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Someone refresh my memory. Who were the publicly talked about candidates to replace Stoops?

Wasn't Leach one?

Chicat wrote:Someone refresh my memory. Who were the public candidates to replace Stoops?

Wasn't Leach one?

You mean who was being talked about in the press? (since Byrne went Ninja)

Yes Leach was one. Also Dykes (uacats wet dream).

UAEebs86 wrote:

Chicat wrote:Someone refresh my memory. Who were the public candidates to replace Stoops?

Wasn't Leach one?

You mean who was being talked about in the press? (since Byrne went Ninja)

Yes Leach was one. Also Dykes (uacats wet dream).

Yeah, or on the boards.

We had so much time to speculate but I remember personally waiting to see how guys that were currently coaching ended their seasons. Never struck me that Byrne would tap a guy who was in the broadcast booth so RR never crossed my mind.

Glad we didn't and don't have Dykes. Cal can hav ed his pompous ass. Fedora was a guy we talked about Chi. Think he was at So Miss at the time

Yes that's right azcat49. Fedora was one also.

Why don't we just search the free boards over at TOS?

Oh wait, never mind.....

Fedora, hmmmmm...

Might have been interesting.

I remember pushing for Whittingham, not sure if he was ever serious candidate though.

Chicat wrote:Fedora, hmmmmm...

Might have been interesting.

I believe he just signed a 7 year extension or working on it. Or do you mean if hired him over RR 4 years ago?

OSUCat wrote:

Chicat wrote:Fedora, hmmmmm...

Might have been interesting.

I believe he just signed a 7 year extension or working on it. Or do you mean if hired him over RR 4 years ago?

The latter.

Bellotti was often mentioned

UAdevil wrote:Bellotti was often mentioned

There was actually a rumor he was at the ASU-UA game in Tempe and was the hire.

I think this thread has captured the main ones, see link below.

http://tucson.com/sports/football/colle ... ef47e.html" target="_blank

Fedora's name was also definitely tossed around, as others have commented.

Dan Mullen was often mentioned as Byrne's guy.

I remember Hudspeth and Harsin as names being thrown around, and maybe Applewhite?

Main guys were Hudspeth, Belotti and Fedora that I remember.

Chicat wrote:Fedora, hmmmmm...

Might have been interesting.

I remember thinking Fedora would be cool because it would be great is everybody in the Zoo wore fedoras.

Well you guys can end this thread now. RR is staying.

cordera89 wrote:Well you guys can end this thread now. RR is staying.

What does discussing our coaching search four years ago have to do RichRod staying?

Chicat wrote:

cordera89 wrote:Well you guys can end this thread now. RR is staying.

What does discussing our coaching search four years ago have to do RichRod staying?

What did those 4 years of the coaching search led Arizona too? I'm not saying let dig up in the past of who would of became Arizona coaches if it wasn't RR replacing Stoop.

cordera89 wrote:

Chicat wrote:

cordera89 wrote:Well you guys can end this thread now. RR is staying.

What does discussing our coaching search four years ago have to do RichRod staying?

What did those 4 years of the coaching search led Arizona too? I'm not saying let dig up in the past of who would of became Arizona coaches if it wasn't RR replacing Stoop.

I was genuinely curious as to who we wanted or were rumored to be in the running for and I can't go back to the rivals boards to find out because they no longer exist. So I posed a question to the board. That's what people do within a community of people with similar interests.

Peterson.

Chicat wrote:

cordera89 wrote:

Chicat wrote:

cordera89 wrote:Well you guys can end this thread now. RR is staying.

What does discussing our coaching search four years ago have to do RichRod staying?

What did those 4 years of the coaching search led Arizona too? I'm not saying let dig up in the past of who would of became Arizona coaches if it wasn't RR replacing Stoop.

I was genuinely curious as to who we wanted or was rumored to be in the running and I can't go back to the rivals boards to find out because they no longer exist. So I posed a question to the board. That's what people do within a community of people with similar interests.

I think it still their on the rival broad thou. But as I remember Byrnes didn't really go after that many candidates. Remember he try to get Urban Meyer to come to Arizona but he turn him down but also gave him advice on taken RR instead.

carcassdragger wrote:Peterson.

This is the guy I wanted.

The ol' "Chris Petersen or we riot" was funny. I remember that it slipped out very early on that RR had been contacted (it may have been days before Stoops was fired actually), and then "wait, false alarm, never happened." Apparently he had been at least mentioned now looking in hindsight. Fedora and Hudspeth were big ones that were mentioned often. There were only a few mentions of Dykes, since he was still pretty green as a head coach and hadn't proven anything yet, and he also seemed to be looking to get a bigger job the second he stepped foot into Tucson as OC.

I remember Justin Wilcox was a very hot name for the job at the time, with even rumors of it being Belotti with Wilcox as his DC and HC in waiting, and naturally he got shit canned at USC today.

ChooChooCat wrote:I remember Justin Wilcox was a very hot name at the time and naturally he got shit canned at USC today.

But if I remember correctly no one was excited about another up and coming defensive coordinator.

I forgot about Hudspeth... i do seem to remember his name being mentioned.

He should have left LALA after last season... Stock in bear territory after this season.

Ones I remember is Bellotti, Petersen and little bit Leach

azpenguin wrote:The ol' "Chris Petersen or we riot" was funny. I remember that it slipped out very early on that RR had been contacted (it may have been days before Stoops was fired actually), and then "wait, false alarm, never happened." Apparently he had been at least mentioned now looking in hindsight. Fedora and Hudspeth were big ones that were mentioned often. There were only a few mentions of Dykes, since he was still pretty green as a head coach and hadn't proven anything yet, and he also seemed to be looking to get a bigger job the second he stepped foot into Tucson as OC.

The day Stoops got fired and I think two days later playing UCLA.

Good times....but I was very excited when Rich Rod was hired.