Nathaniel Hackett

[Crusty]

Just to throw this out there. He wanted the job at one point and the job is arguably better now.

Interested is your thoughts - mine are mixed.

 

[TheCusian]

Just to throw this out there. He wanted the job at one point and the job is arguably better now.

Interested is your thoughts - mine are mixed.

As weird as it sounds - I don't think we know enough about how he'd be as a HC. I'd trust his offense, but would have more hope with Babers, Campbell, Frost, etc.

In short: too risky.

 

[MSOrange]

I want head coaching experience so no.

 

[Ish88888]

I like the idea... an offensive mind, pedigree, knows the cuse, and he chose the football coaching life over medical school. Sounds like it all adds up to an offensive mind, capable of scheming and in-game smarts.

 

[Orangejet]

Not as HC but I would consider him again for OC.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

Not as HC but I would consider him again for OC.

With the right head coach, I agree with this.

 

[oldpinepoint]

You guys are unbelievable. No

 

[Crusty]

I wonder if we will apply?
He seemed to have a lot of support if I remember correctly.

 

[Scooch]

How about Brian Schottenheimer, you guys?!?!

 

[Crusty]

How about Brian Schottenheimer, you guys?!?!

Interesting thought.

 

[baggerbob]

Not as HC but I would consider him again for OC.

Actually OC, and Associate Head Coach with Scott, that way you have an offensive mind, and defensive mind, possible best of both worlds.

 

[Crusty]

Actually OC, and Associate Head Coach with Scott, that way you have an offensive mind, and defensive mind, possible best of both worlds.

That opportunity passed when Marrone took him to Buffalo. That ship has sailed.

 

[JackBauer44]

Just to throw this out there. He wanted the job at one point and the job is arguably better now.

Interested is your thoughts - mine are mixed.

Very interesting thought. I said at the tailgate on Saturday - if we had hired Hackett instead of Shafer - where would Syracuse be right now? Better, worse, or the same?

 

[orangeinohio]

Very interesting thought. I said at the tailgate on Saturday - if we had hired Hackett instead of Shafer - where would Syracuse be right now? Better, worse, or the same?

That's an interesting scenario but do you think Hackett would have turned down an OC job in the NFL to stay in Syracuse?

 

[OttoinGrotto]

Very interesting thought. I said at the tailgate on Saturday - if we had hired Hackett instead of Shafer - where would Syracuse be right now? Better, worse, or the same?

I'm going to guess same.

 

[GoSU96]

I'm going to guess same.

Zach Allen is in his third year at QB and lighting it up!

 

[Stern]

How about Brian Schottenheimer, you guys?!?!

The fans in Georgia are killing him and he is getting beaten up bad right now in the press down there. Not sure he is the right hire right now with all of the negative press he is getting. Gonna make a guy your head coach after he has been fired or as he is about to gets fired from being an OC? That would be a tough sell.

 

[donniesyracuse]

I would not rule it out. I wanted him over Shafer at the time. I do not have a good sense of his recruiting abilities though.

 

[orangenirvana]

The fans in Georgia are killing him and he is getting beaten up bad right now in the press down there. Not sure he is the right hire right now with all of the negative press he is getting. Gonna make a guy your head coach after he has been fired or as he is about to gets fired from being an OC? That would be a tough sell.

Pretty sure he was being sarcastic.

 

[OttoMets]

Very interesting thought. I said at the tailgate on Saturday - if we had hired Hackett instead of Shafer - where would Syracuse be right now? Better, worse, or the same?

Hackett as head coach, Daoust as defensive coordinator, 8-4 regular season in 2013 (not gagging away those Pitt and Penn State games), and much better today.

 

[Crusty]

Very interesting thought. I said at the tailgate on Saturday - if we had hired Hackett instead of Shafer - where would Syracuse be right now? Better, worse, or the same?

Wild conjecture to be sure, but arexwe sure Shafer would have left it Hackett got the job? Would anyone else have stayed?

There is little question in my mind that we would be better off. Our defense would have been pretty much the same if not better and we would not have suffered McDonald or Lester.

 

[Millhouse]

You guys are unbelievable. No

It's a big world out there guys.

let's stop acting like UNC basketball

 

[Full_Rebar]

The HC job came down to Hackett and Shafer and the runner-up wasn't staying, and the winner was cleaning out most of the coaching staff. I know the timing was awful, but the coaches who followed Marrone to Buffalo weren't thrown in the back of an Impala by Anselmo and taken west on the thruway, they were all pursuing opportunities that entire season.

 

[Roger N]

I would not rule it out. I wanted him over Shafer at the time. I do not have a good sense of his recruiting abilities though.

I believe he was recruiting coordinator at Stanford in 2005

 

[Crusty]

The HC job came down to Hackett and Shafer and the runner-up wasn't staying, and the winner was cleaning out most of the coaching staff. I know the timing was awful, but the coaches who followed Marrone to Buffalo weren't thrown in the back of an Impala by Anselmo and taken west on the thruway, they were all pursuing opportunities that entire season.

Then perhaps Daust would have been DC. Hackett might have hired a better staff - might not have also.