No that the Wildcats really need a new football coach....Mike Price anyone?
Mike Price To Tucson??
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No way do the boosters allow another potential black eye to their football program. Even though I think Price could get it done on the field, the negative PR they've received via nationally televised ass whuppins in two consecutive weeks will keep them from taking any chances.
And it's only going to get worse. Purdue figures to have a field day with U of A's secondary. At least this one won't be nationally televised
And it's only going to get worse. Purdue figures to have a field day with U of A's secondary. At least this one won't be nationally televised
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Good call.
You know, I was thinking the same thing. He has won in the PAC-10 before...I like the pick if it happens. Plus which, I think he got screwed by Alabama, he would come back trying to prove something big time.
You know, I was thinking the same thing. He has won in the PAC-10 before...I like the pick if it happens. Plus which, I think he got screwed by Alabama, he would come back trying to prove something big time.
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That's what I am thinking!
Hmmm....
I remember hearing about him getting screwed at Alabama.
"Roll Tide Roll!" - girl(s) in motel room
"It's rolling, baby!" - Mike Price
The question is has Price learned his lesson? If so and he is the best man for the job then they should hire him. He is a proven coach. Almost every program out there brings in borderline players to put on the field...why can a coach not be given the same opportunity?
Price would be one of the smart moves the Wildcats could make but I am assuming they will try and make the safe move to avoid any criticisms. Even if that means not getting a proven builder and winner on the field.
Price would be one of the smart moves the Wildcats could make but I am assuming they will try and make the safe move to avoid any criticisms. Even if that means not getting a proven builder and winner on the field.
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You know, it was, wans't it.
No Price in Tucson:
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=1626690
ESPN.com news services
TUCSON, Ariz. -- Arizona wants to hire a successor to fired football coach John Mackovic by the Dec. 1 start of recruiting, but according to the university's president that person will not be Mike Price.
"[Price] is not in the picture, has never been in the picture and will never be in the picture," Arizona president Peter Likins told the Arizona Daily Star.
Speculation rose over Price as a candidate because Price was hired at Washington State by current Arizona athletic director Jim Livengood. Price is looking for a job after being dismissed by Alabama for a strip club escapade in Florida.
The criteria for the Arizona job outlined by Livengood, however, includes a requirement that the new coach has no history of trouble with the NCAA.
"We're not going to take a chance with somebody who has not been squeaky clean, if you will, in regards to the NCAA, in regards to compliance," Livengood said.
That stance seemingly also would rule out Rick Neuheisel, fired by Washington after violating NCAA rules by participating in a Final Four betting pool.
Livengood wants, but is not insisting upon, someone with previous head coaching experience. The fax machine already was humming with inquiries about the vacancy, the athletic director said, but despite the Dec. 1 goal, he did not set a firm timetable for a decision.
"It is my hope that we would have somebody in place certainly by that time, maybe even sooner," he said. "But we're going to find the best person available. One of the things that could be in our favor is we do have time."
Mike Hankwitz, in his first season as Arizona's defensive coordinator, took over as interim coach Sunday when Mackovic was let go after a 1-4 start to the season.
Hankwitz, defensive coordinator at Colorado and Texas A&M before coming to Tucson, said he took the head coaching job reluctantly because of his friendship with Mackovic.
However, he said he hopes the interim tag makes him a candidate for the job beyond this season's remaining seven games.
"I would like to think it would," Hankwitz said. "But I also understand it's based on what we do from here on out, so this gives me an opportunity to show what I can do."
Livengood appointed an 11-member search committee headed by Kathleen "Rocky" La Rose, senior associate athletic director for sports programs operations.
She wants to give the athletic director a list of three to five finalists by mid-November.
"We certainly are aware of the people who are out there, people who are available, people who have expressed interest in the past. That will certainly be our starting point," La Rose said, "and then we'll just expect phone calls."
Hankwitz, 55, said he doesn't plan major changes ahead of Saturday's game at 14th-ranked Washington State.
He will call the defensive plays and leave the offense to coordinator Mike Deal.
Mackovic was dismissed five games into the third year of his five-year contract. Terms of his contract indicate it will cost $909,000 for a buyout. By law, the money cannot come from state funds and presumably will be supplied by boosters.
Reporters found Mackovic packing up his belongings in his office Sunday afternoon.
"We'll clean up the office and make room for Mike Price," he told them, fanning the speculation flames.
Player reaction to Mackovic's dismissal was mixed.
"It's a fresh start. We'll see," said senior running back Clarence Farmer, whose disagreements with Mackovic are well-documented.
After Livengood met with the players on Sunday, Farmer spoke to his teammates and urged them to get to know each other better. There was a division between older players who were at Arizona before Mackovic and those recruited by him.
The players gathered for a barbecue Monday at the home of linebacker Kirk Johnson.
Another senior, safety Clay Hardt, admitted he and Mackovic "butted heads a lot."
But Hardt said their relationship had improved.
"I've learned so much from him. I think he's learned a lot from us, too. It's just said that it happened a little late," he said.
Mackovic was fired the day after his team played 19th-ranked TCU tough before losing 13-10 in overtime. But his fate may have already been sealed after the Wildcats were outscored 166-30 in consecutive losses to LSU, Oregon and Purdue.
"It seemed to me it was pre-decided before the TCU game," freshman tight end Matt Padron said.
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=1626690
ESPN.com news services
TUCSON, Ariz. -- Arizona wants to hire a successor to fired football coach John Mackovic by the Dec. 1 start of recruiting, but according to the university's president that person will not be Mike Price.
"[Price] is not in the picture, has never been in the picture and will never be in the picture," Arizona president Peter Likins told the Arizona Daily Star.
Speculation rose over Price as a candidate because Price was hired at Washington State by current Arizona athletic director Jim Livengood. Price is looking for a job after being dismissed by Alabama for a strip club escapade in Florida.
The criteria for the Arizona job outlined by Livengood, however, includes a requirement that the new coach has no history of trouble with the NCAA.
"We're not going to take a chance with somebody who has not been squeaky clean, if you will, in regards to the NCAA, in regards to compliance," Livengood said.
That stance seemingly also would rule out Rick Neuheisel, fired by Washington after violating NCAA rules by participating in a Final Four betting pool.
Livengood wants, but is not insisting upon, someone with previous head coaching experience. The fax machine already was humming with inquiries about the vacancy, the athletic director said, but despite the Dec. 1 goal, he did not set a firm timetable for a decision.
"It is my hope that we would have somebody in place certainly by that time, maybe even sooner," he said. "But we're going to find the best person available. One of the things that could be in our favor is we do have time."
Mike Hankwitz, in his first season as Arizona's defensive coordinator, took over as interim coach Sunday when Mackovic was let go after a 1-4 start to the season.
Hankwitz, defensive coordinator at Colorado and Texas A&M before coming to Tucson, said he took the head coaching job reluctantly because of his friendship with Mackovic.
However, he said he hopes the interim tag makes him a candidate for the job beyond this season's remaining seven games.
"I would like to think it would," Hankwitz said. "But I also understand it's based on what we do from here on out, so this gives me an opportunity to show what I can do."
Livengood appointed an 11-member search committee headed by Kathleen "Rocky" La Rose, senior associate athletic director for sports programs operations.
She wants to give the athletic director a list of three to five finalists by mid-November.
"We certainly are aware of the people who are out there, people who are available, people who have expressed interest in the past. That will certainly be our starting point," La Rose said, "and then we'll just expect phone calls."
Hankwitz, 55, said he doesn't plan major changes ahead of Saturday's game at 14th-ranked Washington State.
He will call the defensive plays and leave the offense to coordinator Mike Deal.
Mackovic was dismissed five games into the third year of his five-year contract. Terms of his contract indicate it will cost $909,000 for a buyout. By law, the money cannot come from state funds and presumably will be supplied by boosters.
Reporters found Mackovic packing up his belongings in his office Sunday afternoon.
"We'll clean up the office and make room for Mike Price," he told them, fanning the speculation flames.
Player reaction to Mackovic's dismissal was mixed.
"It's a fresh start. We'll see," said senior running back Clarence Farmer, whose disagreements with Mackovic are well-documented.
After Livengood met with the players on Sunday, Farmer spoke to his teammates and urged them to get to know each other better. There was a division between older players who were at Arizona before Mackovic and those recruited by him.
The players gathered for a barbecue Monday at the home of linebacker Kirk Johnson.
Another senior, safety Clay Hardt, admitted he and Mackovic "butted heads a lot."
But Hardt said their relationship had improved.
"I've learned so much from him. I think he's learned a lot from us, too. It's just said that it happened a little late," he said.
Mackovic was fired the day after his team played 19th-ranked TCU tough before losing 13-10 in overtime. But his fate may have already been sealed after the Wildcats were outscored 166-30 in consecutive losses to LSU, Oregon and Purdue.
"It seemed to me it was pre-decided before the TCU game," freshman tight end Matt Padron said.
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Not yet......
I dun't know. It may be a smoke screen but this for some reason seems like a very real statement about Price. UofA had enough problems with Mackovic down there, I cannot see them bringing in a guy who also has issues.
I DO think they are foolish to just dismiss him like they have. He is a very good choice.
I DO think they are foolish to just dismiss him like they have. He is a very good choice.
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Let's just not foolish enough to think this is 100% the call of the AD or the school president.
They caved to the boosters and well heeled alums and fired Makovic (yes he deserved to be fired in the end) because of public opion and because of theat group came up with the cash for the buy-out.
They caved to the boosters and well heeled alums and fired Makovic (yes he deserved to be fired in the end) because of public opion and because of theat group came up with the cash for the buy-out.
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Price will not be the next coach at the UofA. I hope the 5 finalists are:
Pat Hill
Mike Stoops
Ricky Hunley
Mike Leech
Dan Hawkins
Pat Hill
Mike Stoops
Ricky Hunley
Mike Leech
Dan Hawkins
What seems lame to me is firing the head coach after an overtime loss to a ranked opponent, rather than after either blowout loss from the previous 2 weeks.
It's like the team finally gels and almost wins a big game...and the head coach gets the axe.
It's like the team finally gels and almost wins a big game...and the head coach gets the axe.
Originally posted by Brian in Mesa
What seems lame to me is firing the head coach after an overtime loss to a ranked opponent, rather than after either blowout loss from the previous 2 weeks.
It's like the team finally gels and almost wins a big game...and the head coach gets the axe.
Which means they had already made their decision to fire him...at least that is what I figure. Maybe the decision was made late in the week after confirming boosters would help with the buyout.
Zona, I know who Hill is and he is a good coach. I know Fresno St has had alot of NCAA issues but I don't know if the football team was one of the sports with problems. Stoops...I wonder how badly he wants to be a HC. Bad enough he would come to Tucson when there may be "better" programs out there thay would pursue him? The other 3 I don't know...or I do once I know where they work...but the names are drawing a blank right now.
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