[InTheZone]

http://www.terrybowden.com/Home.html

Go get him Luis. Not only is he a "wow" hire, he's tremendously succesful as a head coach, a high energy guy, a great recruiter, is a former assistant coach at Akron, and is a great motivator. Also, and most importantly to me, he has a history of quick turnarounds for programs. Want to get the Akron community excited about Zips football again?? Go get him, and pay him.

BOWDEN'S RECORD AS A HEAD COACH: 120-53-2

[ZipAnalyst]

http://www.terrybowden.com/Home.html

Go get him Luis. Not only is he a "wow" hire, he's tremendously succesful as a head coach, a high energy guy, a great recruiter, is a former assistant coach at Akron, and is a great motivator. Also, and most importantly to me, he has a history of quick turnarounds for programs. Want to get the Akron community excited about Zips football again?? Go get him, and pay him.

Good choice.

But can The University of Akron:

" Go get him, and pay him."

Does this link indicate the "real" price?

http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2...-somebodys-job/

[Dave in Green]

A truly mixed career, and one that's not simple to analyze. On the plus side, he has big name recognition and some history with UA (under Faust). His best season was his first at Auburn in 1992, replacing coach Pat Dye and finishing 11-0 with players recruited by Dye.

But he left Auburn mid-season four years later with a 1-5 record amidst "criticism for recruiting woes, off-the-field issues that resulted in player discipline, and in his relationships with Auburn supporters." ( Wikipedia link )

Over the past 11 years, he's applied for several high-profile coaching positions but has been passed over, including for his West Virginia "dream job." In the meantime he has been a TV analyst, motivational speaker and small college coach.

This could be a major roll of the dice -- one that no other D1 school has been willing to take for more than a decade.

[InTheZone]

http://www.terrybowden.com/Home.html

Go get him Luis. Not only is he a "wow" hire, he's tremendously succesful as a head coach, a high energy guy, a great recruiter, is a former assistant coach at Akron, and is a great motivator. Also, and most importantly to me, he has a history of quick turnarounds for programs. Want to get the Akron community excited about Zips football again?? Go get him, and pay him.

Good choice.

But can The University of Akron:

" Go get him, and pay him."

Does this link indicate the "real" price?

http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2...-somebodys-job/

A school like Memphis was paying Tommy West close to 1 million a year. Granted they have a pretty big time booster in Fred Smith of FedEx to finance that, but the way I look at it is what is paying a coach 1 million a year to fill up a 65 million dollar facility every game? We get Bowden in here and we sell 15,000 season tickets within two months, guaranteed. Bowden throws 2 million out there but he'll come for a million. We've invested money to improve every other aspect of life on this campus, why not invest in a coach who can do more to promote the U of A brand than any new building or academic program ever could? Pay the man and get him here... tomorrow.

[InTheZone]

A truly mixed career, and one that's not simple to analyze. On the plus side, he has big name recognition and some history with UA (under Faust). His best season was his first at Auburn in 1992, replacing coach Pat Dye and finishing 11-0 with players recruited by Dye.

But he left Auburn mid-season four years later with a 1-5 record amidst "criticism for recruiting woes, off-the-field issues that resulted in player discipline, and in his relationships with Auburn supporters." ( Wikipedia link )

Over the past 11 years, he's applied for several high-profile coaching positions but has been passed over, including for his West Virginia "dream job." In the meantime he has been a TV analyst, motivational speaker and small college coach.

This could be a major roll of the dice -- one that no other D1 school has been willing to take for more than a decade.

The man has had offers, he turned them down. He chose to step into a good situation at UNA to get his feet wet again. If you look at his record at every school he's been at, there's been a quick turnaround and success. Sure he left Auburn at 1-5, but the season before that he was in the SEC Championship for craps sake!! If you can find me another coach out there with more wins as a head coach, as much name recognition, and the motivational abilities of Bowden, that would even be willing to look at Akron, I'll concede the point. He's our best possible option and is head and shoulders above anyone else we could possibly think about in terms of experience as a head coach and the excitement he would bring to the program. If we're gonna get this community off their couch to support this program, we don't need another "Who's that?" hire.

[InTheZone]

And if we want to get a coach who we need money to get, we have to get people with money involved. What Akronites do we know of that have money and have shown support for the Zips in the past? LBJ is the first name that comes to mind. Contact him and give him a seat at the table in this coaching search.

[Sergeant Zip]

I voted yes. If Terry falls through, Tommy Bowden is still available.

[Lee Adams]

And if we want to get a coach who we need money to get, we have to get people with money involved. What Akronites do we know of that have money and have shown support for the Zips in the past? LBJ is the first name that comes to mind. Contact him and give him a seat at the table in this coaching search.

sorry we don't need a roundballer picking the next f.ball coach...james has made some VERY questionable decisions about some of the people he has/had around him...one of them was in prison more than once...believe me i know...that guy was on parole...you can't have a lot loose money tossed around a college program...eventually somebody outside will drop a dime...if bowden has too much baggage leave him...why would he come to akron again anyway?...he appaers to have bigger fish to fry...there are a number of more solid coaches with less baggage out there...one would assume the new AD has someone or 2 in mind as fast as these last guys were shown the door...

[SeeTeeZip]

I don't think Bowden is the least bit realistic for UA but hell yes I would love to see him here. You all know that if he were hired it would be BIG news, ESPN material splashing around in college football for a while. UA would also garner much more national press coverage simply by virtue of name recognition with the guy. Such a hiring would constitute a gigantic middle finger to the rest of the disgusting, derelict MAC. It would say "We are about to rocket past all of you pathetic Rust Belt losers. Eat our dust and our dung, we are way too good for the likes of Miami and Can't State."

I'm getting excited already at the thought of a new regime, new systems, a NORMAL defense. I can dream.....

[InTheZone]

I don't think Bowden is the least bit realistic for UA but hell yes I would love to see him here. You all know that if he were hired it would be BIG news, ESPN material splashing around in college football for a while. UA would also garner much more national press coverage simply by virtue of name recognition with the guy. Such a hiring would constitute a gigantic middle finger to the rest of the disgusting, derelict MAC. It would say "We are about to rocket past all of you pathetic Rust Belt losers. Eat our dust and our dung, we are way too good for the likes of Miami and Can't State."

I'm getting excited already at the thought of a new regime, new systems, a NORMAL defense. I can dream.....

Bowden is very realistic for UA. He's coaching at a D2 school, has no 1-A offers as of this minute, and would be walking into a great situation in UA to build his D1 resume back up. I'm telling you, make the commitment and throw 700-900k at the guy and he'll be here, and the national press UA receives not to mention the suite and ticket sales will cover that salary in YEAR ONE.

[ksu sucks]

I'm telling you, make the commitment and throw 700-900k at the guy and he'll be here,

If the University pays that much for our next head coach, I'd be surprised. Pleasantly surprised....but surprised.

[Zips Win!]

And if we want to get a coach who we need money to get, we have to get people with money involved. What Akronites do we know of that have money and have shown support for the Zips in the past? LBJ is the first name that comes to mind. Contact him and give him a seat at the table in this coaching search.

What are you people smoking? LBJ doesn't give a damn about Zips football.

Let's not give him a seat anywhere!! He can buy one.

[Zips Win!]

I don't think Bowden is the least bit realistic for UA but hell yes I would love to see him here. You all know that if he were hired it would be BIG news, ESPN material splashing around in college football for a while. UA would also garner much more national press coverage simply by virtue of name recognition with the guy. Such a hiring would constitute a gigantic middle finger to the rest of the disgusting, derelict MAC. It would say "We are about to rocket past all of you pathetic Rust Belt losers. Eat our dust and our dung, we are way too good for the likes of Miami and Can't State."

I'm getting excited already at the thought of a new regime, new systems, a NORMAL defense. I can dream.....

Bowden is very realistic for UA. He's coaching at a D2 school, has no 1-A offers as of this minute, and would be walking into a great situation in UA to build his D1 resume back up. I'm telling you, make the commitment and throw 700-900k at the guy and he'll be here, and the national press UA receives not to mention the suite and ticket sales will cover that salary in YEAR ONE.

Glen Mason is available!!!

[Dave in Green]

The man has had offers, he turned them down.

I found some references to schools that turned him down, but not to schools that he turned down. Do you have any specifics on that?

In any case, if we are talking the amount of money it would take to get him to UA, that opens a whole new world of potential coaches who would consider UA for the big bucks. But why even consider a big bucks coach if UA doesn't have big bucks to offer?

Is this discussion realistic or pie in the sky?

[ZachTheZip]

The man has had offers, he turned them down.

I found some references to schools that turned him down, but not to schools that he turned down. Do you have any specifics on that?

In any case, if we are talking the amount of money it would take to get him to UA, that opens a whole new world of potential coaches who would consider UA for the big bucks. But why even consider a big bucks coach if UA doesn't have big bucks to offer?

Is this discussion realistic or pie in the sky?

That's the conundrum. Either you spend the big bucks and upgrade the candidate pool, or hope you find a diamond n the rough that doesn't mind being payed peanuts for a few years.

You want to tell the MAC that you're ready to leapfrog them permanently, you spend the money like Temple and Ohio are doing. You want to stay in the MAC and risk everything that the stadium is supposed to bring just to save a few bucks in the near term, then put away the wallets.