2023 College Football Coaching Carousel thread

[Liut]

Yeah, nobody gets a full ride in baseball. If you get 50 percent you're doing very well. That's why college baseball coaches love smart kids who they can get on academic scholarships. They get pretty creative with their aid packages.

Wanna get Ron Polk juiced? Bring up this subject. Then again, you likely already know that from experience in that neck of the woods.

 

[tapintoamerica]

Yeah, nobody gets a full ride in baseball. If you get 50 percent you're doing very well. That's why college baseball coaches love smart kids who they can get on academic scholarships. They get pretty creative with their aid packages.

This is why Vanderbilt is so good in baseball.

 

[micropolitan guy]

Phoebe Cates had a pair of trophies, too.

Her performance was worthy of a couple Golden Globes.

 

[Batman]

Wanna get Ron Polk juiced? Bring up this subject. Then again, you likely already know that from experience in that neck of the woods.

Definitely. I think when Ron Polk dies, he'll have his ashes divided into 11.7 equal parts and sent to his favorite people at the NCAA.

 

[micropolitan guy]

This is why Vanderbilt is so good in baseball.

And Stanford and Rice, every kid is on full scholarship. But then again, so are LSU and MSU's, when you figure in NIL.

 

[Flip Wilson]

Yeah, nobody gets a full ride in baseball. If you get 50 percent you're doing very well. That's why college baseball coaches love smart kids who they can get on academic scholarships. They get pretty creative with their aid packages.

Some of my best students have been baseball players. Equestrian athletes are usually pretty strong academically as well

 

[Batman]

This is low-end FCS, but the Texas Southern coaching situation is turning into a giant clusterfork for a lot of people.

They wooed Alcorn State's Fred McNair (older brother of Steve and an Alcorn legend in his own right) and the Board of Regents was supposed to vote on a contract for him last week. Word was that it was a done deal. Except the eight-person board couldn't form a quorum, so they postponed the vote. On Monday, Alcorn announced at noon that it couldn't come to an agreement with McNair on a new contract and that he was out as coach. An hour later they made another announcement that defensive coordinator Cedric Thomas is the new head coach.
On Wednesday, Texas Southern called another meeting. Two board members either failed to show up or disagreed with the choice. There is talk that they want former Texans receiver Andre Johnson to take the job, or that Ed Reed (who was head coach at Bethune-Cookman for five hot minutes before saying "screw this") is interested.

Meanwhile, a pretty good coach (McNair has won two SWAC championships) is now out of a job at a school where his family's name is gold and Texas Southern went through signing day without a head coach. And there is very little local reporting on it that I can find because Texas Southern is about the 10th most popular Division I program in Houston and it doesn't look like anyone covers them. The best I can find is a local website that was linked to in another niche HBCU sports website.
Just some fascinating drama where no one seems to be providing insight into what the heck is happening.

https://defendernetwork.com/sports/college-sports/texas-southern-football-coach-mcnair/

 

[Sam Mills 51]

Some of my best students have been baseball players. Equestrian athletes are usually pretty strong academically as well

Lots of horse sense?

 

[maumann]

Lots of horse sense?

No horsing around.

 

[Starman]

Don't listen to the neigh sayers.

 

[Liut]

Definitely. I think when Ron Polk dies, he'll have his ashes divided into 11.7 equal parts and sent to his favorite people at the NCAA.

I'm going to steal this. Thank you very much.

 

[goalmouth]

Yeah, nobody gets a full ride in baseball. If you get 50 percent you're doing very well. That's why college baseball coaches love smart kids who they can get on academic scholarships. They get pretty creative with their aid packages.

Or kids from privates whose parents are well-heeled.