The House of Blue

I also heard this. I can't imagine this is his first choice. I can't see anyone else offering Brown a head coaching position. IF this were true I could only hope that MB has already had feelers out to all of these other bigger name candidates and they had all turned him down. The only other thing one could possibly imagine would be if MB already has a coach that has agreed in principle to coming here and wanted Brown as OC.

I just don't see Brown as head coach this soon. And if we somehow are in negotiations with Brown, I can't imagine we are hiring him as an OC without even having a coach. I just can't imagine this is the road that MB is willing to go down after what just happened.

Dykes with Brown as OC instead of Franklin makes a lot of sense.

I would be absolutely floored if this was the guy to replace CJP. He's all of 32 years old, has three years of OC coaching experience at Troy, and three years OC coaching experience in a BCS conference. This is a guy MB would be paying less than the coach he just fired. Hiring Brown would tell me either MB has already struck out (and given up on) ALL the more experienced candidates, or he has no idea what he is doing.

No offense to Brown, he may be a great head coach one day, but this program needs an oak, not a sapling, to start the rebuilding process.

Would it not make more since to let HC hire his staff for continuity?

Unless HC is already in place and they are piecing together staff with said HC's guidance.

True, although I do not want Foster here as coach. No offense, but long-time assistants hardly ever turn out to be good head coaches. I just think there is a reason he is still an assistant. The man is close to 55 years old and has yet to be head coach. That can't be by choice. He has applied for a couple of head jobs and got none of them. Maybe I am wrong about that but it just seems that if he were that hot of a coaching candidate then he would be the head man somewhere by now.

Tuscaloosa yesterday...preliminary talks with Brown today. I could only hope, no...BEG that we could have Kirby Smart as HC and Neal Brown as OC.

Charlie Strong was passed over for numerous jobs too and he seems to be doing fairly well. Some guys just don't interview well (that was the word on Charlie) but that doesn't necessarily mean they won't be good head coach.

The other big pro is that he's a local boy and UK grad which means he'd be more inclined to stick around awhile if things go well. There's value to getting him into the fold, but hopefully it's as OC.

Mine were a forethought

I think it is smart to reach out to Neal, and agree with Matt that there is a good deal of test and measuring going on now. It might be as coordinator, or in my opinion, if it is as a head coach, I would rather Barnhart go for an up and comer if the home run hires balk than damaged goods. We need a fresh start. You can sell that to the fans. . you can't sell Cutcliffe or Fulmer. unless they have someone like Neal Brown as OC.