2018 Coaching Changes thread

[847badgerfan]

So should the coach?

Apples and oranges.

[FearlessF]

coach should commit to the kids

Frost was committed to the kids at UCF, stayed with them through the bowl game

but, he still left them in the end to chase his dream and a better job

I'm ok with it if the coach is upfront when recruiting, saying he might not be there all 4 or 5 years

hopefully the young upcoming D coordinator in MAdison is upfront about his future options, even when rival programs are using that negatively towards him

[847badgerfan]

Thus far he has been up front. He says he loves Madison but that he will also keep other options open.

Honesty is refreshing. 90 percent of all coaches are always looking. It's what they do. I'd rather have a coach be honest about it than lie to kids, families and to their boss.

The young DC is recruiting in the NE right now, after spending 10 days in Florida. 

[bayareabadger]

For coaches leaving of their own accord, I agree that you can't let players go to the team the coach left for. However, I worry here about allowing transfers, particularly for mid-major teams. I worry about turning G5 teams into farm programs, and if you let players transfer every time a coach leaves, you're going to see the biggest talents on those teams--the ones who will find landing spots at P5 programs--deserting G5 en masse. But I don't see a good solution here either, because allowing them to transfer when a coach is fired but NOT when a coach voluntarily leaves seems like a strange double standard to enforce.

So, a friend of mine is really into his MAC alma mater, and after watching that, I don't know that moves me all that much.
The thing is, being a mid-major is about being a farm team of sorts. I can't weep for them losing good players because losing good coaches is far, far more disruptive and baked into the structure of the sport. It's life at that level, a new direction every few years. In the best case, a new coach comes in, the successful veterans take up the mantle and things roll on. But mostly that doesn't happen. More often than not, the coach comes in needing to install a new vision. A good kid might certainly be a part of that, but chances are, the program/team takes a step back, often a big one. The good players that stay mitigate it to a degree, but one year's mid-major star is often just some guy you don't hear about anymore when the new coach has to reset. I don't mind if that player takes his shot at the big time. 
Now that just adds a different challenge. New coach will try to re-recruit his guys. Moving is still often not preferable to something familiar. There's a pitch to be had. 

[ELA]

Damn, Duz hired CMUs Archie Collins at Pitt.  Really wanted MSU to bring him in.

[Brutus Buckeye]

Sounds like Schiano's stickin' around. 

[FearlessF]

BATON ROUGE -- Bill Busch, former co-defensive coordinator at Rutgers, has been hired as the Tigers’ safeties coach, LSU Football head coach Ed Orgeron announced Thursday.

Prior to his time at Rutgers, Busch served on the Ohio State defensive staff for three seasons. Busch also worked with LSU associate head coach/defensive coordinator Dave Aranda at Wisconsin where he coached safeties for two seasons and was also promoted to associate head coach.

“Bill is a consummate pro, who can scheme, coach technique and recruit. We are looking forward to getting him down here.” Aranda said. “On top of all of that, he is a great guy.”

Busch, a native of Pender, Nebraska, spent two different periods coaching at the University of Nebraska from 1990-93 and 2004-07. Between his stints in Lincoln with the Cornhuskers, Busch coached the secondary at Utah for three seasons, spending one season under Urban Meyer. He also coached defensive backs at New Mexico State for four years.

“It’s a huge honor and opportunity to coach at a place like LSU and in the Southeastern Conference,” Busch said. “Coach O is building something really special. It’s equally exciting to reunite with coach Aranda and work with coach Corey Raymond. I can’t wait to be a part of DBU.”

Busch was a wide receiver at Nebraska Wesleyan from 1985-87 where he earned his bachelor’s degree in education. He also holds a master’s degree from Nebraska-Kearney.

[FearlessF]

Former Husker graduate assistant Tavita Thompson is named tight ends coach at Central Michigan.

[rolltidefan]

butch jones might be enrolling in the nick saban school for coaches who can't coach good and want to learn to do other stuff good too (i.e. might become off field analyst)

[FearlessF]

Eric Crouch is joining Jeff Jamrog’s Midland University football staff in Fremont as an assistant coach.

[CatsbyAZ]

butch jones might be enrolling in the nick saban school for coaches who can't coach good and want to learn to do other stuff good too (i.e. might become off field analyst)

Saban's foster home/rehab facility for coaches on the rock bottom mend. 
We should just start listing future candidates now:
Bill O'Brien (Texans)
Jim Mora Jr
Al Golden
Tracy Klaeys

[ELA]

I think UT missed the boat


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