Baylor hires Briles, PC at 5:30

[The30YardSlant]

A good hire for the Bears IMO. A solid coach with a great offensive mind who always seems to get the best out of lesser players, reminds me a lot of Mike Leach

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[WoodysGirl]

~sigh~

 

[Yeagermeister]

~sigh~

He was scared away by my Mighty Tigers

 

[coogrfan]

I understand his decision, and given the money involved I can't blame AB for taking the job.

Having said that, it sucks to lose our first successful coach in twenty years to a school like Baylor. It would be one thing if it was an obvious step up, but it ain't. The only area where Baylor is clearly ahead of Houston is in the inherent financial advantage of being in a BCS conference, and the sole reason for that is that when the SWC broke up the Governor of Texas happened to be a Baylor grad.

It kinda makes you question whether having a football program is even worthwhile. If the Baylor job was enough to make an alum like Briles bolt, what chance do we have to ever retain a coach? Why waste the time and money if we're doomed to perennial third-class status?

Also, the reports here indicate he will be taking most of the offensive staff with him as well. No one seems to know who if anyone will coach the team in the Texas Bowl. So much for winning our first bowl game since 1980...

Merry *bleeping* Christmas, indeed.

 

[DallasCowpoke]

Houston ought to look at Major Applewhite as a HC candidate.

He'll be moving up in the ranks fast I'm betting, and his name-recognition, especially in this area, would do nothing but benefit UH IMO.

 

[WoodysGirl]

The Houston Cougars are in the process of finding a new head coach to replace Art Briles, who resigned Wednesday and signed to take over the struggling Baylor program.

And while Maggard will not comment on specific candidates, the lengthy list includes Alabama offensive coordinator Major Applewhite, Notre Dame offensive coordinator Michael Haywood, Texas A&M offensive coordinator Les Koenning Jr., Michigan State defensive line coach Lucious Selmon, Ohio University head coach Frank Solich and former Auburn coach Terry Bowden, who now does football analysis for Westwood One radio.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/sports/5339740.html