Coaching Carousel (Football)

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Chillinini
Maryland started the trend by blaming and firing a coordinator. Then realized the truer problem was a level above. Now Purdue and Michigan. Will those programs follow the same path?
 
#34      
Fly Illini Fly!
Chillinini said:
Maryland started the trend by blaming and firing a coordinator. Then realized the truer problem was a level above. Now Purdue and Michigan. Will those programs follow the same path?
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Purdue has a much better team than in years past. The reason they won't make a bowl game (or even get close to one), is they played #11 Wake Forrest and #3 Notre Dame in the non-conference.

It's the #1 way to ruin a program that's a tier below the heavy hitters.

Penn State is 5-4 and played 3 cupcakes.
 
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illinoistradition
Fly Illini Fly! said:
Purdue has a much better team than in years past. The reason they won't make a bowl game (or even get close to one), is they played #11 Wake Forrest and #3 Notre Dame in the non-conference.

It's the #1 way to ruin a program that's a tier below the heavy hitters.

Penn State is 5-4 and played 3 cupcakes.
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They are also looking at going 3-9. Even if they had two easier non-con games, they would be 5-7.
 
#38      
Battle89
And back to the ND scheduling thread 😉
 
#39      
Mr. Tibbs
Fly Illini Fly! said:
Purdue has a much better team than in years past. The reason they won't make a bowl game (or even get close to one), is they played #11 Wake Forrest and #3 Notre Dame in the non-conference.

It's the #1 way to ruin a program that's a tier below the heavy hitters.

Penn State is 5-4 and played 3 cupcakes.
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yea- Purdue has improved with Odum. enough to stay the course
 
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Fly Illini Fly!
Bielema is responsible for half the coordinator firings in the B10 thus far:

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#44      
lstewart53x3
illini0440 said:
Utah head coach is a lot different than being the Montana head coach
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Oh there’s no doubt that Whittingham is a more accomplished coach. But it’s a similar situation in that: both Hauck and Whittingham appeared to be forced into retirement by their previous schools and no longer have the energy needed to compete at the highest level.

Here, it was just a DC, so we cut him loose a month into the season, and things have begun to turn around. Whereas Michigan seems to be stuck with Whit for at least this year, maybe longer. They’re top 10 in the country in NIL spending, yet they likely won’t finish in the top 10 in the B1G in wins.
 
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Mr. Tibbs
illini0440 said:
Utah head coach is a lot different than being the Montana head coach
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yea
Whillingham is qualified . a tad on the older side , but knows how to run a P4 program . just not a great fit for Michigan at this time . I will be surprised if they keep him after this season
 
#47      
MrPocket
gary? said:
has this ever ended up working? only one i can think of is in basketball when mullin seemed to have st. johns going in his final year. he stepped away because his brother died. penny hardaway may still work out and he hasn’t been awful.
can’t think of a single example in football. and i mean an alum who is a true star or superstar of the sport, not like fitzgerald or even spurrier
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as others have noted it would make much more sense to hire Rivers as GM as that would seem to better capitalize on his perceived strengths - firing up the fan base and getting donors to open their wallets. being the head coach of a P4 football program is hard...really hard...and it's really difficult to believe somebody with no experience coaching at this level (in any capacity) can pull this off. i would have thought the Trent Dilfer experience at UAB would have been a cautionary tale....
 
#49      
mhuml32
Not a good week for former Illini assistants
 
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