Liklihood of top college coaches leaving current jobs
I haven't seen the linked article posted elsewhere on the board. The author looks at 29 of the top college coaches and the liklihood of leaving current jobs after this season. Several mentions of Michigan and Florida specifically. Interesting to compare this assessment to those of people on this board, like Ron Utah, who've posted CC diaries.
October 30th, 2014 at 1:54 PM ^
October 30th, 2014 at 2:18 PM ^
October 30th, 2014 at 4:40 PM ^
Agreed on both. Stoops is interesting in that he has been recruiting Ohio very well. He is also likely to bring his staff with him. We all know how important that can be.
I don't know that Mullen or Miles would be able to keep their staffs intact in a move up north to Ann Arbor. The both Harbaughs would have to pretty much build staffs from scratch.
October 30th, 2014 at 5:15 PM ^
October 30th, 2014 at 2:18 PM ^
From what I've read, Mullen would only leave MSU for UF.
Luckily, almost all the other coaches seem fairly realistic (sans RichRod). The money and recruiting possibilities always give us a shot at a good hire, which is nice.
What about Gary Patterson?
October 30th, 2014 at 2:22 PM ^
October 30th, 2014 at 2:28 PM ^
That's true. Could we see UM and UF fire ADs to become more attractive options for football coaches?
October 30th, 2014 at 4:41 PM ^
Maybe would should just trade ADs.
October 30th, 2014 at 2:28 PM ^
October 30th, 2014 at 3:29 PM ^
I'm convinced Mullen is going to cash his chips and go elsewhere. You can't win longterm at MSU. It's the saddest program in the SEC minus Vandy. They are the Purdue of the SEC. He's going to get paid a lot of money to go elsewhere - whether that's college or the NFL
October 30th, 2014 at 1:59 PM ^
I'm actually surprised Dantonio is not being talked up for either the Florida job or an NFL job. I am not saying that from the persective I wish he was gone so UM can win etc. But he has the personality that would not run NFL players the wrong way like Harbaugh does and he plays systems that translate to the NFL. While there is always a risk hiring a college coach the NFL is full of retreads as well. It does sound like he is a lifer there but if Chip Kelly is getting some NFL "love" it is strange Dantonio gets none.
As for Florida, if the strife between the AD and Mullen is real there is no real candidate out there for them - not sure Dantonio fits culturally but if you want a top 10 coach he seems like a guy you'd reach out for.
Will be interesting to see if UF takes a chance with RichRod. Again if Mullen is not going there, there is really no obvious candidate in America for UF. Maybe they go for Todd Graham; I think he'd kill it at Florida. Petrino is someone I had not thought about - wonder if UF would look past his off the field stuff. He is a pretty darn coach when you look only at football.
If somehow Bob Stoops decided to leave Oklahoma for a conference he has publicly thrown punches at, it would be interesting if Oklahoma goes for his brother Mark from UK.
October 30th, 2014 at 2:01 PM ^
Ugh can't believe we're so bad we're wishing for DANTONIO to leave MSU ...
I need a hug...
October 30th, 2014 at 2:20 PM ^
A new AD and Coach, for delivery to Michigan Stadium. Can you help?
October 30th, 2014 at 2:38 PM ^
I mean, alum96 explicitly said that isn't what he meant:
"I am not saying that from the persective I wish he was gone so UM can win etc."
October 30th, 2014 at 2:41 PM ^
Yeah true, but there is a sense of "WELL I WOULDN'T COMPLAIN... if he were to be poached"....
October 30th, 2014 at 2:50 PM ^
Of course it would be a net positive but the comment was inn terms of pro style (which very few NCAA teams run), demeanor, and accomplishments. He is not an outward scolder yeller like a Kelly or Harbaugh or heck Saban so NFL guys would be able to deal with him better than those types. But he is getting up in age now and he will have shrines built for him at MSU for what he has done both for the program as a whole and for how he has become the new Tressel v UM, so I dont see him leaving. You just would have though someone across the nation would have kicked his tires at some point. Especially considering he was paid $2M per until this year.
I can say the same for Bob Stoops actually, aside from the fact his offense is not as pro ready as Dantonio's is. And Oklahoma is a destination job unlike MSU. But his demeanor and accomplishments fit the NFL.
October 30th, 2014 at 2:04 PM ^
That should have read Brian Kelly, not Chip Kelly.
October 30th, 2014 at 2:36 PM ^
If Harbaugh won't leave the NFL for us, let's go get Chip Kelly!
/ sarcasm..........maybe??
October 30th, 2014 at 2:35 PM ^
I want Dantonio to stay there so we can beat him, and he can suffer the pain of losing to someone that he truely hates, for winning because he left for another job is kind of like winnng by default. I am still hoping for Jim Harbaugh so he can beat Dantonio AND MEYER, then give them a good slap on the back as they are leaving the field.They would both cry.
October 30th, 2014 at 2:40 PM ^
My best case scenario, just from a sports should be fun perspective, is Harbaugh, Dantonio, and Meyer all here at the same time. I think all of those programs would be good, they'd all be entertaining in their own ways, and the coaches would be at each others' throats.
October 30th, 2014 at 3:09 PM ^
Three supremely hard-assed coaches all in the same conference and in the same division.
The forced smiles and the paper-thin cordiality before games would be great to watch.
Plus, the football would ratchet up a notch or two as all three of them would go into hyper-competitive mode and seek to do nothing other than beat the crap out of the others.
Great stuff. Bring it on.
October 30th, 2014 at 4:47 PM ^
October 30th, 2014 at 6:21 PM ^
Maybe someone could coax Suppier up north? Now that'd be great.
October 30th, 2014 at 2:58 PM ^
Dantonio turns 59 this winter and needed a few years to get MSU on track. I could maybe see him as an NFL coach but he's getting a little old for a college program looking to rebuild.
October 30th, 2014 at 3:14 PM ^
I think it's pretty likely he finishes out his career in EL
October 30th, 2014 at 4:00 PM ^
October 30th, 2014 at 1:55 PM ^
I'd say "low"
October 30th, 2014 at 1:55 PM ^
I would love to see Florida go after RR.
October 30th, 2014 at 2:05 PM ^
There is one scenario in which I could see Rich Rod at Florida. Michigan hires Arizona AD Greg Byrne. Byrne hires Dan Mullen as their previous history makes Mullen much more receptive to Michigan than before. Rich Rod remembers the bullshit that happened to him under a new AD at Michigan and leaves AZ for Florida.
Everybody wins except AZ.
October 30th, 2014 at 2:40 PM ^
to publicly humiliate DB more by showing him he is a good coach and can be at Michigan. Pretty much the way DB publicly humiliated RR in his "annual evaluation" circus
October 30th, 2014 at 1:57 PM ^
wow I didn't realize CSU was off to a 7-1 start, but damn that buyout lololol
October 30th, 2014 at 2:07 PM ^
If we had been an OC at Georgia rather than Alabama I dont think he'd be getting this sort of attention. His biggest win in 3 years is Boston College.
With TCU and Utah gone from the Mountain West that conference has fallen quite a bit. Difficult to judge.
October 30th, 2014 at 2:14 PM ^
that buyout for McElwain was shocking. it would be interesting to see a side by side comparison of full contract details for all of these guys.
October 30th, 2014 at 2:21 PM ^
October 30th, 2014 at 1:57 PM ^
There appear to be a few brown spots on Mark Helfrich's banana. Dont want him now! Yuck guys!
October 30th, 2014 at 2:57 PM ^
What I took away from that is that obviously this was an intense and thorough study of possible flight risks in the college coaching world, but also deeply personal and painfully awkward in some ways. After all, how else would the author know about the condition of Helfrich's banana?
I will put away my inner 12 year old now...
October 30th, 2014 at 6:22 PM ^
October 30th, 2014 at 7:29 PM ^
Job interviews just got a lot weirder in big-time college football. "Dan, you're a fine coach, but first, pull down your pants, turn your head, and cough."
October 30th, 2014 at 2:03 PM ^
Wow, a 7.1 million dollar buy out for McElwain? Could cross that one off the list.
October 30th, 2014 at 2:16 PM ^
Colorado State isn't a terrible place in the college football hierarchy. The 2000s were a lost decade for CSU but they were consistently good in the 1990s and there's no reason they can't annually be at the top of the Mountain West Conference.
But it's also an "upward mobility"-type of job too ...... kind of crazy CSU was able to make him agree to a $7.1MM buy-out (?!?!?!)
October 30th, 2014 at 4:51 PM ^
What in the world did CSU give him in return for taking such a large buyout?
I get that George Clooney can command a big pre-nup, but George Costanza?
October 30th, 2014 at 2:04 PM ^
No mention of Bob Stitt. Article is invalid.
October 30th, 2014 at 2:28 PM ^
Probably just an oversight. Stitt happens.
October 30th, 2014 at 2:05 PM ^
Aside from the talk of all of the coaches, what I liked about this article is that despite the negativity that we as die hard fans feel, the Michigan job is still considered to be a top job, right up there with Florida, from a national perspective. Refreshing to hear.
From this list, I would be really happy with either Mullen or Miles. Obviously, I would prefer either of the Har-bros, but if we miss out there, then Mullen or Miles would be awesome.
October 30th, 2014 at 2:06 PM ^
to get a top tier coach to come here. Fire DB already! I still have Jim H no. 1 and Gary Patterson No. 2 with Mullen a close third.
If DB goes, it'll be a race. If he doesn't, it will be a Halloween on 33* night in a downpour...Nobody's knocking on that door.
Also, I'd love to see RR at Florida. He cdould do some real damage to Saban's reign down there.
October 30th, 2014 at 2:13 PM ^
Probably the blood is too bad down there to retain him on the staff (like Fickell at OSU) but RR offense with a Muschamp defense would make for an interesting team.
The more I think about Todd Graham the more he makes a lot of sense for Florida. They won't get so pissy as our fans do about him leaving previous stops in uncool fashion. They are more bottom line oriented and Graham just wins bottom line. He is a good ole southern boy from Texas to boot so culturally would fit even better than RR.
October 30th, 2014 at 3:11 PM ^
Therefore, we re-hire RichRod and pick up Muschamp as his D coordinator. That would be interesting.
October 30th, 2014 at 2:14 PM ^
I'm not really sure RichRod would be cut out for the SEC. I could be dead wrong, but he seems to still not want to play defense. But then again, beating Oregon two years in a row is saying something.
Either way, I don't think he's going anywhere. After Michigan, he might not want to be in a place with insanely high expectations anymore. He's carved out a pretty good niche at Arizona. Its a fanbase that accepts him, and they honestly can't expect a whole lot from him, at least not like they would at a place like Michigan, Florida, USC or Texas. I doubt he wants to go through that kind of fiasco all over again.
October 30th, 2014 at 2:27 PM ^