Saw a ticker on ESPN.
Just might be crazy enough to work

No way they would hire him.

91_Aggie said:

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Can you imagine the crapstorm that would occur with the first sexual assault that occurs at Houston while he is at the helm?

UH might be dumb enough/desperate enough to hire him, but there is absolute zero-room for "error".

Even if Briles had nothing to do with it, Houston would be in deep caca.

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Good point. But there is a difference. Baylor is private. It can be sued to hell and back.

Houston has the sovereign immunity defense it could assert.

redd38 said:

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Texan1976 said:

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No way they would hire him.

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Maybe they're tired of losing their coach every 2 years and think the solution is to hire someone that no one else wants.

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Better question is can we hire whoever from Houston is picking head coaches? Aside from the whole rape culture, Houston has fed coaches to Baylor, A&M, &Texas (LSU wanted him too) all in a row

They fired the guy before Herman, but 3/4 isn't bad.

Seor Chang said:

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They fired the guy before Herman, but 3/4 isn't bad.

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Ah close enough

aggiehawg said:

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91_Aggie said:

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Can you imagine the crapstorm that would occur with the first sexual assault that occurs at Houston while he is at the helm?

UH might be dumb enough/desperate enough to hire him, but there is absolute zero-room for "error".

Even if Briles had nothing to do with it, Houston would be in deep caca.

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Good point. But there is a difference. Baylor is private. It can be sued to hell and back.

Houston has the sovereign immunity defense it could assert.

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That didn't stop people suing Penn State over the Sandusky fiasco. UH could assert sovereign immunity, but I'm not sure it would work.

Fertitta was asked about this in the past week or so. He more or less said 1. he didn't know the whole story with Briles and Baylor and 2. therefore, the hypothetical re-hire of Briles would require vetting the situation with all parties including Baylor admin.

Reading between the lines, the above tells me UH is likely considering Briles.

If you think about it, it could be the perfect solution for UH.

- UH will always be a risk of losing a good coach to a bigger problem, but Briles reduces that risk greatly by being too toxic for P5 schools.

- If Briles' program was reasonably clean at UH, UH can claim "Well, he coached here before and there were no issues, we know more about his tenure here than anyone else, and our decision is based on what we know for a fact".

When you think about it, it almost seems likely.

AND - there's recent precedent with Petino going back to Louisville

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aggiehawg said:

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91_Aggie said:

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Can you imagine the crapstorm that would occur with the first sexual assault that occurs at Houston while he is at the helm?

UH might be dumb enough/desperate enough to hire him, but there is absolute zero-room for "error".

Even if Briles had nothing to do with it, Houston would be in deep caca.

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Good point. But there is a difference. Baylor is private. It can be sued to hell and back.

Houston has the sovereign immunity defense it could assert.

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That didn't stop people suing Penn State over the Sandusky fiasco. UH could assert sovereign immunity, but I'm not sure it would work.

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Worked for tech when Leach sued them. Not all states define sovereign immunity in the same way.

I will say this. Before any public or private university hires Art Briles, they better check with their Risk Management division about insurance. Will their premiums go up and how high.

wbt5845 said:

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AND - there's recent precedent with Petino going back to Louisville

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Well, Petrino only dipped his pen in the company ink and was only undone by an ill-timed reach around. Briles stepped out of the room when rape accusations were discussed. This scenario does seem plausible if UH is desperate enough.

aggiehawg said:

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91_Aggie said:

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Can you imagine the crapstorm that would occur with the first sexual assault that occurs at Houston while he is at the helm?

UH might be dumb enough/desperate enough to hire him, but there is absolute zero-room for "error".

Even if Briles had nothing to do with it, Houston would be in deep caca.

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Good point. But there is a difference. Baylor is private. It can be sued to hell and back.

Houston has the sovereign immunity defense it could assert.

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Even if that's true, there's no way administrators responsible for his hire would keep their jobs.

phatbeast said:

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aggiehawg said:

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91_Aggie said:

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Can you imagine the crapstorm that would occur with the first sexual assault that occurs at Houston while he is at the helm?

UH might be dumb enough/desperate enough to hire him, but there is absolute zero-room for "error".

Even if Briles had nothing to do with it, Houston would be in deep caca.

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Good point. But there is a difference. Baylor is private. It can be sued to hell and back.

Houston has the sovereign immunity defense it could assert.

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Even if that's true, there's no way administrators responsible for his hire would keep their jobs.

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"Administrators" have nothing to do with this. The decision to hire briles will be uncle tillman's, and his alone.

aggiehawg said:

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91_Aggie said:

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Can you imagine the crapstorm that would occur with the first sexual assault that occurs at Houston while he is at the helm?

UH might be dumb enough/desperate enough to hire him, but there is absolute zero-room for "error".

Even if Briles had nothing to do with it, Houston would be in deep caca.

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Good point. But there is a difference. Baylor is private. It can be sued to hell and back.

Houston has the sovereign immunity defense it could assert.

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They will enjoy sovereign immunity until the lege waives the limit. There were attempts to do that to A&M right after bonfire fell.

I cannot imagine UH having the political backing to prevent that, especially if they knowingly hire Briles and the same thing that happened at Baylor happens there.

How embarrassing it will be for coog high when he's hired away a second time.

I don't think Briles' staff has done him any favors with their "rebellion".

Cougar High announced today that Briles is not a candidate, per ESPN.

http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/18193759/houston-cougars-not-considering-art-briles-coaching-job-lane-kiffin-les-miles-interview

Apparently Major is applying for UH per the crawler.

EKUAg said:

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Apparently Major is applying for UH per the crawler.

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They don't want Major over Lane Kiffin. If Saban is lobbying for Kiffin to get the UofH job, he also had Major and his staff at Bama and fired him after one season.

If Major really wants a HC job, he needs to set his sights on somewhere like Texas State, Sam Houston State, UTEP or UTSA, hell even Rice.

Coogs have spent far too much money to go with Opie as HC.

Apparently Briles was interested and UH said no: http://www.houstonchronicle.com/sports/cougars/article/UH-declines-to-interview-ex-Baylor-coach-Art-10689969.php

My UH booster friend says they aren't interested in Kiffen.