Another job open.... Beamer announcing retirement

[Duke Humphrey]

9th D1 job open....Miami, UCF, USC, South Carolina, Maryland, Illinois

 

[msstate7]

Poor AAC... Ruhle (temple), fuente (Memphis), and Herman (Houston) will most likely all be gone.

Here's 2 more to keep an eye on... Monken and holtz (la tech). Both are headed to 8-3 in their last regular season game for that division of cusa

 

[karlchilders.sixpack]

The Season Of Change...where you find out if your coach wants to be where he is.

Opportunities abound.


And 4 or 5 games to go.

 

[patdog]

Yep. AAC's going to go from nothing to pretty respectable and right back to nothing pretty quickly.

 

[was21]

Some of their fan bases don't have much patience with football..toward the end of the third and into the fourth quarter last night, Kentucky's stadium was damn near empty...looking forward to midnight madness

 

[RocketDawg]

Think Ga Tech will hang on to Johnson? He can sure make some boneheaded decisions sometimes, and their record sucks this year, especially for a team that was supposed to be pretty good. Same can be said for Georgia, of course. And Tennessee, but they seem to be improving.

 

[RocketDawg]

The AAC, and other "minor" conferences, are sorta like being in the minor leagues in baseball ... you get good players or coaches, and they're expected to leave, and do. But you don't have to like it if you're a fan of one of those schools.

 

[was21]

My bad...thinking Kentucky basketball should be in the ACC and the subject was the AAC..hungover

 

[Rayburn8]

There will probably be more coaching changes this offseason than any other in history. I'm talking 30-40 moves before it is all said and done.

 

[was21]

This is why Dan should think twice before going anywhere. He has it made in his situation and hopefully is smart enough to realize it. When there's instability all over, sometimes doing nothing is the best move

 

[Sandman.sixpack]

This is why Dan should think twice before going anywhere. He has it made in his situation and hopefully is smart enough to realize it. When there's instability all over, sometimes doing nothing is the best move

IMO Dan's not going anywhere. We are paying him $4 million plus. And he's shown he can win big here just as well as anywhere else. Why would he even look?

 

[RebelBruiser]

I think a lot of these are happening because of Sarkisian.

If I recall, he was the first to go with his alcohol issues. Once one job gets on the market, others that are going to make changes want to get their job out there too to make sure they can be contacting agents and such to not end up missing out on someone. I think the Spurrier and Beamer announcements were both moved up because of Sark, and I think some of the firings have happened sooner because of that as well.

You don't want to be last to the dance and find out all the good ones are already taken. You gotta get in early and start laying down your game.

It'll certainly be an entertaining offseason though. USC is definitely still the premier job available in my opinion. Miami is not as sweet a gig as it once was. I think I would actually take Virginia Tech before I would take Miami right now.

 

[RebelBruiser]

If I'm a coach being pursued, I only move if I feel like I'm selling high and leaving a job where it'll be tough for me to meet expectations for the long term.

A smart coach will find a way to beat the axe. Fedora at USM was a great example. He knew he was at his peak, and he started shopping his name. He got UNC to bite on the rumors his agent was floating. Now he hasn't ever done anything at UNC, but if he would've had a 10 win season this year, he would've been smart to leave from there to get another gig.

If you're meeting expectations and can continue, and the pay is good, you stick around.

 

[RocketDawg]

He can win big here, and it's especially meaningful since we've never done it before, or at least with any consistency. Hopefully we're his baby and he's here for the long term. One never knows though. But he seems to truly enjoy coaching at MSU.

 

[was21]

good stuff...i enjoy coaching firings and hirings more than football games

 

[patdog]

Fedora is the poster child for bailing on a failing program just in time. Johnson gets a bad rap for that 2012 team, and a lot of it is deserved, but Fedora wouldn't have won more than 3 games with that team either.

As for premier jobs. Southern Cal is head and shoulders above anything else now open, even though their athletic dept. is a train wreck. Next is South Carolina & VA Tech, with Miami a notch below those two.

 

[57stratdawg]

They had a bunch of seniors Fedora's last year, but maybe he's a coach that takes a while to build.

That was his 4th year at USM; he's got a chance to win 10 games in his 4th season at UNC.

 

[The Peeper]

and don't forget watching the Flight Aware airplane landings and departures

 

[CoolDawg]

One name that is never mentioned for any head coaching job at larger more prestigious schools is the name Mark Hudspeth. I know that at times this board has been filled with posts about how great he is and what a great hire he would be if Mullen ever left. I would like to know why there are so many people that think he would be a great hire for MSU, when apparently no one else in the country thinks he would be a good hire at their school?

 

[RocketDawg]

Kentucky should be in the ACC in basketball. They're an anomaly in the SEC ... need to be in a basketball conference. But ... they sorta hold the SEC up in that sport.

 

[was21]

Some years ago there was a continual mention of him on this board, but time has a way of changing things. Things have probably changed re Hudspeth for a number of reasons. Hopefully, Dan ain't going anywhere anyway. If he does we should have many many coaching options.

 

[was21]

One of the coaching search sites indicated Mullen may be interested in that job...seems to me that it would not be a step up, but maybe that's just me.

 

[RocketDawg]

Some here even wanted to replace Dan with Hudspeth. I never could understand that reasoning, unless it was just to get a homeboy. I don't think that's something we need. I like our "Yankee".

 

[RocketDawg]

Virginia Tech? That would be a step down in my opinion. For one, they're in the ACC. And another, I think they've had their day in the sun. You can't beat the SEC for a college coaching job.

 

[patdog]

Wouldn't be a step up. But the path to a conference title game would be a hell of a lot easier. UNC, Duke, Pitt, GA Tech, Miami and UVA. Pretty weak.

 

[RocketDawg]

That's very true, but I don't think an easy road is what Dan is after. If it was he wouldn't be in the SEC ... or would have left long ago after he got his first head coaching job. I think he likes the challenge.