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If KC was hired I'm sure some of the current staff would stay which would help with current players and current recruits.. Everyone wants someone with passion, and loves Cincinnati well KC has both

Too crucial a time to take a gamble like this.

I believe you said you played for Combs, correct? How would you rate him on Xs and Os? Game day strategy?

Also, assume you were not a DB?

Oakley, worked out ok so far, at least have led programs.

All the good Mac coaches have been hired already, so your getting leftovers, so these aren't the best ones

Dont agree about mac guys and even if true would still be preferable to kc at this point

Granted it's a roll of the dice, but never discount the knowledge of someone 50ish. I know that well ;)

You could do much worse. He's not your average assistant that needs a bunch of resume building. The Faust comparison isn't even close to fair. While I understand a coordinating/HC gig might be the standard formula, why think like everybody else? In years of coaching, he's heads above some of the marquees names. I like some of the other names too, but I'm not convinced that they could do much better in three years. I am convinced this trend needs to stop and I don't think the program goes down if he were hired. The issue is who will give him the chance?

yes i played for him for 3 years. I played dline. He was very engaged on defense. We ran a 50 defense with a focus on stopping the run with great dline and linebacker play. He obviously couldnt run that in college we would get burnt by the pass. He is not dumb im sure he is taking notes from some pretty damn good coaches.

offensively he was not as engaged, but i do think he has learned under bk, Butch, and urban to run the spread. the option is not happening in college he knows that and im sure he will not bring in any high school coaches to coach. The man knows football and He can come up with a great game plan with the best of them.

Like i said ideally it would be nice to have him gain more experience and transition him in. I think X's and O's and coming up with a gameplan was a strong suit of his. He always had us prepared. Like i said im a bearcat fan first and foremost and i really dont follow high school ball much so i am not a colerain homer at all.

Whoever is left 'holding the rope'?

If we hire Coombs without proving he can handle head coaching duties, then we have determined that we are small time imo.

The number one criteria for hiring a coach should be he's qualified and the best coach available not that he won't leave.

They may have wanted him on their staffs for recruiting but neither Kelly, Meyer or Jones promoted him either. That speaks volumes. If he was a great defensive mind he'd have been promoted to DC by one of them. None of them did.