2013 College Football coaching carousel

And so, like, the Kristi Malzahn video is back from the dead and Gus is like, SHUT UP!

http://m.deadspin.com/5868492/heres-the-bizarre-kristi-malzahn-interview-somebodys-trying-to-sweep-off-the-internet

 

It is odd though. He's been teasing fans in every corner of the country. I get being willing to listen, but at some point you either want to get back into coaching or you don't. I'm guessing his collegiate teasing is meant to line-up something nice back in the NFL. Maybe Philly or Cleveland.

 

Regarding Saban, I do think it's odd that he's regarded as a colossal failure in the NFL. He went 15-17 with the Dolphins (9-7 & 6-10), and his second team was still in the playoff hunt well into December.

There's no reason to believe he wouldn't have had success if he'd stayed in Miami. Maybe not winning Super Bowls, but perennial contention for the playoffs if he'd been able to acquire a better quarterback than Daunte Culpepper, Cleo Lemon or Joey Harrington.

 

I'll say no only because he was beloved by the people who were really running things up there.

 

He was able to. He just didn't.

 

UCLA was one defensive stop away from playing for the national title in 1998, but could not stop Miami. It then lost in the Rose Bowl. I think that Rose Bowl was their last BCS

Had UCLA DC Rocky Long not taken the UNM job in 1998, UCLA would have had a defense that year. Alliotti was a disaster.

People forget that UCLA and Donahue owned the Trojans in the 1990s. Firing Toledo for Karl Dorrell, and the arrival of Pete Carroll at USC, totally changed that dynamic and Neuheisel couldn't reverse the decline, although he obviously recruited well and left Mora a lot of talent.

UCLA has weather, tons of in-state recruits, beautiful campus and plays in one of the nicest stadiums in the country, even if it's not anywhere near campus. The right guy (and that could be Mora, he did a very solid job this year) could easily have the Bruins rocking again.

 

Looks like Sonny Dykes to Cal is a done deal.

http://www.mercurynews.com/cal-bears/ci_22132749/cal-expected-hire-sonny-dykes-its-new-football

Sheesh, you'd think they would want a coach who got his team to a bowl at least

 

If you are talking potential upside, how good it can get when it's really good, I would go along. Might juggle the order a bit, probably put USC, Florida State and Michigan well ahead of Oregon. To me, Oregon is still a newbie, a fad of sorts. It needs to show it can stand the test of time.

Then there are coaches like Mike Riley at Oregon State and Pat Fitzgerald at Northwestern. Never going to win a national title. Doubtful they will ever win a conference title. But they're just quietly go about their business, producing winning teams with some regularity and rarely getting into any sort of recruiting or academic scandals. And it's doubtful they're itching to leave for a bigger payday somewhere else.

So I suppose most jobs are what you make of them.

 

Wonder how Karl Malone feels about this development?

 

From Byron Moore, University of Tennessee defensive back:

Bmoore ‏@bmoore3vfl
forgoing my senior year to become head coach at the university of tennessee

 

Byron would be a good choice, now that it's all but official that Strong and Gundy turned down UT tonight, and Fedora is expected to tomorrow.

At some point, Hart may have to give Gruden everything he asked for, then some.

 

He may have to dig up Bob Neyland.