At least Coach stays honest and positive. Getting fired is not easy and with his passion (bucket) for Bruin Athletics it would be a shame not to hire him within the Athletic Department. That boy can sell ice to an eskimo!!!

You gotta feel for ol’ Slick Rick. The guy means well and realy seems like a nice person with a great attitude. If I were a UCLA fan I actually might like him.
One of you Bruins please answer me this: why isnt UCLA going after Herm Edwards?

Anon,

80% of people thought Pete Carroll was a bad hire. I think that Herm Edwards could do ok, great if he gets the right assit. coaches. He would actually be a great recruiter in my opinion. That being said a current head coach from a smaller program, like ISU’s Rhoades, would likely be the best way to go. I think that any new coach would get a lot of traction getting the bruins to 8 wins next year. UH, Rice, Colorado, WSU, OSU and UofA should be wins. Utah, Cal, Stanford and ASU should be a toss up.

bcucla8691: I can definitely support Neu for AD!! In fact I think he would be a much better spokesman for UCLA than Dan Guerrero.

I’m sure Dan is a nice guy and he also bleeds Bruin blue, but judging from the news conference yesterday, he lacks a certain charisma. I found him to be evasive when answering questions, and overall he didn’t strike me as someone who can “sell” UCLA (which I am sure part of his job entails, such as when looking for a new football coach). He may, however, be very good with other aspects of the job, I don’t know.

As for suggestions (such as on Herman Edwards) from Trojan supporters, I think the saying “beware of Greeks bearing gifts” is fitting in more ways than one.

Well, for those of us who think Neu would be a great AD (not that he’d want the job necessarily), let the Chancellor know now! I’ve sent my emails already.

Email: chancellor@ucla.edu

@ anonymous

Despite your speculation, I for one do not have any desire to keep UCLA down, and for this reason: I’m a fan of the inner city rivalry and beating the shit out of weak UCLA squads year in and year out do does not do this once great rivalry any justice.
I actually think Herm Edwards would be a good college coach.

Jack Del Rio would be DISASTROUS!!! Read up on his HORRENDOUS QB handling this season will ya? We don’t need the minidrama of Brehaut/Prince dragging like this year.

“This season, Del Rio released veteran quarterback David Garrard five days before the season opener, then benched journeyman Luke McCown after two games. He turned things over to rookie Blaine Gabbert, who has panicked under pressure, misfired on short throws and shown little progress in nine starts.

Del Rio also botched quarterback decisions involving Mark Brunell and Byron Leftwich in 2003, and Leftwich and Garrard in 2007.”

It’s comical how many people come on here and know almost nothing about FB and spew out every possible candidate without having any knowledge of their lack of credentials and what type of fit they are.

Once and for all, most NFL Head Coaches who have no major College FB experience at a high level, i.e., Head Coach, rarely work out in college. You have to understand, the College Game is completely different to the Pro Game. There are a bunch of rules to follow, different officiating rules, recruiting rules, and recruiting itself to be done. In the NFL, mostly everything that is frowned upon in the NCAA, is encouraged. If you need a player, you go after him no matter what. The player goes to the highest bidder, and it’s a quick close. In the College Game, it’s a very long and drawn out Courtship, where there is no commitment required on the side of the athlete and you can only sign players once a year. In the NFL, if something or someone isn’t working you can fire and release somebody at any time and sign or trade for another player. I also think that this mentality affects most Coaches. Look at Chetey Petey, he had absolutley no regard for the rulebook and had a HUGE problem disciplining players. Think about it? How many NFL guys with little or no College HC experience have been able to transition?

Now that’s just the playing side of it, in College you also have the image aspect. How you carry yourself on the sidelines, how you treat the players, the fans, and the administration. In the NFL, you can almost do or say anything. You just pay a fine. You want to berate your players. No problem. You want to practice them all day and night. No problem. You want to haze them. No problem. No studying or player grades to worry about. It’s endless.

Now, Asst. coaches aren’t such a big deal, but the Head Coach, must have previous NCAA HC experience if they are currently in the NFL.

Think about it. Name an NFL Coach, with no major or HC NCAA experience, who was able to come in to a University and buld a successful program. It rarely happens.

I think that was one of major obstacles that affected Rick. He had been away from the College Game for way too long. Heck, he hadn’t had any major experience back in the game at all, before he came to us. I mean, what did he do? He was a QB coach for 2 years for the Ravens and then OC for 1. He didn’t exactly kill it either. When he came to us he looked like he was still learning on the job.

I’m not saying a Pro guy can’t work out, but it’s certainly a higher risk hire and one that might take time to acclimate. We can’t afford to do either.

We need a College FB guy with Current College HC experience. It’s fine if he coached in the NFL at one point, but not currently there. We need a guy who is currently successful College HC.

Is the guy who said chillax really giving me grammar and writing tips? hahahahaha

Capitalization is not grammar. The Caps are for emphasis and this is a blog not a thesis.

It doesn’t matter who the message was directed at. You don’t do it. It also doesn’t matter that the potential candidates already know this. He is reminding them on a large scale and creating a negative POV on the largest medium. I clearly understand who he is talking to. He is talking to his future potential employers. Saying hey, this is why I didn’t win. Give me the resources and support and I can win again. He sounds like a bitter apologist who is campaigning for another job. Why bring it up now? Why? Because he knows in 1-2 months he will be an afterthought, nobody will care, and he won’t have a meaningful forum. He’s beig selfish and doing this at the expense of UCLA. This is not needed at a time when UCLA is trying to change it’s image. Perception is reality and this doesn’t help it any. Tell me what Company would allow this to happen while you are still an employee? DG is an idiot for not issuing a gag order, if he was going to keep him. I would tell him to shut up and threaten his buyout and remaining time. You think Microsoft or Apple would allow this? Please. When you get your severance it comes with a crap load of conditions.

WOW!!!! Neu is a smart guy. The rest of you unfortunately aren’t very. He should run for office. The guy is obviously being VERY diplomatic, making it seem like he is trying to be helpful, while promoting his agenda and washing himself of failure and giving himself a chance to deflect blame. It’s a masterful PR job, which you are all falling for. Isn’t that grand?

Listen to the interview he did on the Herd. Listen carefully and tell me what you hear. Here’s the link:

http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/ncf/story/_/id/7290938/ucla-bruins-tell-rick-neuheisel-coach-pac-12-title-game-source-says?utm_source=bleacherreport.com&utm_medium=referral

Dan Patrick BTW, is a VERY good friend of CRN’s and lobbed those questions in his favor. Listen to the Herd interview.

Herd: “How committed financially, in your opinion, is UCLA FB to being in the Elite?”

CRN: “Well, uh, you know, in these conversations now, it sounds like you’re making excuses. And I’d rather not do that. But, I think every program across the nation has to make a determination as to what their expectation level is and then finance that expectation level. And uh, some places (i.e. UCLA), those numbers don’t jive.”

Herd: “UCLA under my understanding, USC is private, doesn’t have to get things ok’d. UCLA is not private. Does every contract at UCLA in FB have to be ok’d?”

CRN: “Yeah, there’s a process for that. But that, that process isn’t the problem. The process, or the issues at hand are, you know, you don’t want to bring a knife to a gun fight(i.e. the AD)hahahaaha. You want to make sure you’re, you’re, gettin the same things that uh, who those teams (i.e. SUC, OU, TX)that are where the expectation lies are getting. And uh, so that you can, can compete at that level.”

Seems to me Rick had plenty of guns he didn’t know how to use. But yeah, he’s not blaming anybody.

Herd: “Ok, that’s my question then, is UCLA?”

CRN: “Well, I would tell you that the needle needs to be moved, for the next guy. Uh, he’s going to ask for some things that certainly Karl Dorrell asked for and that I asked for and that certainly the next guy will need, to get where you want to go. Now that doesn’t excuse some of our poor performance (masterful backpedal PR job), and so I’m not to point fingers (not at all). I’m just accepting the situation. You know when you get in this business, that’s exactly what can happen, when things don’t go as well as you hope they do. But uh, I believe I’m a good FB Coach and I hope for another opportunity to prove as such.” (Not trying to be opportunistic and self promoting at all)

Again, lot’s of truth to what he said. I agree. But he knew what he was getting into. Why complain now? His timing sucks and it’s self serving. He has a game coming up in 3 days for god sakes. But what would you expect from CRN? CU and UDub fans tried to warn us and we ignored them. We got our just desserts.

CRN: “Eskimos, your ice is served. Anybody want to play poker?”

BF needs to learn the First Rule of Holes: When you’re in one, stop digging.

First, no one knows anything, except him.

Then, Neu’s scapegoating, but “I agree.”

Neu’s being eviscerated by internet know-nothings like BF and Nestor, but Neu can’t defend himself at all? What’s he supposed to say? “I single-handedly destroyed Bruins football, a BCS powerhouse”? That’s neither fair nor honest.

BF must be Nestor’s life partner Tydides.