Jimbo won't leave FSU. Compared to the job he has now, LSU is a lateral move AT BEST. The logic isn't there. Jimbo has gotten everything he wants from FSU and the boosters so I don't know where people get the idea he isn't thrilled there. He makes more money than most of the SEC coaches already and he's got a team loaded with talent.
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Jimbo won't leave FSU. Compared to the job he has now, LSU is a lateral move AT BEST. The logic isn't there. Jimbo has gotten everything he wants from FSU and the boosters so I don't know where people get the idea he isn't thrilled there. He makes more money than most of the SEC coaches already and he's got a team loaded with talent.
Exactly. The SEC isn't the end all be all. With the college football playoffs it has opened the field to other conferences as the SEC cannibalizes itself.
The SEC isn't exactly what it was a few years ago. The East division is a dumpster fire and, outside of Bama, who is a legit NC contender in the West?
My family has deep ties to FSU. I went to graduate school there. I can tell you the rumors of Jimbo being unhappy there don't have a solid basis in fact. They're like the rumors last year that Jimbo was all but signed, sealed and delivered to LSU: pure bullshit.
I thing a lot depends on who the losses are to and how they look. After 1/4 of the season, I see a conference with two horrible teams (KU and ISU), and 8 teams that could win the conference. If UT loses to ISU 24-0 again, he's gone even if he wins the rest. If he loses 4 of those games in tough road losses, then he will probably get a chance to come back even at 7-5. To me? Some say this conference has parity this year. I say it sucks. Anything less than 9-3 (and I would've never thought they could beat ND) and I say pack the bags. Get a known quantity to take the returning talent to the next level. It shouldn't be that hard in this conference.
But then there is still that Alabama thing. Not many teams have found ways to beat them no matter what conference they are in. Ole Miss is still a good team. They aren't top 5, but I'm still betting they finish top 10 by the end of the season. Arkansas is another pretty good team that I believe will have a great season. SEC West isn't as dominant as is has been but still better than most divisions.
You know as unbelievable as it may sound Baylor may end up signing a top notch coach. Let me explain. If they avoid injuries they could run the table in Big XII play believe that because the players that are still there are very good. They may dodge the NCAA bullet. If they get to the 10 win mark they can do well it's up to their new ad Mack Rhoades. Dyk that he hired Tom Herman? Now we know that they don't have the money to compete with the big boys for a guy like Tom Herman. Personally I think they should look to Clemson. No, not Dabo cause he won't go there. But the man has a h*** of a coaching staff former OK dc Brent Venables is his dc now he might be happy to get back to the Big XII.
I'm not sure if you agree or not but I do consider Les Mikes a top notch coach. A 77% winning % and national title. Could do really well in Texas and the big 12.
I know Rhodes hired Herman in Houston but he had the chance to hire him at Missouri and didn't even try from what I'm told. And mizzou is one of the more underrated jobs and programs in the country imo. So I wouldn't automatically put Baylor and Herman together.
People in and around college football say it's very possible. I'm not saying lsu is a better job than FSU but if he's having issues with the admin or whatever and has a chance for an equally good job why wouldn't he consider?
I'm not sure what issues he's having with the admin and I'm not sure LSU is an equally good job. I'm a booster there and have family connections inside the athletic department. The "Jimbo is unhappy" and "Jimbo is having issues" rumors don't have any basis in fact.
FSU has done a lot of upgrades during his tenure and he's paid more than what Miles was making at LSU already.
Herman makes more sense than Jimbo because his spread offense is usually an issue for teams like Bama.
Les Miles is an outstanding coach I agree with you on that. But Les Miles is 63 and coaching is a young man's game. He's got to be financially set for life he may not even want to start over. And I don't see Baylor and Herman getting together. The point I want to make is that if Rhoades was smart enough to hire Herman he should be smart enough to hire the right hc at Baylor.
Personally I think LSU has hit the panic button. I'll say this again. There are 14 teams in the SEC. By the time Thanksgiving weekend has come and gone 13 of them will have at least two losses, the 14th team is Alabama. Alabama fb has become a monster and the other schools especially those in the SEC west are hitting that panic button because they think if they don't do something now they will never catch up. But this is what will probably happen when bowl season comes around. The SEC approaches bowl season differently than the other conferences. For example in the other conferences if the third place team goes to a certain bowl than that's where they go. But they don't do that in the SEC. The teams do their bidding when it comes to bowl games, a&m is living proof of that. So they will insure their best chances of winning as many bowl games as possible by placing their teams in the best possible matchups. Then when bowl season comes up they'll win big again and they can claim they're still the best conference. sigh
Meanwhile Bama will role until Saban retires or gets to old.
And my advice is to Art Briles is to turn down LSU. The expectations are far greater than what he had at Baylor and SEC fans are brutal. He will be forever loved at Baylor and if he doesn't win like they want him to at LSU they will go after not only him but his family as well. SEC fans are just plain vicious.
Meanwhile Bama will role until Saban retires or gets to old.
And my advice is to Art Briles is to turn down LSU. The expectations are far greater than what he had at Baylor and SEC fans are brutal. He will be forever loved at Baylor and if he doesn't win like they want him to at LSU they will go after not only him but his family as well. SEC fans are just plain vicious.
OUinCali if Briles can get 5 mil per year to coach at LSU then he would be an idiot not to take it. If Charlie gets fired after this year do you think he'll care? No because he's $15 mil + his buyout richer. He's laughing all the way to the bank right now after twin 6-6 season. Take the money.
Yeah Rhodes hired Herman at Houston. At the same time his basketball and maybe his football hire(we will see) at Mizzou has been pretty bad. So I think the jury is still out on him on hiring
To be clear, Les wasn't for being 2-2. He was fired for, among other things
1. total ineptitude as pertains to clock management
2. steadfast refusal to replace coaches who failed the program ( cam Cameron)
3. having the exact same issues year after year while seeming to make no real effort to fix the problems
4. losing to the wrong teams
1. total ineptitude as pertains to clock management
2. steadfast refusal to replace coaches who failed the program ( cam Cameron)
3. having the exact same issues year after year while seeming to make no real effort to fix the problems
4. losing to the wrong teams
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