Former passing game coordinator at OK state, and former passing game coordinator at LSU before that. Then was QB coach for the Jaguars for 4 years until coming back to OSU as OC. He took some flack for how he was portrayed by the ESPN "Year of the Quarterback" doc on Brandon Weeden. A lot ...

Tammy reports Haywood and Monken Ok st OC are getting much consideration. [urlhttp://www.nola.com/tulane/index.ssf/2011/11/tulane_refocuses_head_football.html][/url] Monken is a new name. That is someone I'm pretty keen on. He really understands modern offenses and just seems like he's got a little...

I agree OUG. Diaz would be a good hire. Other coordinators to look at are Todd Grantham at Georgia where the defense is 4th in the country in only his second season there and Gus Malzahn at Auburn who's been a successful OC everywhere he's been. Bigger fish are after Malzahn. He can have almost any...

Anybody know anything about Manny Diaz? I am not sold on Heywood. Diaz would be a really great hire, especially if we equipped him with resources like a top budget to hire an offensive coordinator. He's at his first year at Texas and has them ranked 26th in the nation in points against, and that is...

RR was exactly what we need! Don't try and blow smoke up my ass! I am pissed. It takes a lot for me to get angry, but don't sugar coat this. RR is the perfect fit and for whatever reason we failed. Let's see whats in their bag of tricks now that the obvious and best choice passed on us. I don't nee...

I know RD will probably take a lot of heat for this, but this is a strong move. Either RR wants to come here or he doesn't. We do ourselves no favors in anyone's eyes (especially RR's) if you act like you're ready to wait until mid-december until he's heard from every BCS opening that they aren't i...

I'm a Tulane fan. Not a Rich Rodriguez fan. If Tulane didn't want Rich Rodriguez and didn't put together a serious offer, I'd be pissed at Tulane. But if Tulane made a great offer and RR doesn't want to be a part of Tulane and would rather coach a big state school somewhere in the Pac 12? C'est la v...

And I'm not a Dickson defender by any means, and I've said he should be fired. But I also like to be clear in my criticisms. He did not handle this negotiation poorly. RR had a better alternative to a negotiated agreement than we did. And that is why we did not get him. Then I ask you why fire you ...

He had two offers and he chose the more glamorous, more high profile one. We all do this in our careers all the time. No I'm not, We had Tim Floyd interviewed before we even fired Dave Dickerson. Believe it or not its survival of the fittest. The catastrophe happens every Saturday during football s...

That's true, my point was if RR wanted to hold out for a BCS job he likely wouldn't have taken the job a month ago and the result would still be the same - No Rich Rod. But you're right, we could have moved alot quicker to determine whether he was willing to commit in order to move on to other choi...

Not to mention, none of us KNOW whether any of this crap is true.

The only thing we know is that the coach that we wanted to hire and were turned down by turned us down to accept a job at a PAC 12 school.

That's it.

Well, he took his shot at us. PLEASE feel free to call out his little skinny ass.... Here is his tweet! Can't resist sending this: Hey @goTULANEt what time is that RR presser? No talent info...about as worthless as total failure He's an idiot. Real sports journalists don't take shots at guys on a m...

I think people are disappointed that we couldn't land our first choice (RR) for whatever reason. The naysayers have to see results before buying in. I can't blame them. The hope was that we were going to spend the money necessary this time and land a splash coach, now that seems unlikely (the splas...

Scott Cowen needs to remove himself from this decision making process. This is the job of the athletics director, not the job of the President of the University. Does anyone think Scott Cowen involves himself in the hiring process of the chair of the anthropology department? No. He leaves it up to ...

If you want to say that Cowen is to blame for us not landing RR because of the state of our program, that's fine, but independent of whether or not they are prepared to make a commitment right now. And I fully believe that RR was prepared to coach a non-BCS team. Until Arizona called and offered. I...

Bigschtick wrote:All just rampant speculation which is getting very tiresome.

Agreed. Both sides are playing a spin game now.

Scott, I am afraid that the remaining fans will do exactly what you are suggesting, make up their own minds as to support or not support. Dickson told us in March 11 at the Playbook meeting that if we did not like it "to go across the street." That is exactly what most fans did this year....

Scott, I am afraid that the remaining fans will do exactly what you are suggesting, make up their own minds as to support or not support. Dickson told us in March 11 at the Playbook meeting that if we did not like it "to go across the street." That is exactly what most fans did this year....

i have no knowledge that we've been turned down (and there are only two people i would trust to tell me that info and they have not done so) so to answer the other questions would be premature. Here we go with that "insider speak" again. Speaking, without actually saying anything. Let's p...

It's all totally out of control. I can't help but think that things aren't panning out the way SC and RD thought they would. If it goes beyond tomorrow, then I have to conclude that the search has completely gone off the tracks. That picture of the turkey at the top of the screen pretty much visual...

Football Scoop confirms no RR.

Tulane: Rich Rod has declined Tulane's overtures.

http://www.footballscoop.com/the-scoop

Thats as close to official as we'll hear.

http://www.footballscoop.com/the-scoop

Tulane: Rich Rod has declined Tulane's overtures.

FBScoop is gold. You can bank that.

Turn around and offer the exact same deal to Leach.

Access to a private plane today is not as big of a deal as you may believe. They are normally leased by a group of people together so that they can get access fairly easily to avoid the hassle of flying commercial.. Right, I know the jet-sharing business well. Its still expensive. And we have a maj...

I don't believe anyone has posted that RR and/or ML are off the table. The rumor re: RR's demands not being met has been debunked by Slatten and JKO. . I also heard RR wants access to a private plane for recruiting purposes. Havent heard whether or not Tulane met that demand. He asked for this at W...