I'm leaning toward Fritz, because turning Tulane into a winner is some kind of unholy miracle. I'm also intrigued by Traylor and Patterson. Whoever it is, I want to see some fire in the belly. You are gonna have to make people believe, starting with recruits.
In a perfect world, you go get Traylor. He should absolutely be the guy if you can get him. It could be a very realistic possibility, but they better move fast.
I would like them to pick someone who has never been a HC before at NCAA level. Young, hungry, full of ideas, able to motivate and desire to recruit. Able to find the right coordinators to work with him. The last couple of HC decisions have been bad. I hope they get it right this time.
Honestly I was OK with both the Applewhite and Dana hirings. It didn't work out, but on paper both made sense. I want a guy who knows Houston like the back of his hand and has a history of offensive prowess. Prior HC experience not required.
Fritz has been rumored to be on Miss St short list and what is his buyout no one knows because Tulane is a private school. Fritz is also 63 years old. There has been a story for a year that UH sent out feelers to Traylor last year and he wasn't interested at all. He may be on Aggie's list now that Stoops turned them down and we won't win a bidding war with their deep pockets. Kingsbury went 7-6 with Mahomes and his defense made this years UH defense look good. Patterson was a great coach but the end of his tenure at TCU was really bad. I hope there is someone off the medias radar that will emerge as the guy.
Good rundown. I am similarly not super pumped about Patterson or Kingsbury. I know it would be risky and a PR challenge but I want Kendal Briles.
My concern with Briles is the stink of Baylor associated with his name and his offense going balls to the wall all the time is hard on a defense so we need a home run DC if he is the guy.
You can win games with sheer offensive horsepower in the Big 12. You don't need to recruit elite kids to put together an elite offense. Good coaching can carry an offense a LOT further than good coaching can carry a defense. The best we can hope for on D is competence, because we're never going to compete for those top tier D recruits.
I'm down for either Traylor or Fritz Ideally Traylor but he makes good money at utsa so maybe he's fine waiting a little longer. Fritz is older so this might one of his last chances to make a jump to a bigger league Dont even matter tho We're finally free from that football terrorist dana
Not saying he should be the hire, but Patterson made his name with "nobody" recruits on defense, simply because of his scheme and coaching them up. It can be done.
Patterson scares me because he doesn't seem like he is the type of guy who can recruit in the NIL era. I have nothing to prove that, but it's just a gut feeling.
Dana gave off the vibe that he was happy to live in Houston and cash a paycheck. They weren't building anything with him.
Gary Patterson is an incredible coach. My only ONLY issue with him is that he's 63 years old. I really don't think he would be around for very long. On the other hand, I don't think anyone would be looking to hire him away either. You might get 5 years out of the guy.
Dana was here 5 years and beat 4 teams with more than 7 wins. 2023 UTSA (8-4) 2022 UTSA (11-3) 2022 ECU (8-4) 2021 SMU (8-4) Ridiculous.
