Who do you want to be ASU's next football coach?

[Ronin]

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[GatorAZ]

As a UA fan my nightmare hire for ASU would be Brent Venables.

 

[overseascardfan]

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ASU 247 board is speculating its either Sumlin or a coach that is not currently coaching (not sure if that means a coach that was just fired or hasn't coached all season). Speculation is that an announcement will be made within a couple of days, no later than a week.

 

[Mainstreet]

Some more information about the hiring timeline.

Doug Haller‏Verified account@DougHaller


Anderson says "it's absolutely necessary" to have a replacement in place by the Dec. 20-22 early signing period.

12:30 PM - 26 Nov 2017

 

[Zobaczcie suki]

I liked a lot of what RA said in the press conference. Very high expectations.

They have no one lined up to take Graham's place.

They are searching.

Good Luck! We are all counting on you.

 

[Azlen]

I have mixed feelings on the Graham firing. If the firing is based upon this year's performance, it doesn't seem fair. The Sun Devils overachieved. They were ridiculously inexperienced on the defensive side of the ball and undersized and inexperienced on the O-line. Relatively green with Manny as the new quarterback. They were projected to finish at the bottom of the Pac 12 South. But, we beat Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Arizona and finish 2nd. So based upon this season, we exceeded expectations and Graham earned the job for another year.

And you have to admit, Graham has instilled discipline into the football program. The players GPAs and graduation rate have risen dramatically. And we have perennially been one of the least penalized teams in the Nation.

On the other hand, college football is a cut throat business. Our recruiting has to be better. And looking at the last 3 years, its been pretty mediocre overall. Our talent level hasn't been high enough to compete regularly with schools like USC. And it shows on the field when we play them.

I can only hope that RA has a few aces in his deck that he is ready to play. A head coach that will be worth paying Graham that $12 buyout, money that could be used to try to keep Hurley around. You better bring in a big time recruiting coach or you may be the next to go.

I don't think there is any question that recruiting is what cost Todd Graham his job. I think he's a decent coach as shown by a number of his teams exceeding expectations but his lack of being able to recruit always made the coaching job that much more difficult. Curious to see who they manage to get as a replacement but you can almost guarantee that there will be some vocal people who will hate the pick regardless of who it ends up being.

 

[Zobaczcie suki]

Just watched TG's presser, say what you want about the guy, but he is a class act. Sun Devil all the way, professional, no hard feelings, wishing nothing but the best for the players and the program.

 

[StreetTruckinTitan]

LES MILES. Dont be cheap ASU.

 

[ajcardfan]

LES MILES. Dont be cheap ASU.

Ugh. No. A worse fit for the PAC 12, who would demand huge money, I cannot imagine. What you guys don't understand is the SEC is a completely different animal than any other conference. Sumlin tried to bring the PAC 12 style offense into the SEC West and it didn't work. Try to line up and run, run, run, run and pass on obvious passing downs? Not going to work in this conference. The Miles LSU type of athlete doesn't really exist out here. And, he will never recruit Lousiana and Texas athletes out here like he could at LSU.

Sumlin has already proven he can get top instate recruits in Arizona.

 

[AZCrazy]

Do you think Louisiana has more high school talent than Arizona?
Arizona colleges should be able to recruit from Arizona, Nevada Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and southern California to some level of success. Not everyone is going to USC.

 

[ajcardfan]

Do you think Louisiana has more high school talent than Arizona?
Arizona colleges should be able to recruit from Arizona, Nevada Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and southern California to some level of success. Not everyone is going to USC.

La has way more talent than az and it isn't close.

 

[AsUpRoDiGy]

Brent Venables would be a great hire. Sumlin would be an upgrade over Graham...mainly because he's a better recruiter. Greg Schiano would be a decent hire...as would Les Miles, but that's never going to happen.

 

[NMCard]

Do you think Louisiana has more high school talent than Arizona?
Arizona colleges should be able to recruit from Arizona, Nevada Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and southern California to some level of success. Not everyone is going to USC.

Louisiana probably has more talent than 3-4 of those states you mention combined.

 

[cwamjn]

Venables and Schiano are pipe dreams. We are probably looking at Pep Hamilton.

 

[AsUpRoDiGy]

Venables and Schiano are pipe dreams. We are probably looking at Pep Hamilton.

Not necessarily. Asu's main drawback has always been it's subpar facilities...and now we're top 10 in the country in terms of how nice the team facilities are now. Asu is clearly making a significant investment into the football program, and any coach will see that, and hopefully want to build the team into a contender. I don't see why a coach wouldn't want to be here now.

 

[AZ Native]

Just watched TG's presser, say what you want about the guy, but he is a class act. Sun Devil all the way, professional, no hard feelings, wishing nothing but the best for the players and the program.

He had 11 million coming from ASU for doing nothing. I could smile and be humble too.

 

[ajcardfan]

Uhh

Louisiana probably has more talent than 3-4 of those states you mention combined.

Exactly. The pools of talented high school players is not deeper than the deep South, Texas and southern California. It's the main reason the sec has dominated overall the last 10 to 20 years.

 

[StreetTruckinTitan]

Uhh


Exactly. The pools of talented high school players is not deeper than the deep South, Texas and southern California. It's the main reason the sec has dominated overall the last 10 to 20 years.

So let Miles recruit southern boys to ASU. is there any rules that prevent him from recruiting outside the conference?

 

[ajcardfan]

So let Miles recruit southern boys to ASU. is there any rules that prevent him from recruiting outside the conference?

No. But going head to head with the sec powerhouses on their turf is one hell.of a lot tougher from asu than lsu. You gotta get southern California kids to choose asu over places like Oregon and ucla, etc etc. Miles offensive philosophy does not fit the talent on the west coast.

 

[ajcardfan]

Just my opinion. If miles is hired I'll root hard for him.

 

[az jam]

Miles is 64 years old. ASU needs to go young.

 

[Ronin]

Pep Hamilton is a candidate.

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[Ronin]

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[CardLogic]

My concern (and I think most people) is they could easily hire someone that does worse than Graham!!

Graham has compiled the best ASU head coach record in the last thirty years! The last coach with a better winning percentage than Graham, was John Cooper (1985-87).

 

[AsUpRoDiGy]

My concern (and I think most people) is they could easily hire someone that does worse than Graham!!

Graham has compiled the best ASU head coach record in the last thirty years! The last coach with a better winning percentage than Graham, was John Cooper (1985-87).

I think Graham was a decent coach...he did his best to develop players and he really pushed hard for them to do good off the field as well. His problem was recruiting...especially on the defensive side. While I'm not too big on Sumlin; he's a much better recruiter than Graham is.