[Who will be on the search committee?]

Who is going to be on the search committee for our new HC? Seeing how things went last time, do you want TW to have the final say? I know there is a lot of speculation about who we should hire, but I think this decision about the makeup of the committee is the key to a good hire. Quite a few ZN.O members want Jim Tressel as the coach, but I'm not sure he would be interested. With that said, I would love to see him as the head of the search committee. He has quite a good track record of hiring good assistant coaches, many of whom have moved on and become successful BCS head coaches. What do you think?

Usually just the Athletic Director and his associates as well as a few of the top boosters. Then again, not always. You saw what happened in Connecticut when UConn went behind the big booster's back to hire a coach. He wanted back every cent he donated to the program.

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Please somebody tell me something is going to be different in the hiring process this time.

I am scared of history repeating itself. There had to be some kind of plan in the works before we decided to can Mr Personality right?

Ianello just wasn't qualified to be a head coach. Same thing happened when the Denver Broncos hired Mcdaniels. He was too young and just wasn't ready. Coaching in the college ranks with a seasoned coach is hard enough as it is, especially when you have to compete with all of the dirty upper echelon programs like USC, Miami and Auburn.

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Tressel was the head coach of the Thee Ohio State University and a darn good one. Him going to Akron is like getting dumped by Kim Kardashian and asking Paula Dean out on a date. No way it is happening.