Who do you want to replace Brian Kelly?

[ACamp1900]

Absolutely not. A direct flight from South Bend, Indiana to Eugene, Oregon? You've never been to either airport, have you? There's no non-University related reason for a flight between those destinations.

I mean, we've already covered the donuts component here.....

 

[NDgradstudent]

CSCs run the U of Portland. It could be something to do with that. But then why would they be going to Eugene rather than Portland?

 

[wizards8507]

No I haven't, and based on what you're saying, I'm happy to be wrong.

Put it this way. Commercial flights out of Eugene don't go east of Denver. Ever. South Bend flies to Vegas about once a week and that's it. If it's real, it's football- (or, at the very least, University-) related. Or it's an elaborate troll job.

 

[GATTACA!]

Please no Hoke...



Please no Hoke...



Please no Hoke...

 

[Irish#1]

All the while, back at Jack's office.

JS: Brian, have you been reading everything circulating out there on that interwebby thing?
BK: No kidding, it's cray. My Twitter account is blowing up, like Kanye just smacked Kim K.
JS: You know what I find funny?
BK: What?
JS: I tell everyone you'll be coaching here next year, yet no one believes it.
BK: Well when you put the rumor out that I was looking around, it did create a shit storm.
JS: Yeah, that was funny. You know what else we should do?
BK: What?
JS: Oregon just fired Helfrich. Let's star a rumor of you going to be a Duck. That will really drive everyone crazy.
BK: Jack, you're sly as a fox.
JS: Don't I know it! lol
JS: Okay, down to business, who are you hiring to be your DC next year?
BK: Haven't decide yet.
JS: Let's go to lunch and discuss.
BK: OK, where do you want to go?
JS: There's a great deli in Eugene I always wanted to try.
BK: Jack, you're a genius.

 

[BobbyMac]

Well being an aircraft maintenance analyst specifically on Cessna Citations the jet pictured is actually a Cessna Citation Ultra or a 560 model. ND has an Embraer Phenom 300 currently registered as N324FL.

Do you use 560 when describing these variations? I mean, I don't hear them called 560V's and 560Ultras. It's a Citation V, Citation Ultra, Citation Encore, they're all 560's As far as it being an Ultra, I wouldn't know the visual exterior differences in the engines they use. Is there a dimensional difference you tell from that picture or maybe the engine housing is styled differently? I actually thought the big $ difference is in the cockpit.

All I know is to count the windows and to bring a bigger checkbook when the model name changes.

Whatever it is.... I hope BK and the fam are on one and heading to Duckville asap!

Hopefully Uncle Phil wants to hire him just to fvck with that young shoe schlepper from Maryland.

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[NDgradstudent]

IT'S HOKE!

(Maybe.)

 

[wizards8507]

All the while, back at Jack's office.

JS: Brian, have you been reading everything circulating out there on that interwebby thing?
BK: No kidding, it's cray. My Twitter account is blowing up, like Kanye just smacked Kim K.
JS: You know what I find funny?
BK: What?
JS: I tell everyone you'll be coaching here next year, yet no one believes it.
BK: Well when you put the rumor out that I was looking around, it did create a shit storm.
JS: Yeah, that was funny. You know what else we should do?
BK: What?
JS: Oregon just fired Helfrich. Let's star a rumor of you going to be a Duck. That will really drive everyone crazy.
BK: Jack, you're sly as a fox.
JS: Don't I know it! lol
JS: Okay, down to business, who are you hiring to be your DC next year?
BK: Haven't decide yet.
JS: Let's go to lunch and discuss.
BK: OK, where do you want to go?
JS: There's a great deli in Eugene I always wanted to try.
BK: Jack, you're a genius.

All the while Jack wearing his baller-ass clear frame glasses.

Well being an aircraft maintenance analyst specifically on Cessna Citations the jet pictured is actually a Cessna Citation Ultra or more accurately 560-0400 for the serial number of that aircraft. ND has an Embraer Phenom 300 currently registered as N324FL.

It doesn't necessarily have to be the plane ND owns for it to be a plane that BK or ND is using.

 

[irishfan]

Clearly it's because Oregon is secretly meeting with Chip today, and ND is meeting with Chip afterwards in Eugene. Then he'll decide between Oregon, ND, or heading back to San Fran.

 

[P_Rose]

Do you use 560 when describing these variations? I mean, I don't hear them called 560V's and 560Ultras. It's a Citation V, Citation Ultra, Citation Encore, they're all 560's As far as it being an Ultra, I wouldn't know the visual exterior differences in the engines they use. Is there a dimensional difference you tell from that picture or maybe the engine housing is styled differently? I actually thought the big $ difference is in the cockpit.


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Seeing how the Citation Excel is also a 560 model. I will let you be the judge.

 

[koonja]

I have no idea what's going on with this flight dissection. Has anyone checked the Oregon staff directory?

 

[Kingbish01]

Maybe ND already has their guy, and they are letting BK use the jet to go interview with Oregon because they will save millions in a buyout if he gets hired.

 

[IrishBroker]

You guys actually think that flight is for a ND football coaching related situation? It's very likely it's just a pedestrian flight going to Eugene, no?

Don't ruin this...

 

[BGIF]

Maybe ND already has their guy, and they are letting BK use the jet to go interview with Oregon because they will save millions in a buyout if he gets hired.

Even more if Phil Knight underwrites the buyout as a donation.



BTW, does Kelly's contract contain a clause that his payout is reduced if he takes a job?

Neither Willingham's nor Weis's did.

ND paid Willingham while he was at UW and Weis at KU, the NFL, and UF.

 

[ShawneeIrish]

Even more if Phil Knight underwrites the buyout as a donation.



BTW, does Kelly's contract contain a clause that his payout is reduced if he takes a job?

Neither Willingham's nor Weis's did.

ND paid Willingham while he was at UW and Weis at KU, the NFL, and UF.

So irresponsible not to have a clause on taking another job, after these prior experiences it would be completely inept for there not to be a clause in BK's contract.

 

[PANDFAN]

I can confirm BK and Swarbrick are both on campus at Notre Dame right now-wiltfong

 

[Kingbish01]

Even more if Phil Knight underwrites the buyout as a donation.



BTW, does Kelly's contract contain a clause that his payout is reduced if he takes a job?

Neither Willingham's nor Weis's did.

ND paid Willingham while he was at UW and Weis at KU, the NFL, and UF.

Ya, I figured they would never make that same mistake again. So say this is the case, I'd have to say ND locked up Les Miles. And what makes me think this, is he hasn't really been talked about much. It seems Fleck, Herman, even Strong keep coming up but not very much Miles talk. And Miles has a pretty decent resume, he should be the one linked to every open job IMO.

 

[gkIrish]

This could definitely be an elaborate Hokes.

 

[tussin]

Unless I'm missing something, it would make much more sense that Hoke is interviewing for ND than Kelly for Oregon.

 

[Kingbish01]

I can confirm BK and Swarbrick are both on campus at Notre Dame right now-wiltfong

I thought I read the plane doesn't leave until 4:30ish ET, and when it's a private jet you can be 5 min late to the tarmac not 90 min early..lol

 

[greyhammer90]

I can confirm BK and Swarbrick are both on campus at Notre Dame right now-wiltfong

So like normal then?

 

[wizards8507]

This could definitely be an elaborate Hokes.

 

[PANDFAN]

I thought I read the plane doesn't leave until 4:30ish ET, and when it's a private jet you can be 5 min late to the tarmac not 90 min early..lol

correct

So like normal then?

guess so

 

[beryirish]

247 - No BK mention...for now.

Oregon fires Helfrich: What's next?

Travis Haney

Oregon made official on Tuesday night the firing of coach Mark Helfrich, though the school said the decision was actually made shortly after the Ducks’ loss to Oregon State in the Civil War rivalry.

Helfrich had a 37-16 record in four seasons, including a national title game appearance in 2014. But he was 13-12 following Heisman winner Marcus Mariota’s departure, and the defense declined precipitously following coordinator Nick Aliotti’s retirement following the 2013 season. This year’s Ducks, who finished 4-8, allowed 49.2 points in their seven conference losses.

With AD Rob Mullens and super-donors Pat Kilkenny and Phil Knight leading the hunt, here’s what Oregon is looking for: An offensive-minded coach who fits with the program’s recent tradition — but someone also capable of balancing the defensive side of the ball. It’s clear, we’ve repeatedly been told by other coaches, that Oregon has lost an edge since Chip Kelly took the Philadelphia Eagles job.

We’ve been told also that it prefers a Power 5 sitting head coach.

“If they’re hiring from the outside, which they haven’t done, they want to swing for the fences,” an industry source told us in the past week.

“They do not want to pay (Helfrich’s) buyout if they don’t have someone to make a splash,” another source said this week.

Here's a refresher on the first names likely to draw interest:

Jim McElwain, Florida head coach

Legitimate interest or play for a raise and extension at Florida? That’s the game of roulette everyone’s playing this time of year, with agents often floating names to fit their clients’ particular agendas.

It seems likelier that this is a ploy to get some more cash out of new AD Scott Stricklin, seeing as how McElwain has taken Florida to consecutive SEC title games in his first two seasons. However, McElwain is from Montana, played quarterback at Eastern Washington and his first head-coaching gig was at Colorado State. Perhaps he’s just cut out more for a job nearer the West Coast.

And there is the fact that Stricklin just arrived; a new AD always changes the dynamic for a sitting head coach. Stricklin helped hire Dan Mullen, at that time a former UF assistant, at Mississippi State. If McElwain thinks even remotely that Stricklin would ultimately like to bring back his choice, this is a great job for which to leap.

Bryan Harsin, Boise State head coach

If the leadership becomes more open to a Group of 5 candidate, we’ve been told by industry sources that the 40-year-old Harsin would be in play.

The Broncos are 31-8 in Harsin’s three seasons, though they didn’t even win their division this year. He’s still been widely respected in his ability to continue winning after replacing highly successful coach Chris Petersen, even beating Petersen’s Washington team in the 2015 opener.

P.J. Fleck, Western Michigan head coach

We’ve been told all along that it’s unlikely Fleck would leave the Midwest, the only region in which he’s coached — but Oregon, a top-15 or so job, is surely worth a long look.

Oregon desperately has lost its edge, and no available candidate would bring that as much as Mr. Row Your Boat. Not unless it could pry James Franklin from Penn State, somehow.

Western Michigan is playing this week in the MAC title game against Ohio. Those close to the 35-year-old have said he will not talk jobs until after that game. Keep a close eye on WMU, we’ve been told by industry sources; it will make a lucrative play to keep Fleck.

Dana Holgorsen, West Virginia head coach

The job Holgorsen has done at West Virginia has gone widely unnoticed. The Mountaineers are 9-2 despite losing their best defensive player in the preseason. They can get to 10 wins this week against Baylor, which has lost five consecutive games.

What separates Holgorsen, 44-30 in his sixth season, from other coaches who run a tempo system: He has a defense. Coordinator Tony Gibson has built a consistent unit, something that has been so sorely missed at Oregon since Aliotti retired.

Holgorsen learned from Mike Leach, who successfully made the transition to the division.

Dan Mullen, Mississippi State head coach

While no one was watching, Mullen’s teams upset Texas A&M and Ole Miss in the final month. His teams have mostly overachieved at MSU, though this is the first time since his first season that the Bulldogs aren’t bowling. Mississippi State had won 19 games the past two seasons, developing the quarterback, Dak Prescott, now winning a bunch of games in Dallas.

Mullen and a few staff members have West Coast experience. Current DC Peter Sirmon is an Oregon alum. The recruiting world wouldn’t be entirely unfamiliar.

As we’ve pointed out previously, Oregon had its heyday with a fast-talking guy from New Hampshire running the show. Perhaps Mullen would be Chip 2.0 in Eugene.

Mike MacIntyre, Colorado head coach

MacIntyre will receive plenty of Coach of the Year consideration for getting the Buffaloes into the Pac-12 title game. They still have an outside shot at the College Football Playoff, which would have sounded ludicrous in August.

In addition to Colorado, MacIntyre also made over the program at San Jose State. The track record suggests he’s someone who can turn around a program — though it’s unclear how he would fare in sustaining success. To that end, Colorado currently has a top-20 recruiting class. If he can manage that at CU, why couldn’t his staff recruit well at Oregon?

Larry Fedora, North Carolina head coach

Fedora’s case would have been greatly aided by a second straight ACC title game appearance, but that was off the table when the Tar Heels lost Friday against North Carolina State. That loss, paired with a late-season loss to Duke, really damaged the good vibes that Fedora’s program was developing. Fedora has done a nice job, but did losses to the other Triangle schools take him out of the running at places such as LSU, Texas and, to a lesser extent, Oregon?

 

[Irish#1]

I can confirm BK and Swarbrick are both on campus at Notre Dame right now-wiltfong

Can he confirm if they are together sitting in the same room ?

Ya, I figured they would never make that same mistake again. So say this is the case, I'd have to say ND locked up Les Miles. And what makes me think this, is he hasn't really been talked about much. It seems Fleck, Herman, even Strong keep coming up but not very much Miles talk. And Miles has a pretty decent resume, he should be the one linked to every open job IMO.

Maybe Miles wants to take a year to unwind? I heard him on one of the games recently and it sounded like he wasn't in a hurry to do anything unless it was the perfect scenario for him. Besides, does he have the chest to coach at ND?

 

[bkess8]

My F5 button is getting worn out today and it's still early!

 

[PANDFAN]

Can he confirm if they are together sitting in the same room ?



Maybe Miles wants to take a year to unwind? I heard him on one of the games recently and it sounded like he wasn't in a hurry to do anything unless it was the perfect scenario for him. Besides, does he have the chest to coach at ND?

already said he wants to coach this year.....he said he doesn't golf or have any hobbies...he is only a football coach

 

[beryirish]

Can he confirm if they are together sitting in the same room ?



Maybe Miles wants to take a year to unwind? I heard him on one of the games recently and it sounded like he wasn't in a hurry to do anything unless it was the perfect scenario for him. Besides, does he have the chest to coach at ND?

I don't know if i'd like Les. I know the name would be awesome but he's in his sixties. How long could he go...

 

[koonja]

I don't know if i'd like Les. I know the name would be awesome but he's in his sixties. How long could he go...

He's all natural, grass fed. He's physically in his 40s.

 

[phgreek]

I don't know if i'd like Les. I know the name would be awesome but he's in his sixties. How long could he go...

Long enough to pry Macelwain from Florida?