Now Things Get Complicated

[5280Griz]

I don't think the issue is whom BK knows, it is how many guys want to take a job that may only last 10 months.

The majority of people he knows are likely to be closer to retirement which would make them more open to something short term, especially if they are currently out of coaching for the 2026 season.

 

[The.Real.2506]

BK will have solid connections for defense coordinator position and other coaches, the sky has not fallen in. Was time for new blood, BH was great but it is BK's time now!!!

How many coaches has BK ever hired?

 

[TouchdownMontana]

I think it’s time to move on from Haslam. He is invisible in the community. He has spent more time trying to leave than tending to his job. How we do that is the question. Without a President who is in charge? I was told his contract needs renewal. Not sure if that is true. What’s your thoughts?

 

[get'em_griz]

He's not an interim coach. He's the full-time head coach. UM can either choose to renew his contract, or not. There won't be an open search/application/interview that would include him.

Yeah, he's the "full-time" head coach in the same way Bobby Hauck "retired".

BK absolutely is the interim.

 

[GriznMN]

Every AD has a business continuity plan for situations like this. Coaches also have business continuity plans for when a player gets injured.

 

[HelenaHandBasket]

Every AD has a business continuity plan for situations like this. Coaches also have business continuity plans for when a player gets injured.

Kent's looks to be duct tape and baling wire.

 

[Art Spooner]

So you would've extended

13-2, number 3 in the nation plus the attendance numbers, etc…yes I would have extended. Only caveat is if major donors start to defect. If so, they should step up and pay the buyout and move on. Look, we are not Ohio State or Michigan where you can win a national championship and still have an asterisk by it because you lost the last regular season game to your biggest rival. We don’t have the financial backing to be that arrogant. Losing to the cats is deflating to fans but instead of effectively firing a number 3 in the nation coach, stop whining and pony up the money to even the playing field. We are not that far off. Coaching changes always result in a reset. Hopefully this one won’t be a cluster.

 

[Dont Kick 2 Bergen]

Haslem needs to go he is fake and doesn't deserve to be at UM anymore.

 

[Copper Griz]

Good lord the gnashing of teeth and whining is amazing. Having some patience. Give the new coach a chance to make a hire.

 

[ilovethecats]

Haslem needs to go he is fake and doesn't deserve to be at UM anymore.

I’ve heard he’s a POS but that came from a couple big Cat boosters so I just kinda took it with a grain of salt. But yours is like the 3rd comment I’ve now heard from griz fans, including a former player that implies the same.

 

[EverettGriz]

I’ve heard he’s a POS but that came from a couple big Cat boosters so I just kinda took it with a grain of salt. But yours is like the 3rd comment I’ve now heard from griz fans, including a former player that implies the same.

You're better than this.

 

[ilovethecats]

You're better than this.

What do you mean EG?

I wasn’t talking shit. Just seems like this view is maybe more prevalent than I gave credit considering who I heard it from initially. I see this poster saying these things so was just kinda curious?

I don’t know the guy nor have any opinion of him in any way. I couldn’t pick him out of a lineup. Just find it interesting that those opposed to him seem to be more vocal than I recall the last few years.

 

[indiancoyote]

The whole athletic department got better with BH leaving.

 

[EverettGriz]

What do you mean EG?

I wasn’t talking shit. Just seems like this view is maybe more prevalent than I gave credit considering who I heard it from initially. I see this poster saying these things so was just kinda curious?

I don’t know the guy nor have any opinion of him in any way. I couldn’t pick him out of a lineup. Just find it interesting that those opposed to him seem to be more vocal than I recall the last few years.

Consider what else comes from those posters (and those cat fans).

Kent may be many things. Being a pos would rank roughly 11,7820,812,008,115,651,776,154,054,655th on that list.

 

[mthoopsfan]

Everybody keeps saying that Haslam didn't renew Bobby's contract, but do we know that for sure?

That can’t possibly be true.

 

[mthoopsfan]

The whole athletic department got better with BH leaving.

Not true.

 

[horribilisfan8184]

I swear, in the last two seasons, a damn good opponent's head coach, after his teams game in WGS, said he'd take the HC here any day! The way I see it, whether Kennedy succeeds or not, we won't lose.

 

[406football]

I keep coming back to 2002 and wondering how different things might’ve looked if Montana had actually hired Brian Kelly back then. He was a legit finalist, and if he’d landed the job instead of Hauck, does the entire trajectory of Griz football change? Do we get a more explosive offense earlier? Different recruiting pipelines? Maybe even a different run of playoff results in the mid‑2000s?

Not saying it would’ve been better or worse—just wild to think about how one December decision over twenty years ago might’ve altered everything that came after.

 

[rgrizfan]

I keep coming back to 2002 and wondering how different things might’ve looked if Montana had actually hired Brian Kelly back then. He was a legit finalist, and if he’d landed the job instead of Hauck, does the entire trajectory of Griz football change? Do we get a more explosive offense earlier? Different recruiting pipelines? Maybe even a different run of playoff results in the mid‑2000s?

Not saying it would’ve been better or worse—just wild to think about how one December decision over twenty years ago might’ve altered everything that came after.

I won't say it would have been better, but, I would bet that we would have at least one more trophy in the case!

 

[HelenaHandBasket]

I swear, in the last two seasons, a damn good opponent's head coach, after his teams game in WGS, said he'd take the HC here any day! The way I see it, whether Kennedy succeeds or not, we won't lose.

Coach speak is quite a thing.