2018 Coaching Changes thread

[ELA]

Jerry Kill stepping down again due to health reasons.  Let's hope this is the final time, and he enjoys many years away from football.

[847badgerfan]

Kiffin signed a 10 year extension today. I wonder how many of those years he will actually be there for.

[FearlessF]

I hope all 10

I don't hear much from him down there

[ELA]

I think that's a perfect fit for both sides actually.

[Cincydawg]

Agree about the fit, but I think Kiffin is inherently bound for greater things, and in 2-3 years.

Imagine him at say Missouri or Oregon or Purdue or Maryland or UNC.

[Brutus Buckeye]

3rd behind Bill Hess (1958-77) with 108 and Don Peden (1924-46) with 121.
Peden won 6 BAA titles (pre-cursor to the MAC), and Hess won 4 MAC titles.  That's the omission on Solich's resume, 0-4 in MAC title games.

Didn't even know about the BAA. 
Looks pretty awesome; albeit short lived.

[847badgerfan]

Agree about the fit, but I think Kiffin is inherently bound for greater things, and in 2-3 years.

Imagine him at say Missouri or Oregon or Purdue or Maryland or UNC.

Purdue is set so long as Brohm sticks. And he just might. Maryland looks to be in pretty good shape.

I was thinking Illinois.

Kiffin and Fleck in the same division could be really funny.

[Mdot21]

I'd bet that Brohm will be gone if he has major success there. If he wins 10+ games and wins the West, he's gone. LSU would go after him when they inevitably fire Orgeron. Could see Bama going after him if Saban retires, which I think is going to happen sooner than people expect. I think it'll be really hard to keep him if he really breaks through.

As for Kiffen, I think he's going to be at FAU for a long time. He's got it made there, most of his family lives right by him, his dad has an office next to his. Joey Freshwater is single and enjoying that South Florida nightlife. Don't see him giving that gig up. He can basically do whatever he wants, doesn't have a boss there. At a big time job, he'd have to be more buttoned up. Where he's at suites his personality and "life-style" perfectly. 

[betarhoalphadelta]

I'd bet that Brohm will be gone if he has major success there. If he wins 10+ games and wins the West, he's gone. LSU would go after him when they inevitably fire Orgeron. Could see Bama going after him if Saban retires, which I think is going to happen sooner than people expect. I think it'll be really hard to keep him if he really breaks through.  

Everything I understand about Brohm makes me think he won't just bolt for the first "big job" that wants him. He doesn't seem to be the sort that's driven by money or status as much. As folks have pointed out, at least earlier this year he was still driving his old 2005 [or so] Honda Accord. I think there are reasons he chose to take the job in West Lafayette and those reasons make me think that he's not going to leave for fickle reasons. Heck, he even reached out and spoke to Danny Hope (who we fired) before taking the job, and said that was talking to Hope was one of the reasons he decided to come to Purdue, as Hope (again who we fired, somewhat unceremoniously) had nice things to say. He seems to have a good relationship with Bobinski and believes that he's going to get the support he needs to build something at Purdue. 
That's not to say he won't leave, but he may not bolt just because any bigger job comes knocking. I would think he'll only leave for a "perfect" landing spot. 
I could definitely see him going to Louisville, although only after they've cleaned up their mess of an athletic department. That to him is "home", so if Petrino retires and that job comes open, and if they've not been shut down by the FBI or NCAA, I could see him going there without hesitation. But that's his alma mater, and although it's not a "big job", you can't fault a guy if he wants to go home.

[CatsbyAZ]

Doug Haller, a Phoenix beat writer I really like, used a public records request to pull emails fans sent to Ray Anderson (ASU AD) and Michael Crow (ASU Pres) during the week of coaching transition between Todd Graham and Herm Edwards:

"This request produced more than 1,000 pages of emails. It also produced two obvious conclusions: An overwhelming majority of fans who emailed the ASU leaders wanted Graham to return for his seventh season. And nearly just as many had a hard time understanding how Edwards – who hasn’t coached in college in nearly three decades – is the right man to lead the Sun Devils to a higher level."

"Wrote one Valley resident to Crow: “As a huge ASU fan, I ask you to ponder this one simple question: Why would you allow Ray to fire Coach Graham and pay the largest buyout ever to let him hire a former mediocre coach who happens to be a personal friend of his who hasn’t been in the college game for 30-plus years?”"

Going on a decade of off-and-on living in Arizona I gotta say, I'm very accustomed to the ASU fan that vocally wants a new coach, but the ASU fan that wanted their coach kept is a new one.

[Brutus Buckeye]

[ELA]

Wow, sounds like LSU and Matt Canada are splitting up.

I would pay whatever he wants

[Entropy]

Agree about the fit, but I think Kiffin is inherently bound for greater things, and in 2-3 years.

Imagine him at say Missouri or Oregon or Purdue or Maryland or UNC.

I can't see Kiffin anyplace that isn't warm where he can golf year round...

[Mdot21]

sounds like FSU is going all-out after Wisconsin DC Jim Leohnard and Michigan tackles/TE's coach Greg Frey.

Also sounds like Deion Sanders might be the DB coach. Wow.

Willie Taggart trying to build the best staff possible.