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That would be a very good interim or 1-2 year solution. Bennett is the only one on their staff with HC experience and he was awful. If they are trying to keep their system intact, Montgomery from Tulsa would be the best hire.
 
That would be a very good interim or 1-2 year solution. Bennett is the only one on their staff with HC experience and he was awful. If they are trying to keep their system intact, Montgomery from Tulsa would be the best hire.
Montgomery has only been gone 1 year. Surely that's too close.
 
I think you probably go outside the Briles tree. I've read Singletary on the wish lists. I think from a football perspective that would be awful, but as for a no nonsense straight arrow stop gap not a bad idea.
 
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I think you probably go outside the Briles tree. I've read Singletary on the wish lists. I think from a football perspective that would be awful, but as for a no nonsense straight arrow stop gap not a bad idea.
Singletary would be OK. I'm curious to see if Kendall Briles stays on. If he does they have a chance to maintain offensive continuity. Singletary could probably improve their defense.
 
I think you probably go outside the Briles tree. I've read Singletary on the wish lists. I think from a football perspective that would be awful, but as for a no nonsense straight arrow stop gap not a bad idea.
Navy coach. If we are going to change course, let's go all the way and embrace the wishbone/triple option.
 
Probably not a better option than Mack from a PR perspective, though his discipline wasn't always on point when at Texas. Given his inability to get Texas back on track after 2011, I don't see him having success on the field at a damaged BU either.
 
Probably not a better option than Mack from a PR perspective, though his discipline wasn't always on point when at Texas. Given his inability to get Texas back on track after 2011, I don't see him having success on the field at a damaged BU either.
Baylor is a talented team as currently assembled. A proven head coach of any age could have success for at least 1-2 yrs with what they have. IMO, Bennett is the worst possible option. He was terrible at SMU and is not head coaching material. I believe most of the rapists were defensive starters (not blaming Bennett for that but just looks bad). If not for the stigmatization of his last name at this point, Kendall Briles is probably the best option from within.
 
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Baylor is a talented team ... I believe most of the rapists were defensive starters (not blaming Bennett for that but just looks bad).
The 13 page Pepper Hamilton report (see link) blames the football coaches (plural) and football staff, as well as administrators and "athletic leadership" (AD Ian McCaw). So Bennett is probably culpable, particularly since he was the one to promise a rapist would be starting the next game, instead of being penalized. (Not that missing a game or three is a just penalty for rape.) Correct me if I'm wrong, here.
 
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The 13 page Pepper Hamilton report (see link) blames the football coaches (plural) and football staff, as well as administrators and "athletic leadership" (AD Ian McCaw). So Bennett is probably culpable, particularly since he was the one to promise a rapist would be starting the next game, instead of being penalized. (Not that missing a game or three is a just penalty for rape.) Correct me if I'm wrong, here.


They haven't released much information regarding how much, if any, the assistants were involved with this. My guess is that if an assistant was guilty in any of this, they would have been dismissed along with Briles. Maybe that is still to come. McGaw not being fired is interesting. It makes me think that the Briles was the main culprit and Starr was enabling. Looks like they may have just reprimanded the AD for not having better control of the program.
 
The report mentions football coaches, plural, quite a bit. "Athletic leadership" isn't mentioned so much.
 
Baylor is a talented team as currently assembled. A proven head coach of any age could have success for at least 1-2 yrs with what they have.

Mav, I think Mack would have a few difficulties. One, would he know what to do with said talent? If Kendall Briles was allowed to hang around, I am sure the offense could keep humming or if another spread minded OC was brought in they would do okay. We all saw, and suffered, watching Mack attempt to put together a successful offense after the Colt era ended.

Two, we are all too familiar with the recruiting struggles of Mack near the end of his time at Texas. Whoever, takes over at BU is going to have to put in a lot of work to recruit successfully after this controversy. Mack lost his edge in recruiting at Texas due to lack of hustle, I don't see him pulling it off at BU.
 
The report mentions football coaches, plural, quite a bit. "Athletic leadership" isn't mentioned so much.
You are absolutely correct and I noticed the way they seemed to reference the coaching staff. But my question is why not fire them immediately along with Briles? Getting rid of Briles was the real big decision, letting go of an assistant much less so. The head coach is typically going to be making decisions on whether to kick players off the team or suspend them. Im guessing that Briles had total control of this situation and the assistants were told who was available and who wasn't.
 
A new coach will likely bring in his own staff anyways, keeping only a few key coaches for continuity. Firing assistants with any level of involvement, would seem to be easy for Baylor like you said. It would also make their response seem more powerful.
 
Mack would be a pretty decent PR choice. He might not have the strongest disciplinary record, but he'd make all the appropriate apologies, say all the right things, and bring a name recognition and stability. As far as on-the-field stuff... it would be heavily reliant on who he hired or maintained as far as coordinators and position coaches. Too bad Iowa had a pretty good season last year, or maybe he'd be able to get the band back together. I'm sure Baylor fans would love the east-west running game that all of us Longhorn fans were so fond of back in the better parts of the Mack Brown era....
 
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Who knows who they're considering. However keep in mind that most, if not all of the coaching staff will have to step down. Well find out soon who knew what was going down and did nothing and when we do they'll be an unemployment statistic. Look for Phil Bennett to be gone. Why? Because he's an aggie and every longhorn knows that when it comes to fb an aggie will do anything to win. Rules? What rules?

And for that reason don't look for any Briles asst coaching somewhere else to be hired.
 
To start over at age 65? Seriously? Leave living large in a city like Austin for Waco? Why? He has to have a personal worth that is at least an 8 figure amount. And now he has an easy, no stress, good paying job at ESPN.

No way Jose
They are going to have a very hard time getting a top hire to come in this late in the game and with all the negative publicity. Brown would be a great 1 year solution if he was willing to do it. Much better than the alternative of promoting from within. If he does really well, give him a 2 year extension and go from there.
 
Without going into detail it would be good for Baylor to look for Clemson as their next coach. Any one of their oc's. They run a spread offense and they do it very well, proof that the spread offense isn't just a Big XII thing. And I could start a thread about why their dc, Brent Venables, would be a good hire for Baylor.
 
They are going to have a very hard time getting a top hire to come in this late in the game and with all the negative publicity. Brown would be a great 1 year solution if he was willing to do it. Much better than the alternative of promoting from within. If he does really well, give him a 2 year extension and go from there.

How is a lame-duck head coach going to recruit worth a sh*t? A one-year hire is not workable.

Besides, Mack hasn't coached in seven years. Just don't see him being interested in giving up his easy life for the stress of coaching again after all this time.
 
As a Sooner fan I would hate to see Mike Leach. He did wonders at Tech, his offense is hard to defend and he knows the Texas HS coaches. I seen one magazine that had his WSU team ranked a pre-season #15.
 
Besides, Mack hasn't coached in seven years.

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As a Sooner fan I would hate to see Mike Leach. He did wonders at Tech, his offense is hard to defend and he knows the Texas HS coaches. I seen one magazine that had his WSU team ranked a pre-season #15.

I gave some thought to Leach. I mean, he would be a great on-the-field choice. My question is, given that they're coming out of a scandal, and given that with the NCAA finally looking into things too, is he a guy who would be able to pull off the PR side of things as well? I mean, the "scandal" that got him run out of Lubbock is nothing on the scale or severity as what has happened at Baylor (if you even think there was a scandal to be had in Lubbock), but he's never struck me as the guy who is going to smooth over the image of the program to make it sound like a family (a la someone like Mack Brown) or the guy who is tough on discipline (which seems like the other way you might want to go after all this). I could be wrong, but it seems like the image of the program going forward will end up being as important as the on-the-field coaching.

Mike Leech could probably do a lot to keep Baylor in the running as far as football goes, but as a personality, he's definitely entertaining...? But maybe not the guy for the sensitive position that Baylor will be in after this.
 
Agreed. Leach is too brash.

Baylor needs a LOW key guy that everybody loves. The problem is if everybody loves you as a coach, you're probably not whooping anybody on the field.

Paging Gary Barnett?
 
How is a lame-duck head coach going to recruit worth a sh*t? A one-year hire is not workable.

Besides, Mack hasn't coached in seven years. Just don't see him being interested in giving up his easy life for the stress of coaching again after all this time.
They are likely to be going lame duck regardless. Promoting Phil Bennett (a terrible HC) as an interim for 1 year is lame duck. IMO, Brown would be a much better choice to fill that role.
 
Agree. They aren't getting their long term coach now regardless. A big name with a clean image is the best they can hope for in a stop gap. The fallout on this will drag on beyond this season. If they could land Mack or convince Singletary I think that's their best options. Legitimate college football coaches aren't even taking their call right now.
 
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Seeing that 2017 commits to Baylor are starting to or have jumped ship already, what happens to the recently signed class of 2016? That has to be a tough situation to be in -- thinking you're playing for Briles and potentially championships to whatever happens next.
 
Seeing that 2017 commits to Baylor are starting to or have jumped ship already, what happens to the recently signed class of 2016? That has to be a tough situation to be in -- thinking you're playing for Briles and potentially championships to whatever happens next.

There will be a lot of pressure on BU to allow the 2016 signees a full release in much the same way as the Penn St. scandal a few years back. It's the honorable thing to do given the circumstances. The players do sign the LOI to the school, not the coach, but in this case exceptions should be made.
 
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