The NEXT Coach

[Barton Fink]

I've said this before, but the entire college football coaching model is broken.

When you have guys like Billy Napier getting $8M+ a year coming out of Louisiana-Lafayette, you know something's wrong.

Guys are getting paid multi-generational money to go away. Who's paying for this? What billionaires are going to keep funding this shitshow?

It's not sustainable. Donors are putting the bill for players and expect results. That forces AD's hand to make a change or funding will be pulled if they don't get results. Athletic departments will not be able to handle hiring/firing every ~3 years with the way these contracts are written. It's a vicious circle.

[Lurk]

https://x.com/bleacherreport/status/1982601689606783342?s=46

Yurachek is probably already blowing up his phone.

[AporkalypseNow]

Petrino has to be the guy now regardless of how the season ends.

This is NOT a year you want to be coach shopping.

I think Petrino's chances died against Auburn, though I'm not sure he deserved that shot anyway

I guess he's a good backup if the search tanks like last time

We weren't competing with LSU, Florida and Penn St anyway

[vegashog]

I think Petrino's chances died against Auburn, though I'm not sure he deserved that shot anyway

I guess he's a good backup if the search tanks like last time

We weren't competing with LSU, Florida and Penn St anyway

i think you're right on all points.

can't look at schools that are willing to pay a guy $100 million bucks and say that's our competition.

[Thin Red Swine]

Nothing like a coach search to bring folks out of the woodwork. 

[AporkalypseNow]

Nothing like a coach search to bring folks out of the woodwork. 

Brief glimpse of hope, man, brief glimpse of hope

Soon I'll probably drown in old fashioneds again

[Barton Fink]

Can you imagine if we had to fire a coach with a +$50M buyout? We'd have to file bankruptcy.

[Barton Fink]

Brief glimpse of hope, man, brief glimpse of hope

Soon I'll probably drown in old fashioneds again

There are worse ways to go...

[Barton Fink]

My fear, BK seems like the kind of guy HY would hire.

[DirkPiggler]

There are worse ways to go...

I tried after the game last night.

[HogOfWar]

My fear, BK seems like the kind of guy HY would hire.

Hopefully HY won't fall for the old Love letter trick Long did.

[AporkalypseNow]

I'll throw in one plus about Petrino...

He will spend countless hours evaluating film of lower classification players that he thinks can play at the high DIlevel and largely on the offense he's been dead on about them.

You can win these days with transfers, look at Vandy. No matter what that needs to be part of the strategy at UA and if I were a new head coach I'd at least considering bringing him on as an "advisor" for that purpose.

[The Whyte Boar]

It will be Petrino.  He wants the job.  That probably makes him the unicorn amongst any coaches we would want to hire.

[Barton Fink]

Nabors throwing this out there...

https://x.com/JohnNaborsShow/status/1982602912414019966?t=aeXBmJ_OTCxL6pdNSw5BsQ&s=19

[DirkPiggler]

I'll throw in one plus about Petrino...

He will spend countless hours evaluating film of lower classification players that he thinks can play at the high DIlevel and largely on the offense he's been dead on about them.

You can win these days with transfers, look at Vandy. No matter what that needs to be part of the strategy at UA and if I were a new head coach I'd at least considering bringing him on as an "advisor" for that purpose.

That on field abortion yesterday soured me on Petrino as it may have been our last chance at a win...but given that we are either going to have Hunter making the hire or be in the middle of an AD search at the time we need to be hiring a coach, we almost have to roll with BP for another year.

Here's a thought...does Sexton have a relative we can hire to be AD?  Maybe if we put in someone for whom old Jabba is a stakeholder he will stop fucking us to the wall and keeping his competent clients away from us.

[buff2.0]

For all my gripes about Yurachek, I appreciate the lack of leaks from his athletic department.

Either Nabors is throwing shit to the wall, or he's been told by someone on the coaching staff that Bobby just got an open checkbook to go hunting for coordinators from these programs.  Surely Florida, LSU, or even Penn State have assistants that we might want.  "Upgrade" is such a low bar already.

[buff2.0]

Here's a thought...does Sexton have a relative we can hire to be AD?  Maybe if we put in someone for whom old Jabba is a stakeholder he will stop fucking us to the wall and keeping his competent clients away from us.

He has a former client...

[DirkPiggler]

He has a former client...

Not worth it.

[Lurk]

Ooh, intel. Unless it's James Franklin, I doubt I'll tune in.

[buff2.0]

Not worth it.

Come on, take the bait.  We can get a new Vice Chancellor for Athletic Directoring and brother can get a new surround sound system.