That said, I wouldn't be terribly surprised if they're floundering. LSU didn't announce until the Monday last year, and they got a home run. It's too early to think things are going poorly/well. Wisconsin did it at light speed which can happen when both sides are in total alignment from the get go (see Florida and Napier last year), but it usually takes a few days minimum. Occam's razor is that they're not hiring somebody who was available before season end. Every school's boosters and donors are different, but in my experience (5 coaching searches since the start of Reddit), boosters aren't as involved in the hiring process as we think. Typically, big money donors are consulted at the beginning of the process to gauge the pulse and budget of the search and then are brought in at the end to sign off. Who is in the know on coaching searches? Agents (who are notorious for leaking bad info), ADs (who during this process are too busy to leak this info), the prospective coaches, and the search firms (if one is hired and they sign an NDA). When assistant player personnel and recruiting guys start following a bunch of prospects for your school then you know that there is smoke around a coach.ģ) "Insiders" - the sad truth is the guy who knows a guy who happens to be a big time donor and knows X rumors are almost always bullshit. If you really want to know who is in the race - figure out who are your prospective coach's GM/top player personnel guys, then figure out who their assistants are. Most of the interview process info comes out after the hire and its normally not correlated to message board's flight trackers.Ģ) Twitter followers - coaches and ADs are mostly PR savvy enough to know not to follow specific players or coaches from a specific place. Even still its kind of a futile exercise. If you are going to track flights, track flights from the prospective coach's region and the AD's region going to the same place. Typically coaches and ADs meet in third party locations. Hi folks, welcome! As a long time veteran of the coaching carousel, let me give some tips and tricks for stalking down coaching movements:ġ.) Flight trackers are overrated - rarely is an AD flying to a prospective coaches home city to interview said coach or talk to them. Reddit Rules/FAQ Announcements Filter Twitter Social Media Poll/Pick 'Em Team Guide Awards Merchandise Amazon Referrals Select Flair Submit Game Thread
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