Who should our next HC be?

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There are going to be a lot of names thrown out there this week. Most of the stuff we hear is not going to be true. Consider everything. Believe nothing.

 
ColoradoHusk said:
I hadn't thought about Mendenhall during this process, but I actually think he could be a solid hire.  He had very good years at BYU in the Mountain West, and had good years at Virginia, after they had 4 straight losing seasons under their previous coach.  Judging by his 2020 and 2021 record, Mendenhall wasn't able to maintain the good seasons during/after COVID.
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Yeah, calling it awful was probably a little harsh. I’ll say underwhelming instead…. I’d also have some concern about hiring a coach that needed to step away from the Virginia job. Nebraska is a whole new level of fish bowl compared UVA.

 
B.B. Hemingway said:
Yeah, calling it awful was probably a little harsh. I’ll say underwhelming instead…. I’d also have some concern about hiring a coach that needed to step away from the Virginia job. Nebraska is a whole new level of fish bowl compared UVA.
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I agree it would be a bit out of left field, and I have no idea why he stepped down from Virginia after last year (other than lack of success).  Other than Rhule, I haven't tried to get too excited or caught up in one name or the other during this "search", so I will just try to wait until the guy is named and go from there.

 
ColoradoHusk said:
I hadn't thought about Mendenhall during this process, but I actually think he could be a solid hire.  He had very good years at BYU in the Mountain West, and had good years at Virginia, after they had 4 straight losing seasons under their previous coach.  Judging by his 2020 and 2021 record, Mendenhall wasn't able to maintain the good seasons during/after COVID.
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He also burnt out like shuttle remanents which is why he left UVA. 

 
ColoradoHusk said:
Thanks for more details on why he left UVa.
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Didn't quite get the chance to attach this article in my original post.  He's an interesting cat but my big fear is when a guy leaves a job like UVA which by all means is a pretty cushy job by P5 standards (very manageable expectations) then what happens when he gets dropped into the cauldron here?

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/34248930/how-stepping-away-football-bringing-bronco-mendenhall-closer-game

 
Xmas32 said:
Didn't quite get the chance to attach this article in my original post.  He's an interesting cat but my big fear is when a guy leaves a job like UVA which by all means is a pretty cushy job by P5 standards (very manageable expectations) then what happens when he gets dropped into the cauldron here?

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/34248930/how-stepping-away-football-bringing-bronco-mendenhall-closer-game
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And you bring up fair concerns/fears.  Thanks for that article.  I would keep an open mind on Mendenhall, but I also think I would prefer Kleiman or Leipold, based on their experiences in the Big Ten area of the country.

 
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