Riley's future with Saints remains up in air

pakowitz · 12-12-2002, 10:10 PM

Mike Riley has been working on getting his Saints secondary ready for Sunday's game against the Vikings, but he has had a busy 36 hours working on his future. Riley had interviews in New Orleans with UCLA, Alabama and Kentucky. It sounds as though he should get one or two offers. The athletic director at Kentucky worked with him at Oregon State. There is some momentum to hire him at UCLA. Riley probably could have had the job at Southern Cal last year but the Chargers wouldn't let him go because they wanted to have him finish the season as their head coach before being fired

it has been reported that the Alabama job is his if he wants it, Haz was quoted as saying that riley wants the weekend to think about it

[Edited on 13/12/2002 by pakowitz]

whodatsaintsfan26 · 12-12-2002, 11:19 PM

I think the Saints need to be careful with this one. I see McCarthey getting a head coaching job next year. With that Riley could step right in as offensive coordinator and not miss a beat. I think this is something to watch

whodatsaintsfan26 · 12-13-2002, 02:18 PM

Alabama offered him 8 years and 12 million I dont think he will pass it up

whodatsaintsfan26 · 12-13-2002, 02:26 PM

Cancel that last post espn just reported that he turned the job down because alabama wouldnt give him more time to consider the ucla job.

saintfan · 12-13-2002, 02:44 PM

Yup...Personally I think he\'s thinkin seriously about UCLA. They\'re reportedly offering about 1 million annualy. Here\'s the link to the article.

http://espn.go.com/ncf/news/2002/1213/1476433.html

billyh1026 · 12-14-2002, 04:27 PM

Riley\'s a west coast boy.....color him gone. And McCarthy should never be a head coach in the NFL.

12-12-2002, 10:10 PM	#1
pakowitz The Dark Overlord Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: dirty south Posts: 3,450	Riley's future with Saints remains up in air Mike Riley has been working on getting his Saints secondary ready for Sunday's game against the Vikings, but he has had a busy 36 hours working on his future. Riley had interviews in New Orleans with UCLA, Alabama and Kentucky. It sounds as though he should get one or two offers. The athletic director at Kentucky worked with him at Oregon State. There is some momentum to hire him at UCLA. Riley probably could have had the job at Southern Cal last year but the Chargers wouldn't let him go because they wanted to have him finish the season as their head coach before being fired it has been reported that the Alabama job is his if he wants it, Haz was quoted as saying that riley wants the weekend to think about it [Edited on 13/12/2002 by pakowitz]

12-12-2002, 11:19 PM	#2
whodatsaintsfan26 500th Post Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Dallas Texas Posts: 577	Riley's future with Saints remains up in air I think the Saints need to be careful with this one. I see McCarthey getting a head coaching job next year. With that Riley could step right in as offensive coordinator and not miss a beat. I think this is something to watch

12-13-2002, 02:18 PM	#3
whodatsaintsfan26 500th Post Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Dallas Texas Posts: 577	Riley's future with Saints remains up in air Alabama offered him 8 years and 12 million I dont think he will pass it up

12-13-2002, 02:26 PM	#4
whodatsaintsfan26 500th Post Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Dallas Texas Posts: 577	Riley's future with Saints remains up in air Cancel that last post espn just reported that he turned the job down because alabama wouldnt give him more time to consider the ucla job.

12-13-2002, 02:44 PM	#5
saintfan Donated Plasma Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 18,556 Blog Entries: 5	Riley's future with Saints remains up in air Yup...Personally I think he\'s thinkin seriously about UCLA. They\'re reportedly offering about 1 million annualy. Here\'s the link to the article. http://espn.go.com/ncf/news/2002/1213/1476433.html

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