Coaching Hot Seat and Searches

[BASS]

If we are to believe Petrino has a legit shot, there is no need to do much more than seeing who's interested until December.

[bigpig]

Arkansas, Kentucky, Auburn, and Florida seem almost certain to have openings this year. OU and South Carolina wouldnt surprise me either, depending on how the back half of the season shakes out.

Vandy and Mizzou may as well if their coaches get poached.

Half the conference may be looking for a head coach in December.

[Barton Fink]

It's gonna be interesting to see if coaches have a shorter leash with the current state of the game. It's gonna be harder to sustain success and results are gonna be expected quicker.

[animal]

I think Auburn and Kentucky for sure. I'm not sold on Florida pulling the trigger unless the guy just completely bombs the rest of the season.

OU turned in a real turd against a meh Texas team so that doesn't bode well for whoever the fuck is coaching that team...I think the Miss State HC was their OC for a bit so I just wonder if they'll try to go hard for him.

South Carolina...Beamer is so up and down. They are like a better version of us every season but playing a bit weaker competition (Mizzou of the East). I kinda like Beamer but I think he's been there long enough to know what you are going to get and he's never going to get a better gig than South Carolina unless Va Tech is stupid enough to hire him and I'm not so sure that's a better job now.

One thing about it is there just aren't a fuck ton of "hot names" that schools are going to be drooling over. The names we're talking about don't exactly inspire anyone to think of a young Bowling Green....Urban Meyer. There's not really a Cornrows in the bunch to get excited about. That may change as the season unfolds but nobody is getting excited over a ginger from SMU. 

[Natty_Ice]

Beamer is terrible.  Weren't they preseason top 10?

[vegashog]

not sure it's a case of having a short leash.

franklin got 12 years, gundy 21, pittman was in his 6th, freeze is in his 4th season as is napier. ucla and oregon st are just morris situations where those guys just didn't have a clue.

the trend seems to be if you want to can the guy just do it so you can get an early search going and not wait until the end of the season.

[Doc Hogaday]

I think if there is no better plan in the works (spoiler alert: we are Arkansas, and there is not) you have to get rid of Sam and promote Bobby to HC. Assuming he wants it and that it can be legally done. There's been so much nonsense about that I don't know who to believe, but if they want to, I'm sure there is a way to work around it.

Bobby will bring discipline if he is in charge. If a player keeps fumbling, their ass will be on the bench. If Green is not better than Singleton or KJ Jackson during spring ball and fall camp, fuck Fletcher's money, Bobby won't play favorites. Players will finally fear the head coach again and that is what we need right now.

He is not washed yet. Hell, we are 4th in the fucking nation in total YPG among P4 schools. With THIS offensive line and THESE players. If you don't see the players we have running wide open and still just completely miss it because of an R-word quarterback, I can't help you. And who knows where we'd be without missing those big plays...much less leading the fucking nation in fumbles?

Rhetorical, I guess...9-3 or better.

Yes, he was blessed with an incredible class coming out of Arkansas high schools in 2008. That's not happening this year. But he always had a gift here for finding rare gems in 3-star talent elsewhere due to a lot of things (measurables, comparing players vs the level of talent they were playing in HS, some other shit, things of that nature) he would explain during those old "Signing Day in the Rock" deals they held. And the portal is a whole new world for him finding those types of guys among G5 schools and maybe a couple of other kids like Drew Sanders or Sorey that are good and just want to get playing time. That wasn't a thing when he was back at Louisville.

Spend the majority of NIL money on the line on both sides of the ball and let BP find us some skill positions.

Next year is going to be tough for anyone. Saban or Urban Meyer could show up tomorrow and we would still struggle to get bowl eligible with next year's schedule.

ANY consistency (as much or as little as that means in the current landscape of CFB) would go a Long way. Hiring Odom and him keeping Bobby on would help some with that, but I'm not sure that excites anyone or increases NIL or enhances recruiting/portaling.

It was a play by the PTB to band-aid the apathy that was there last year by hiring Bobby as OC. I am unsure that there is a better move on the table right now than for them to do the same by making him HC this year.

I hope there is but this is all I gots. Next year's coaching carousel is going to be brutal, and we'll be nobody's darling after our 2025 schedule.

Somebody pretty much predicted y'all's current sentiments in last year's Mizzou postgame discussion. We would be at least 3-3 right now, and more than likely 4-2. There's no way we would have lost more than we did in the portal last December anyway, and it would have immediately brought in more NIL to potentially increase talent across the board. In true Arkansas fashion, we had no foresight from the leadership and wasted a whole offseason and waited 10 months too long and 5/12ths of a season to do the inevitable.

[Barton Fink]

Since the transfer portal + NIL it seems like the leash is shorter.

Three weeks ago Penn St. was coming off a national semifinal appearance, and were sitting at #3 in the country. Now they have fired their HC. That is unprecedented.

[Pig Benis]

Since the transfer portal + NIL it seems like the leash is shorter.

Three weeks ago Penn St. was coming off a national semifinal appearance, and were sitting at #3 in the country. Now they have fired their HC. That is unprecedented.

I tend to agree but schools are going to have to realize that everyone, and I do mean everyone, is going to have a turd of a season here and there with the current transfer rules. There's no way you're going to kill it in the portal every single year. We'll see how the Bamas of the world handle that.

[Pig Benis]

I think Auburn and Kentucky for sure. I'm not sold on Florida pulling the trigger unless the guy just completely bombs the rest of the season.

OU turned in a real turd against a meh Texas team so that doesn't bode well for whoever the fuck is coaching that team...I think the Miss State HC was their OC for a bit so I just wonder if they'll try to go hard for him.

South Carolina...Beamer is so up and down. They are like a better version of us every season but playing a bit weaker competition (Mizzou of the East). I kinda like Beamer but I think he's been there long enough to know what you are going to get and he's never going to get a better gig than South Carolina unless Va Tech is stupid enough to hire him and I'm not so sure that's a better job now.

One thing about it is there just aren't a fuck ton of "hot names" that schools are going to be drooling over. The names we're talking about don't exactly inspire anyone to think of a young Bowling Green....Urban Meyer. There's not really a Cornrows in the bunch to get excited about. That may change as the season unfolds but nobody is getting excited over a ginger from SMU.

I think FL is the most likely to open up next, maybe as soon as next week. I'm sure Kentucky would love to can Stoops but his buyout is over $40MM and I just don't think they care that much. They doubled everyone else's rev share allocation for basketball so I can't see them blowing $40MM on the football coach. Freeze may be able to salvage it but it's highly doubtful. Hopefully we're the ones who give him his last loss. I could see Lashlee or Sumrall ending up there. I think Venables is safe barring a total collapse.

I agree about Beamer but could see VT taking him. He reminds me a lot of Hootie.

[DirkPiggler]

I think FL is the most likely to open up next, maybe as soon as next week. I'm sure Kentucky would love to can Stoops but his buyout is over $40MM and I just don't think they care that much. They doubled everyone else's rev share allocation for basketball so I can't see them blowing $40MM on the football coach. Freeze may be able to salvage it but it's highly doubtful. Hopefully we're the ones who give him his last loss. I could see Lashlee or Sumrall ending up there. I think Venables is safe barring a total collapse.

I agree about Beamer but could see VT taking him. He reminds me a lot of Hootie.

Beamer is a more polished, less goofy Nutt.  Great comparison.  Does well when people overlook him, shits the bed at the first hint of expectations.

[vegashog]

rather confusing article saying napier is done but the hope is he finishes out the season? why would he stay if that's the case.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2025/10/15/florida-football-inevitable-firing-of-billy-napier-could-happen-this-weekend-boosters-buyout-sec/86705228007/

[Pig Benis]

Yeah he's done. I won't be the least bit surprised if MSU beats them.

I'm hoping Auburn beats Mizzou this weekend for multiple reasons.

[buff2.0]

Indiana threw their cock down on the table.  Gave Cignetti an 8-year $11.6 million contract.

[flash23]

If by some miracle we had landed Cignetti, we probably would be in the running for oldest trio of head coaches with him, Calipari, and Van Horn. Putting the AR in AARP.

[Son of Spam]

If by some miracle we had landed Cignetti, we probably would be in the running for oldest trio of head coaches with him, Calipari, and Van Horn. Putting the AR in AARP.

Well, we are where coaches go to retire rich.

[Thin Red Swine]

Indiana threw their cock down on the table.  Gave Cignetti an 8-year $11.6 million contract.

You mean 11.6 PER year? Otherwise, that's coordinator money.

[Natty_Ice]

college football has just gotten stupid

[Borenutz]

You mean 11.6 PER year? Otherwise, that's coordinator money.

Insane money. Maybe it works out but very likely he does not sustain the level of success that commands that amount of money.but if you're Indiana and have never sniffed this kind of success, I guess you have to try something to keep that guy. Just wow though.

[vegashog]

indiana plays oregon, no osu or michigan this year. the reverse next season.

he can probably win 10 games a year and it's totally worth it for them. it's mark cuban's money anyway.