Con_Alma;1812554 wrote:With the Miles firing, Saban becomes the longest tenured coach int he SEC.
It's interesting to me that only 28 of the 128 FBS programs have a coach that has been in place for 5 or more years.
Really just comes down to a few factors.
1. Team does worse than expected over a period of time: coach fired.
2. Team does really well over a period of time at any non-powerhouse: coach goes to bigger, more prestigious school.
3. Powerhouse team does really well for a while to build super-high yearly expectations (or simply always has those high expectations), but has a drop-off from those expectations for a while: coach fired.
And with all the additional media/talk via the internet, social media, etc., those expectations get high for any team that's remotely a national name. Guys like your Bowdens and Paternos who just stuck around the same team for an eternity are going to be a very rare breed down the road, I think. Coach at a big-time program and have amazing success over 20-30 years? Not the easiest thing to do. I mean, you have your exceptions to the rule (like Kirk Ferentz, who's had good success at a more mid-tier major conference school and everyone involved is perfectly happy with that), but overall nowadays, it's a rapidly-shifting profession.
