The NEXT Coach

[jdcatty]

That is definitely a disadvantage against the Texas schools and many football powerhouses. 

It shouldn't be one against the Mississipi schools, or most of the smaller SEC universities for that matter.   

https://x.com/i/grok/share/TGKHJbUOVb6VPVnVGYKUJ1mKj



The difference is not nearly as great as I thought.  By the way, Grok is pretty cool

[DirkPiggler]

https://x.com/i/grok/share/TGKHJbUOVb6VPVnVGYKUJ1mKj



The difference is not nearly as great as I thought.  By the way, Grok is pretty cool

I always assumed those SEC schools had a massive advantage in enrollment size too.  Figured they were closer to UT/aTm than us.  I can remember back in the late 80s when I was mulling over college choices the UA had 13,000 while Texas and A&M were at or above 50K. 

If Texas, aTm, Michigan and Ohio State stopped graduating kids today we'd still probably never catch up in numbers of alumni. 

You would think Georgia, with the presence of a major metro less than an hour away (in light traffic), would be a lot bigger than it is.  They are ultra selective for in-state students though, which benefits Auburn and probably Tennessee and Alabama much the same way that the top 10% rule in Texas helps Arkansas gain enrollment.  Lots of pretty good students end up going out of state after being denied admission to UGA.

[Texzilla]

The advantage SEC schools have is the majority of their fans never went to school there. ( excluding Vandy). I went to Rhodes college in Memphis.  No one gave a shit about their D3 team; they were fans of what they grew up with, so it was mostly Tennessee, ole Miss, hogs, Texas, etc.

And I figure if they were going to spend on nil it would be on those teams not Rhodes.  I think it's similar at directional schools etc. 

This phenomena only happens with a few schools elsewhere, like Nebraska or Iowa.  It's something ADs from elsewhere don't really understand, yet the book on how to maximize it was written by JFB. 

[DirkPiggler]

The advantage SEC schools have is the majority of their fans never went to school there. ( excluding Vandy). I went to Rhodes college in Memphis.  No one gave a shit about their D3 team; they were fans of what they grew up with, so it was mostly Tennessee, ole Miss, hogs, Texas, etc.

And I figure if they were going to spend on nil it would be on those teams not Rhodes.  I think it's similar at directional schools etc. 

This phenomena only happens with a few schools elsewhere, like Nebraska or Iowa.  It's something ADs from elsewhere don't really understand, yet the book on how to maximize it was written by JFB. 

It definitely happens at Ohio State. From what I've seen probably 85-90% of their fans have never set foot on a college campus.

[jdcatty]

Not sure I am impressed with Sumrall's clock management.  They scored a touchdown and left thirty five seconds for ECU.  Could have easily run the clock out and kicked a point blank field goal.

[piglosopher]

Sumrall, etc...who knows if they're the next Cignetti or the next Napier.

[jdcatty]

https://x.com/benkercheval/status/1977027009223315584?


Morris has certainly improved things at UNT

[buff2.0]

Golesh coached himself out of an interview opportunity at the YOU of A

[Feral]

Was thinking about this today while watching Mizzou hold its own against Bama.

When faced with a decision between coaches, we have quite literally *always* made the wrong decision throughout our history.

Hatfield over Johnson
Nutt over Tuberville
Bert over Gus
Morris over Cornrows
Pittman over Drink or Lane (dubious he was ever coming, but still)

So what is there to lead me to believe we'll make the right choice this time?

[CardHog]

Was thinking about this today while watching Mizzou hold its own against Bama.

When faced with a decision between coaches, we have quite literally *always* made the wrong decision throughout our history.

Hatfield over Johnson
Nutt over Tuberville
Bert over Gus
Morris over Cornrows
Pittman over Drink or Lane (dubious he was ever coming, but still)

So what is there to lead me to believe we'll make the right choice this time?

I know first hand that Lane was coming to the highest bidder.  We offered, Ole Miss countered, he came back to us and we said no.  At the time fans were adamant that they were done with these huge buyouts and Hunter listened.  I don't fault Hunter for hiring Sam,  I fault Hunter for listening to the fans. 

[DirkPiggler]

I know first hand that Lane was coming to the highest bidder.  We offered, Ole Miss countered, he came back to us and we said no.  At the time fans were adamant that they were done with these huge buyouts and Hunter listened.  I don't fault Hunter for hiring Sam,  I fault Hunter for listening to the fans. 

Save some blame for Sexton.   Ole Miss didn't have an opening until his fat ass floated the possibility of delivering Kiffin to them (and more importantly to their older boosters, away from us). 

[bigpig]

I know first hand that Lane was coming to the highest bidder.  We offered, Ole Miss countered, he came back to us and we said no.  At the time fans were adamant that they were done with these huge buyouts and Hunter listened.  I don't fault Hunter for hiring Sam,  I fault Hunter for listening to the fans. 

Those same fans would have rejoiced the moment Lane was hired, insane salary or no.

Fans, especially our fans, are fickle and stupid.

[BASS]

Does last night's game make golesh the number one guy not named Petrino?

[jethro]

I spoke Golesh before. who knows? But he seems to be a workable.solution.

[BASS]

Wazzu's special teams and defense is giving their offense a chance on the road against #4.

That's all you can ask for in this situation is a chance and they did their job. Impressive. Maybe some of that is ole miss completely believing they're the shit and overlooked them.

Shit wrong thread, but if wazzu's defense and social teams play like this all the time, go get em.

[Borenutz]

Does last night's game make golesh the number one guy not named Petrino?

I would think we would have a pretty good upper hand given that his wife is from the area. If not for that, I think he sounds like a guy that would flirt with us but end up at Florida state/florida/auburn. Doubt he's the usf coach next year. He's going to be a lot of teams top 5.

[Thin Red Swine]

Mullen got another win tonight to get to 6-0.

[buff2.0]

Scroll through X this morning and it's like someone paid all the Razorback fans to ridicule the thought of hiring anyone other than James Franklin.

[The Whyte Boar]

The Razorback way to keep a coach everyone knew was going to get fired in a year or so anyway last year when would have been one of if not the best opening in the country.  Then fire him a year later when there going to upwards of a dozen openings of similar or better stature across the country.

If we are not careful we're going to find ourselves in the position that even BP has multiple options never mind any of these other guys people are talking about.

[PHARMHOG]

I am behind Petrino.

In 2 weeks this team added effort and respect.