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For the love of God I hope he stays at OSU. At least I always have something to look forward to on Saturdays, it keeps me sane enough to watch the crap-fest we are dealt on most Sundays.

This.


Please for the love of God toss this thread into the fiery deepest darkest pits of hell. I want SOMETHING to look forward to in sports.

He'd be a complete fool to leave tOSU for the Browns.

Why on Earth would he even remotely consider doing that to himself??

Agreed. No different than people thinking Harbough might leave Michigan.

I bet he is interested, but we would not be among the teams he would like to go to.

End the thread right there, please... just end it.

Let's get him on board. Screw Ohio state ( no offense guys, but

Come on. First time he gets beat by the Steelers he would fake a heart attack and go elsewhere.

Which would you choose:

This-

http://youtu.be/AqHTDAEdTb8

Or this-

http://youtu.be/peeqH8QaJns

bonefish, I respect you and like you, but you better "hush your mouth, son."

Financially and for job security, he would be smart to stay... but with guys that competitive, you always wonder if they don't long to give it a shot at the highest level.. and that's the NFL.

He could stay where he is and in about 15 years go down as one of the greatest coaches in college football history and probably have a few championships to his credit... but it wouldn't surprise if somewhere deep down he wonders if he could do it at the NFL level...

Not sure if you know this or not, but the Ohio State job was always his life-long goal.

I know... but once people achieve their goals, especially somebody that competitive, the natural progression is to develop new goals.

Achieved his goal of coaching OSU.. achieved his goal of winning a championship.. so if he wins another one? or a third at OSU in the next few years?

Doesn't it stand to reason that he just might start thinking.. "Ok, what next?"

Not saying he will, not saying I hope he does.. just saying it's possible.

See my sig. Let's hope for that. Thanks, bro. LOL

Shoot, after the OSU gig, I image he will retire to an ESPN spot for a few years. He has it made at OSU with about the best fan base, one of the best home fields in the county, top recruiting talent in his backyard, and the ability to reload year after year. Not to mention he has the shot every year to almost automatically be in the B1G championship game...pretty sweet deal and oh, the money is not an issue at OSU!

So you are rooting for Saban to win the championship this year so he will leave and come here?

LOL no. There are rumors that he wants to go to the NFL. There are rumors that Sweeny, an Alabama grad, will take his place. Saban was our DC when BB was here. Haslam would be attracted towards that kind of guy and Saban would love to have full control.

I don't think it as far-fetched as many think.

He'll only leave when his recruiting well dries up like it did at Florida.

Didn't he have full control in Miami and it was a complete disaster?

Dabo Swinney? I didn't know he was a Bama alum.


Don't remind me. I remember that whole staff.


I could only see Saban doing it if he had full control and you are right, Haslam would drool over a big time SEC guy like that. Funny thing is that the one thing Saban has had trouble getting at Alabama.. is good consistent QB play. LOL

Recruiting at OSU will never dry up. Guaranteed.

Yep. He's an Alabama boy. There are already rumors out there that he will replace Saban , should the latter leave for the NFL.

DC, not sure if you are being sarcastic or not, but that might have been the greatest staff ever assembled.

Oh, we would have to give him FULL CONTROL. No doubt about that. I would do it. No hesitation.

Did someone mention that he had full control in Miami? If so, no, that is not true. In fact, he left because he wanted to go all-in on a qb---Brees was his guy---and management denied him. That is the main reason he left. He said he knew he could not win in the NFL w/out a qb.

I think Saban is the closest thing to Belichick that's out there.

Belichick, Saban, Schwartz, Ferentz.. heck Mangini was the towel boy.. I was not being sarcastic...

I still remember from the ESPN thing on them when Saban said after the 1994 season when we went 11-5.... his quote... we finally thought we had turned a corner, the vision was coming true, we all thought we would be here for a long time... and I weep openly.


As would I my friend.. and if I was Haslam I would give him a 5 year deal and tell him.. I don't care how bad things look, you will be here for 5 years... do what you have to do.

We also employed Ozzie, Lombardi, Pioli, that guy who was GM for the Jets, another who was the GM for the Falcons, etc. Unreal! What did they call themselves? The Slappys? LOL

I was a big fan of BB back then. I defended him like I defended Banner a year or two ago. I thought he had a vision and he was so fundamentally sound. What could have been............

I think Saban would want full control AND coach the team if he were to come here. I can almost guarantee that a bunch of people, mainly the ones that hated Mangini and Banner, will hate Saban, and it could get ugly as he attempts to change the culture. The media won't like him, either. It's probably good that Grossi doesn't have as much influence as he used to have.

Saban is a winner and he is the one guy that I would give complete control to. I don't want a retired guy like Cowher, Gruden, or Parcells to come in here and "consult." That is foolishness. I want a guy who is totally committed to the team.

Yep, and he ditched the team, choosing to go to Bama, after saying that he wasn't going to even consider the job ("I'm not going to be the Alabama Coach").... after only 2 years of a 5 year deal. Further, the Dolphins owner said that he had received "multiple assurances" from Saban that he would return.

Saban, after ditching the Dolphins to return to college, was all choked up when he said goodbye to his coaches ...... by speakerphone.

I think that he's a quality coach .... but can we trust him to stay the course in the pro game that has proved to be a different animal than the college game?

It is an interesting idea .... but I don't know if it's a good one.



After repeated denials, Saban takes Bama job
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2718488

I think another reason he (Meyer) wouldn't go would be to be with his family. It was one of the big things on his list when he took the OSU job.


I don't want to think about it at all, but if I had to, I'd want Tom Herman to come back to Ohio State. A smart, young coach that would be here for quite awhile.

Well, I think with guys like Myer, the real fun is in the challenge. So if he wants a challenge, we got one for him right up here on the lake..

I like Urban Meyer. He did a lot of great things while at Florida, and is now doing them at OSU.

I do think he bailed on Florida once Saban started whipping him on the recruiting end, thus, I would say his skin isn't thick enough to ever make it in the NFL.

College coaches have a lot of control over what happens with their football teams. Way more then they do in the NFL. He would never make it as a NFL coach.

bro....lol

Boy do we miss Tom Herman this year down at State !

Haslam might recruit Forrest Gumpp. Farmer would guarantee the money, I bet.

Shrimp for everybody at least.

No way Meyer comes here. He is IN his dream job already. Mission accomplished. Kinda like the other Harbaugh returning to the school up north — only better.

I think guys like Saban and Meyer (and you can add Harbaugh) are happier with college teams than they would be with NFL teams. They have control over nearly everything, the money is often better than NFL, and the fans treat them like royalty. In many ways, it's a better gig than being an NFL HC.

Meyer. With an "E."

Not only did BB have a vision, when he went in to interview with Art, he had a notebook, a 3" 3-ring binder, in which he had already mapped out his plan on making the Browns great again. From what I've heard it was quite the exhaustive effort to put it together and that was one of the big reasons he was hired.

Yeah, I saw that. It was freaking awesome.

Watching that piece on NFL Network and listening to all the other guys talk, one couldn't help but recognize the genius that is Bill Belichick. I liked him back in the day, but I had no idea he was that much of a genius. LOL.......I just thought he was a good coach w/vision. I never knew that he paid so much attention to detail.

The other thing I liked about him in that piece.........he was a Brown's fan growing up. He talked to his staff about how important it was to bring the Cleveland fans a winner. He shrugged off the criticism and didn't bad mouth anyone after how poorly the "fans" treated him.

Man, I wish we still had him. We would have won multiple Super Bowls by now.