Lots of chatter so some may need to brace themselves

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I would be happy with either of those 3.
Giving any of those guys top 5 money and a program, along with their fire to win would be the recipe we really need. Actually Fitz and Coggin bring the fire for that

Just my guess at what our potential list looks like at this moment:

1. Erik Bakich
2. Dan Fitzgerald
3. Skip Johnson
4. Chris Pollard
5. Will Coggin


Unless he is putting on the greatest smoke screen of all time, the job doesn't get past Fitzgerald. He has had people calling on his behalf for almost a month now. I do think we view him higher than Skip due to his recruiting success and his overachieving at Kansas. I think we are making a mistake not talking to Wasikowski, but it seems that is the direction we are going. I personally would value him a bit over Fitzgerald but Fitzgerald has southern recruiting ties and SEC experience at a place like us since he was an asst at LSU.

Not too completely get lost on a different tangent, but it is incredible how the list of potential coaches has changed in a year. If this was last year, Justin Haire would be candidate 1A, 1B, and 1C. A year later and he has just went 13-37 in his first season at Ohio St. Do I think that means he would've failed here? I don't know. But I do think it shows that fit and resources matter.