2023 CFB Coaching Carousel begins to spin and spin…

[UConnJim]

BC is going to regret not hiring Chesney.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[ZooCougar]

BC is going to regret not hiring Chesney.

I am relieved they didn’t though.

 

[Skiblets]

Those pics of Chesney had me wondering if they got duped and hired Diaco instead. Yikes!

 

[GoConn]

Pivotal hire for JMU. Reminds me a lot of 2010 UConn hiring decision.

JMU was taken from FCS to FBS led by Cignetti. Cignetti did a great job and immediately had JMU competiting at this level.

Now go back to when Edsall 1.0 left. He took UConn from FCS to FBS and did so with similar success. Then we decided to hire PP and that was our downfall (along with Big East getting raided).

Luckily for JMU, they're hiring a young outstanding in Chesney and not an old dude in PP. Good for them.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[ZooCougar]

Tulane behaving like a bigtime program.

 

[DoctorWho85]

Tulane behaving like a bigtime program.

Weren’t they an original member of the SEC? So I mean they have the history. They were one of the more fun G5 teams to watch the last couple years.

 

[uconnfan68]

Weren’t they an original member of the SEC? So I mean they have the history. They were one of the more fun G5 teams to watch the last couple years.

Probably trying to get back too.

 

[ZooCougar]

Probably trying to get back too.

Won't happen. I could see them getting to the ACC over us though.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

Yeah but so was Sewanee.

Not exactly the same. Sewanee left decades earlier. When Tulane left, they were a bigger program in Louisiana (due to NO location) than LSU. They also remained somewhat competitive until about 20 years ago (a number of ranked finishes, including top ten in 1998).

Won't happen. I could see them getting to the ACC over us though.

I believe this is their goal. When the day arrives where the ACC actually does fracture, they'll join the schools that can't find a home in the B1G or SEC.

 

[ZooCougar]

Not exactly the same. Sewanee left decades earlier. When Tulane left, they were a bigger program in Louisiana (due to NO location) than LSU. They also remained somewhat competitive until about 20 years ago (a number of ranked finishes, including top ten in 1998).


I believe this is their goal. When the day arrives where the ACC actually does fracture, they'll join the schools that can't find a home in the B1G or SEC.

I don’t know about that. The reasons behind it seem very similar to me. Tulane had to leave due to budgetary issues. And were as the article points out. Intermittently successful. Which is probably still the case.

Sewanee left in 1941, Tech left in 1964 and Tulane in 1966. Years ago, Tulane (and two others) left the SEC. Now, finally, the Wave may have found a home. | Tulane | nola.com

 

[AllHusky]

Not exactly the same. Sewanee left decades earlier. When Tulane left, they were a bigger program in Louisiana (due to NO location) than LSU. They also remained somewhat competitive until about 20 years ago (a number of ranked finishes, including top ten in 1998).


I believe this is their goal. When the day arrives where the ACC actually does fracture, they'll join the schools that can't find a home in the B1G or SEC.

Is that our landing spot?

 

[CCSUblue]

I don’t know about that. The reasons behind it seem very similar to me. Tulane had to leave due to budgetary issues. And were as the article points out. Intermittently successful. Which is probably still the case.

Sewanee left in 1941, Tech left in 1964 and Tulane in 1966. Years ago, Tulane (and two others) left the SEC. Now, finally, the Wave may have found a home. | Tulane | nola.com

Sewanee was 0-36 in conference play during their time in the SEC.

 

[ZooCougar]

Sewanee was 0-36 in conference play during their time in the SEC.

And they are a relative lightweight in D3 too.

 

[ZooCougar]

Is that our landing spot?

We’ll probably get passed over. Too much bad blood. We PO’d enough schools in the AAC and ACC that it’s a possibility.

 

[AllHusky]

We’ll probably get passed over. Too much bad blood. We PO’d enough schools in the AAC and ACC that it’s a possibility.

So, cut off their noses to spite their(UConn) face. Discouraging thought. Don't want to be that guy, but its the same "fear of" that BC had which led them to blackball us consistently. BC would be even more irrelevant if we had gotten in back then, and even have led to us in the B1G as I posted before. Love me some alternate realities.

 

[ZooCougar]

So, cut off their noses to spite their(UConn) face. Discouraging thought. Don't want to be that guy, but its the same "fear of" that BC had which led them to blackball us consistently. BC would be even more irrelevant if we had gotten in back then, and even have led to us in the B1G as I posted before. Love me some alternate realities.

The ACC just took two mediocre ADs on the West Coast and didn’t even give us a second thought.

 

[mike012]

We are more likely to reform a big east football conference then getting into the Acc in any condition. Took Louisville, Smu, California, Stanford so far since 2013. Not exactly championship level teams. Unless you count Stanford in women’s beach volleyball and swimming. I will miss the Pac12 channels showing off the women’s beach volleyball tournament.

 

[How Sway?!]

The ACC just took two mediocre ADs on the West Coast and didn’t even give us a second thought.

Stanford is anything but a mediocre AD

 

[UConnJim]

The ACC just took two mediocre ADs on the West Coast and didn’t even give us a second thought.

Since the 2010/2011 season, Stanford men have won the Capital One Cup 3x and the women 7x. Stanford athletics are anything but mediocre.

 

[AllHusky]

Since the 2010/2011 season, Stanford men have won the Capital One Cup 3x and the women 7x. Stanford athletics are anything but mediocre.

I think MBB and FB do an athletic dept make

 

[ZooCougar]

Since the 2010/2011 season, Stanford men have won the Capital One Cup 3x and the women 7x. Stanford athletics are anything but mediocre.

How are they in football and basketball?

 

[UConnJim]

How are they in football and basketball?

Between 2010 and today, Stanford has 5 Top 10 finishes, played in the Rose Bowl 3x, and played in the Fiesta and Orange Bowls. Recently, not performing well and they got a new coach for 2023.

In men's basketball, the last 8 years have not been that good, although they were 20-12 in 2019/2020. From 1987/88 to 2014/2015, they played in the NCAA or NIT every year except 4. They made 1 Final 4, 1 Elite 8, 2 Sweet 16s, and won 3 NIT championships. That is an above average basketball track record.

 

[AllHusky]

Between 2010 and today, Stanford has 5 Top 10 finishes, played in the Rose Bowl 3x, and played in the Fiesta and Orange Bowls. Recently, not performing well and they got a new coach for 2023.

In men's basketball, the last 8 years have not been that good, although they were 20-12 in 2019/2020. From 1987/88 to 2014/2015, they played in the NCAA or NIT every year except 4. They made 1 Final 4, 1 Elite 8, 2 Sweet 16s, and won 3 NIT championships. That is an above average basketball track record.

So pretty good, depending on if they can emerge from recent slumps