I like the fire, youth, energy this guy brings. His teams always play hard and his talent overachieves. I believe he would give us the best opportunity to continue building what Mangino had started.

Gill – I’d be worried that all we would be doing is training the next bugeater coach. Plus, he’s a bugeater. And did I mention that that at Nebraska, the “N” stands for nowlege?

Phillip Fulmer – Eh, I don’t know. The dude won some game in the SEC, but can he recruit in Big 12 country? Also, his Tennessee programs weren’t know for being the cleanest. Plus, the dude is fat and for perception reasons I think we need a skinny coach.

Edsell – No thanks. Stay on the east coast.

Sumlin – I think it’s too soon to take a gamble on him. His defenses have been HORRIBLE.

Tuberville – I don’t know. My gut says no way.

Randy Strong – do you mean Charlie Strong, the UF DC? I’d be curious about him, but wish he had more ties to KU and Big 12 country in general (that can be said about just about all of these guys).

Harbaugh – just waiting for the UofM opportunity. Do we want to be his stepping stone?

Major Applewhite – A gamble. Young, intelligent an with a ton of ties in Texas and Louisiana. Just don’t know if it is too soon to give the kid a shot.

Y’all already know that I want a hard-nose, blue-collar type of football program at KU. I don’t want a flashy, high-profile big name coach just waiting to move to Georgia or Michigan or another BCS school.

The guy has to be a hard ass. A good eye for developing assistant coaches, a great eye for putting the talent we do get in the right spots, and the ability to make his players overachieve.

I don’t believe KU will EVER be a football powerhouse. As such, we’re never going to win the recruiting battles with the big guys on a consistent basis. That’s why it’s important to get a coach who specializes in player and coach development. Let’s out work the other teams – consistently. That will lead to Ws.

Don’t see it happening. Fulmer I dunno, I like that he has had success and could bring in some recruits especially on D, but I’d like someone a little younger with more up and coming flair. Who knows, I don’t know what to think.

Still think it’d be awesome if we got Tuberville. I know its not likely and no one on here seems to want him for some dumb reason but the dude consistently won in the SEC, could bring in very high level recruits, and knows how to win. Furthermore, I’m sure he’d love to take shots at Texas and OU when they come around again with his program built up a bit.

nice work RC7

This guy has the most impressive resume out there for any guy that hasn’t been a head coach, IMO. He’s coordinated some of the most dominant defenses we’ve seen in the past decade. People claim he doesn’t “interview well,” but that seems like pretty easy PC-speak for “we don’t want to hire the black guy with the white wife,” especially when you factor in that he’s mostly interviewed for jobs in the South.

I would assume that no matter who we hire, their assistants are going to have Texas ties for recruiting. I don’t think any coach out there would be dumb enough not to make major efforts in that talent-rich of an environment. (BTW, there’s a great article in this week’s SI about Texas High School QBs and why they’re so successful at the D-1 level).

But by hiring Charlie, we could add on to our Texas recruits with some real in-roads into Florida. My ideal scenario would look something like this:

HC- Strong

OC- Warriner (people may say he’s lost it, but KU was still one of the better offenses in the country this year, and I love the Mad Scientist).

DC- Strong, or someone hand-picked by Strong

STC- Bowen, since special teams were better under his guidance, and we could maintain his great recruiting network.

QBC- Todd Reesing. Why not? He’s a bright guy that’s an excellent representative of the university. He has ties to one of the most dominant programs in Texas, plus still has some “star power” for the next couple of years for recruiting wherever we send him. Plus, it worked out really well on Friday Night Lights.

However, I feel like we’d be looking for a new coach in 2 years again. I’ll take Fulmer because he’s older and this might be a final stop for him. A nice 5-7 year guy maybe. Right about the time that Peyton Manning retires from the NFL. Then he becomes our coach for life : )

and don’t really buy into the extension thing. Coaches break those all the time. But as far as the coaches above go, I’ll go Fulmer.

The day he’s officially fired and we have a poll for new coach candidates up… Perfect timing

I’d love to have Harbaugh. If that doesn’t happen, I’d really love to see Fedora or Applewhite.

6 out of the top 10 defenses in the country in ppg and ypg this year are on their way to BCS bowls. That’s not a coincidence.

In the modern era of spread offenses and 85 scholarships, most schools out there can cobble together enough offense. But good defenses are truly what separate the Good from the Great.

Harbaugh is preferential choice, but Fedora is more attainable, IMO.

Currently head coach of East Carolina Pirates……

Heard it here first.

looks like we got linked by a Vols message board and this still have a good taste in their mouth from Coach Fulmer.