This rumor has been floating around for a few days. I'm thinking it might happen but TCU might remove the "co" and make him OC Solo, since his partner seems to be leaving.
I think I'd take a rock solid job under Patterson before I'd take a shaky, maybe-just-for-one-year, job under Strong.
http://www.frogsowar.com/2015/11/30...-meacham-to-north-texas-sonny-cumbie-to-texas Updated: Cumbie staying at TCU
I am not sold on this guy, how does he do without Boykin and Dotson? I don't see the TCU offfense sustaining what they had under Boykin and Dotson. Many more out there that I would go with than Cumbie.....
I see where you're coming from and have reservations about him myself. Who else would you propose? And out of those guys, do they currently have their own version of Boykin/Doctson?
Applewhite doing great at UH WHEN Ward is playing. Without him he can't even score against a 5-5 team. Everyone who is doing well and winning has quality talent and using it properly. We simply need to go get someone who can use the talent we have properly.
A "source" says Cumbie is interested. Valid or clickbait? hookem.com/story/source-tcus-sonny-cumbie-interested-in-texas
Yep. It would be harder to pull Cumbie if he would be able to be the sole coordinator next year at TCU.
I can't remember a time when so many head coaching positions were open this time of year. Maybe Meacham had a comparable/better opportunity and withdrew his name at North Texas. With plum openings we already have, a lot of mid-tier jobs will open up when people take the jobs as Georgia, South Carolina, Miami, etc. Music won't stop on the musical chairs for aspiring head coaches and top coordinators anytime soon.
I kind of feel like the North Texas job has been where promising OCs go to die. I may have just forgotten, but I don't remember a lot of high profile hires coming out of taking the UNT head coaching job. So he's probably not wrong that he can do better. Definitely bodes well for Texas but there are a lot of openings left.
I wonder if TCU is willing to lose Cumbie and would rather keep Meacham. Sounds like TCU may have extended him s large increase to motivate him away from North Texas. Which OC is the brains of the operation, Meacham?
Who do you think developed Boykin and Doctson? He didn't walk into a perfect situation. Not to mention that without Boykin and Doctson, he and Meacham were an executed 2pt conversion from winning in Norman. Cumbie was bred for the spread system. He's coached WR's and learned about playing QB from Leach. He's legit.
Whoa, Richt never crossed my mind. from Wikipedia: Mark Richt started his coaching career in 1985 as a volunteer quarterbacks coach for the Florida State Seminoles (FSU) serving under Bobby Bowden. Richt left the Seminoles to join East Carolina University as their offensive coordinator in 1989. After one year at East Carolina, Richt returned to Florida State to serve as the Seminoles' quarterbacks coach. He was promoted to offensive coordinator in 1994 upon the departure of Brad Scott. Under Richt’s direction, Florida State had some of college football's most explosive offenses. In his seven years as offensive coordinator the Seminoles ranked in the nation’s top five scoring offenses on five occasions, were top twelve in total offense five times and top twelve in passing offense five times. The 2000 Seminoles offense finished the regular season ranked first nationally in total offense (549.0 yards per game), first in passing offense (384.0 ypg) and third in scoring offense (42.4 points per game). During his tenure as an assistant coach at Florida State, Richt coached two Heisman Trophy winning quarterbacks Charlie Ward and Chris Weinke respectively and was part of two national championships (1993 and 1999).[3]
Mark Richt is intriguing, assuming he doesn't get the Miami job, for which he has apparently interviewed.
See, that's what I was saying on another post. No one is ever good enough. "Sure, he had a good offense with good players, but could he win with 10 little people and a quadriplegic? Good coaches win no matter WHO they have on their team."
Therein lies the case against Strong and what he has not accomplished at Texas. That doesn't necessarily make him a terrible coach. Simply, we have seen little -- here -- to believe that he belongs in the "good coach" category.
Augie says hello! 2nd season was worse than first. Started to turn it around in 3rd season. Sheesh, some of you people.
Mark Richt, sweet Jesus that would be terrible. Anyone notice now unimpressive Georgia has been for a decade? Let him go underachieve elsewhere.
Won't make a lick of difference. Charlie will still go for it from his own 40 on 4th and 10. Or not educate a DL about the simple act of the coin flip. Or get rid of a whole bunch of starters because he's a moralist. Or not teach a kid to not get fooled on a double pump. Or cuss out a ref to lose a game. Or lose a whole additional season's away games by 38 - 3, 50 -7, 24 - 0 and 38 - 20 -- and something like 40 - 17, like in the upcoming one.