Coaching Hot Seat?

[Patman]

Oklahoma is going to become another Nebraska in the SEC. I think long term Texas will too. Opening the door to the SEC into their recruiting grounds won’t end well for either one.
Leopold probably still has some goodwill at Kansas, but that is a really difficult job.

The other one I think is probably feeling some heat is Kelly. LSU isn’t paying him $10 million to lose to a mediocre USC and play in the Reliaquest Bowl.

I don't think that'll be true about Texas. I think they'll get the rough end of officiating but Texas has its own gravitational field

 

[Jacks5556]

Here is the primary reason UConn has struggled attracting good QBs:

Scoring Offense:
2024: #24, 35.8 pts/game
2023: #121, 19.1 pts/game
2022: #117, 19.4 pts/game
2021: #129, 15.6 pts/game
2019: #120: 18.4 pts/game
2018: #112, 22.2 pts/game
2017: #103, 23.6 pts/hame

Hopefully, 2024's offensive production will change the narrative.

The top HS QBs are going to commit to top programs, but the top programs recruit top QBs every season and many will transfer. That is UConn's opportunity. Getting top QBs who didn't gain the starting QB spot to transfer to UConn. With an attractive offense and NIL, it makes it easier.

2024 ESPN top 300 actually #10 QB on the list is there and sitting.

 

[UCFBfan]

Good question. Was watching Jeff Sims backup a freshman at Arizona State and wondered why we couldn't land a kid like that. I get CT angle with Pyne, but productive QBs that bounce around to end their careers as backups somewhere seems strange.

Sometimes I wonder if they know they likely won't play beyond college, but will try anyway, so they settle for a nice little payday. They don't go to these situations with plans to be a back up, I think. So my guess is a nice chunk of change of shelled out. Maybe these guys just want the money and don't mind backing up a guy for another year?

 

[Rich]

Riley can be made to leave of his own hand. Collectives simply cut off NIL funding thereby killing his ability to recruit.

 

[Palatine]

One more loss and Kalen DeBoar will feel flames licking his butt.

 

[ZooCougar]

One more loss and Kalen DeBoar will feel flames licking his butt.

He could win the NC and their fans will just say that was the bare minimum.

 

[Brochacho]

This could be their normal season moving forward

Yup, something that's always glossed over in realignment. Texas, Oklahoma, LSU, Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee and Florida are all programs that I think their fans expect to have top ten teams yearly. Then you'll have the B-Tier teams like Ole Miss or Auburn making runs now and then. These super conferences can't keep everyone happy. USC is feeling it now too.

 

[freescooter]

I don't think that'll be true about Texas. I think they'll get the rough end of officiating but Texas has its own gravitational field

Not so sure about that. They hadn’t won a Big 12 title since 2009 until last year.

 

[Patman]

Not so sure about that. They hadn’t won a Big 12 title since 2009 until last year.

there's a difference between not winning and not competitive

 

[DoctorWho85]

Brett Venables at Oklahoma to me, has to be feeling the heat.

I think Venebales is safe right now. OK is still a very good team, I just think he needs another year to fully get his full schemes in place

 

[traitor71]

He could win the NC and their fans will just say that was the bare minimum.

After the Vandy game I saw where Paul Finebaum said he felt the same as he did when Vandy beat a Ray Perkins coached Alabama team. Meaning that it just hammered home the fact that the Bear wasn't around anymore and things were not going to be the same. Now I see him saying that Deboer gets "no credit" for winning the South Carolina game, that it was almost as bad of a finish as Cristobol not kneeling against GT last year, and that Alabama is the most disappointing team in college football this year. If he is any view into how the average Alabama fan thinks, then Deboer is in for one rough ride over there.

 

[ZooCougar]

After the Vandy game I saw where Paul Finebaum said he felt the same as he did when Vandy beat a Ray Perkins coached Alabama team. Meaning that it just hammered home the fact that the Bear wasn't around anymore and things were not going to be the same. Now I see him saying that Deboer gets "no credit" for winning the South Carolina game, that it was almost as bad of a finish as Cristobol not kneeling against GT last year, and that Alabama is the most disappointing team in college football this year. If he is any view into how the average Alabama fan thinks, then Deboer is in for one rough ride over there.

That’s what he signed up for. He could have stayed in Washington and been fine with nearly ultimate job security. But with these buy outs who cares about that?

 

[traitor71]

That’s what he signed up for. He could have stayed in Washington and been fine with nearly ultimate job security. But with these buy outs who cares about that?

Yeah, the money and the presige that comes with a job like that has to be a powerful lure. To me, this is more about a crazy fan base that may be ready to hang the guy.

 

[UCFBfan]

That’s what he signed up for. He could have stayed in Washington and been fine with nearly ultimate job security. But with these buy outs who cares about that?

There a lot of moves that I just wonder why....you build so much and you see all these coaches flame out and get barely any time to build anything at programs with unrealistic expectations, and yet coaches still move on. Why leave for that? Ego and money are pretty darn powerful but sometimes a good thing is better than ruining your future career.

 

[BlueandOG]

Don Brown has got to be fired at UMass. They are pathetic.

Quote from an article on yahoo sports/AP

“I almost think the speed of the game surprised us a little bit,” UMass coach Don Brown said.

Luther Burden's long TD run gets No. 21 Missouri started in 45-3 rout of Minutemen

Missouri receiver Luther Burden scored on a 61-yard jet sweep less than a minute into the game, and the 21st-ranked Tigers went on to beat Massachusetts 45-3 on Saturday. “The first play Luther scored on I thought set the tone,” Missouri coach Eliah Drinkwitz said. UMass (1-6) lost its third...

sports.yahoo.com

I was at this game. It was brutal in every sense, from the play on the field to the seats to the concessions. I waited in a line for 10 minutes, got to the front, and they ran out of beer.

 

[Jetskies]

Yup, something that's always glossed over in realignment. Texas, Oklahoma, LSU, Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee and Florida are all programs that I think their fans expect to have top ten teams yearly. Then you'll have the B-Tier teams like Ole Miss or Auburn making runs now and then. These super conferences can't keep everyone happy. USC is feeling it now too.

bring back sensible conferences!

 

[ZooCougar]

There a lot of moves that I just wonder why....you build so much and you see all these coaches flame out and get barely any time to build anything at programs with unrealistic expectations, and yet coaches still move on. Why leave for that? Ego and money are pretty darn powerful but sometimes a good thing is better than ruining your future career.

My god. When they lose to Tennessee this weekend it may actually be over for him.

The biggest crime he has committed is that he got away from Bama’s core identity. Which is defense.

But on the other hand, this is what DeBoer is, the Bama AD knew what they were buying. He’s not a defense guy.

 

[UConnJim]

My god. When they lose to Tennessee this weekend it may actually be over for him.

The biggest crime he has committed is that he got away from Bama’s core identity. Which is defense.

But on the other hand, this is what DeBoer is, the Bama AD knew what they were buying. He’s not a defense guy.

I disagree. In college football, the hardest person to find is a top offensive coordinator. With DeBoer, you already have that covered. Saban, a defensive minded coach, was able to find one consistently as he was open to rehab hires like Kiffin, Sarkisian, O'Brien, Locksley. DeBoer was a late hire at Alabama and his choice for DC was middling and he will need to correct that. He will just target the best DCs out there with SEC experience.

 

[ZooCougar]

I disagree. In college football, the hardest person to find is a top offensive coordinator. With DeBoer, you already have that covered. Saban, a defensive minded coach, was able to find one consistently as he was open to rehab hires like Kiffin, Sarkisian, O'Brien, Locksley. DeBoer was a late hire at Alabama and his choice for DC was middling and he will need to correct that. He will just target the best DCs out there with SEC experience.

Yeah you can find Nick Sabans all over the place. What was I thinking.

 

[Vowelguy]

There a lot of moves that I just wonder why....you build so much and you see all these coaches flame out and get barely any time to build anything at programs with unrealistic expectations, and yet coaches still move on. Why leave for that? Ego and money are pretty darn powerful but sometimes a good thing is better than ruining your future career.

Are you familiar with DeBoer's record? 109-13 LIFETIME
67-3 Sioux Falls
12-6 Fresno
25-3 Washington

why would he think he couldn't be successful anywhere?

 

[UConnDan97]

Are you familiar with DeBoer's record? 109-13 LIFETIME
67-3 Sioux Falls
12-6 Fresno
25-3 Washington

why would he think he couldn't be successful anywhere?

Exactly.

For more on this, look at Sarkisian's first and second years at Texas. And look at them now.

Sometimes, schools don't have the patience to let the head guy establish his plan. Luckily for Texas, they did...

 

[UConnJim]

Yeah you can find Nick Sabans all over the place. What was I thinking.

Nobody is going to replace Saban, but DeBoer has a great track record and he needs a better DC. Look at the P2 schools who have an offensive minded head coach. They have been able to find solid DCs.

Texas (Sarkisian) #1 scoring defense
Ole Miss (Kiffin) #3 scoring defense
Tennessee (Heupel) #4 scoring defense
Ohio State (Day) #5 scoring defense
Nebraska (Ruhle) #7 scoring defense

When Swinney and Clemson made their runs, they were lead by an offensive minded coach who had a top DC, Venables from 2012 to 2019.

 

[ZooCougar]

Nobody is going to replace Saban, but DeBoer has a great track record and he needs a better DC. Look at the P2 schools who have an offensive minded head coach. They have been able to find solid DCs.

Texas (Sarkisian) #1 scoring defense
Ole Miss (Kiffin) #3 scoring defense
Tennessee (Heupel) #4 scoring defense
Ohio State (Day) #5 scoring defense
Nebraska (Ruhle) #7 scoring defense

When Swinney and Clemson made their runs, they were lead by an offensive minded coach who had a top DC, Venables from 2012 to 2019.

He’s not a good fit for Alabama. That is clear to all.

 

[gioff2323]

A bit of drama here; shocking, eh?

FSU kinda got screwed last year after going undefeated and now we are firing their coach?

Leopold? Seriously, anyone that can make KU a winner is Rockne-esque. Now his window is closing?

Auburns recruiting class is way too good.

Don Brown? The same one many here swear by as greatest D mind in program history?

If UF boosters want Billy gone, he’s gone no matter the size of buyout.

You want a coach on hot seat? See Temple.

 

[ZooCougar]

A bit of drama here; shocking, eh?

FSU kinda got screwed last year after going undefeated and now we are firing their coach?

Leopold? Seriously, anyone that can make KU a winner is Rockne-esque. Now his window is closing?

Auburns recruiting class is way too good.

Don Brown? The same one many here swear by as greatest D mind in program history?

If UF boosters want Billy gone, he’s gone no matter the size of buyout.

You want a coach on hot seat? See Temple.

You mean Leipold.

No way Kansas will cuts ties with him. You think they can do better. He’s as safe as can be. They have lost a ton of close games. He also lost both coordinators.