some great coordinators just aren't head coaches. I do like promoting from within but don't force it. The Natural thing is to not listen to Monken like we didn't with Fedora but I hoped we learned our lesson. Monken is straight shooter and he will let Bill Mcgillis know If someone is ready on the staff. I hope we listen. .

Huge donor responsible for nutrition center raided... days later coach leaves.

Here are a few early names I have picked up from what I consider legitimate sources. That doesn't mean they are legitimate candidates but here's what I have right now:

Chip Lindsey - Offensive Coordinator - Arizona
David Duggan - Defensive Coordinator - Southern Miss
Will Hall - Head Coach - University of Wet Georgia
Jay Hopson - Head Coach - Alcorn State University
Robert Gillespie - Recruiting Coordinator/RB Coach - Tennessee

Blake Anderson??

There is NO way for the new coach to put together a staff, re-recruit the players who are still being recruited by other schools, and what new head coach will want to keep the former coaches key assistants? We got hosed by Monken. I suppose Bill wasn't offering the numbers, or the terms, Monken liked so he bolted. He'll get a million or so, maybe a little more, (Norv Turner make 3 million but he is an anomaly) to be a pro OC. I wonder if we were that far from that? Maybe the NFL was his dream and so he went. I know the NFL won't run Monken's frenetic quick snap version the spread. Or any version of the spread.
Anyway, I think coach Duggan is the odds on favorite. Time is really of essence, we need staff stability, we need to keep our recruits, and it is too late to make those broad sweeping changes. One thing I'll betcha, there will be no shortage of candidates.
If they look outside the program, and they must, then Bill Clark (UAB) would be a good place to begin interviewing. I guess Chip Lindsey wishes he would have stayed around. I would NOT invite him back for an interview if I were the AD.
I don't blame Monken for leaving and following his dream. I think his timing is unconscionable.

If we hire someone not on the current staff, this year's recruits are gone. Anybody want to guess how hard it would be to bring in athletes in one week before signing day? This could be bad. Worse than Ellis bad if we don't promote soon. Surely our athletic director knew of the possibility and had a day or two to prepare. I would hope he understands how recruiting works and what this would do to our program.

ULL is trending down, NCAA sanctions loom....

Southern Miss AD Bill McGillis said search for next head coach will begin tonight and he anticipates he'll have one hired by next weekend.

Not even kidding.

NM

X Files come back on tonight.
Maybe all of this is an alien plot.

w

Southern Miss has and always will win! Don't get it twisted, this place is special! SMTTT

Love it coach!!

it seems to be the pipeline to southern miss

Discusses situation and his plans.
Assume all who are members of EC got or will get the correspondence.

said he was headed to campus for a hastily called press conference to begin in 30 min and no one will tell him what it's about . Interesting... Thoughts?

Just had this thought, Monken has always seemed to me to be a no nonsense disciplinarian type of person. He inherits Jamis Winston as his QB. That should be interesting.

Would it be to far fetched to believe the powers that be saw this coming? Like every coach, Monken is no different. You will stay where you are at not unless 2 or 3 wish list scenarios play out.... This looks to have been one of them and BM already knew it... Contract talks were smoke and mirrors to buy time.

Why? Because it has not been BM's style to make any quick decisions as fast as he stated he would make this one (next Saturday at the latest) .

I believe the Bucs knew when the season was almost over and they knew they wanted Koutter. Telling him behind the scenes, he started building his staff then.

After asking his friend TM, TM notified BM that a wish list choice was going to come true and BM had already started the search in preparation for this move .

Regardless, you would not rush a decision like this . Either the internal coach has already been notified he will be the next HC or BM knew this was coming and already had a short list in mind to hire from the outside.

At the end of the day, I think the hire will be Duggan or Lindsey will be brought back.

I know all that sounds crazy, but hey it is a thought considering how the powers that be has made the big decisions. Nothing has come quick or at the last minute.

Denver should trade #88 Thomas and draft Southern Miss #88 Thomas, because they would save money on unis. # 88. Thomas for Southern Miss would not be caught offsides in a divisional championship game.

Belechek should draft Mullens. Brady costs NE a lot of money and Mullens looks ever bit as good as Brady does under such rush pressure. They could pay NM a couple Mil$ and save a bunch.

Brady should consult Favre about a retirement plan, and Manning should wait one more year before calling Favre.

for bringing our program back to the top level of conference. He inherited a program in shambles after only one year of Eloss' tenure. We are in a much better position going into this coaching search.

I believe Monken made the decision to leave based on his love of the NFL. I also believe that he saw the issues with financial support at USM. He knew that he would never get a pay day like the Tampa Bay OC job nor be able to offer recruits top tier facilities.

I selfishly wish that he had waited two weeks to make the announcement. However, I respect him for coming forward immediately. The recruits needed to know instead of pulling the rug out after signing day.

I'm not mad that he's leaving and wish him the best. He did a really good job in a short period of time. Hopefully we will continue the positive momentum.

SMTTT

Let's put this in perspective. Monken is a good coach.....maybe a great coach. We all knew that he was destined for better things, just not this soon. He is going back to the NFL not another college. There is no chance that he will take any recruits with him. Monken probably has his sights set on a HC job in the NFL. He is chasing his dreams. Hard to blame him for taking a significant step up. Sunny skies, good weather and beaches....need I say more.

USM is losing momentum for the moment.We are losing our HC and had already lost two good assistants. But we have a good class going and had tremendous success this past year after a dismal three years.

The onus is on our AD now. To regain the MO, we have to have a splash hire. I was not impressed with the BB hire but that is behind us now. BM must show that he recognizes the scope of the college game and what drives it. The new HC, IMO, must have the same philosophy offensively because of the way the team is built and the team needs some continuity. Does that mean hire from within? Maybe, but I think we should look to the Big 12 OC's as we have in the past. Most of those teams run very similar offensive schemes. I don't want to be in BM's shoes. He is in a tough spot with the time limitations. Pray for him......this is a big hire. We may need divine intervention.

SMTTT!!

He is wanting a HC job, he will use us as a stepping stone, but he can recruit. He will get the job done and he will do it for what we can pay because he knows it will get him the job he wants at the pay he wants at a P5 school. He is the man for the job.

Could this explain why we lost 3 coaches this offseason. Did they know this was coming??

am I about to get hammered?

im sure he wanted to be an Nfl OC but this timing doesn't make any sense. Something else going on. Maybe one day we ll find out.