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Topic: Which head coaches should be fired?

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colobobcat66
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Which head coaches should be fired?

Posted: 11/26/2016 11:39:28 PM

If money were no object(which it is), who do you see getting fired?
My list of schools which should fire their coaches include:
Oregon, Arizona, UCLA, ND, Tennessee, Texas Tech, Cincinnati, Akron to start.
Any thoughts?

Last Edited: 11/26/2016 11:44:19 PM by colobobcat66

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RE: Which head coaches should be fired?

Posted: 11/27/2016 12:22:39 AM

colobobcat66 wrote:

I will speak to three teams I follow fairly closely.

Oregon-yes. Helferich is not major college football coaching material. He was the benefactor of being at the right place at the right time but he is a classic example of a successor not being able to sustain the quality of the organization he took over. Uncle Phil has pumped way too much into the program for him to continue to erode what was built. Oregon does not have a long standing history over the entirety of their program but they lack in every area. The smoke and mirrors no longer exist. What they once did that was unique and innovative has been stolen by most other programs and they do it better. They will scrap for 6-6 and 7-5 in their best years under him.

Tennessee-yes. But it won't happen this year. Butch Jones got them back over the horrible hump to underachieving/a hair above average. The first team when completely healthy can beat/compete probably 90-95% of college football. They had a 4th quarter lead on Alabama last year. However the depth is not there. In year 4 you should not have the issues they do. The offensive line has played wearing roller skates pretty much all year. Their rash of injuries reminds me of another team all on here root for. The Jalen Hurd situation will remain an incomplete chapter in "Great Mysteries of Rocky Top."

Their defense has been horrendous most of the year, giving up record breaking opponent stats. He has improved the program but plateaued. I think he has lost the locker room overall. You don't see the gusto and energy on the Tennessee sidelines. However Tennessee needs a sure fire slam dunk hire to follow Butch. If memory serves me right he was like option 4 or 5 when Dooley was canned.

Tonight's collapse against Vandy has put Butch and his outmatched coaches on the hot seat going into next year, regardless what they do in a bowl game. He certainly has given all of the pundits plenty of preseason fodder to write about. This season can be described as nothing less than a tremendous failure. So much was there for the taking on the table and his team crapped their pants time and time again. They easily could have lost 3-5 more games. This is going to wreck havoc on the recruiting class. As a Vol fan I have had enough of his act as I have had to put up with it ever since he was at Cincinnati (and had to deal with his success while at CMU too.)

Speaking of Cincinnati....Tuberville HAS to go.

Never witnessed a coach rest on his past success as evidence that he is qualified-all while being a smug douche at the same time. He has checked out and barely goes through the motions. UC football will never be mistaken for a top ten program but they have been strong in their corner of the college football world for about a decade overall, that is until he started driving it into the ground. The players finally showed a little heart in their loss last night but otherwise quit on him many months ago. Program has been on a downward trend since he arrived and won most of his games with Butch Jones' leftovers. No ownership of this mess and passes the buck every chance he gets. All while having the strongest, deepest resources UC Football has ever had-albeit modest compared to others. The fan base interest is not unconditional and the AD has to pay the buyout or miss out on more money moving forward.

Wonder if Fleck will row his Brinks truck into any of these programs? UC is doubtful as it's not much of a step up. Oregon fared quite well the last time they went east to pull in a coach (New Hampshire, not Michigan).

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RE: Which head coaches should be fired?

Posted: 11/27/2016 10:01:01 AM

Oregon has supposedly already opened up its coaching search:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/pac12/2016/11/... /

Fleck is among their top candidates....which presents an interesting wrinkle heading into Friday...

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RE: Which head coaches should be fired?

Posted: 11/27/2016 10:05:13 AM

No way Akron fires Bowden. First off, they can't afford to - the school is virtually broke and has a real PR problem in the community. They didn't even let their new president move into the former president's mansion to show that the days of wasting money are over. Secondly, Bowden lost his starting QB for half the season and his second stringer for the final three games. They are mediocre, but that's a hell of a lot better than when Bowden appeared on the scene. His challenge is to start improving recruiting classes rather than rely on transfers and jucos.

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RE: Which head coaches should be fired?

Posted: 11/27/2016 10:53:35 AM

I agree that Akron doesn't fire Bowden for at least another year.

I'd add Kent to the list. Haynes has been 4-8, 2-9, 3-9 & 3-9 in his four years. Plus they lost to a 1AA school year. I know they don't expect much at Kent, but 12-35 isn't much.

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RE: Which head coaches should be fired?

Posted: 11/27/2016 12:04:27 PM

Think Kent would take back Darrell Hazell?

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RE: Which head coaches should be fired?

Posted: 11/27/2016 2:30:24 PM

Hocutt has he's keeping Kingsbury at Texas Tech.
UCLA has fired their OC so there was their scapegoat.

Last Edited: 11/27/2016 2:54:20 PM by colobobcat66

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RE: Which head coaches should be fired?

Posted: 11/27/2016 3:37:40 PM

Kirby gave Handsome McCoach a $9m buyout. Which was hilariously shortsighted.

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RE: Which head coaches should be fired?

Posted: 11/27/2016 4:25:30 PM

colobobcat66 wrote:

Comparing that to coacheshotseat.com
Oregon - #5
Arizona - #2
UCLA - #18
Notre Dame - #1
Tennessee - not on list
Texas Tech - #3
Cincinnati - #4
Akron - not on list

Other top schools you missed include his #6 Boston College, #7 Arizona State. Top MAC schools and former MAC schools you didn't mention that are on his list:
#9 - UMass
#10 - Kent
#11 - Buffalo

I can't imagine Buffalo belongs on this list. It's only his second year, and his first first one wasn't bad, and his recruiting classes have been good.

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RE: Which head coaches should be fired?

Posted: 11/27/2016 5:18:20 PM

Pete Chouteau wrote:

Think Kent would take back Darrell Hazell?

Snooping on their boards makes me think no.

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