That Zac Selmon is even putting out feelers to see if he could land someone worth replacing Lebby with. I was all for Lebby moving forward but then I watched the game last night and he knocked some sense into me
Does anyone believe
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I doubt Zac Selmon is doing anything but waiting for the Oklahoma AD job to come open.
Probably not but he should be actively looking at other good coaches!!
I don't think we have anyone in administration (especially Keenum) who has a clue what to do. That's why we're in this situation in the first place.
Selmon is 100% responsible for hiring Lebby over a proven HC, Barry Odom.
Keenum needs to put Selmon in the corner, fire Lebby and fire Selmons *** too if he doesn't start taking State football more serious.
If he has any sense as an AD he’s got a working list. Because you never know what may happen. Unless he’s incompetent too. It’s part of his job.
That is exactly what needs to happen, but I don't think Keenum takes anything in the athletic department seriously. It all seems like it's an unwelcome distraction for him.
This, in any business you always keep a bench of candidates
No - Lebby and him vacation together. I really don't see him firing his friend this year.
The first thing an AD has to do in this situation is get the big money boosters on board. Figure out how much money is available to pursue a new coach. We've gone bargain basement for 3 years and we're still operating at a deficit, so better make sure the Bulldog club is prepared.
I get the idea of hiring a cheaper coach and putting money in NIL, but if we fire Lebby (and I think we should) we're telling candidates they have two years to turn this train wreck around.
The going rate for that in the SEC is $7MM, minimum.
I get the idea of hiring a cheaper coach and putting money in NIL, but if we fire Lebby (and I think we should) we're telling candidates they have two years to turn this train wreck around.
The going rate for that in the SEC is $7MM, minimum.
With all of the high end jobs out there, already to be filled, who do you hire?
It is a terrible time to be hiring a coach.... I'd hold.
It is a terrible time to be hiring a coach.... I'd hold.
I tend to agree, but I think the pool of candidates will only shrink between this year and next. A lot of coaches will be getting new jobs soon, and they won't likely be available next year.
And, while the bidding wars for these guys will drive up the price of coaches this year, its not like the prices will come down next year. The price of playing poker is going up.
We’re not getting anyone Florida Penn St or LSU would be hiring whether those jobs were open or not. When it’s clear you will eventually need to make a change you need to do it immediately. We won’t of course but we should.
We need the Governor to get involved*
We're not competing with those schools for candidates, but we would be competing with the schools who lose their coach to those schools.
Not if we act before their jobs come open. Regardless, there will always be competition to hire coaches. We don’t know what jobs will be open next year. The competition may be worse. Fear of competition is a terrible reason to keep a bad coach.
Nothing really changes until Keenum is gone and then only if we hire a person who wants to better our athletics.
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I am still waiting to hear from our current administration. They have been missing for a couple of years.
Not trying to be contrite here, but are any of the people looking at "high end jobs" even a realistic candidate here?
I think our Athletic Department has to notice that the fanbase is overwhelmingly anti-Lebby in real life, social media, and most of the boards aside from a half-dozen Elite Dawgs.
As far as I know (and I'm not an "insider" but I have talked to a couple of people that I trust to know), there's not any movement to make a change right now, but you have to wonder if things might change before November is over, especially if the Egg Bowl gets ugly.
As far as I know (and I'm not an "insider" but I have talked to a couple of people that I trust to know), there's not any movement to make a change right now, but you have to wonder if things might change before November is over, especially if the Egg Bowl gets ugly.
Cut a big angled notch out of the east and west side lower level, put home plate in the north end zone, replace the field house with some elevated outfield picnic areas, and call it a day.
