Chip Brown on the radio this morning (OC related)

[LongviewLobo01]

says he's hearing Herman from OSU might be the guy.

 

[MBHORNSFAN]

Would be a great hire.

 

[GetHooked]

MIGHT - Sounds like Chip is hedging.

 

[colepeyton]

lets hope so

 

[Lukus Alderman]

This would make me happy.

 

[UTPhil2006]

DO WANT. That being said they've been all over the place (and mostly wrong) with their news.

 

[Alouha27]

Would be a good hire.

 

[PDX Horn]

DO WANT. That being said they've been all over the place (and mostly wrong) with their news.

What have they been wrong about? I don't keep track of these things and just curious.

Hermann would be much better than Watson.

 

[Topstarr]

Yes.....if he will come.... Wants a HC Job

 

[jw43]

So now we can love Strong again? yay!

 

[msphorn1616]

Chip has learned to be very good about not reporting things unless there is truth to it IMO! He does countless source checking and is respected enough in the community these days to get the scoop and the truth. If he feels it's not accurate, I don't think he would go live with it to at this point.

He's not interested in being the first to scoop, but more interested in scooping the right story.

I'd trust this if it was said and hope this is the case! Unfortunately for me, I'm in the frozen tundra right now and wasn't able to hear the interview. Can anyone provide cliffs of all the other stuff mentioned?

 

[Nakona Horn]

Huge win. Big time recruiter with significant Texas ties and runs an offense kids will be excited about. Will utilize Jerrod Heard like Braxton Miller. Huge Huge IMO.

 

[littlejon82]

Nothing has materialized like we thought it would since this whole process began. We thought the new AD would be O. Luck and it turned out to be Patterson. Many people thought Saban or someone else of high stature would be HC, we got Charlie Strong. And now we're hearing Watson and Herman as possible names at OC. I wouldn't be surprised if the new OC turned out to be someone no one is talking about before its all said and done.

 

[DocHorn]

So now we can love Strong again? yay!

man love for the coach, wow!

 

[kayur]

DO WANT. That being said they've been all over the place (and mostly wrong) with their news.

I'm really getting tired of this crap. OB has been right quite a bit and in fact were the first to report we interviewed Strong and Franklin which got ridiculed on this board at the time. I'm pretty sure every other site, including this one btw, has been wrong at times in it's reporting of the coaching search. Might have something to do with the fact that many candidates are involved and something might change during the interview process.

 

[Coal Harbour]

I would like for Herman to be named OC at UT, but my "common sense" brain is telling me it doesn't make sense. Herman may have coached briefly in the state of Texas, but he was born in Ohio and makes $555,000/year at Ohio State. Seems like he is in a really good spot and should be getting HC job offers in the next 2-3 years. Ohio State pays over 3.4 million for their assistants and would think UT poaching their OC would be very difficult.

 

[The Tres Leches]

Chip's rationale for Herman moving is that Urban Meyer currently gets all the credit for the offensive success at Ohio State since it's his system. If Herman comes here, everyone knows Strong is a defensive coach so the offensive success here would be all his and make it easier for him to eventually get a head coaching job.

 

[Marian Hinton]

I would like for Herman to be named OC at UT, but my "common sense" brain is telling me it doesn't make sense. Herman may have coached briefly in the state of Texas, but he was born in Ohio and makes $555,000/year at Ohio State. Seems like he is in a really good spot and should be getting HC job offers in the next 2-3 years. Ohio State pays over 3.4 million for their assistants and would think UT poaching their OC would be very difficult.

OB mods commented on this and he said that as of now, lots of people are chalking up OSU's offensive success to Meyer's offensive genius, but if Herman can go elsewhere and field the same successful offenses, it would make him look more desirable as a HC in the future. What better place to "prove yourself" than Texas?

EDIT: Above poster beat me to it, but heard the same.

 

[coachbronk]

Chip's rationale for Herman moving is that Urban Meyer currently gets all the credit for the offensive success at Ohio State since it's his system. If Herman comes here, everyone knows Strong is a defensive coach so the offensive success here would be all his and make it easier for him to eventually get a head coaching job.

I know a lot of people will pass this off, but don't. There is serious validity in this. Coaches, even though they say it's never about ego, it's about ego. Coaches with titles such as the OC tag want to be the one who gets the credit, especially for future head coach consideration. Hermann making the move to Texas and being the true OC, plus being in a modern offense conference helps his desire to becoming a head coach sooner than playing second fiddle to Meyer at OSU.