2013 College Football coaching carousel

Dooley, Chizik, Smith and...Phillips, I guess?

 

I think Mullen will leave as well, maybe for one of the other SEC openings.

 

Ah, hadn't factored in upward mobility.

 

Pretty much agree with every word.

 

Not questioning the validity of it, other than I'm not sold on him wanting to take on all the extra baggage (recruiting, dealing with the boosters, dealing with 18-22 year old kids, etc.) that comes with college coaching. Tennessee makes as much sense as any place.

Might come from being from South Bend & how convinced the locals were that he couldn't say no to ND (don't have a clue if he was ever approached), due to his attending HS here, etc..

Just seems like his name seems to be in every conversation & every place seems to have SOME sort of connection. Then again, I heard the same sort of stuff w/ Meyer and tOSU (grad asst., got his masters there, he and the wife Ohio natives) & that had legs.

 

At some point with Gruden, you just have to conclude he isn't all that interested in coaching. He did just sign a five-year deal with ESPN that goes through 2016. I know those things can be overcome, but the fact that they have shrunk the booth and built the telecast around him -- for reasons that remain unfathomable to me -- is an indication that this is where he wants to be.

 

Akey was well-known on the West Coast for his work at Wazzu before he went to the Vandals. The same with Gesser, a QB on a Wazzu Rose Bowl team and a well-known (albeit sometimes not well-spoken) regional TV commentator. And most interim coaches are less-qualified than their predecessor.

It's a big country. Those guys were/are just as well know on the West Coast as Dooley and Mullens were in SEC country when they got hired.

And has been said elsewhere, whoever takes the Idaho job has a big task ahead of him.

 

The reason for Gruden to go to college would be that he would get the hero's reception and absolute power that he craves. He'd definitely get that at Tennessee.

 

And at Notre Dame, and at Florida, and at Ohio State, and at about a half-dozen other schools where his name has been floated in the last decade.

I seriously doubt he would go back to college. His quarterbacks need to spend a hell of a lot more time in official meetings, learning the offense and the weekly game plan, than they're allotted by the NCAA.

 

I think a lot of the speculation comes from recent comments he made about wanting to get back into coaching. I think he would be crazy to leave a gig as cush as the one he has, but with these guys, their egos are so out of control that they have to be wooed every year even if they have no desire to leave.

I read something about Gruden being an option in Philly if Reid is fired or steps down and I could see that job being one that would pique his interest.

 

Dirty little secret: Tennessee's reputation is running ahead of its checkbook. The last few years of shite football (and former AD Mike Hamilton doing all he could to piss off the fan base) has led to unsold tickets and even more empty seats. The Haslam family has the biggest wallet, but now they have the Browns as their football plaything. Four years later, Vols folks are still split between pro- and anti-Fulmer factions. And all of this is before calculating potential damages from the discrimination suits from the aftermath of shoving Pat Summitt's cronies out the door.

Think I'll smoke a cigar now.

 

I think this is a key factor, too. Even among the most rabid Auburn fans, I doubt there are many who think Newton's recruitment was clean and done within the rules.

So now it becomes the view that Chizik only can win and be competitive when he has a Heisman Trophy winner bought and delivered to him. Which probably is true. I think I saw it on a game telecast in the last couple of weeks, that in the history of college football, there are no coaches who have won national titles who also have an under-.500 career record. Chizik is 36-35 right now.