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@Gi0logy I’m not sure where I rejected Candle but I went a day or 2 without posting so I missed something lol
Lol you never explicitly rejecting Candle so you're good! But someone mentioned Sean Lewis, Jason Candle, and one other guy and you mentioned it wasn't those.

After I made that post you later clarified that maybe you made missed the Candle reference because in a previous post and accidentally marked him as a no.
 
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Lol you never explicitly rejecting Candle so you're good! But someone mentioned Sean Lewis, Jason Candle, and one other guy and you mentioned it wasn't those.

After I made that post you later clarified that maybe you made missed the Candle reference because in a previous post and accidentally marked him as a no.
Ya I must have replied to the wrong post lol was wondering why there was so much confusion when I came back
 
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Over/Under on number of days until the next candidate is revealed?

7 days?

I was hoping we would move on to the "next name on the list" but something tells me more interviews and vetting must first take place.
 
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Not only that - and I know this will come a shock to a lot of people on here - some people just don't want to live in South Florida. I am a city person, I went to Miami, I like visiting Miami, but I never want to live in South Florida (or really Florida for that matter).

Now the caveat to all of that is that if you were willing to pay me the type of money that these coaches are in line for, I would absolutely live in Miami (at least for a few years).
If you don't want to live in SFL than you likely do not interview for a position that requires you to live in SFL.
 
If you really think about it for a second, Jason Candle probably made the least amount of sense of most of the rumored names that have been mentioned...

Dude was born & raised in Ohio, played & coached in Ohio for his entire career & is the HC of a G5 team less than 2 hours away from his hometown, not to mention, the man is nearly 20 games above .500 with a 60% winning percentage as a Head Coach...

Why TF would he leave all that to come to Miami to be a coordinator? That’s literally a demotion lol.
I'll play along with you brother. I agree with you that he didnt make as much sense as some of the other names on paper. But your last sentence got me. I dont agree with that. There is reason for him to come. It just depends on what his goals are and what he values right now. Major variables in this decision:

Location: If he and his family didnt want to leave the Midwest, no problem.... then Mario needs to do a better job as an interviewer. A good interviewer can spot roadblocks early on. Certain pieces of the puzzle just dont fit when you look at a job opening and a candidate. The location of Miami wasnt going to change from the 1st call to the offer. If Candle is a Midwest guy who doesnt want to uproot his family, I completely understand, but why did it get to offer stage if that was the sticking point I would love to know, unless Mario just wanted to make his 1st choice say no.

Loyalty/Lifer: If he just couldnt pull the trigger and loves being at Toledo, no problem. He shouldnt come. Mario was in the same predicament. I can respect that.

Money: If maximizing your income potential was the highest on his list of things that are important to him right now, we had ALL the reason for him to leave.

Future Employment: If the most important thing to him is the quickest path to an NFL OC job or P5 HC job, there are 2 paths. He chose to stay at Toledo. There is still a path from there although that window is more narrow. The new AD will be evaluating him this coming season. If he doesnt show progress, very real chance the new AD releases him and hires "his guy". He has been HC for 6 seasons and we know he has been passed up for P5 jobs. The market is speaking. It still can happen. But with the way coordinators are being paid now, I think its a very real option for G5 HC to navigate to a P5 HC job by going to a great P5 situation as a coordinator. If he came here and did well (which he is set up to do with our roster), Id go as far as to say the quality of P5 coaching job he gets would be better than the one he may get coming from Toledo. He would have HC experience on his resume and a recent stint architecting an explosive offense at a P5 school. That sounds **** if Im an AD in the market and have boosters up my a$$ looking for a splash hire with a great offense.

You cant deny there would be reasons to come to Miami to be a coordinator in his seat. When anyone changes jobs there are multiple variables that have to be considered and a value placed on each. Those variables werent stack ranked the right way in this moment for Candle to justify Miami. But there is a justification for him and future G5 coaches that there may not have been until recently.

Ive got no problem with him staying. Ive been cool as a cucumber through this and could care less when Mario makes the hires. I just want them to be the right ones. On to the next.
 
I did. Have fun (also @JayCane20 was technically right since he said it wasn't Jason Candle after that nugget dropped):

Alright, here we go. List of G5 HC's with offensive background/OC experience:

AAC
Dana Holgorsen - Houston (not realistic)
Ryan Silverfield - Memphis (not realistic)
Jeff Scott - USF (possible)
Stan Drayton - Temple (just hired, not realistic)
Phillip Montgomery - Tulsa (possible)
Gus Malzahn - UCF (not realistic)

C-USA
Will Healy - Charlotte (possible I guess?)
Willie Taggart - FAU (I hope not)
Sonny Cumbie - LA Tech (just hired, probably not)
Charles Huff - Marshall (not realistic)
Rick Stockstill - MTSU (MTSU lifer, no)
Seth Littrell - UNT (possible)
Ricky Rahne - ODU (possible but na)
Mike Bloomgren - Rice (possible but na)
Will Hall - Southern Mizz (possible)
Jeff Traylor - UTSA (not realistic)
Tyson Helton - WKU (probably not realistic)

Independent
Jeff Monken - Army (no)
Hugh Freeze - Liberty (not realistic)
Jerry Kill - New Mexico State (no)

MAC
Joe Moorhead - Akron (oh please god no)
Mike Neu - Ball State (possibly but na)
Scott Loefler - Bowling Green (interesting background......hmm)
Jim McElwain - Central Michigan (lol no)
Chris Creighton - Eastern Michigan (meh)
Sean Lewis - Kent State (Jay mentioned not him, dang)
Chuck Martin - Miami OH (possibly but meh)
Thomas Hammock - Northern Illinois (na)
Tim Albin - Ohio (na)
Jason Candle - Toledo (also mentioned as it not being him)
Time Lester - Western Michigan (also mentioned as it not being him)

Mountain West
Troy Calhoun - Air Force (no)
Jay Norvell - Colorado State (not realistic...I think)
Jeff Tedford - Fresno State (not realistic)
Todd Graham - Hawaii (walking trainwreck...no)
Brent Brennan - San Jose State (possible)
Marcus Arroyo - UNLV (please no)
Blake Anderson - Utah State (not realistic)

Sun Belt (I think just about all of these guys would rather be HC than go back down to OC)
Shawn Clark - App State (not realistic)
Butch Jones - Arkansas State (not realistic)
Jamey Chadwell - Coastal Carolina (not realistic)
Clay Helton - Georgia Southern (not realistic)
Shawn Elliott - Georgia State (not realistic)
Michael Desormeaux - Lousiana (not realistic)
Jake Spavital - Texas State (possible and interesting)

Personally I think the interesting ones are: Phillip Montgomery, Jake Spavital, and Scott Loefler.

45 names to dissect. Have fun!
Thought USF gave Scott a 2 year extension just about a month ago
 
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I did. Have fun (also @JayCane20 was technically right since he said it wasn't Jason Candle after that nugget dropped):

Alright, here we go. List of G5 HC's with offensive background/OC experience:

AAC
Dana Holgorsen - Houston (not realistic)
Ryan Silverfield - Memphis (not realistic)
Jeff Scott - USF (possible)
Stan Drayton - Temple (just hired, not realistic)
Phillip Montgomery - Tulsa (possible)
Gus Malzahn - UCF (not realistic)

C-USA
Will Healy - Charlotte (possible I guess?)
Willie Taggart - FAU (I hope not)
Sonny Cumbie - LA Tech (just hired, probably not)
Charles Huff - Marshall (not realistic)
Rick Stockstill - MTSU (MTSU lifer, no)
Seth Littrell - UNT (possible)
Ricky Rahne - ODU (possible but na)
Mike Bloomgren - Rice (possible but na)
Will Hall - Southern Mizz (possible)
Jeff Traylor - UTSA (not realistic)
Tyson Helton - WKU (probably not realistic)

Independent
Jeff Monken - Army (no)
Hugh Freeze - Liberty (not realistic)
Jerry Kill - New Mexico State (no)

MAC
Joe Moorhead - Akron (oh please god no)
Mike Neu - Ball State (possibly but na)
Scott Loefler - Bowling Green (interesting background......hmm)
Jim McElwain - Central Michigan (lol no)
Chris Creighton - Eastern Michigan (meh)
Sean Lewis - Kent State (Jay mentioned not him, dang)
Chuck Martin - Miami OH (possibly but meh)
Thomas Hammock - Northern Illinois (na)
Tim Albin - Ohio (na)
Jason Candle - Toledo (also mentioned as it not being him)
Time Lester - Western Michigan (also mentioned as it not being him)

Mountain West
Troy Calhoun - Air Force (no)
Jay Norvell - Colorado State (not realistic...I think)
Jeff Tedford - Fresno State (not realistic)
Todd Graham - Hawaii (walking trainwreck...no)
Brent Brennan - San Jose State (possible)
Marcus Arroyo - UNLV (please no)
Blake Anderson - Utah State (not realistic)

Sun Belt (I think just about all of these guys would rather be HC than go back down to OC)
Shawn Clark - App State (not realistic)
Butch Jones - Arkansas State (not realistic)
Jamey Chadwell - Coastal Carolina (not realistic)
Clay Helton - Georgia Southern (not realistic)
Shawn Elliott - Georgia State (not realistic)
Michael Desormeaux - Lousiana (not realistic)
Jake Spavital - Texas State (possible and interesting)

Personally I think the interesting ones are: Phillip Montgomery, Jake Spavital, and Scott Loefler.

45 names to dissect. Have fun!
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