funny… I wrote this (above) before I read Ted's Blog today…

http://weblogs.sun-sentinel.com/sports/college/fau/blog/2011/08/fau_recruiting_gets_complicate.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+fausportsblog+%28FAU+Sports+|+Sun-Sentinel+Blogs%29

NCowl said

my concern is recruiting this year, this was suppose to be the year with the new stadium, but now we do not have a head coach in place so how is a recruit suppose to make an educated decision. We need to get the coach in order SOON, so when recruits start coming to the games in the new stadium, they know who the leader will be…. Mike Leach!!!

Legitimate concerns, however, there is no way a coach is in place until after the season unless it is someone with zero legit job prospects.  Many of those already discussed will sit on the sidelines and wait to see what happens at other schools, rumors that Brian Kelly at Notre Dame is already on the hot seat, Mark Richt's seat at UGA has been getting hotter & hotter each year for the last few seasons, Debo at Clemson keeps bringing in great recruiting classes with NOTHING to show for it, Paul Johnson at GTech could be moving on and I'm surprised that Lane Kiffen is even still employed.  I would say that if Texas underachieves that Mack Brown will be forced to hang it up.

Look at those openings and then the people discussed, they all will play the wait & see game.

SigEp77 said

Legitimate concerns, however, there is no way a coach is in place until after the season unless it is someone with zero legit job prospects.  Many of those already discussed will sit on the sidelines and wait to see what happens at other schools, rumors that Brian Kelly at Notre Dame is already on the hot seat, Mark Richt's seat at UGA has been getting hotter & hotter each year for the last few seasons, Debo at Clemson keeps bringing in great recruiting classes with NOTHING to show for it, Paul Johnson at GTech could be moving on and I'm surprised that Lane Kiffen is even still employed.  I would say that if Texas underachieves that Mack Brown will be forced to hang it up.

Look at those openings and then the people discussed, they all will play the wait & see game.

Agree…nothing will happen until December, when the season is over. National letters of intent are signed in Feb., We just have to make sure to keep the hipe up…that a fire power coach will be hired at FAU.

NCowl said

funny… I wrote this (above) before I read Ted's Blog today…

Right. There's a couple sets of eyes on this messageboard trying to get a pulse for what we'd like to read about. We have a lot of questions and concerns and they have access to the coaches and players.

SigEp77 said

NCowl said

my concern is recruiting this year, this was suppose to be the year with the new stadium, but now we do not have a head coach in place so how is a recruit suppose to make an educated decision. We need to get the coach in order SOON, so when recruits start coming to the games in the new stadium, they know who the leader will be…. Mike Leach!!!

Legitimate concerns, however, there is no way a coach is in place until after the season unless it is someone with zero legit job prospects.  Many of those already discussed will sit on the sidelines and wait to see what happens at other schools, rumors that Brian Kelly at Notre Dame is already on the hot seat, Mark Richt's seat at UGA has been getting hotter & hotter each year for the last few seasons, Debo at Clemson keeps bringing in great recruiting classes with NOTHING to show for it, Paul Johnson at GTech could be moving on and I'm surprised that Lane Kiffen is even still employed.  I would say that if Texas underachieves that Mack Brown will be forced to hang it up.

Look at those openings and then the people discussed, they all will play the wait & see game.

Great Point, while we can name a couple big name coaches looking for work right now, and hope and dream, by the end of this season (just like every other one) the landscape of available coaches will be completely different.  Guys will get hired and fired as the season ends and no one can really predict where FAU will end up in that mix.

So be PROACTIVE and get it done now and know your future before you are left choosing fromwhat is leftover like in our recruiting history. We gotta be PROACTIVE and let the Coache(s) out there know we want them, JUST LIKE YOU HAVE TO DO with the recruits.

Still my biggest concern;(