Coaching change at UNCCheat

[Black Saturday]

Gonzo is right. AND if there is not an announcement on the new UNC coach before the SunBelt Championship game then Satt is gone.

National Football signing day is 12-19, UNC wants to figure in that as much as possible on the 4-5 stars. Hopefully it is too late for those Holes to pluck Satt.

[Nugget49]

Charlotte and App have similar salary ranges but I suspect ECU is in the low millions at least.

Charlotte will be paying $900,000--$1,000,000, I am not sure what App would do.

[asu66]

I’m sure Scott’s and Neil Browns agent was blowing up Louisville and UNC ADs offices midway thru the season. I’d take the UNC job if it were offered. Win more than 2 games and you are a hero.

Here's my concern for Scott.

Programs like UNC are like great white sharks in bloody water. They destroy young coaching flesh and spit the bones to the side. I hope Scott speaks with Sparky Woods before he jumps from App into P5 waters. So far, Scott has neither displayed the ego nor made the mistakes that Sparky did but there are still some striking similarities in the two "cases." I don't mean that Sparky's success at App is on an equal plane with Scott's success. They aren't really (different times, expectations and pressures)--but there are still 60 or 70 big ol' smelly shark tanks out there--each just waiting for the next meal.

Scott was wise to sign a good agent.

[AppSt94]

Gonzo is right. AND if there is not an announcement on the new UNC coach before the SunBelt Championship game then Satt is gone.

He is not going to Carolina!!!

[Apptiger]

The rumors are that UNC wants Mack Brown. Seriously.

And supposedly Mack wants to get back into coaching.

Mack back in Boone

I was hoping we'd have a go at getting Appalachian Football Working again.

Dang Billy, I could have gone the rest of my life without that thought.

[Black Saturday]

The rumors are that UNC wants Mack Brown. Seriously.

And supposedly Mack wants to get back into coaching.

Mack back in Boone

I was hoping we'd have a go at getting Appalachian Football Working again.

Dang Billy, I could have gone the rest of my life without that thought.

You had a Working experience for longer than I did, just one year for me and will never forget the bumper stickers "Appalachian Football, Aint Working"

[app97]

With Satt's kids being at Watauga and firmly entrenched in life in Boone, do you all expect he would uproot his family at a pivotal time in his kids lives to move?

This is a rhetorical question, right?

Satt has done a great job at App, and no doubt it holds a special place in his heart.
However, he does not get where he is today without being really competitive in his soul, and App cannot be where he thinks he will end his career. I see no incremental advantage in staying at App. Does going 13-0 next year get him better offers than where he is today? I doubt it.

Even if Satt does not get an offer, or the right offer, and chooses to stay, App is going to face pressure from other schools looking to hire his staff. This could put Satt's ability to continue winning in jeopardy, which might mean offers like UNC CHeat will not be there for him later. Additionally, ECU and Charlotte are presumably going to hire better coaches, and in theory, will better compete with App for recruits, again making it more difficult for Satt to maintain his level of success there.

All of this is speculation, and Satt will not have all the answers either, so he is going to have to roll the dice and decide if he can get the next step he wants now.

I honestly hope Satt stays for another year. I suspect Charlotte, ECU and APP will all be in the same general range pay wise, all will value coaches with recruiting ties in the Southeast, and all will be contacting some of the same people, so I want to go first. Plus, Satt seems like a good guy, but I would have to root for him to get caught with hookers and goats if he goes to Chapel Hill.

ecu and uncc already compete well for recruits. We just happen to be a program that gets it done on the field with who we have, including a history of walk ons and under recruited players becoming extremely valuable.

I can't speak for ECU, but Lambert is hunting for a new job largely because he did not recruit well. You know App football better than I, so if you think Satterfield's ability to turn leftovers into a winning team is the key, then losing him is going to have an even bigger impact that I had imagined.

Not THE key, but a factor. And, not just during Satt’s tenure. There was a long history of us turning under recruited players (several all Americans) into great players in the fcs days under Jerry Moore. Our recruiting has definitely taken a step up after the fbs transition, but I don’t think we’ve ever been at the top of the belt in recruiting. We win championships regardless. Satt is a great coach, and one of he and his staff’s best qualities is the ability to find the right pieces to fit our system as student athletes, regardless of how many stars are beside their names in the recruiting process. Our current 2nd leading tackler and beast of a LB was offered by Harvard, Furman, Fordham, and Gardner Webb. Just to name a few of our best players from the past who zero or very few D1 offers....Armanti Edwards, Kevin Richardson, Scott suttles, Jalin Moore. Point being that recruiting often has more to do with coaching and player development after those kids are on campus.

[Apptiger]

And supposedly Mack wants to get back into coaching.

Mack back in Boone

I was hoping we'd have a go at getting Appalachian Football Working again.

Dang Billy, I could have gone the rest of my life without that thought.

You had a Working experience for longer than I did, just one year for me and will never forget the bumper stickers "Appalachian Football, Aint Working"

Too long, I remember walking back to the car after the last game. We lost to Western. Yes Western, think there were 5-6,000 people there. My how times have changed.
We were still using Owens as our locker room. Reporters were asking him questions about his job security. He said he hadn't spoken to anyone yet but he was not the least bit worried about his job.
Not the answer I wanted to hear. I went home to pray the new AD (Jim Garner) would end this cluster. Got up the next morning and prayers were answered.

[beav910]

Charlotte and App have similar salary ranges but I suspect ECU is in the low millions at least.

Charlotte will be paying $900,000--$1,000,000, I am not sure what App would do.

Below that haha

[Black Saturday]

Mack back in Boone

I was hoping we'd have a go at getting Appalachian Football Working again.

Dang Billy, I could have gone the rest of my life without that thought.

You had a Working experience for longer than I did, just one year for me and will never forget the bumper stickers "Appalachian Football, Aint Working"

Too long, I remember walking back to the car after the last game. We lost to Western. Yes Western, think there were 5-6,000 people there. My how times have changed.
We were still using Owens as our locker room. Reporters were asking him questions about his job security. He said he hadn't spoken to anyone yet but he was not the least bit worried about his job.
Not the answer I wanted to hear. I went home to pray the new AD (Jim Garner) would end this cluster. Got up the next morning and prayers were answered.

Heard he liked the coeds too.

[Apptiger]

I was hoping we'd have a go at getting Appalachian Football Working again.

Dang Billy, I could have gone the rest of my life without that thought.

You had a Working experience for longer than I did, just one year for me and will never forget the bumper stickers "Appalachian Football, Aint Working"

Too long, I remember walking back to the car after the last game. We lost to Western. Yes Western, think there were 5-6,000 people there. My how times have changed.
We were still using Owens as our locker room. Reporters were asking him questions about his job security. He said he hadn't spoken to anyone yet but he was not the least bit worried about his job.
Not the answer I wanted to hear. I went home to pray the new AD (Jim Garner) would end this cluster. Got up the next morning and prayers were answered.

Heard he liked the coeds too.

Heard the same, didn't witness it first hand. Did witness some other stuff but I digress....It's still painful to discuss.

[Cincy App]

You had a Working experience for longer than I did, just one year for me and will never forget the bumper stickers "Appalachian Football, Aint Working"

I had one of those bumper stickers too!

[hotrod2001]

I'd hope with the emotional bond Satterfield has with the school and the surrounding area, that would trump any opportunity to take over a dumpster fire of a program which is caked in scandal year in and year out.

BUT

In the event he does go, the program is still a very strong and successful G5 program with a supportive, loyal fan base, good attendance and a rich history of success. I would think an opportunity to take the reigns of a program like ours would attract the likes of some pretty good applicants.

[Black Saturday]

Charlotte and App have similar salary ranges but I suspect ECU is in the low millions at least.

Charlotte will be paying $900,000--$1,000,000, I am not sure what App would do.

Nugget, what part of the chicken do you come from? Let me guess?

[bigdaddyg]

I’m sure I’m not alone in feeling or saying this- Appalachian State is just a unique and special place. We just bring in kids who are coached up and play to a higher level year in and year out. We have proven that recruiting stars are absolutely meaningless. How freaking hard is it to coach at Alabama? Does Saban REALLY coach his tail off? My god if you get 15 4 and 5 star recruits every year its not that hard. We have had a few knuckleheads over the years but for the most part we have more Jalin Moore’s who bleed black and gold. I believe that Satt is really good at what he does but I just am not sure he can duplicate mountain magic in blue heaven.

[Rekdiver]

Scott was a walk-on. Everybody said he couldn’t do it. That chip has fueled his hunger to prove everyone wrong. He is young, smart and ambitious. He is blue collar, no big ego and an excellent coach. For him not to take a Job like UNC would be folly. The have the money, the facilities and the potential.

[HighPointApp]

Its’s official...........

[HBTApps]

UNC folks seem to think there will be a press conference on Tuesday. Sounds like rumors of,

“I also hear Mack Brown is very, very interested in North Carolina job,” Bohls tweeted. “Could bring former Texas DC Gene Chizik with him and try to bring Kliff Kingsbury as his OC.”

[AppUSMC]

http://sports.usatoday.com/ncaa/salaries/

Just FYSA in case you want to see coach’s salaries published by USA Today.

[hapapp]

https://www.clarionledger.com/story/spo ... 093869002/

Brown may be our first coaching loss.