. Came in 4th in an awful NFC West twice and 2nd the year that the Seahawks became the first team with a record under .500 to get in the playoffs (thats how bad the NFC West was). I digress, but I just think Spags wasn't ready. I'm not saying that Bob D isn't ready, I don't know, but I'd hate to see him take the easy money and flame out rather than stick around and become a legend.

Analysis:
ND should do whatever they can to keep him in the fold for at least another year as soon as possible to prevent any issues prior to Jan 7th.

I think this is probably the best argument to be made, that he just isn't quite ready. The argument that better jobs will come if he waits isn't going anywhere, because it sounds like he WANTS the BC job.

But it sounds like Kelly is encouraging him, and if Diaco thinks he's ready ... there's not much anyone can do.

 

[Ndaccountant]

We have been focusing on this whole thing from The POV of Bob, but what about BC? Brad Bates is the New AD there and needs this to be a home run hire. Approx 90% of BC's athletic revenue comes from football, so the hire needs to energize the fan base. Bates needs to decide if he wants to hire an offensive guy or a defensive guy.

All of the last few coaches from BC have been offensive guys (Coughlin, O'Brien & Jags) except for Spaz. Spaz was clearly the least productive head coach and the recent glory days of BC were Matty Ice and the nice offense Jags put up. Fast forward to today, and it seems like a HC on offense seems like the best fit. The bigger name on BC's board figures to be Pete Carmichael Jr. Pete is a BC alumn, is the OC of the Saints and grew up in Mass. To me, this is the name Bates should be targeting given that he needs asses in the seats and all signs point to Pete being able to do that better than Bobby D at this point.

 

[IrishSpartan]

Isn't diaco listed as a assistant head coach ? If so won't that mean he already has a very high salary but also a buy out clause ?

 

[Emcee77]

We have been focusing on this whole thing from The POV of Bob, but what about BC? Brad Bates is the New AD there and needs this to be a home run hire. Approx 90% of BC's athletic revenue comes from football, so the hire needs to energize the fan base. Bates needs to decide if he wants to hire an offensive guy or a defensive guy.

All of the last few coaches from BC have been offensive guys (Coughlin, O'Brien & Jags) except for Spaz. Spaz was clearly the least productive head coach and the recent glory days of BC were Matty Ice and the nice offense Jags put up. Fast forward to today, and it seems like a HC on offense seems like the best fit. The bigger name on BC's board figures to be Pete Carmichael Jr. Pete is a BC alumn, is the OC of the Saints and grew up in Mass. To me, this is the name Bates should be targeting given that he needs asses in the seats and all signs point to Pete being able to do that better than Bobby D at this point.

Reps for this. First thing I've seen today that made me feel better about the chances of Bobby D staying.

 

[tko]

We have been focusing on this whole thing from The POV of Bob, but what about BC? Brad Bates is the New AD there and needs this to be a home run hire. Approx 90% of BC's athletic revenue comes from football, so the hire needs to energize the fan base. Bates needs to decide if he wants to hire an offensive guy or a defensive guy.

All of the last few coaches from BC have been offensive guys (Coughlin, O'Brien & Jags) except for Spaz. Spaz was clearly the least productive head coach and the recent glory days of BC were Matty Ice and the nice offense Jags put up. Fast forward to today, and it seems like a HC on offense seems like the best fit. The bigger name on BC's board figures to be Pete Carmichael Jr. Pete is a BC alumn, is the OC of the Saints and grew up in Mass. To me, this is the name Bates should be targeting given that he needs asses in the seats and all signs point to Pete being able to do that better than Bobby D at this point.

BC has plenty of asses in their stadium.

 

[IrishJayhawk]

Is what it is. I've been hoping to get another year with him, but he's got huge stock right now. If he can get a team like BC to a consistent upper level, maybe one of the big time jobs will come calling. Or, maybe he'd be content...think Northwestern. Who knows....but, I'll hold out hope for one more year.

 

[PLACforever]

Dream:
After winning their third National Championship in a row in Jan of 2015, Diaco leaves for the HC job in Iowa, his alma-mater.
Then I get to watch a team of dapper mfs beat up on UM, MSU, OSU, PSU year after year and we'll never have to play them.

 

[stlnd01]

We have been focusing on this whole thing from The POV of Bob, but what about BC? Brad Bates is the New AD there and needs this to be a home run hire. Approx 90% of BC's athletic revenue comes from football, so the hire needs to energize the fan base. Bates needs to decide if he wants to hire an offensive guy or a defensive guy.

All of the last few coaches from BC have been offensive guys (Coughlin, O'Brien & Jags) except for Spaz. Spaz was clearly the least productive head coach and the recent glory days of BC were Matty Ice and the nice offense Jags put up. Fast forward to today, and it seems like a HC on offense seems like the best fit. The bigger name on BC's board figures to be Pete Carmichael Jr. Pete is a BC alumn, is the OC of the Saints and grew up in Mass. To me, this is the name Bates should be targeting given that he needs asses in the seats and all signs point to Pete being able to do that better than Bobby D at this point.

True. We all love Diaco, but frankly most people have never heard of him. Also 10-6 football games don't excite most casual fans, by which I mean most BC fans.
A BC guy with a Super Bowl ring and a renowned offense will make a bigger splash in Boston. And, of course, there's a lot up in the air with New Orleans right now, so he might jump. But maybe he could do better as well?

Sounds like a different Saints assistant is interviewing, too...

Report: Saints’ Kromer to interview For Boston College Vacancy

 

[Ndaccountant]

We have been focusing on this whole thing from The POV of Bob, but what about BC? Brad Bates is the New AD there and needs this to be a home run hire. Approx 90% of BC's athletic revenue comes from football, so the hire needs to energize the fan base. Bates needs to decide if he wants to hire an offensive guy or a defensive guy.

All of the last few coaches from BC have been offensive guys (Coughlin, O'Brien & Jags) except for Spaz. Spaz was clearly the least productive head coach and the recent glory days of BC were Matty Ice and the nice offense Jags put up. Fast forward to today, and it seems like a HC on offense seems like the best fit. The bigger name on BC's board figures to be Pete Carmichael Jr. Pete is a BC alumn, is the OC of the Saints and grew up in Mass. To me, this is the name Bates should be targeting given that he needs asses in the seats and all signs point to Pete being able to do that better than Bobby D at this point.

Also worth noting that Carmichael replaced Doug Marrone. who has done a good job at Cuse.

 

[NDohio]

IF Diaco was to get another job(I hope not!), it may actually be a motivating factor for our defense to send him off with a National Championship. Of course this would require him to not leave until after the NCG.

I don't believe this team needs any extra motivation, but something like this could be used to our advantage.

Really hope Diaco makes the right choice at the right time for him. He will be a good HC someday.

 

[IrishJayhawk]

Has anyone mentioned Jags for the job? He's not otherwise committed...

 

[RallySonsOfND]

Dream:
After winning their third National Championship in a row in Jan of 2015, Diaco leaves for the HC job in Iowa, his alma-mater.
Then I get to watch a team of dapper mfs beat up on UM, MSU, OSU, PSU year after year and we'll never have to play them.

This works.

 

[ARALOU]

If he leaves, what does this do to the commitments the Irish have on defense? There are some big time kids that have verbals on defense.