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Well, he was 100% honest when he told the press “I’m not the next head coach at LSU”.
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Well, he was 100% honest when he told the press “I’m not the next head coach at LSU”.
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The Lincoln Riley move injected a big dose of chaos into other coaching searches, and could dislodge some big name coaches elsewhere, causing new job openings, and so on.
SI wrote up a little listicle on it at https://www.si.com/college/2021/11/...-to-usc-impacts-the-coaching-carousel-options. One obstacle to some hires is buyouts of around $10 million, which they call “sizeable”. Our buyout is larger than that, of course.
USA Today sees South Carolina’s Shane Beamer in the mix, and Venables too: https://www.usatoday.com/story/spor...s-who-could-replace-lincoln-riley/8790364002/
SI wrote up a little listicle on it at https://www.si.com/college/2021/11/...-to-usc-impacts-the-coaching-carousel-options. One obstacle to some hires is buyouts of around $10 million, which they call “sizeable”. Our buyout is larger than that, of course.
USA Today sees South Carolina’s Shane Beamer in the mix, and Venables too: https://www.usatoday.com/story/spor...s-who-could-replace-lincoln-riley/8790364002/
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Sounds like there will be at least two more earth-shaking, big-splash moves. It also made me realize that Tech might be setting its sights too low. There are some interesting prospects out there who might even come to Tech for the right price.
But, yeah, there is that “sizable” roadblock right now.
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I haven’t followed Manny closely at all. The rationale for keeping him sounds familiar. I would want to know 6 things:
1. How does he manage the clock?
2. Is he good at getting substitutes in and out of a game?
3. What is his ratio of penalties compared to opponents?
4. How is the kicking game?
5. Does he prepare good game plans for specific opponents?
6. Does he consistently win against light weight opponents that should be easy wins?
Like I say, I know little about his record at Miami other than the obvious but the “only 3 years” argument makes sense if there is a reasonably favorable answer to those 6 questions.
1. How does he manage the clock?
2. Is he good at getting substitutes in and out of a game?
3. What is his ratio of penalties compared to opponents?
4. How is the kicking game?
5. Does he prepare good game plans for specific opponents?
6. Does he consistently win against light weight opponents that should be easy wins?
Like I say, I know little about his record at Miami other than the obvious but the “only 3 years” argument makes sense if there is a reasonably favorable answer to those 6 questions.
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Temple is a horrible job. Only the most desperate of coaches would go there and they would leave the first chance they got. (No, this is not a shot at Collins)
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You could have a decent team and go 0-6 in the SEC West.
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He'll be fine. Kelly's problem in playoffs was that he didn't have the athletes on defense that schools like 'Bama/Clemson/UGA/Ohio State had.
At LSU and in Louisiana, those kids he had a hard time recruiting at ND grow up dreaming about playing for LSU. IMO, LSU is probably the second best team in the West behind 'Bama with this hire, and the 3rd best team overall in the SEC behind UGA and Bama. It will be interesting to see how Kelly fares against Saban with the talent he'll be able to attract at LSU. He's already retaining two of LSU's assistants that are very good recruiters.
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The least accomplished coach, Sam Pittman, went 8-4 last season, and 4-4 in the conference.
Probably the best collection of coaching talent for any division in college football.
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I'm OK with the SEC schools eventually bankrupting each other over coaching salaries.
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Of all places with money issues lol LSU
This hire gonna shut the school down forever
Imagine draining your academic endowment to get 2nd to Bama
Inside LSU's $56.4M budget shortfall: No money for pay raises, how officials will make up gap, more
After several years of flat or increased budgets, LSU is looking at starting next year with $56.4 million less money.
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Bill O'Brien maybe heading to VT