Coaching carousel 2025-26

[NoNC4Tubs]

I'm just thankful we got our coaching change out of the way two years ago and not during this time. Could you imagine having to search for a coach with Penn St, Arkansas, Florida, Auburn (likely), and FSU (likely) jobs all open? It would be an AD's disaster to have to get into that market. You KNOW there will be overpaying going on in all of these cases.

awbern would not be any competition for us...

 

[Bama_N_Va]

Honestly... There are 16 teams in the SEC and playing 9 games is going to be a brutal slog year to year. I mean heck... The bottom four of State, UK, Auburn, SC, and really 5 with LSU could upset anyone in the conference on a given day. Well, maybe not TAMU, but, anyways...

I think with how DeBoer is doing this year, with his recruiting, and with the overall feel of the program, you have to be patient and keep working. We may and probably will have years when we lose several games, but paying a huge contract off to pick up another also ran like Petrino or Jimbo or another rerun isn't going to make you better.

With Kelly... That is an easy one though. Bad hire from the start. Never should have happened.

It makes you wonder if ND ponied up some $$$$ to LSU, so they (ND), could get rid of BK!!!!!

 

[Rocky Mtn Bob]

And we thought Florida was a messy dynamic...!

Reading this, from Dellenger, I wonder what knucklehead would say "Yes" to those Red Stick people.

Wow.

Inside Brian Kelly's messy firing at LSU: How it all unraveled so quickly in Baton Rouge

How did Kelly's firing extend to Louisiana's governor? Who's footing the bill for the buyout? LSU's particularly messy situation was a product of several things, but the state's politics and LSU football are linked forever.

sports.yahoo.com

 

[Bama_N_Va]

And we thought Florida was a messy dynamic...!

Reading this, from Dellenger, I wonder what knucklehead would say "Yes" to those Red Stick people.

Wow.

Inside Brian Kelly's messy firing at LSU: How it all unraveled so quickly in Baton Rouge

How did Kelly's firing extend to Louisiana's governor? Who's footing the bill for the buyout? LSU's particularly messy situation was a product of several things, but the state's politics and LSU football are linked forever.

sports.yahoo.com

After reading this article, I hope Bama craps in LSwho's jambalaya!!!!!!!!!

 

[OconeeTide]

And we thought Florida was a messy dynamic...!

Reading this, from Dellenger, I wonder what knucklehead would say "Yes" to those Red Stick people.

Wow.

Inside Brian Kelly's messy firing at LSU: How it all unraveled so quickly in Baton Rouge

How did Kelly's firing extend to Louisiana's governor? Who's footing the bill for the buyout? LSU's particularly messy situation was a product of several things, but the state's politics and LSU football are linked forever.

sports.yahoo.com

I lived in that state for 9 months and couldnt stand it at all.
Them people down there are just different from the rest of the south..

 

[jabcmb]

I expect Joe Brady to LSU, personal opinion. They really like him down there. Tulane’s got a really good coach but too many at LSU would not support that move. (Kinda sorta like “Tulane’s coach is not good enough for us”

 

[cdub55]

I expect Joe Brady to LSU, personal opinion. They really like him down there. Tulane’s got a really good coach but too many at LSU would not support that move. (Kinda sorta like “Tulane’s coach is not good enough for us”

Joe is an exceptional football mind and great play caller. Will be interesting to see how he is as a head coach. He is very unassuming and will have to get out of his comfort zone quite a bit to be successful. There are definitely worst first jobs then LSU but I'm not so sure he would be set up for success as the learning curve and room for error will be very unforgiving.

 

[bamajas]

I expect Joe Brady to LSU, personal opinion. They really like him down there. Tulane’s got a really good coach but too many at LSU would not support that move. (Kinda sorta like “Tulane’s coach is not good enough for us”

Why would Brady choose LSU if he's expected to get NFL HC opportunities this cycle, especially when the word has always been that he didn't love the college grind?

 

[jabcmb]

Why would Brady choose LSU if he's expected to get NFL HC opportunities this cycle, especially when the word has always been that he didn't love the college grind?

You’re probably right

 

[RammerJammer14]

ADs need to just avoid buyouts altogether. Regardless how the coach leaves the transfer portal still opens. Might as well get everyone on the same page, pay for play.

I think a lot of these coaches are tanking to get the buyout to go do something else but this.

And don't forget we are in the same predicament in that CKD contract is fully guaranteed.

The players, coaches, and agents are literally robbing these programs...

Agreed, although I’d say they are figuratively robbing them .

 

[NoNC4Tubs]

Why would Brady choose LSU if he's expected to get NFL HC opportunities this cycle, especially when the word has always been that he didn't love the college grind?

It$ a my$tery, for $ure...

 

[bamajas]

It$ a my$tery, for $ure...

He could already be making more than he's making right now if money was his biggest draw

I'm not making any assertions either way, I don't know much about the guy, other than the word is "he's an NFL guy," and his actions have been fully consistent with that

 

[bamajas]

You’re probably right

I'm just asking a question

But it doesn't seem to fit either side the best... his or LSU's