Coaching Buyouts and Contract Extensions Thread

[Cincydawg]

Can Tennessee "get back" someday to being decent?  I mean like 9-3 or 8-4 decent?  They have been down for a while now, and been through a number of coaches.

Texas was down for a bit, it happens, but they seem to be back to at LEAST decent, if not quite good.

The Vols need to find a good coach soon if Pruitt if not it.

[utee94]

I don't see any reason why UTenn can't.  They do seem to have struggled to get the right coach.  But they're in a conference and region that can help them recruit.  Mizzou went 8-4 last year in the same division, and I don't see anything in the Vol program that should prevent them from doing similarly well.

At Texas we hired one coach that really, REALLY didn't work out,  but the one after that has us to at least decent, as you said.

[CatsbyAZ]

Uh-oh, another idiotically premature contract extension? At least this is only talk from from a harmless BYU columnist:
https://www.deseret.com/2019/11/3/20944871/kalani-sitakes-byu-cougars-dominate-the-utah-state-aggies-now-its-time-to-extend-his-contract

"It was BYU’s follow-up act after upsetting 14th-ranked Boise State in Provo. The 639 yards gained on the reeling Aggies are the most ever produced by a BYU offense in the Sitake era. Now 4-4, the win sets the Cougars up for a bowl game if two victories can be achieved against Liberty, Idaho State, UMass and San Diego State. Before kickoff, BYU’s strength of schedule was the seventh toughest in the nation.
This brings up a key question. Has Sitake done enough in 2019 to warrant a contract extension?
The answer is simple: yes."

What is the deal with rushing contract extensions?!?!

Sitake is 24-23 in four seasons, to include 4-4 this season with mixed results beating ranked USC & Boise State but losing to Toledo and South Florida.

With the downhill part of the schedule coming up - Liberty, Idaho State, UMass, and San Diego State - let's see if Sitake can manage 3-1 or 4-0 before entertaining contract extension talks. Looks like the article's comments section mostly agrees.

[MrNubbz]

Rumors circulating the Pirate is a strong candidate for the Noles gig,who knows.I wanted him in C-Bus when Tress was dismissed - be interesting for sure

[MarqHusker]

Wasn't the Pirate self exiled to the Florida Keys after TT showed him the door?  I recall him guest hosting XMU shows from the Keys.   Not that he's opposed to living or going wherever, after all the Cody, WY native has coached in pretty much every post and outpost in the country.

[Cincydawg]

It seems to me every year there are more openings than there are obvious candidates.

That usually leads to assistants being hired as HC with a hope they can handle it.

[FearlessF]

I'd give the Pirate a chance if I were an AD

[CWSooner]

Can Tennessee "get back" someday to being decent?  I mean like 9-3 or 8-4 decent?  They have been down for a while now, and been through a number of coaches.

Texas was down for a bit, it happens, but they seem to be back to at LEAST decent, if not quite good.

The Vols need to find a good coach soon if Pruitt if not it.

Yeah.  Barely good enough to beat Georgia in the Sugar Bowl.  

[CWSooner]

I'd give the Pirate a chance if I were an AD

I like Mike Leach.  In his one year in Norman, he installed the offense that took the Sooners to a national championship a year later.

He's also just a hell of an interesting guy.  I'm sure that it would be a blast hanging out with him in Key West and hearing his pirate stories.

But what has he done lately to indicate that he's got what it takes to revive a moribund big-time college football program?  He's not doing anything special with Wazzu.

[MrNubbz]

The Paloose isn't USC,Austin,Norman,Tuscaloosa,C-Bus,Tallahassee,Baton Rouge or even Lubbock- I'd take a chance on him

[FearlessF]

nothing special, but I think Wazzu is in better shape than when he arrived

[CWSooner]

The Paloose isn't USC,Austin,Norman,Tuscaloosa,C-Bus,Tallahassee,Baton Rouge or even Lubbock- I'd take a chance on him

The Paloose surely can't be worse than Lubbock!  

[MrNubbz]

The Paloose surely can't be worse than Lubbock! 

Ah but my dirt burglaring buddy it prolly is facturing in surrounding talent base.And convincing kids to go way out of the way.Great place to study I'd imagine

[CWSooner]

Lubbock, Texas, where you can watch your dog run away for a week.  If you stand on a can of paint, you can watch him run away for a month.

Which reminds me, did you know that if you scaled down the Earth to the size of a bowling ball, the Earth would be smoother than the bowling ball?

That's per the director of Mapping, Charting, & Geodesy at West Point 25 years ago.