Not many at FSU agree. I would say there is a less than 5% chance on either of those guys but hell ya never know. It is pretty apparent that since moving on from Stoops they are doing a pretty far reaching search.
JDR’s name surfaced a lot last year when everyone was hoping USC would fire Helton. Haven’t heard it much lately. Most everyone has put all their eggs in the Urban basket over here.
Your post sparked my thinking. Why not Terry Bowden? Is he even on FSU's candidate list? He had a 47-17-1 record at Auburn. Seems to me he would be as good a choice as any out there right now
He's a proven coach which is better than the names thrown out there now
I think the Auburn thing left him stained and he did not exactly kill it after Auburn. His time has come and gone.
Yes he is. Dye's last two seasons were bad (5-6 and 5-5-1) Bowden had one bad year, the year all that mess came down and he resigned mid-season.
Yes he took Dye’s best players, and won big early, something to be said for that as Dye could only pull 5 wins out of them. Bowden is an assistant with Clemson so he has not been out of it for 20 years. Outside of B. Bowden, not many coaches are known for their character prowess off the field so that's a moot point. Terry Bowden left Tuberville in much better shape than Dye left Bowden and this Daddy thing you speak of has nothing to do with anything
I doubt he could do any worse than some of the names I've seen tossed around. Likely he would do better
The question with Leach is not whether he can coach but could he really recruit in Florida. I do not want a guy that can beat OK teams with 3 star talent. I want a guy that can get 5* talent and coach. That is what it takes to win at the highest level. I am not sure Leach can get the talent in the door to be honest. His schtick likely would not play as well in the deep south as it has at Texas Tech or Washington State.... I like him, he cracks me up but not sure the kids he would be recruiting down here would be as entertained.
Florida State brand, history and tradition alone would attract 4/5* talent. I’d think top 10 QBs out of HS in FL would love to play for him knowing he will put it up at least 30 times and 300 yards/game, so would WRs knowing they’ll get at least 6 balls and 100 yards/game. We all know ML had low to no star talent but smart players on offense and QBs such as: Josh Heupel, Kliff Kingsbury, Lincoln Riley and Gardner Minshew, and his offense can go toes to toes with just about anybody in the country bc of his scheming offense.
