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Coaching changes: coaches hired and fired, comings and goings

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DaddyBigBucks;2090025; said:
Posted by Wade in the recruiting forum:

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Tosh was Rivals recruiter of the year. Cal is impaled on an inclined plane wrapped helically around an axis.
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Screwed indeed. Can't believe they didn't sniff this out and come up with a huge counter-offer/assistant head coach title. Big loss for Cal and you have to think their class is about to fall apart at the seams.
 
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SI.com Stewart Mandel: Grading the new coaching hires

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Washington State (Mike Leach, former Texas Tech head coach): A+
AD Bill Moos looked past the controversy surrounding Leach's bizarre 2009 ouster in Lubbock and focused more on his 84-43 record and 10 straight bowl trips. The quirky offensive mind is a perfect fit in remote Pullman and already has the quarterbacks (rising senior Jeff Tuel and sophomore Connor Halliday) he needs to lead the dormant Cougars to their first postseason berth in nine years.
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Ohio State (Urban Meyer, former Florida head coach): A
The two-time BCS champion returns to his home state and former employer, one of the few schools north of the Mason-Dixon Line with the cachet to pile up on the type of elite defensive players that keyed his 65-15 tenure at Florida. Meyer's one obvious red flag is the burnout/family issues that prompted his early "retirement," but all indications are he's re-energized after a one-year hiatus.
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Penn State (Bill O'Buttchin, New England Patriots offensive coordinator): C
Given Penn State's tarnished stature, it probably couldn't have done better. While O'Brien is known primarily for coaching Tom Brady, he's spent the bulk of his career in college. Unfortunately, that part of his resume consists primarily of three largely forgettable stints as an ACC offensive coordinator (at Georgia Tech, Maryland and Duke). It's a big leap to succeeding Joe Paterno.
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Arizona State (Todd Graham, Pittsburgh head coach): D
Forget the unseemly way he exited Pitt. Why exactly is Graham is a hot commodity to begin with? It's certainly not due to his one 6-6 Big East season. He had three 10-win seasons at Tulsa, but much of the credit belongs to respected offensive coordinators Gus Malzahn and Chad Morris. His one season without either, he went 5-7. But perhaps his fourth dream job in six years will be the one.
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Kansas (Charlie Weis, Florida offensive coordinator): F
Congratulations, AD Sheahon Zenger, you made your big splash. Surely a coach who led Notre Dame to its worst season in school history (3-9 in 2007), oversaw a miserable Florida offense last season and has demonstrated little ability to develop young players will be a smashing success. Even if by some miracle Kansas soars under his watch, Weis will be back in the NFL shortly thereafter.
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Kansas' big splash:
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