2018 Coaching Changes thread

[PSUinNC]

Think Gunner Gundy has a mullet?  That's a silly name, but it's no Jim Bob Cooter.


btw, Tennessee deserves this - from their AD to their fans - it's all on them.  Fans' Gruden obsession, AD's teasing (more like bluffing a royal flush while holding 3 of a kind), and the fans' reaction to Schiano....

It's going to end up with them grovelling to get some middling coach AND overpaying him.  Hell, where's John L. Smith??  lol

Do Florida fans deserve what Florida has become since Meyer left?

[ELA]

Miss. State with a great hire.  Meanwhile Vols looking at Chad Morris and his 13-22 record at SMU.

People were talking him as Texas A&M's #2 choice if they didn't get Jimbo.  I don't get the infatuation.

[ELA]

Heh, saw this posted, to show how important the staff is, not just the head coach.

When Edsall left UConn for Maryland, he elected not to bring his OC (Joe Moorhead) with him, nor retain the DC Maryland already had in place (Don Brown).  Instead he made two new hires.

[Shiner]

People were talking him as Texas A&M's #2 choice if they didn't get Jimbo.  I don't get the infatuation.

People may have been... but not A&M fans.  He's only tied the A&M job opening because he's an Aggie... not because he's considered a great coach.  Most Aggie fans have no desire to see him on our sidelines.

[Mdot21]

Heh, saw this posted, to show how important the staff is, not just the head coach.

When Edsall left UConn for Maryland, he elected not to bring his OC (Joe Moorhead) with him, nor retain the DC Maryland already had in place (Don Brown).  Instead he made two new hires.

That is some epic failure on the part of Edsall. Wow. 
Name they top 5 OC's in CFB. Name the top 5 DC's. Both those guys are on that list. 

[Mdot21]

Based on what premise?  Losing Gesicki and Barkley?

Really?

Oh I don't know, maybe based on them losing one of the best OC's in all of college football in Joe Moorehead- the guy that came in there and really turned around what was a floundering offensive team- their leading rusher and the best RB in college football and the best RB they've had in decades in Barkley, their leading receiver in Hamilton, 3rd leading receiver in Barkley, 4th leading receiver in Geisicki, and 5th leading receiver in Thompkins.

Geisicki and Barkley are absolute match-up nightmares in the pass game and allowed them to do so much on offense because of their versatility.

[MaximumSam]

I actually think it's a great spot for Moorhead.  Expectations aren't super high - Mullen was good but not great and transitioned to Florida.   He has a solid program in place and the transition shouldn't be difficult.  Plus Ole Miss is probably going to be in a tailspin for years.

[Mdot21]

I actually think it's a great spot for Moorhead.  Expectations aren't super high - Mullen was good but not great and transitioned to Florida.   He has a solid program in place and the transition shouldn't be difficult.  Plus Ole Miss is probably going to be in a tailspin for years.

Great point. Fitzgerald is a good young QB that will fit what Moorehead wants to do. Ole Miss could really get hit hard by the NCAA which would make State the top program for awhile in Mississippi. Expectations are low, win 7-9 games a year he's a hero.

I just thought he'd get a bigger job. He does have HC experience in FCS. I think he's probably going to wind up being better than anything Tennessee hires. UT should've went after him- but they'd rather try to win the PR battle over finding a good coach.

[Entropy]

Yeesh! Herm Edwards? Who hasn't coached in 10 years? Who hasn't coached college since the Eighties? Whose clock management is the most clueless I've ever seen?

What is Ray Anderson thinking? Were they paperboy buddies back in the day?

And look, this AZCentral writer thinks Herm is the "right fit" because he's Ray Anderson's "logical choice!"

https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/2017/11/28/asu-football-coaching-search-herm-edwards/900635001/

Really wish Graham was still aboard.

Maybe he's thinking whomever I bring in next will look great in comparison... and be accepted by the fans as a result.  ????

[Entropy]

http://footballscoop.com/news/sources-tennessee-search-centering-jeff-brohm/

Update's on Tenn latest target..

[Mdot21]

Would really suck for Purdue and the Big Ten if Brohm jumps to Tennessee after only one year. He's a really good coach.

[Entropy]

I'm fully on board with Tenn being a better job than Purdue.  But Tenn is a cluster right now.   I think Brohm will have better options in the future.   And to be clear, I'm not suggesting Tenn is a bad option or even not a great option, but right now and talking today, the coach will have a lot of extra work ahead of him besides just building the team.   I'm not sure Tenn fans will have the patience like they might in the future. 

[Drew4UTk]

Brohm is a great coach..... he'd do UT very well. 

but

IF he didn't produce, he'd be out of there in three or four seasons instead of the expected five, and he'd have to start climbing the charts again, which he just finished doing by sitting at a P5 school and being ripe for the picking to a helmet school... 

being a UT fan- I'd love to have him as a coach... thinking from his perspective, he'd be gambling a considerable amount by going. 

[ELA]

I actually think it's a great spot for Moorhead.  Expectations aren't super high - Mullen was good but not great and transitioned to Florida.   He has a solid program in place and the transition shouldn't be difficult.  Plus Ole Miss is probably going to be in a tailspin for years.

I agree.  Mullen didn't win all that big at Mississippi State, as is viewed by many as a great hire for Florida.  The expectations there are very reasonable.  He was there 9 years.  Finished ranked twice.  Won 10 games once.  Won more than 8 games three times.  How many SEC schools could you go 8-5 or worse at 2/3 of the time and be viewed as a great coach?