2025-26 Coaching Carousel

[NowInStorrs]

Any pretty good defensive coordinators suddenly looking for a job? Asking for a friend.

 

[Vowelguy]

LSU getting trucked in 2nd half.
Brian Kelly in beeeg trouble.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[huskymedic]

-> Multiple program sources told The Athletic earlier Sunday, on the heels of LSU’s third loss in four games, that LSU athletic director Scott Woodward wanted Kelly to make staff changes, including firing offensive coordinator Joe Sloan, to try to fix an offense that ranks last in the SEC in rushing yards per game. However, when Kelly and Woodward met Sunday afternoon, things got very tense. After Woodward told the head coach to fire his play caller, Kelly fired back that he wanted to make other staff moves Woodward wasn’t comfortable with. The situation then escalated, with the head coach pushing back hard against his boss. “It went bad fast,” a program source told The Athletic. <-

 

[ZooCougar]

Can we get through a Sunday without firing?

Kelly sounds like he is daring them to do it.

 

[huskymedic]

Can we get through a Sunday without firing?

Kelly sounds like he is daring them to do it.

 

[Vowelguy]

Kelly = toast

How many P4 midseason firings would that be?

1. UCLA
2. Arkansas
3. Florida
4. OklaSt
5. PennSt
6. VaTech
7. LSU

More than 1/10th of the p4!

Plus Wisconsin is on deck.
maybe FSU, auburn, texas, Kentucky

 

[huskymedic]

Kelly = toast

 

[ZooCougar]

Can we get through a Sunday without firing?

Kelly sounds like he is daring them to do it.

Nope

 

[huskymedic]

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Can we get through a Sunday without firing?

Kelly sounds like he is daring them to do it.

LSU has no leverage at all. Kelly is certain to get a high level job, and he can work for $1 a year while LSU pays off his $53 million buyout.

 

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[huskymedic]

 

[ZooCougar]

LSU has no leverage at all. Kelly is certain to get a high level job, and he can work for $1 a year while LSU pays off his $53 million buyout.

Sounds like they are happy to pay it.

 

[BigTenFan]

Where do these ADs think winning coaches will come from? You can count Urban Meyer, Nick Saban and Ryan Day on less than five fingers. Most of these open coaching opportunities are from schools with North of 50 million dollars annually....so it's really not a funding issue.

IU pulled the proverbial rabbit out of the hat with Cignetti.

 

[Vowelguy]

Where do these ADs think winning coaches will come from? You can count Urban Meyer, Nick Saban and Ryan Day on less than five fingers. .

And OSU fans wanted Ryan Days head after the loss to Michigan last Nov.

College fans are irrational.

As I’ve been saying, the SEC has created a problem: they have created a pro-type league in terms of competitiveness but the fans are still expecting college-level dominance. They have added teams at the top and simultaneously the teams at the bottom have been improving and raising their own expectations.

 

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[huskymedic]

Sounds like they are happy to pay it.

 

[Vowelguy]

This is like one of those Med school matching situations:

Lane Kiffin to Florida
Memphis guy to Ole Miss
Brian Kelly to Wisconsin
James Franklin to VaTech
USF guy to Oklahoma St

Clark Lea?

 

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[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

Never figured an Assumption alum born in Everett, MA was a good fit in Baton Rouge, but no shocker 3 losses, including A&M’s trouncing, guaranteed insincere Kelly’s divorce with the LSU fam-a-ly.

 

[ShakyTheMohel]

Never figured an Assumption alum born in Everett, MA was a good fit in Baton Rouge, but no shocker 3 losses, including A&M’s trouncing, guaranteed insincere Kelly’s divorce with the LSU fam-a-ly.

he always seemed like a jerk.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Sounds like they are happy to pay it.

The behavior of these public universities is insane. There is no financial reason to fire any of these guys. The school makes a mountain of money whether they are good, suck, or somewhere in between. UCLA is showing us the spectrum just this year, and they get paid the same if they get blown out by New Mexico, beat Penn State, win 2 in a row after that, then turn into a punching bag. So why pay $50+ million to a coach that isn't your coach anymore?

NFL franchises don't behave this way, yet these public school athletic departments fire a coach over a bad game, with taxpayer money (I know they are technically separate, but money is money).

 

[Jetskies]

i knew Brian Kelly was toast the moment he did that fake Louisiana accent.

 

[Vowelguy]

The behavior of these public universities is insane. There is no financial reason to fire any of these guys. The school makes a mountain of money whether they are good, suck, or somewhere in between. UCLA is showing us the spectrum just this year, and they get paid the same if they get blown out by New Mexico, beat Penn State, win 2 in a row after that, then turn into a punching bag. So why pay $50+ million to a coach that isn't your coach anymore?

No financial reason?

There are 2 possibilities:
(1) every school is spending millions in severance (and lots of other expenses) for no reason
(2) your supposition is incorrect

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