SEC COACHES ON THE HOT SEAT

[Thrl595]

Top three:

1) Les Miles
2) Steve Spurrier
3) Butch Jones (if Tennessee doesn't live up to the preseason expectations)

I'd even say that Derek Mason might be in some big trouble if Vandy goes 2-10 or 1-11 with no conference wins. Kevin Sumlin as well if A&M has another 7-5 or 6-6 year.

 

[GloryDawg]

Two more years without a National Championship Saban's seat will get warm.

 

[RiverCityDawg]

1 Mason - Hot
2 Miles - Warm
3 Richt - Lukewarm

No one else. Spurrier might retire if he has a bad year, but they aren't firing him. Butch Jones is fine. Sumlin will need a 6 win or worse season to be on the hot seat next year. Saban will never be on the hot seat, but the natives will be restless after the 3 loss season that's headed their way.

 

[57stratdawg]

I would agree with that, but I'd replace Butch Jones with Derek Mason. I think if Tenn goes 7-5, Jones is safe. If Mason wins less than 3 games, I think he's done.

 

[tatedog]

Obvious #1 to me is Mason at Vanderbilt. Another horrible season at qb to go with a mediocre (for LSU) record and Les Miles is right there.

Only way Steve Spurrier gets run off is if he does something ridiculous like tape his coach's show visibly intoxicated.**

 

[Thrl595]

I just think that Mason will get more time. I think if they are struggling mid way in year 3, then he gets canned.
James Franklin cashed in his chips at the best possible time. Only Larry Fedora could top that timing.

If Miles loses to us again, that would be a hard pill for the LSU faithful to swallow. There might be ramblings for him to get fired at that point. Never has there been a coach to get less out of the talent he has and survive for this long. If someone like Bobby Johnson had coached LSU with all that talent, he'd have at least two national championships under his belt.

 

[dotcomdawg]

If Miles loses to us again, that would be a hard pill for the LSU faithful to swallow. There might be ramblings for him to get fired at that point. Never has there been a coach to get less out of the talent he has and survive for this long. If someone like Bobby Johnson had coached LSU with all that talent, he'd have at least two national championships under his belt.[/QUOTE]

Les 'bout to get Croomed!

 

[121Josey]

Yeah, Butch Jones is safe. UT hasn't been relative for 10 years. Jones is showing progress.

 

[tatedog]

That's been LSU's curse for the most part: boat loads of in-state talent and excellent pipelines into Texas, but very few top tier coaches. Outside of Saban I can't think of a single LSU coach in my lifetime who I felt like could take the talent on either side of the field and flip the outcome of the game based on who he coaches. The LSU job is easily a top 10 job from many perspectives so this dearth of coaching talent is a mystery to me.

 

[StillTbonewannabe]

When you say visibly intoxicated do you mean he is actually shotguning a beer while taking questions?***

 

[tatedog]

When you say visibly intoxicated do you mean he is actually shotguning a beer while taking questions?***

Probably not that visible. I can only hope Spurrier coaches long enough to get fired at halftime for something he says to the sideline reporter as he heads to the locker room.

 

[CochiseCowbell]

That would be awesome! I hated Spurrier at UF. But, for some reason I like the Old Ball Coach now.

 

[tatedog]

As he gets older he is morphing into everyone's drunk uncle at Thanksgiving and it is glorious.

 

[StillTbonewannabe]

I 100 percent agree. Spurrier is my favorite coach behind Dan.

 

[amcdan2000]

I live in Vandy country and the vibe I get from most is they tried to do bigtime football. Recruited from all over the country but "they weren't like us". I don't mean race, but not well behaved. Their football program became a national scandal two yrs ago with really only 1area player involved. When they started recruiting from all over the country, crime on campus and more off campus incidents occurred. They want to be winners in fb but I think it will be sometime before they can deal with the consequences big time fb will cost. So Mason maybe on the hotseat but anyone at Vandy will be on the hotseat because they aren't ready to do what a program, anyone's program, has to go through to get there.

 

[The Peeper]

With no shirt on and a Coors Light in his hand...

 

[johnson86-1]

I just think that Mason will get more time. I think if they are struggling mid way in year 3, then he gets canned.
James Franklin cashed in his chips at the best possible time. Only Larry Fedora could top that timing.

Just depends on whether Vandy liked being serious about football. It's not like Vandy just had a drop off in talent last year. They looked lost on the field. If they don't make significant improvements this year (and they could make significant improvements and go winless in the SEC, so it's not like he needs to work a miracle), they should cut their losses with Mason. Only reason to keep them is to accept that it's not reasonable to average 6 wins a year at Vandy. Certainly not a crazy opinion, but not one Vandy decision makers can hold while also being successful in football in the SEC.