100%. Clay Travis column today talks about just that. He will have a job within two years and I wouldn't be shocked if he was coaching in division I next year.
I think the question is "why?" I love Kentucky football more than any other sport, but let's face it, we are the definition of "graveyard of coaches." What coach, since Bear left 63 years ago, has even made a lateral move from Kentucky, much less a career advancement? Joker, fired; Brooks, retired; Morriss, not counting since he was never really more than an interim; Mumme, fired; Curry, fired; Claiborne, retired; Curci, fired; Ray, fired; Bradshaw, fired; Collier, fired. It's not looking good for CMS, either. I am typically a sunshine pumper, but seriously, why would anyone believe coaching at Kentucky is a good career move?
You haven't been paying attention. College rape culture isn't just a sports issue. This isn't some coach getting caught banging an employee. There is no way a school like LSU or Auburn can spin hiring Briles. It won't just be ESPN covering it. It will be everyone in the mainstream media from the New York Times to CNN. Whether you think it's a big deal or not is irrelevant. The mainstream media will absolutely rake anyone who hires Briles over the coals. It will be brutal.
imp:The Main Street media raked Bama fans over the coals when they hired Saben. If Briles can beat Bama, Auburn fans could give a ****. It's about winning at real SEC schools that play football.
HE DID NOT COVER UP RAPE! HE WOULD BE IN JAIL IF HE COVERED UP FELONIES. Please explain the actions he took to cover up rape. Surely you can say what he did if you accuse him of something as vile and despicable as covering up rape.
Herman will either be at LSU or a bigger Texas school. I could see him taking the Penn St job if it comes available. Or Michigan St if Dantonio leaves for a school like LSU or Auburn.
Go read the pepper Hamilton report. Also this Baylor thing isn't over in the slightest for Briles and those involved.
that's true, Boss, but I wonder if it's as relevant as it sounds. I think UofL has this figured out. I've never seen the kind of criticism they got from re-hiring Petrino. Complete excoriation from ESPN, SI, Fox Sports, etc. But what Jurich instinctively knows is the 24 hour news cycle. People simply forget and move on. Those same people who were outraged about Petrino's hiring were either mute 9 months later, or worse - cheerleading about Petrino's offensive prowess. It's discouraging.
Art Briles is not named, the words 'Head Coach' are not used and there is no direct accusation of Briles anywhere in that report or anywhere in the public record. All that report confirms is that he 'could' have been involved in something to some degree. The fact they paid his contract out would indicate the school had little to no evidence of wrongdoing on his part. He obviously did something as he has expressed an apology but for specifically what exactly NO ONE KNOWS
I always gotta go read something. What actions did he do to cover up rape? This is what happens when you ask how Coach Cal cheated, like what did he do. You always get a link to an article calling him a cheater that doesn't actually say what he did. This is what happens when you adopt someone else's opinion instead learning facts and basing your opinion on those facts.
I'm going with Vince Lombardi as HC, Tom Landry as OC, Chuck Knox as DC
"Football staff conducted their own untrained internal inquiries, outside of policy, which improperly discredited complainants and denied them the right to a fair, impartial and informed investigation, interim measures or processes promised under University policy. In some cases, internal steps gave the illusion of responsiveness to complainants but failed to provide a meaningful institutional response under Title IX. Further, because reports were not shared outside of athletics, the University missed critical opportunities to impose appropriate disciplinary action that would have removed offenders from campus and possibly precluded future acts of sexual violence against Baylor students. In some instances, the football program dismissed players for unspecified team violations and assisted them in transferring to other schools. As a result, some football coaches and staff abdicated responsibilities under Title IX and Clery; to student welfare; to the health and safety of complainants; and to Baylor’s institutional values."
Agree that Briles will not get a sniff. As for Tressel, though, outside of the rules violation, he generally had a reputation of good character. Not that everyone liked him, but I never really heard of issues remotely like those of Honest Bob. That said, I don't think Tressel necessarily has any great interest in leaving his current job to coach again, and, if he did, there's no guarantee that he's as successful at UK as he was at Ohio State; to put it charitably, there's more opportunity to succeed there. He's a good coach, but he's in mid sixties and out of the coaching world for five years.
Hell yeah I need more. Who on the coaching staff conducted the inquiry? What specifically is wrong with them conducting an inquiry? How did they improperly discredit complainants? How did the deny them an informed investigation? There are no facts or allegations against Art Briles, what are they?
people would rather assume he knew everything and acted in the worse possible way towards eveybody. that's just how it's done these days.