claver2010 {l Wrote}:Logitano {l Wrote}:RegalBCeagle {l Wrote}:I was talking to a friend of mine - a local HS FB Coach and I asked what he thought of the Hafley hire. He mentioned that he had heard that Hafley was BC's 3rd choice, and that 2 other coaches were offered the job and turned it down. I haven't really seen anything suggesting this was the case, except for this snippet from footballscoop.com - although it doesn't actually say others were offered the job:
Navy’s Ken Niumatalolo was a strong candidate for the position, but as evidenced by his dalliances with BYU and Arizona, he’s proven famously difficult to pull out of Annapolis. Once Niumatalolo and another candidate removed themselves from the process, BC quickly moved to Hafley.
Anyone hear anything more? Not that it matters at this point, but it would make for some interesting analysis of the who and why.
BC offering two other coaches and being turned down is an outright lie. Sounds like people we are recruiting against putting out misinformation.
Niumatalolo was not ever a strong candidate for the job.
Those that know me will back up that I told them Hafley was our new coach as early as 12/7 and I never wavered.
Did BC meet other people? Yes. Did anyone else get put up for the job? No.
If anything the acceptance of this rumor by a local coach shows how much the locals love to shit on BC.
as usual logi is right
ken n was never a legit candidate and the footballscoop's report was bullshit, bringing his religion into it was a dead give away
logi, didn't see you at the westchester christmas party. maybe the shore road crew maps to the bronx alumni chapter?
Logi was in on Hafley from the beginning and throughout the process (OMG Tim effing Murphy waffling aside).
As a post mortem... Fickell and Hafley were the only 2 consistent names out there from the start. I believe that both wanted the job. I believe that Marty realized early on that he likely could only go after one of the two (as neither would be willing to sit as a backup). Marty chose Hafley. Once Marty chose Hafley, he had to land him. I think that the process from that point on was navigating BC. Marty went through with interviews of with other candidates (the only ones with legs seem to be Bielema, Waldron, Washington, Elko, Lea and DeBoer). I do not believe Monken, Murphy or Ken N were ever involved... I doubt they got anything but possibly a phone call arranged by their agent. To that end, I also think another nonsense (blauds) rumor was that Hafley walked from negotiations because of a lack of commitment from BC. Hafley wanted the job from the jump. There was never a point where BC gave him enough pause to walk from the opportunity. The delay was purely BC folks wanting to Marty to talk to different people... and coordinating an interview with Leahy.
For better or worse, Jarmond identified, went after and landed his first choice... Jeff Hafley. Time will tell if that decision was the best, but the process yielded the exact coach that the AD wanted.