2025-26 Coaching Carousel

[Vowelguy]

Aka, we don’t have enough rich donors who want to pay the buyout

 

[ZooCougar]

Aka, we don’t have enough rich donors who want to pay the buyout

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And we have a Piggy Bank to buy our way out of the ACC in 2031.

 

[Nicklo28]

I don’t disagree about Mora, but you’re asking the wrong question. The question that matters is whether it’s reasonably likely that if we have to hire a replacement he will be at least as good as Mora.

I agree. That’s my only concern if Mora leaves will Benedict make the right hire.

 

[businesslawyer]

I agree. That’s my only concern if Mora leaves will Benedict make the right hire.

Do you hire folks? I trust Benedict to do a good job and make a hire that makes sense. But you know what — sometimes the candidate that makes the most sense doesn’t do as good a job as the guy he replaces. That’s just how being a boss works. You only know if you made the “right” hire after the person you hires gives it a shot.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[JwittersPAC]

So many openings. Jimmy Sexton most be in heaven, is Jimmy Sexton still Mora’s agent? He was when he was at UCLA.

 

[KryHavok]

I agree. That’s my only concern if Mora leaves will Benedict make the right hire.

I don't think Benedict will get the next hire right, and that's what scares the tish out of me. We lucked into Mora, we'll not catch lightning in a bottle twice consecutively.

 

[JwittersPAC]

I don't think Benedict will get the next hire right, and that's what scares the tish out of me. We lucked into Mora, we'll not catch lightning in a bottle twice consecutively.

I think the program is in a much better place with resources - funds. It was also shown you can win here. I think it will be much easier to get a new head coach if and it is a big if Mora is leaving.

 

[UConnDan97]

I don't think Benedict will get the next hire right, and that's what scares the tish out of me. We lucked into Mora, we'll not catch lightning in a bottle twice consecutively.

He hired Mora and he hired Hurley. He came from Auburn where football is king.

What makes you think he'll get the next hire wrong, exactly?

 

[Viet Vet]

I want Jim to stay as much as the next guy.

One aspect I think has been overlooked is financial security. Jim is 64, not 35 or 45. He has made his wealth, no longer in the “accumulation phase” as are many of his younger contemporaries. Big bucks may be much less important to him than “quality of life.”

Proximity to family, comfortably, wife’s preferences, etc…..these matter more as we age…….I know, at 77.

If he goes, I’ll be forever grateful that he made us relevant again. If he stays, I’ll simply be grateful.

 

[ZooCougar]

What do you guys think about Tony Reno if Mora leaves?

 

[UConnTrumbull]

Why is it only west coast teams firing their coaches wtffff

 

[huskymedic]

Why is it only west coast teams firing their coaches wtffff

 

[UConnTrumbull]

Just our luck

 

[gioff2323]

Why is it only west coast teams firing their coaches wtffff

Time differential

 

[ZooCougar]

Just our luck

I always figured that if Jim was successful here, he would be here 3 to 4 years and then move on. It's the nature of the business.

If he thinks it's time to bounce then best of luck to him.

What is surprising is that if the interest is legitimate, then they are overlooking some of the absolute coaching debacles we have seen this season and the second or third softest SOS in the FBS. This isn't meant to be negative, it's just the truth.

 

[ScottVib]

Cal is a bit of a head scratcher, Wilcox has the second-best record of any head coach they've had in the 2000s (under .500 but they've been dreadful much of the time) and will have them in a third straight bowl game this year.

 

[JwittersPAC]

I always figured that if Jim was successful here, he would be here 3 to 4 years and then move on. It's the nature of the business.

If he thinks it's time to bounce then best of luck to him.

What is surprising is that if the interest is legitimate, then they are overlooking some of the absolute coaching debacles we have seen this season and the second or third softest SOS in the FBS. This isn't meant to be negative, it's just the truth.

I agree. I think Jim is very good at managing a program, evaluations, meeting with boosters, liked by his players (players coach), etc. But I think he is below average in game decisions and halftime adjustments

 

[freescooter]

I don’t know what Mora will do. I think he ‘ll be here but if not Thank you Coach!

Mora is a professional in the best sense of the term. He knew what was needed and went out and did it. I think he was embarrassed about the 2023 performance and basically said that won’t happen again!

He is also a very good football coach. Maybe not Saban but put him at Bama with those resources and I wouldn’t be shocked if he won a title.

 

[Vowelguy]

Cal is a bit of a head scratcher, Wilcox has the second-best record of any head coach they've had in the 2000s (under .500 but they've been dreadful much of the time) and will have them in a third straight bowl game this year.

Getting trounced by a bad archrival doesnt help.

 

[huskymedic]

Cal is a bit of a head scratcher, Wilcox has the second-best record of any head coach they've had in the 2000s (under .500 but they've been dreadful much of the time) and will have them in a third straight bowl game this year.

 

[How Sway?!]

I don’t know what Mora will do. I think he ‘ll be here but if not Thank you Coach!

Mora is a professional in the best sense of the term. He knew what was needed and went out and did it. I think he was embarrassed about the 2023 performance and basically said that won’t happen again!

He is also a very good football coach. Maybe not Saban but put him at Bama with those resources and I wouldn’t be shocked if he won a title.

I think Deboer has proven that winning National Championships at Alabama is not a given.

 

[JwittersPAC]

I don’t know what Mora will do. I think he ‘ll be here but if not Thank you Coach!

Mora is a professional in the best sense of the term. He knew what was needed and went out and did it. I think he was embarrassed about the 2023 performance and basically said that won’t happen again!

He is also a very good football coach. Maybe not Saban but put him at Bama with those resources and I wouldn’t be shocked if he won a title.

Jim is a great manager of a program. Top notch. But he is not remotely close to Saban’s level. Saban was successful at three different universities - Michigan State, LSU one a title and at Alabama won 6 of them, you are trying to compare Mora to the greatest college football coach ever. Mora’s weakness is he is not very good at making decisions in a game and particularly halftime adjustments.

 

[Chin Diesel]

I was at a friend's house who has three kids enrolled at FSU. Two were home today for Thanksgiving week. None of them were happy.
They also don't have $60m to affect the decision making process.

 

[ScottVib]

Getting trounced by a bad archrival doesnt help.

I get it, but if you aren't sure who that next guy is... that's a program that has vacillated between dreadful and mediocre for most of the last 25 years and there's every chance that you pay the buy out and get worse. In the end it feels a bit like a director of football operations looking to make their mark by hiring their guy.