… but I’m one of those that does not understand why. He’s in his late 50’s, he’s only had one HC job in his life and, in that job, he’s achieved very mediocre results (one 1st place finish in 11 years?) in a conference full of teams that have limited budgets and access to recruits.

I’m not on Dawgman, so I will diassociate myself with the ignorant masses, but I clearly do not understand against what criteria you would rate him as an “excellent choice” (beyond the touchy-feely stuff like “he has a winning personality”). Don’t results matter?

first off, you may have noticed that i spelt LANE kiffin’s name wrong, but i don’t care there are more important things.
As far as Kiffin goes, I really like this guy. He knows the pac ten territory, he worked under Carrol, he coached in the NFL (which for some reason seems to translate to sucess in college), and he wants to be a husky. I SAY LETS HAVE AT HIM! KIFFIN 08

His teams will smack you in the mouth over and over. His “We’ll play any team anywhere” mantra sets well with me. His teams play with an attitude that has been coached out of the Dawgs.

Considering his recruiting limitations at FSU he has put together some pretty good teams.
The limitations include only making trips within 100 miles of Fresno and a very small budget. There is a myth that FSU has lax entrance requirements, not true, they are same as Udubs.

He is not my first choice but a solid fall back choice, way better than Kiffen, Petersen (BSU) would be a better fall back than Kiffen.

Hill would bring back old style tough Husky FB, that’s the bottom line.

Jack

I don’t know if Husky fans would like Petersen’s style to tell you the truth. Perform a little due dilligence than tel me why his personality will inspire the Husky Nation.

I’d much rather see the other team know they played against a bunch of tough, hardass SOB’s and feel it on Sunday than review our injury report on Monday. I mentioned before that I wouldn’t mind Hill as long as he brings along an heir apparent. I personally feel he has what it takes to get back that “Husky” attitude, but am also aware of your concerns.

That’s one of my biggest complaints, and I’m not looking for injuries to opponents, but just that they acknowledge they’ve had to fight for whatever the outcome.

Deserved or not, and I don’t care to spend time researching the stats, Hill’s teams have a reputation of doing so. Some of the complaints about letdowns might be addressed by understanding what it takes to get a team up to play a BCS caliber team and then play a regular conference team the next week. I don’t profess to know what that’s like, but I’d guess there’s a bit of a natural letdown, regardless of coaching.

I guess I’m echoing Jack a bit, but that’s the way I feel as well. Given the advantages that UW has over Fresno St. as a destination and , while I hate to experiment after the previous few years, I do think it would be interesting to see how he’d do with those advantages. It’s hard to regress from our current position…

I’m not on Dawgman, but I firmly believe Hill is a second tier choice, and would be a disappointment given the multitude of other highly qualified candidates.

I hate to agree with Gekko Mojo, but outside of his toughness and attitude, there is nothing excellent about Pat Hill

I’d tend to think that ignorance would be saying Riley was the top candidate, now he’s barely even on the radar. Then putting Hill in as the top candidate, who will soon be well out of radar range!

Who cares about the personality? If that is all that matters, we could hire Goldie Hawn to coach the team. Worked pretty good for the Wildcats.

U_G_L_Y, You Ain’t Got No Alibi!

IF Kiffin were to be successful at the UW, what makes anybody believe that he will stay at the UW when the next NFL offer comes in 2-4 years?

He gave them a name, at least twice, the same name both times as I hear it. I heard this a month or so ago. Before the official decision to can Ty.

Emmert and Woodward have been researching for some time. I trust them on this as well prrbrr.

an ignorant mass

The Birmingham news has an article where Nick Saban claims he hasn’t talked to Emmert about the job opening. Hhmm . . .

Here is a link, and the tid bit about us:
http://blog.al.com/rapsheet/2008/10/saban_kicks_them_in_the_youkno.html#more

*****When he was LSU’s chancellor, Mark Emmert hired Saban. The two still speak as friends on a regular basis. Emmert is Washington’s president, but Saban said he has not been asked for his opinion on Huskies’ opening created when coach Tyrone Willingham stepped down.

“I talked to (Emmert) last year about whether he would keep the coach or replace his coach,” Saban said, “but I have not talked to him this year about it.”

… more than a football coach. Do you like taking long walks on the beach, too?

I continue to be mystified by this notion that a “personality” that appeals to husky fans is somehow the top hiring criteria. I’d be looking for intellect, structure, a history of discipline, strong organizational skills, ability to recruit and manage a top notch staff, and the proven capability to go into the home of a recruit and make the sale to the whole family. I’d be looking for solid command of X’s and O’s and a willingness to adjust as the game evolves year to year. On top of that, I’d be looking for someone who has the ability to be an ambassador of the school, no matter what kind of personality he utilizes to do that effectively.

Past W’s and L’s are important … but in perspective. Ty is a former coach of the year who had taken underdog teams to major bowls and had a winning record when he arrived. He was technically a “winner”, but lacked in some of the other criteria posted above. His personality may have ticked the vast majority of you off, but is not the reason for his failures at UW.

I hate ageeing with Gekko, but personality isn’t the most important hiring qualification.

The coach needs to be good with the media, recruits and boosters, that is the extent of personality that is required for the job. I see nothing in Chris Petersen that makes me think he’d be anything but perfect for the UW. The only coach who has a personality that worries me is Leach at Texas Tech.

There are multiple coaches with less than stellar personalities that are extemely successful. It’s really low on my priority list.

The due dilligence part of this search is going to be complicated. A lot of good names out there this year.