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Who is on first?

By jlynch on December 7, 2006.

Regular readers will know that ASU are looking for a new football coach after the firing of Dirk Koetter. Thursday morning the word was that there were six possible candidates: Norm Chow, Dennis Erickson, Steve Mariucci, Mike Martz, Mike Price and Mike Riley, with Chow being a "very strong candidate". By midnight, the Arizona Republic was reporting that a decision was on the verge of being made and that Price, Erickson and Riley were the top candidates, with Price being the front runner - this despite the fact that neither Idaho (Erickson) nor UTEP (Price) have been contacted by ASU to begin talks. Journalism at its best, I suppose.

Let's face it ... none of these three are particularly impressive and are unlikely to lead ASU in a turnaround of fortune.

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I suspect Denny Green will be available shortly...

Just went through the same thing with my alma mater N.C. State. After the disappointing and arrogant run that Amato had I was hoping they'd try hard to grab Norm Chow. We need offense and a coach that can hold a team (players and coaches) together. He did coach at NCSU back in 2000 so I thought that might make it an easier transition. So of course out of the blue they grabbed O'Brien from BC.

He was a good coach there and I'm not really overly happy or overly upset about the choice. It's not really a "get your fan base excited" kind of pick....but that is what Big Chest Chuck Amato was and look where that got NCSU. No where once Phillip Rivers left.

Good luck on the choice.

I'm actually wondering if Chow is one of those coaches that may not want the hassle of a head coaching job. I mean how could anyone turn down ASU and NCSU...........

"with Price being the front runner...none of these...are particularly impressive"

Excuse me??

By Mike Price (not verified) on 09 Dec 2006 #permalink