Rank the job openings (including potential ones)

[aTotal360]

PSU
UF
Arky
OK State
VT
UCLA
Oregon State
Stanford

Could LSU, FSU, Auburn and UK make changes?

I have a hard time seeing Dabo leave unless he wants to. Clempson will wallow in mediocrity when he does.

I know one thing for dam sure...I'd hate to be a mid-tier team trying to make a hire in this upcoming coaching market (unless you are Jimmy Sexton).

 

[columbiadawg2]

UF
PSU
Arky
UCLA
OK State
VT
Stanford
Oregon State

 

[HailStout]

Dear god, can you imagine how bad it would suck if we were looking for a coach this year??

 

[TheBannerM]

Penn State
Florida
Auburn*
Florida State*
Kentucky
Arkansas
Virginia Tech
UCLA
Oklahoma State
Stanford
Oregon State

LSU and Clemson will not open up this year. If State were in the market this year, I would rank them behind Arkansas and Kentucky. Hiring a third coach in three years is a BAD look.

 

[ClangaCrusader1]

LSU
Penn State
Florida*
Clemson*
Florida State*
Auburn*
Arkansas
Kentucky
Oklahoma State
UCLA
Virginia Tech
Stanford
Oregon State

 

[johnson86-1]

1.a LSU - (I don't think it will come open; they're not going to be happy with Kelly but not sure they're going to want to pay a big buyout to go compete for coaches in this market; not enough upgrades over Kelly to go around. That may be giving them too much credit through)
1.b Florida* - Should be basically equal with LSU, but I think LSU has more crazy boosters.

3. Penn State - I'm ranking this based on other people's perception and the fact that they're willing to pony up the buyout suggests they're willing to pony up for NIL. I would put them as 1.c except LSU and FLorida have proven that multiple coaches can win a national championship there in the modern era. PSU hasn't proven that despite having an easier regular season path consistently until the last few years.

4. Florida State* - (I don't know if they belong this high or not; Florida has a huge population, but FSU is in the panhandle. They are better positioned to recruit atlanta than south florida. Jacksonville is their closest big population center, and Gainesville is closer. I'm just putting them here because they've historically had success and were undefeated two years ago, granted against a cupcake schedule)

5.a Clemson* - They caught lightning in a bottle with Dabo and benefitted from going all in paying under the table and won't be able to repeat this when people can pay over the table. ONly reason I have them above Auburn is the easier path to the playoffs.

5.bAuburn* - historically have punched above their weight. They benefitted from being willing to pay big under the table; NIL may just make them another Ole MIss/MSU type program. Good enough to win with a good coach and be in the new playoff format occasionally, but probably not going to win a championship.

7. Stanford - This is a hard one; they have plenty of rich alumni if some of them decide to care. They could actually do really well with athletes that care about an education by pitching the value of the stanford degree along with NIL, and unlike Vandy, players shouldn't have to assume they are going to suck. They can win, they just need the right coach. Basically they need west coast David Cutcliffe and they'd be very respectable year in and year out. I think it'd be easier to find that and win in the ACC than it would be to win consistently at Arky or UK).

8. a Oklahoma State
8.b & c Arkansas/Kentucky- These are all interchangeable to me. I give OK st. the slight nod because the right coach at Arky and UK makes them respectable and competitive for 6th in the SEC. The right coach at Ok St. makes them respectable but they have a shot at sneaking into the playoffs from a weak Big 12.

11. UCLA (They shouldn't be this low, but they don't seem to care)

12. Oregon State - 2nd fiddle in a state without a lot of homegrown talent and don't have big conference money.

 

[shep9332]

Dear god, can you imagine how bad it would suck if we were looking for a coach this year??

 

[Maroon Eagle]

I don’t expect LSU to open up but if it did, it’d be second behind Penn State if only because it might be a less stable job…

I don’t see Clemson making a move either… FSU though is a possibility and I’d have them just below Florida…

I rank Stanford higher than most of y’all because the football team recently received a $50M donation… The money is there. It’s just a matter of asking…

PSU
UF
FSU *
Arky
UCLA
Auburn *
UK *
Stanford
VT
OK State
Oregon State

 

[Maroon Eagle]

11. UCLA (They shouldn't be this low, but they don't seem to care)

I have them higher because they’ve shown the past two weeks that they do care a little…

 

[Bullldawg78]

You forgot the Mississippi state job when Lebby takes the Oklahoma state job**

 

[Pars]

The thing is all those jobs have to come from somewhere. There are some big name schools that think they’re fine but won’t be. A few years ago OK coach left for USC and Notre Dames coach left for LSU.

 

[johnson86-1]

I don’t expect LSU to open up but if it did, it’d be second behind Penn State if only because it might be a less stable job…

I don’t see Clemson making a move either… FSU though is a possibility and I’d have them just below Florida…

I rank Stanford higher than most of y’all because the football team recently received a $50M donation… The money is there. It’s just a matter of asking…

PSU
UF
FSU *
Arky
UCLA
Auburn *
UK *
Stanford
VT
OK State
Oregon State

Arky ahead of Auburn? I mean, I'm down on Auburn, but what metric are you using to put Arkansas that high?

I have them higher because they’ve shown the past two weeks that they do care a little…

It seems like all UCLA and Stanford need to do is care and they'd basically be competitive with everybody but they haven't done it in a while.

One thing that may make it hard for the California schools to stay competitive is state taxes. California's state tax rate has an 8% tax bracket that kicks in at $55k and 9.3 at $70,607. That's a pretty decent wedge and then there will be higher cost of living, although I assume some of that will be offset by school provided lodging or vouchers, and school provided food.

A high profile recruit making $500k in a year is going to be paying probably from $16k to $40k more in taxes depending on whether you are comparing them to other reasonably high tax states or non income tax states. Not sure how much recruits will take that into account, but if you're talking about a guy that's only going to get a few big paydays and doesn't have great NFL prospects, an extra $32k out of $1M over two years, when that's your big payday and is also going to be subject to significant federal income taxes starts to look like a big deal.

 

[Maroon Eagle]

Arky ahead of Auburn? I mean, I'm down on Auburn, but what metric are you using to put Arkansas that high?

The only Power 4 school in its state…

It seems like all UCLA and Stanford need to do is care and they'd basically be competitive with everybody but they haven't done it in a while.

Bad hires will do that…

One thing that may make it hard for the California schools to stay competitive is state taxes. California's state tax rate has an 8% tax bracket that kicks in at $55k and 9.3 at $70,607. That's a pretty decent wedge and then there will be higher cost of living, although I assume some of that will be offset by school provided lodging or vouchers, and school provided food.

Cost of living and housing costs…

Seriously though, it’s difficult to recruit people to work in the Bay Area because of high costs…

I’ve mentioned before here that Stanford has had issues recruiting faculty…

 

[CochiseCowbell]

I have no opinion on the rest, just wanted to comment on this gif.... It's fantastic.

 

[mcdawg22]

Dear god, can you imagine how bad it would suck if we were looking for a coach this year??

I almost feel bad for Ole Miss****

 

[Perd Hapley]

Dear god, can you imagine how bad it would suck if we were looking for a coach this year??

Honestly, I don’t see how it would be any worse than it’s been any other time, considering that these are our last 7 hires:

1) OC with no HC experience

2) DC with no HC experience

3) 59 year old niche offense HC with various personality quirks and proclivities….hired in mid-January way after other positions were filled.

4) OC with no FBS HC experience

5) OC with no HC experience

6) NFL position coach that didn’t even have college coordinator experience, and had been out of college game entirely for 15 years

7) Car dealership employee that had FBS head coaching experience, but was considered untouchable by most due to past NCAA issues

For better or worse, we don’t really operate in a tier that would be impacted by heavy HC turnover around the country. There’s not a single coach above that would have been hired by anyone else in that particular hiring cycle, and many wouldn’t be hired at all. Mullen likely would have gotten a shot somewhere within 1-2 years if we didn’t hire him, but no one else was beating down his door in 2008.