Quote Originally Posted by KOdawg1 View Post
Well, the first calls would be the unrealistic candidates like Tony V, Brian O'Conner, Bakich, etc, so after those guys tell you no, my next calls would be in the tier of guys like Rob Vaughn, Chris Pollard, Wes Johnson, Mark Wasikowski, Steve Sabins, Scott Forbes.

Most of them will say no, but you see if you can pry one away. If you swing and miss on those guys, then you go to the lower level HCs or top assistant tier, which is where we probably end up pulling a guy from. Skylar Meade, Jordan Bischel, Ben Orloff, Andrew Checketts, etc. and the then guys like Elander and Coggin. Our next coach is probably a guy like one of these names, but I'd definitely swing hard at first before getting here.
My issue is that we swing hard on a guy like Chris Pollard or Wasikowski and take two weeks for them to turn us down, see Schlossnagle, and then we're left scrambling. Which is how you end up with Lemonis. I don't waste my time on guys like Vitello, O'Conner, Corbin, or any of the other out there names I've seen. I'd probably offer Bakich a blank check just to see.

I do agree with you that the Meade, Bischell, Orloff, Checketts level is probably our best chance of pulling a sitting HC. But then you have to ask yourself is that a better option than someone like Coggin, Elander, or Nate Thompson. Those guys have been in the SEC and recruited in the SEC for a long damn time. They know how this conference operates and how it is currently operating.

I will say that Steve Sabins is a name that interests me. I'd want to know how much of their success is him and how much of it is Randy Mazey made it impossible to fail though.