The 2017/18 Coaches On The Hotseat (or should be) thread

Paul is a great coach and OSU would be lucky to land him, but I think he is happy at Butler. And I might throw up if he ends up coaching in Columbus.

 

Caleb Porter, HA!

That guy wants to be the first American to coach in the champions league, or get the USMNT job.

He's so arrogant he'd laugh Gene Smith off the phone. Yeah, its worth a shot to at least call, but I'd bet he has no interest in coaching 18-22 year olds that aren't good enough to play pro in the US.

Wishful thinking, but that ain't happening.

 

A lot of the kids he brought in to Akron went Pro because he recruited the national team kids. The difference today I'll admit is most of them just go Pro right off the bat but he was a killer in convincing them to come play at Akron. I heard when he found out one of his commits had decided to go pro instead, he got on a plane right then and there and flew to see the kid to talk to him and got him anyway.
You never know if he is tired and done with MLS ways and had so much success in college and prefers that atmosphere. Money talks too of course. He certainly knows Ohio and of course even more the national recruiting scene. Call him.

 

That's a good list. Franks, Snape and Wiseman jump out at me as most interesting. Mais might be a good one too. He had his Crew days so knows the city. Thought I saw Brandt landed somewhere this week - East coast school.

 

The flip side of this may be that Embick is a bigger fish in the Akron pond than he would be at OSU. I remember reports that one of the factors that sparked Elmar Bolowich's interest to leave North Carolina for Creighton is that, at UNC, soccer was below basketball, football, etc., etc., etc., in the pecking order - whereas it is near the top of the list at Creighton and is THE major fall sport on campus. I don't know Coach Embick, his priorities and what he values, so the Bolowich example may or may not be relevant.

Also, I have heard that some of players who select Creighton like being recognized on campus. (We don't have American football, so there is less competition for attention.) This would not matter to all recruits, certainly. Would this make it easier to appeal to more MLS-level talent at Akron than at OSU? Asked another way: How different is recruiting to an Akron/Creighton type of program, where a player may be a BMOC, than to an OSU, where football players are BMOC?

All of which is to say: I can see reasons why a coach would stay at a smaller (overall) school with a stronger soccer culture.

 

Some kids prefer smaller colleges, city vs country, academic programs, many reasons why different colleges are the right choice for different kids. Nothing wrong with that.

For me, Creighton has a sensational facility, but the travel would be killer. Even the local matches excluding UNO is a long bus trip (Drake, UMKC, SLU)

 

Yeah, posted just below the coach list.

Brandt went to DIII Hope College in Michigan, not quite east coast.

 

ETSU will be announcing soon.

 

Rumor: ETSU to hire Kentucky's Casper....

 

Associate Coach Jonathan Delano no longer at Harvard

http://www.gocrimson.com/sports/msoc/coaches/index

 

Jason Mims leaving Omaha:
http://www.omaha.com/uno/soccer/jas...cle_a6ee3524-e033-5bf8-bbe0-3580706877b2.html

 

Done deal - announced by ETSU and UK

 

Be crazy if they could lure Warming back to Omaha. But if I were them, I'd find the next young up and coming coach. There is a clear changing of the guard in college soccer with some of the older coaches exiting and a bunch of young guys have success early.

 

It happened ... Bob Warming back on the sidelines ... http://www.omaha.com/uno/soccer/uno...cle_1204f4b3-41b4-55ba-948d-47ca1df554b5.html

http://omavs.com/news/2018/4/1/warming-named-next-omaha-mens-soccer-head-coach.aspx

 

For all our conversation about how College Soccer is losing its overall relevance, several very large schools are waving goodbye to the status quo. Our conversation is certainly justified, but there is more than one factor trending in this complex dynamic.

 

Jason went to the RSL academy. I get those 2 Rocky Mountain clubs confused at times - partly with the numerous trades through the years.

 

Definitely been some interesting names coming through the rumor mill.

 

Here is what Coach Bob Warming shared publicly on his Facebook page about his decision to retire, and then un-retire to take the UNO job:

"Well...I guess two months of retirement was long enough! When we found out our daughter Bess was pregnant, Cindy decided that moving to Omaha to help and enjoy our first grandchild was where she needed to be. I had recently signed a new long term contract at Penn State. I still loved coaching...but... after I held our Willa for the first time in October I realized I valued watching her grow up more than the profession I loved. I was instantly at peace with the idea of retiring. Today, I was so fortunate begin doing both.. I succeed a former player of mine, Jason Mims, a great coach and man. Its crazy, I started my career because my college coach helped me get a job at Berry College. We went to the NAIA Championship for the first time and I got offered the job at UNC Charlotte. The administration at Berry asked me who should succeed me. I told them my top choice was my former college head coach. He took the job and has been at Berry ever since. Life is wonderful. I am thankful."

Warming makes similar remarks in this press conference at UNO. Press conference also includes some interesting remarks from former UNO head coach Jason Mims, and from UNO's athletic director:

 

Who ya hearing?

I'm sure Caleb Porter is #1 wish. But won't likely happen.

 

Just in -- Ohio State has hired Bruce Arena, wow.

 

They finally got a guy that will turn the program into a college soccer powerhouse! Great for US Soccer