2024 college football offseason thread

[Hermes]

A simple segment like "Why this play worked" would be interesting with Saban.

He's at his best on "Why this coverage didn't work" so he can take a dental pick and scrape at every defensive back on the screen. It's so petty and glorious.

 

[BTExpress]

I have to wonder how a guy as tightly wired, focused, and on time as Saban is will deal with all the delays, sitting around waiting, and various bullshirt.

He's dealt with this stuff for three decades.

 

[tapintoamerica]

He's dealt with this stuff for three decades.

The difference between coaching and being a talking head is that for coaches, time outs are not breaks in the action; they are opportunities to talk to players and other coaches to make improvements, etc. On a TV set, things don't work that way.
It's a fair question, but I suspect he'll be awesome at the job.

 

[Michael_ Gee]

Every exposure I've had to Saban on TV leads me to believe he'll be excellent on GameDay.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

 

[Inky_Wretch]

A few CFB reporters are now saying he has resigned already.

 

[MTM]

Most UCLA fans won't miss him, but what a shirtty time to leave for the program.

 

[tapintoamerica]

Most UCLA fans won't miss him, but what a shirtty time to leave for he program.

When's the last time a power 5 head coach left to become a coordinator at another college? Maybe it is recent and I missed it.

 

[HanSenSE]

Confirmed.

 

[John]

Granted, UCLA's athletic dept has its issues, but the idea that the Bruins would lose their head coach to an OC job anywhere, even the NFL, is pretty damning for both the state of UCLA athletics and all of college football.

 

[Michael_ Gee]

I hope those Ohio St. kids didn't spend too much time studying O'Brien's playbook. Or maybe he just showed a film strip at their get acquainted meeting like any good substitute teacher.

 

[Twirling Time]

When's the last time a power 5 head coach left to become a coordinator at another college? Maybe it is recent and I missed it.

Voluntarily, probably close to zero in the P5. Happens more often where it's a big step up, like say a G5 HFC to a P5 OC or DC. But coaches get fired all the time and land as a coordinator somewhere else.