[washingtonismoney]

Probably just rumormongering or arrant speculation, but ESPN's Adam Rittenburg did float Dave Aranda. While I don't think connections per se to the university are helpful, I do think being in more selective-university environments is generally good. That's about the only downside I could think of if Aranda were a viable candidate.

Very interesting name to be floated. At least for my money, a deeply enigmatic track record at Baylor. I'm not sure how I'd feel about that hire. I do think there are safer choices.

Kind of hard for me to say who's available and what the reaction would be. Take Tom Herman for example. Exemplary W-L record. Very smart guy -- I have little doubt he'd be intrigued by a more academic environment. An absolute, nuclear-powered dynamo of a recruiter in Houston. The question I have with him would be: do people (specifically in Texas) think he's still a good coach? The way his UT tenure ended, I know a large part of the state thought (fairly or not) that he was an incompetent. And while I think a lot of that is unfair and a product of the Longhorns' bonkers internal politics, the perception is nevertheless important if you're gonna roll into one of these TX high schools and try and land a Walker Little redux.

[washingtonismoney]

Probably just rumormongering or arrant speculation, but ESPN's Adam Rittenburg did float Dave Aranda. While I don't think connections per se to the university are helpful, I do think being in more selective-university environments is generally good. That's about the only downside I could think of if Aranda were a viable candidate.

Very interesting name to be floated. At least for my money, a deeply enigmatic track record at Baylor. I'm not sure how I'd feel about that hire. I do think there are safer choices.

Kind of hard for me to say who's available and what the reaction would be. Take Tom Herman for example. Exemplary W-L record. Very smart guy -- I have little doubt he'd be intrigued by a more academic environment. An absolute, nuclear-powered dynamo of a recruiter in Houston. The question I have with him would be: do people (specifically in Texas) think he's still a good coach? The way his UT tenure ended, I know a large part of the state thought (fairly or not) that he was an incompetent. And while I think a lot of that is unfair and a product of the Longhorns' bonkers internal politics, the perception is nevertheless important if you're gonna roll into one of these TX high schools and try and land a Walker Little redux.