gman84 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 17, 2020 2:34 pm
The Jackal wrote: ↑Tue Nov 17, 2020 1:28 pm
MetroMizzy wrote: ↑Tue Nov 17, 2020 12:51 pm
I like to call it "Failing Upward." There is long list of not so good college coaches that continue to get large buyouts followed by another pretty well paying job...SMH
I had this discussion yesterday.
The list of college coaches that are able to ride a couple of good seasons to 10 or 15 years of top jobs is fairly astounding.
Yep, desperate ADs and fan bases.
Some of it, too, is because of a pure talent advantage.
You think about Muschamp. He took over the defense at LSU under Saban, a defensive coach and perhaps one of the greatest coaching minds in history. In, what, two or three games a year Muschamp may have had to deal with an offense that arguably had as much talent as he had? Are you really a great defensive mind when you have 11 players better than anyone you are facing?
He parlays success under Nick Saban into gigs in the NFL, Auburn, Texas, Florida, and South Carolina. You could argue that he rode maybe one great season at LSU to close to 20 years and tens of millions of dollars. At South Carolina, he no longer had a talent advantage. He was exposed quickly.
There's examples of this at every level. Chris Hatcher had gobs of talent at Valdosta State. He turned that into three FCS head gigs, where he's gone 77-71 as a head coach (including a bunch of non-D1 wins at Samford). He's made the playoffs twice in 13 seasons as an FCS head coach, both first round exits. No conference titles and only finished second twice.