202x Coaching Carousel

[SkinnyBenny]

Is John Currie leading this coach search??





Gah that was the greatest few days in football history.

[Houstoncat93]

Stoops said no.

https://x.com/PeteThamel/status/1728646243671224588?s=20

https://x.com/UKCoachStoops/status/1728655482317869099?s=20

[wetwillie]

A&M never formally offered him the job

[Houstoncat93]

This is from The Athletic:

Texas A&M
Kentucky head coach Mark Stoops is no longer a candidate for the A&M head coaching vacancy, a source briefed on the hiring process tells The Athletic, confirming multiple reports. Stoops confirmed he was staying at Kentucky in a post to Twitter/X late Saturday night. A number of other current head coaches have been linked to the job as well, but it’s not clear how seriously.

The Aggies also like Kansas coach Lance Leipold, Duke coach Mike Elko (a former A&M defensive coordinator) and Kansas State coach Chris Klieman, sources tell The Athletic. Each is regarded as a strong leader who knows how to establish and build a strong culture. Elko had also been linked to the Michigan State vacancy until last weekend, when he informed Duke that he intended to stay, two sources briefed on the decision told The Athletic. But Michigan State is different than Texas A&M, and if the A&M brass were serious about Elko, sources expect him to be receptive.

There is one big wild card here looming. Texas A&M does have some interest in Ohio State’s Ryan Day, program sources tell The Athletic. Day is 56-7 as a head coach and 39-3 in the Big Ten after Saturday’s loss to Michigan. He came within a last-second field goal of beating Georgia last year in the College Football Playoff, but losing back-to-back games to arch-rival Michigan hangs heavy over Columbus. After that loss, Day might be more open to listening to A&M’s pitch.

[MakeItRain]

The problem with A&M's tantrum about Stoops is that they are going to have the same tantrum about everyone not named Ryan Day, because they've convinced themselves that they are the type of program that can't take a coach like Ryan Day from Ohio State. Day has only lost 3 regular season games in 4 seasons and all 3 are to top 5 Michigan teams. He literally has the second or third best program in the country, I can't imagine he's going to leave that for a program with no championships and can barely make bowl games.

I have no idea who A&M is going to end up with. Who the hell is going to want that job?

[wetwillie]

Dabo

[IPA4Me]

Tom Allen wins the fired coach lottery this weekend.

https://twitter.com/NicoleAuerbach/status/1728791203695526025?t=-KzaalkcwHCvCOM9TtPmfw&s=19

[muqluk]

Holgerson out

[Houstoncat93]

Current open seats on the carousel

https://x.com/Brett_McMurphy/status/1728819467046809761?s=20

[pissclams]

https://twitter.com/reeseclarett13/status/1728514359821816153?s=61&t=kHH-k8anwIfPUMhwWRaDiA

[Houstoncat93]

Add Dimel to the list.  Pretty sure this is the first time in college football history that two coaches with the first name Dana have been fired in the same season.

https://x.com/Brett_McMurphy/status/1728833942315552930?s=20

[catastrophe]

https://twitter.com/reeseclarett13/status/1728514359821816153?s=61&t=kHH-k8anwIfPUMhwWRaDiA

This really is the only way A&M could land Day. tOSU fans literally only care about championships and beating Michigan. And not necessarily in that order.

[MakeItRain]

I actually hope Day goes, A&M is still going to be mediocre and OSU will almost certainly get worse. If I'm Day there's no way I'm leaving the best job in the Big 10 to a mid tier job in the SEC, crybaby OSU fans be damned. Keep doing what you're doing at OSU and if you get fired for going 12-1 13-2 every year, you'll bounce back real easily and find a great job.

[Pete]

I actually hope Day goes, A&M is still going to be mediocre and OSU will almost certainly get worse. If I'm Day there's no way I'm leaving the best job in the Big 10 to a mid tier job in the SEC, crybaby OSU fans be damned. Keep doing what you're doing at OSU and if you get fired for going 12-1 13-2 every year, you'll bounce back real easily and find a great job.

Might be able to get a raise from OSU in the process as well.

[BIG APPLE CAT]

The problem with A&M's tantrum about Stoops is that they are going to have the same tantrum about everyone not named Ryan Day, because they've convinced themselves that they are the type of program that can't take a coach like Ryan Day from Ohio State. Day has only lost 3 regular season games in 4 seasons and all 3 are to top 5 Michigan teams. He literally has the second or third best program in the country, I can't imagine he's going to leave that for a program with no championships and can barely make bowl games.

I have no idea who A&M is going to end up with. Who the hell is going to want that job?

I think the only person who would want that job would be someone who wants to receive over $100 million in compensation even if they are mediocre at best at their job

[Houstoncat93]

Twitterverse is saying the Duke coach, former Aggie DC, is their current target.

https://twitter.com/JasonKirk_fyi/status/1728889902937628982?t=pjajuBDfgPEsdBKbc5P-7w&s=19

[pissclams]

https://twitter.com/sicem365_/status/1728875625870676293?s=61&t=kHH-k8anwIfPUMhwWRaDiA

[pissclams]

https://twitter.com/petethamel/status/1728905270603207081?s=61&t=kHH-k8anwIfPUMhwWRaDiA

[Pete]

https://twitter.com/sicem365_/status/1728875625870676293?s=61&t=kHH-k8anwIfPUMhwWRaDiA

Blamed it on ol’ Grimey

[Pete]

The problem with A&M's tantrum about Stoops is that they are going to have the same tantrum about everyone not named Ryan Day, because they've convinced themselves that they are the type of program that can't take a coach like Ryan Day from Ohio State. Day has only lost 3 regular season games in 4 seasons and all 3 are to top 5 Michigan teams. He literally has the second or third best program in the country, I can't imagine he's going to leave that for a program with no championships and can barely make bowl games.

I have no idea who A&M is going to end up with. Who the hell is going to want that job?

I think the only person who would want that job would be someone who wants to receive over $100 million in compensation even if they are mediocre at best at their job

Sure but like half that is taxes.

[star seed 7]

The problem with A&M's tantrum about Stoops is that they are going to have the same tantrum about everyone not named Ryan Day, because they've convinced themselves that they are the type of program that can't take a coach like Ryan Day from Ohio State. Day has only lost 3 regular season games in 4 seasons and all 3 are to top 5 Michigan teams. He literally has the second or third best program in the country, I can't imagine he's going to leave that for a program with no championships and can barely make bowl games.

I have no idea who A&M is going to end up with. Who the hell is going to want that job?

I think the only person who would want that job would be someone who wants to receive over $100 million in compensation even if they are mediocre at best at their job

Sure but like half that is taxes.

What a headache

[BIG APPLE CAT]

The problem with A&M's tantrum about Stoops is that they are going to have the same tantrum about everyone not named Ryan Day, because they've convinced themselves that they are the type of program that can't take a coach like Ryan Day from Ohio State. Day has only lost 3 regular season games in 4 seasons and all 3 are to top 5 Michigan teams. He literally has the second or third best program in the country, I can't imagine he's going to leave that for a program with no championships and can barely make bowl games.

I have no idea who A&M is going to end up with. Who the hell is going to want that job?

I think the only person who would want that job would be someone who wants to receive over $100 million in compensation even if they are mediocre at best at their job

Sure but like half that is taxes.

Tell me you haven’t read the Panama Papers without telling me you haven’t read the Panama Papers

[sonofdaxjones]

Oh my

[WillieWatanabe]

A lot of Carouseling this year. fun fun

[Rage Against the McKee]

I actually hope Day goes, A&M is still going to be mediocre and OSU will almost certainly get worse. If I'm Day there's no way I'm leaving the best job in the Big 10 to a mid tier job in the SEC, crybaby OSU fans be damned. Keep doing what you're doing at OSU and if you get fired for going 12-1 13-2 every year, you'll bounce back real easily and find a great job.

You would think that, but the best Frank Solich could do after getting fired at Nebraska for losing 1-3 games every year was Ohio. If I'm Day, I take the A&M money and retire early. Coaching would be super stressful and I wouldn't want to do it in my late 60s.