Coaching Carousel (Football)
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Man, he's gotta a nice rack
band camp
- STL City
mhuml32
Gesture of Northern Aggression
Which is why this is so fun to see out in the open now!
- Yurachek (AD) is signaling hard that current support for football is not good enough and donors are going to have to up the ante, probably substantially, to field a competitive SEC football program. This has been an unprecedented breaking of the fourth wall by an AD, where lots of schools are constantly selling future hope to their boosters to convince them to keep giving money. Yurachek is now not selling hope, but trying to be the first to peddle fear.
- Yurachek is also likely doing this as a signal to Lashlee that he's going to push his donors to their absolute limit to get him the resources (it's the sell, now he has to deliver)
- Arkansas fans/donors also care a lot about basketball (especially a couple prominent donors) and baseball. Those folks are likely going to fight football from getting more resources because it means taking resources from them. Which means some donors hate Lashlee (not personally, but what stands for) and will seek the leverage to avoid his hiring.
Agree, different skill set than O or D coordinator. Need to wear a lot of hats.
uiba99
I'd rather be at Allerton
Need to find out where he gets his undergarments cuz I could use the kind of support he has going there.
aiwpfan
- Springfield, Il
Illini fan Atlanta
- Lockport, Illinois via Atlanta
Hey UW, I'm guessing Paul Chryst wasn't so bad huh?
pruman91
- interviewing new NL's daily....I really really am
Their biggest problem is a fan base with IDS -- Illini Derangement Syndrome. They can't get over the fact that Bielema has built a winner in Champaign. If Fickell loses to Bret in November, he'll get canned the next morning. Just like Chryst. Geographically so close to Illinois, but culturally so far away. A recipe for a huge inferiority complex.
Illini fan Atlanta
- Lockport, Illinois via Atlanta
They had a winning recipe, and their AD [and power donors] decided that Wisconsin was slipping. They hire Fickell, who revamps their offense, and due to the Ls, he aborts the plan. It's gonna be interesting to see this play out.
If Luke gets released, Chris McIntosh, shouldn't be making the new hire.
If Luke gets released, Chris McIntosh, shouldn't be making the new hire.
mhuml32
Gesture of Northern Aggression
Firing Chryst was the right call. I give credit to McIntosh that he saw where things were headed and that Wisconsin football needed a jolt to keep their position in the B1G, or even take the next step. Fickell isn't the answer and the program slipped regardless.
RabidDawgClassic
- Los Angeles, CA
The obvious hire was Jim Leonard. Could’ve carried on the unique Wisconsin style and, I suspect, be very successful. But the AD wanted something different… and he got it.
If we were in the same position to hire Nate Scheelhaase as our head coach (alum, OC that had fairly good success), I would be a little ticked. Arkansas should be aiming higher than Lunney. That's no knock on Lunney. It's the reality of needing to pull someone that has proven themselves as a head coach or had a VERY long and successful tenure as a coordinator at a major program.
Joel Goodson
- how was I to know, she was with the Russians too?
lol:
When is it acceptable to start talking about Aaron Henry in this thread?
if you read a PSU fan board , it’s red hot
not sure how true that is . supposedly, his buyout is over 55 million . so who knows how hot his seat really is
I have often thought of Franklin as a perfect replacement for Kirk Ferentz at Iowa. So, if KF retires, it might be something JF pursues.
Penn State’s James Franklin urged to look at Virginia Tech, UCLA, Arkansas, other open jobs this hiring cycle
Penn State Nittany Lions football coach James Franklin may be forced to take a look at the job market during the upcoming hiring cycle.
If you are Penn State, who would you look at if James Frankin leaves?
Cignetti.
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