Coaching Buyouts and Contract Extensions Thread

[betarhoalphadelta]

He'll hit the transfer portal for a QB for sure. 

Definitely looking forward to the Pirate vs. Joey Freshwater Egg Bowl matchups.  That just became must-see TV.

Also, nobody, and I mean NOBODY, ever got under the Aggies' skin like Mike Leach did whilst at Texas Tech.  It's going to be glorious watching him troll them once again.

I think back to the thread about adopting other teams to follow here. I'm pretty sure people would be fighting for the Pirate and Kiffykins...

[CatsbyAZ]

Also, nobody, and I mean NOBODY, ever got under the Aggies' skin like Mike Leach did whilst at Texas Tech.  It's going to be glorious watching him troll them once again.

Hopefully Leach does it again, starting with Jimbo’s jumbo contract. Nobody is pays more for mediocrity than Texas A&M. So far $20 Mil to barely scratch the Top 25.

[bayareabadger]

Holy crap. So, he turns down Tennessee last year and now takes the msu job??

Yikes.

He accepted Tennessee. 

Then they fired the guy that hired him. 

[ELA]

Woah, Indiana coming to play


https://twitter.com/BruceFeldmanCFB/status/1215983622186045441?s=19

[MaximumSam]

Woah, Indiana coming to play


https://twitter.com/BruceFeldmanCFB/status/1215983622186045441?s=

Going from Debord to Deboer at OC really helped them. It's too bad they only got him for one year. Nick Sheridan is the replacement - a lot of weight there

[MarqHusker]

Aranda to Baylor.  Interesting.

[CatsbyAZ]

Aranda to Baylor.  Interesting.

Aranda was way overdue for a head coaching gig. After 2014 or 2015 during his time as DC with Wisconsin I figured he’d take openings at either Hawaii, Utah State, or Fresno State before working his way into the PAC 12. Dude is a good coach and glad to see what he’ll do at Baylor.

[betarhoalphadelta]

Aranda was way overdue for a head coaching gig. After 2014 or 2015 during his time as DC with Wisconsin I figured he’d take openings at either Hawaii, Utah State, or Fresno State before working his way into the PAC 12. Dude is a good coach and glad to see what he’ll do at Baylor.

I think what's interesting about it is that it seemed like Aranda could have jumped at a HC gig before now, and never did. I think some folks thought that maybe he, through self-reflection, realized that he either wasn't fully suited for HC or looked at the workload (not only hours, but also the additional media BS and booster glad-handing) that a HC has to manage and simply preferred to be the "man behind the curtain" as a coordinator.

I personally would be surprised to hear that Aranda hasn't already gotten decent HC offers before now. Maybe he hasn't, but his name certainly has been "in the hat" in the media before now.

So [based on that assumption] if he turned down offers in the past but said yes to this one, what changed? 

[CatsbyAZ]

So [based on that assumption] if he turned down offers in the past but said yes to this one, what changed?

I’d *heard* Aranda was much more interested in landing an NFL DC gig than a college HC gig, lobbying for the Packers DC opening a few years ago. With the NFL never panning out and the larger collective voice telling him he deserved to be HC at some point sooner rather than later - here we are.

[847badgerfan]

I’d *heard* Aranda was much more interested in landing an NFL DC gig than a college HC gig, lobbying for the Packers DC opening a few years ago. With the NFL never panning out and the larger collective voice telling him he deserved to be HC at some point sooner rather than later - here we are.

If he does well at Waco, he could certainly parlay that into an NFL DC job.

[CatsbyAZ]

If he does well at Waco, he could certainly parlay that into an NFL DC job.

That brings up a good point - Can anyone think of any coach who’s parlayed a P5 gig into NFL coordinator? Doesn’t seem like a path anyone intentionally takes.

Edit: More likely HC flameouts end up as NFL Coordinators. Sarkesian as Falcons OC. NFL OC/DC is a step down from a P5 HC if not solely because of the salary difference.

[bayareabadger]

That brings up a good point - Can anyone think of any coach who’s parlayed a P5 gig into NFL coordinator? Doesn’t seem like a path anyone intentionally takes.

Edit: More likely HC flameouts end up as NFL Coordinators. Sarkesian as Falcons OC. NFL OC/DC is a step down from a P5 HC if not solely because of the salary difference.

I was thinking about this and it's a hard spot just because if a P5 job is going "well," they tend to keep you well paid, and if you had the chops for a jump to an NFL spot, you generally jumped from a sub-head coach role or at worst G5 (UGA's new OC did that).

Some of it also centers around the fact that almost no P5 head coaching roles end that well. Most fail or at least don't succeed to a majestic level, so it's either a flameout or just kinda drag to the end. And if you're good, you tend to jump to HC.

Shoot, how many actually good coaches even parlayed a P5 HC job into a NFL HC job? Carroll had to beat the posse out of town. Rhule is one. Are there more than even a few others. 

[MarqHusker]

Billy C pulled that gig and eventually and interim HC gig. 

[CWSooner]

I was thinking about this and it's a hard spot just because if a P5 job is going "well," they tend to keep you well paid, and if you had the chops for a jump to an NFL spot, you generally jumped from a sub-head coach role or at worst G5 (UGA's new OC did that).

Some of it also centers around the fact that almost no P5 head coaching roles end that well. Most fail or at least don't succeed to a majestic level, so it's either a flameout or just kinda drag to the end. And if you're good, you tend to jump to HC.

Shoot, how many actually good coaches even parlayed a P5 HC job into a NFL HC job? Carroll had to beat the posse out of town. Rhule is one. Are there more than even a few others.

Nick Saban.  Jimmy Johnson.  Barry Switzer.  Chuck Fairbanks.