How has Va Tech not fired their coach yet? You don't lose to BC and a 4th string QB and keep a job anymore do you?
Ah my bad I didn't see that. Thank you for the heads up.BC's starting QB came back from injury and played.
Told ya they weren't moving on from him.
I mean most coaches in year four who've gone 4-8, 5-7, 3-5 and 3-9 (likely) don't get a fifth year but Nebraska seems to have accepted their role in the football world.Didn't make sense to me that they would but I am very casual about non-Seminole NCAAF
I thought his team played a lot better this year than I have seen in a while. He had good success at UCF and he is a great former player. Seems like he should be given a lot of rope.I mean most coaches in year four who've gone 4-8, 5-7, 3-5 and 3-9 (likely) don't get a fifth year but Nebraska seems to have accepted their role in the football world.
Since his buyout would've been $20 million, it was an easy choice to bring him back.Told ya they weren't moving on from him.
I'm sure calls from Lincoln to Ann Arbor have been made to get Harbaugh's renegotiated deal to use as a boilerplate. Massive paycut incoming, but still the right decision from NU IMO.
Jimmy skated with just a one game suspension without pay.I did a bang-up job in that post, huh. A friend is a UW grad and his hatred of Jimmy Lake is epic.
the buyout $ goes down in a couple weeks.How has Va Tech not fired their coach yet? You don't lose to BC and a 4th string QB and keep a job anymore do you?
Yup, and face it wasn't VT playing the 4th string QB? the coach may deserve to be fire, if for no other reason they have no depth at the QB position. But that poor kid VT had out there at QB was completely overmatched, and had no chance at this levelBC's starting QB came back from injury and played.
Except that when skating he fell through the ice and drowned. Fired yesterday.Jimmy skated with just a one game suspension without pay.
Looks like he still getting a $10M buyout.Justin Fuente is out at Virginia Tech.
https://www.pilotonline.com/sports/college/virginia-tech/vp-sp-justin-fuente-hokies-20211116-lpm64cxo3bay3ofvyn67dg5uxy-story.html
It's about damn time. I hope they can find somebody good enough to restore the program.Justin Fuente is out at Virginia Tech.
https://www.pilotonline.com/sports/college/virginia-tech/vp-sp-justin-fuente-hokies-20211116-lpm64cxo3bay3ofvyn67dg5uxy-story.html
Any rumors on targets?It's about damn time. I hope they can find somebody good enough to restore the program.
nopeLooks like he still getting a $10M buyout.
Gotcha. I must have been reading an early report.nope
would have been 7.5 on 12/5. they split the difference.
almost like there's a reason they wanted to do it now instead of 12/5. hmm. wonder why that could be.
Davis said he was allowed to only offer one-year contracts to assistants, hampering his ability to hire coaches who could get multi-year deals elsewhere.
When Davis arrived in 2017, he found out all the shoulder pads were at least 10 years old. The school wouldn’t provide the money to purchase new shoulder pads, but an assistant coach had a contact at Mississippi State. The Bulldogs’ program had shoulder pads that were five years old, but they were replacing them, so Mississippi State gave FIU its shoulder pads at no cost.
“They were five years old,” Davis said. “But they were new to us.”
In today’s college football world, where some schools get new uniform combos literally every game, FIU is using uniforms that are nine years old, Davis said.
Davis also said his coaching staff was not allowed to go on the road recruiting the past two years because of the school’s financial reasons and COVID-19.
I bet they take a long look at Napier.It's about damn time. I hope they can find somebody good enough to restore the program.
I thought UMass was the worst opening in FBS, but after seeing this FIU is a strong contender.Butch Davis is gone from FIU after the season.
FIU Head Coach Butch Davis Will Not Return to Panthers Next Year (actionnetwork.com)
For those that complain about schools treating football as way more important than they should, I give you FIU:
I wondered why FAU got invited to move up to the AAC and FIU did not, didn't even get a nod for the Sun Belt, which is most likely a better place than CUSA is right now.I thought UMass was the worst opening in FBS, but after seeing this FIU is a strong contender.
There was a story recently in The Athletic, where they talked to HS coaches in Virginia, and granted them anonymity, for honest thoughts about the state's programs in regards to recruiting. Many said that Tech (and UVA) had really fallen off recruiting the hotbed area of Hampton Roads. They go try to compete with SEC schools for 3 and 4 star kids in Texas when there's a bevy of them in-state.It's a little remote but has access to some fertile recruiting ground in VA and NC (4hr drive from DC or the Tidewater region. 3hr drive from Charlotte).
Coach 3: It bothers me. I mean, let’s look at the schools they’ve lost to, last year and this year. How many times did Virginia kids stick it to them? They lost to Wake Forest last year. Nick Andersen had how many picks against Virginia Tech? How about you win the state of Virginia, buddy?
Coach 4: I’ll be honest with you: There’s a lot of good players in Virginia. You’ve got to go all the way to Texas to get a damn three-star? I don’t think so. And players win games, there’s no doubt about that. But still, your job as a coach at any level is to cultivate and develop a culture and develop your players. And I think there’s some damn good players in Virginia.
From Pat Forde:Butch Davis is gone from FIU after the season.
FIU Head Coach Butch Davis Will Not Return to Panthers Next Year (actionnetwork.com)
For those that complain about schools treating football as way more important than they should, I give you FIU:
On his way to unemployment, Davis nuked the administration this week, including a claim that the football program is underfunded. Then sports journalist Alex Kirshner dug up this handy information showing that FIU had a higher total operating expenditure on football than anyone else in Conference USA in 2019-20.
He’s gone.Tons of reports Mullen will be fired Monday. So add Florida to the list of openings.
Bob Stoops, come on down!
Really thought Mullen was going to lead them back to prominence. Stoops would be great as long as he didn’t touch the defense. How much of a long shot is that though?Bob Stoops, come on down!
Mullen couldn’t make aloof and quirky work, hired a crappy staff, and was getting crushed on the recruiting trail. Oh, and he got caught cheating. He sniffed the NFL hard last year and didn’t get a sniff back. He can avoid recruiting and go work for Urban in JAX.Really thought Mullen was going to lead them back to prominence. Stoops would be great as long as he didn’t touch the defense. How much of a long shot is that though?
Hugh Freeze maybe? Knows the southeastBob Stoops, come on down!
Hugh Freeze leveraged a cameo in The Blind Side into a major college coaching gig. He promptly imploded in a blizzard of cheating charges and escort services.Hugh Freeze maybe? Knows the southeast
Actually he would be good for VT too but maybe too close for comfort
I'm not sure I want to be the school that "welcomes" him back to the SEC. His baggage is still too fresh.Hugh Freeze maybe? Knows the southeast
Actually he would be good for VT too but maybe too close for comfort
Totally forgot about the baggage, but I’m not going to mark him down when Bama and LSU is in the same division.Hugh Freeze leveraged a cameo in The Blind Spot into a major college coaching gig. He promptly imploded in a blizzard of cheating charges and escort services.
Why on earth would anyone hire him?
The best is that I didn’t even notice that autocorrect until now. (Face palm.)Spot is a great autocorrect
Hard to say Miami is a better job at this point in time. It would be pretty much for other reasons.Would Cristonbol leave Phil Knight to go to Miami?
Brown did a phenomenal job at Michigan with one exception - Ryan Day managed to decode and exploit his system for Ohio State and Brown was unable to adjust. It may be the only black mark on his record and he probably looks at the head coaching position at UMass as a way to finish his career on a high note without fear that a similar offensive mastermind will replicate Day's feat.Very excited that Don Brown is coming back to UMass to revive the program. I'm shocked he'd even want the job at this point in his career.
Brown recruited New England pretty well for Michigan. Has there been a fall off since he left (only one season, I know, but curious if the pipeline has slowed down).Brown did a phenomenal job at Michigan with one exception - Ryan Day managed to decode and exploit his system for Ohio State and Brown was unable to adjust. It may be the only black mark on his record and he probably looks at the head coaching position at UMass as a way to finish his career on a high note without fear that a similar offensive mastermind will replicate Day's feat.
Given the uniqueness of the last 18 months with Covid, it's hard to say. But I would expect their recruitment efforts to geographically refocus in areas where the current coaching staff has strength.Brown recruited New England pretty well for Michigan. Has there been a fall off since he left (only one season, I know, but curious if the pipeline has slowed down).