krambman
Posts: 3,606
Aug 4, 2011 1:05pm
What college football coaches are on the hot seat heading into this coming season?
Here are a few I can think of off the top of my head.
Ron Zook, Illinois
Jeff Tedford, Cal
Mark Richt, Georgia
Houston Nutt, Ole Miss
Les Miles, LSU
Paul Wulff, Washington State
Rich Neuheisel, UCLA
Greg Schiano, Rutgers
Mack Brown, Texas
Luke Fickell, Ohio State
Who else is on the hot seat?
Here are a few I can think of off the top of my head.
Ron Zook, Illinois
Jeff Tedford, Cal
Mark Richt, Georgia
Houston Nutt, Ole Miss
Les Miles, LSU
Paul Wulff, Washington State
Rich Neuheisel, UCLA
Greg Schiano, Rutgers
Mack Brown, Texas
Luke Fickell, Ohio State
Who else is on the hot seat?
gorocks99
Posts: 10,760
Aug 4, 2011 1:40pm
Turner Gill is probably on a fairly short leash at Kansas (although just entering his second year, he probably won't get canned unless they go something like 2-10).
Dennis Erickson at ASU.
Dennis Erickson at ASU.
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queencitybuckeye
Posts: 7,117
Aug 4, 2011 1:48pm
Mack Brown is in no danger whatsoever of being fired.
karen lotz
Posts: 22,284
Aug 4, 2011 1:52pm
Kiffy.
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vball10set
Posts: 24,795
Aug 4, 2011 2:04pm
How can Fickell be considered on the "hot seat"? I'd say he's auditioning for a head coaching job on the biggest stage in college football 
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queencitybuckeye
Posts: 7,117
Aug 4, 2011 2:15pm
vball10set;851678 wrote:How can Fickell be considered on the "hot seat"? I'd say he's auditioning for a head coaching job on the biggest stage in college football
If you define it as "have a bad year, no longer have the job", then it applies, although it's certainly a special case.
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ou1980
Posts: 877
Aug 4, 2011 2:32pm
Danny Hope-Purdue
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vball10set
Posts: 24,795
Aug 4, 2011 3:07pm
queencitybuckeye;851691 wrote:If you define it as "have a bad year, no longer have the job", then it applies, although it's certainly a special case.
I guess, but it's just hard for me to imagine any first year coach being on the "hot seat"....just sayin'
sleeper
Posts: 27,879
Aug 4, 2011 3:27pm
Brian Kelly. After murdering an innocent child and getting away with it, the only way the Christian University let's him stay is if he wins a game that someone outside of South Bend cares about.
If I were a ND fan, I wouldn't hold my breath; its been 20+ years.
If I were a ND fan, I wouldn't hold my breath; its been 20+ years.
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enigmaax
Posts: 4,511
Aug 4, 2011 4:13pm
sleeper;851748 wrote:Brian Kelly. After murdering an innocent child and getting away with it, the only way the Christian University let's him stay is if he wins a game that someone outside of South Bend cares about.
So is he going to try and get one scheduled before the season is over?
gerb131
Posts: 9,932
Aug 4, 2011 4:36pm
Kirk Ferentz Iowa
Little Danny
Posts: 4,288
Aug 4, 2011 4:56pm
gerb131;851802 wrote:Kirk Ferentz Iowa
nah, Iowa will go 7-5 during the regular season, lose their bowl game and Kirk will still somehow land on some publication's list of top 10 college coaches.
gerb131
Posts: 9,932
Aug 4, 2011 5:02pm
Little Danny;851826 wrote:nah, Iowa will go 7-5 during the regular season, lose their bowl game and Kirk will still somehow land on some publication's list of top 10 college coaches.
Thats pretty much the truth too. I dont know he does it...
krambman
Posts: 3,606
Aug 4, 2011 6:10pm
gerb131;851834 wrote:Thats pretty much the truth too. I dont know he does it...
I've never understood the media's love for this guy. Three times he's been named Big Ten Coach of the Year. Jim Tressel won seven Big Ten titles in ten years and was never named COY. After the past two season and the money Iowa is paying him, he's not going anywhere.
Fickell is on the hot seat because he's as likely as anyone to lose their job at the end of the season.
Mack Brown isn't going to get fired, however, if Texas has a season similar to last year, his seat in Austin is going to be getting extremely hot. What have you done for me lately?
Fly4Fun
Posts: 7,730
Aug 4, 2011 8:10pm
I think Hot Seat implies that people are angry and upset and turning up the heat on the coach.
No one is angry or upset with Fickell. Everyone understands that he is auditioning for a job essentially and has to have a remarkable season to have a shot. If he doesn't do so well people won't be out for his head... they just realize he won't be the head coach next year.
No one is angry or upset with Fickell. Everyone understands that he is auditioning for a job essentially and has to have a remarkable season to have a shot. If he doesn't do so well people won't be out for his head... they just realize he won't be the head coach next year.
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bigkahuna
Posts: 4,454
Aug 4, 2011 8:17pm
Fly4Fun;851913 wrote:I think Hot Seat implies that people are angry and upset and turning up the heat on the coach.
No one is angry or upset with Fickell. Everyone understands that he is auditioning for a job essentially and has to have a remarkable season to have a shot. If he doesn't do so well people won't be out for his head... they just realize he won't be the head coach next year.
I can agree with this. I think a lot of people have almost a care free attitude with him. If he does good, then great, you can keep him around and build off of it. If he doesn't do so hot, oh well, you guys will just get whoever you want because you were planning on it anyway.
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vball10set
Posts: 24,795
Aug 4, 2011 8:21pm
Fly4Fun;851913 wrote:I think Hot Seat implies that people are angry and upset and turning up the heat on the coach.
No one is angry or upset with Fickell. Everyone understands that he is auditioning for a job essentially and has to have a remarkable season to have a shot. If he doesn't do so well people won't be out for his head... they just realize he won't be the head coach next year.
thank you..I didn't think it needed to be explained, but I guess I was giving some people too much credit...well done, Fly
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bigkahuna
Posts: 4,454
Aug 4, 2011 8:25pm
gerb131;851834 wrote:Thats pretty much the truth too. I dont know he does it...
There aren't enough people or enough tradition in Iowa for people to get that pissed about it. I mean, their all time record is 581-512-39. Kirk probably wouldn't last long with his success at other places, but Iowa is content with being in the an upper middle of the road/lowest of the upper tier in the Big 10.
sleeper
Posts: 27,879
Aug 4, 2011 8:40pm
enigmaax;851781 wrote:So is he going to try and get one scheduled before the season is over?
Good point. Notre Dame fans are probably banking on their powderpuff schedule to win them a BCS bowl they don't deserve. The problem is, they will lose because they aren't going to be anywhere as good as the team they are playing. Their only shot is to get lucky and play the Big East champ.
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enigmaax
Posts: 4,511
Aug 4, 2011 9:02pm
sleeper;851938 wrote:Notre Dame fans are probably banking on their powderpuff schedule to win them a BCS bowl they don't deserve.
Eh, they've been trying that for a few years now. Then outta nowhere their schedule turns out to be stocked with powerhouses like Navy and Tulsa and Air Force and Michigan.
Not even sure that'll work for them. Refer to Pitt, Syracuse, and Connecticut the last few years.Their only shot is to get lucky and play the Big East champ.
SportsAndLady
Posts: 35,632
Aug 4, 2011 9:28pm
Schiano is not on the hot seat lol
He went to 5 straight bowl games with a program that hasn't done anything since the 70s..last year was bad but it was the first bad one in 7 seasons.
Now if he goes 4-8 this year...yes, hot seat.
He went to 5 straight bowl games with a program that hasn't done anything since the 70s..last year was bad but it was the first bad one in 7 seasons.
Now if he goes 4-8 this year...yes, hot seat.
jordo212000
Posts: 10,664
Aug 4, 2011 9:34pm
Schiano should have jumped ship while he still had value. Dude looks kind of dumb now.
sleeper
Posts: 27,879
Aug 4, 2011 9:34pm
enigmaax;851966 wrote:Eh, they've been trying that for a few years now. Then outta nowhere their schedule turns out to be stocked with powerhouses like Navy and Tulsa and Air Force and Michigan.
Cue the Domers defending these programs as National Powerhouses.
SportsAndLady
Posts: 35,632
Aug 4, 2011 9:38pm
jordo212000;852004 wrote:Schiano should have jumped ship while he still had value. Dude looks kind of dumb now.
He's obviously not about 'jumping ship' like most coaches are. Man loves Rutgers and has no intentions of leaving.
jordo212000
Posts: 10,664
Aug 4, 2011 9:45pm
We'll see.Schiano should have jumped ship while he still had value. Dude looks kind of dumb now.
He's obviously not about 'jumping ship' like most coaches are. Man loves Rutgers and has no intentions of leaving.
I think he'll take his talents elsewhere when he gets his next chance to leave town. You can't win consistently at Rutgers