Fran Brown

[djorange1989]

He was definitely interviewed by JW so we shall see.

 

[SmilinBob]

I just want to add that I very seldom post links.

 

[sutomcat]

Was Rutgers pulling in top 25 recruiting classes when he was there before Georgia?

He was largely responsible for any good player they landing. Got them in the door and as a finalist for a number of nationally recruited players as well.

It is hard to recruit well with a coach as disliked as Schiano as your head coach. He did as well as anyone could ever do to overcome that great handicap.

 

[PhatOrange]

Alijah Clark just dropped this pointing to Fran Brown.

https://x.com/cinco_agent/status/1729141712461943186?s=46&t=fKMd7QPeLciXCSc2hDrL6g

Do what you will with it.

Clark is probably transferring to Georgia

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Can he kick a 59 yard FG?

 

[rocklloyd]

He was a co DC at Temple for a year.

He is from Camden, NJ. The best recruiter in college football.

This is as close as Syracuse could possibly come to hiring Deion Sanders without hiring Deion Sanders.

If we got him, we would be in the top 25 in recruiting almost immediately. We would (assuming we can raise the money for the NIL budget to the required level) become a major force in the portal overnight.

He would need an experienced staff with some solid coordinators to help him make the jump from DB coach.

Steve Addazio hired him out of HS for his first college job at Temple. He would surely be part of any staff Fran would put together. Rocky Long would be an awesome mentor as well on the defensive side of the ball. Not sure he would want to work for a 41 year old young coach he doesn't know though.

Super high risk/high reward candidate.

i'm beginning to fall in love all over again. THis feels like all the hallmark movies the 3 females in my house will watch for the next 30 days.

 

[TheHaze315]

Assistant head coach experience is not the same as head coaching experience. Group of 5 co coordinator experience is not P5 coordinator experience. Do not let this be the hire, please.

 

[SmilinBob]

Can he kick a 59 yard FG?

And make it, with either foot,

 

[rrlbees]

He was very good at Temple and even at Rutgers.

That is why Georgia wanted him so badly.

He was also considered a top recruiter at Baylor.

 

[orangeinjersey]

no no no. Rutty secondary coach, Temple Co-DC, Georgia DB coach. How hard is it to recruit GA? Pass. This is worse than Ash

 

[DoubleDee]

I would take him 1000 times out of 1000 over Chesney

I would take the guy i know nothing about 1000 times over the guy I know nothing about?

 

[Apdaly]

Assistant head coach experience is not the same as head coaching experience. Group of 5 co coordinator experience is not P5 coordinator experience. Do not let this be the hire, please.

This is where I am, pumped if he was DC hire, but not head coach. What happened to Chesney?

 

[UpstateSM]

I tend to believe that there is an inherent cap on the level you can recruit at a place like Syracuse regardless of who your coach is. A development model like current Iowa St or Kansas St makes more sense here, to me.

 

[Grbac]

While he may have it easy recruiting for Georgia.
You have to think this gives him an upper hand at knowing exactly what elite talent looks like. He’s coaching the best of the best every day. He’s making connections with these guys.
A head coach doesn’t need to be a coordinator. He needs to be able to lead the team. Lead the coaching staff. Instill a winning culture, which coming from Georgia he would know something about this.
I wouldn’t be mad about Fran Brown.

 

[UnknownOrange]

Tired: Mullen & Eddie O
Wired: Chesney, Brown, and Addazio

 

[GeauxSU]

Fran Brown and Scott Cochran would be the mega super number one dream package

 

[phil77]

I tend to believe that there is an inherent cap on the level you can recruit at a place like Syracuse regardless of who your coach is. A development model like current Iowa St or Kansas St makes more sense here, to me.

Hiring a head coach because he can recruit and not coach is a big mistake. In this thread, nobody mentioned anything about his coaching and how well he coaches. What his strengths are on defense etc... The only thing is he is a recruiter. LOL As if that will translate to Syracuse.

 

[sutomcat]

Definitely lobbying for his Camden brother, but it's nice to think about and shift the news cycle

My guess is that he heard he is a candidate and yup, is doing his best to try and get his mentor the HC job.

Camden forever!

 

[GeauxSU]

Tired: Mullen & Eddie O
Wired: Chesney, Brown, and Addazio

"The Triumvirate"

 

[Dmcaggy2]

FWIW I really don’t think Alijah is a reliable source on this. I think he knows him. But I did hear Fran Brown interviewed. So who knows

 

[wfschrec]

While he may have it easy recruiting for Georgia.
You have to think this gives him an upper hand at knowing exactly what elite talent looks like. He’s coaching the best of the best every day. He’s making connections with these guys.
A head coach doesn’t need to be a coordinator. He needs to be able to lead the team. Lead the coaching staff. Instill a winning culture, which coming from Georgia he would know something about this.
I wouldn’t be mad about Fran Brown.

I could warm up to that … I mean picking a coach is a relative craps shoot anyway, nothing is guaranteed.

 

[orange_cream]

Assistant head coach experience is not the same as head coaching experience. Group of 5 co coordinator experience is not P5 coordinator experience. Do not let this be the hire, please.

Why is there any evidence to say that Brown would be any better or worse than Chesney?

 

[McNabb2Brominski]

The single reason why this program has been in a never ending cycle of mediocrity is b/c of poor recruiting. If this guy can get us in the top 20/30 recruiting class on an annual basis I don’t see how we don’t finish in top half of ACC. He’ll be cheap so we can hire experienced coordinators. This would be Deon Sanders type of hire, but I’d rather give this a try than going down the same route that we’ve gone the past 20 years.

 

[donniesyracuse]

If we got him, we would be in the top 25 in recruiting almost immediately.

Really?

 

[SuFTW]

Nunz was named interim because he had experience being interim at Rutgers.