***2025-26 CFB Coaching Carousel***

[ISU_Guy]

I hope kiffin fails miserably to drive home how stupid college sports have become.

So what if kiffin year 4 has done no better than Kelly. Kelly went 10 wins. 10 wins, 9 wins and got fired in the middle of year 4 .

LSU going to pay 50+M for Kelly to walk away
LSU pays 4M to buy out kiffin
LSU pays kiffin 15-20 million a year over 7 years and once he doesn’t perform they just do this all over again.

At this pace college coaches are gonna get $30 million a year in 10 years.

 

[BigJCy]

 

[MLawrence]

Egged on by ESPN, of course

Engagement, baby!

 

[12191987]

I hope kiffin fails miserably to drive home how stupid college sports have become.

So what if kiffin year 4 has done no better than Kelly. Kelly went 10 wins. 10 wins, 9 wins and got fired in the middle of year 4 .

LSU going to pay 50+M for Kelly to walk away
LSU pays 4M to buy out kiffin
LSU pays kiffin 15-20 million a year over 7 years and once he doesn’t perform they just do this all over again.

At this pace college coaches are gonna get $30 million a year in 10 years.

Can’t wait to learn what LSU will be paying Kiffin to leave in 4 years.

 

[ISU_Guy]

Can’t wait to learn what LSU will be paying Kiffin to leave in 4 years.

Yep, prob another 50-100M. Then kiffin will find another place like Nebraska or equivalent to do it again. Just an insane cycle really.

Imagine if they could just pay all this to players? I could probably win the sec as a coach at that point

Or maybe feed or educate a kid or two since Louisiana is about the worst state ever in every category

 

[BigJCy]

 

[fsanford]

Fitzgerald to MSU?

 

[jackrabbit]

Demote Jonathan Smith to OC or DC and hire Mark Dantonio as HC?

 

[BigJCy]

Take it FWIW but there is some Sitake to Penn St. smoke out there.

 

[RagingCloner]

Take it FWIW but there is some Sitake to Penn St. smoke out there.

hearing there is more than smoke here

 

[1UNI2ISU]

Bama friend is convinced DeBoer is taking Penn State. Still oddly quiet up there.

 

[ClonerJams]

hearing there is more than smoke here

A little surprising. I figured Sitake was going to be a lifer at BYU

 

[RagingCloner]

A little surprising. I figured Sitake was going to be a lifer at BYU

Nothing confirmed yet, but would be one of the big surprises if this cycle IMO

 

[fsanford]

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Take it FWIW but there is some Sitake to Penn St. smoke out there.

He would be a solid hire. He is Penn State during JoPa's earlier teams. Without the pedo activity

 

[JP4CY]

If Sitake leaves its Mendenhall's job again, right?

 

[1UNI2ISU]

If Sitake leaves its Mendenhall's job again, right?

1000%.

 

[not-the-manager]

Campbell would have to decide if he wants to take Becht, Hansen, Burkle, Brahmer,… to a completely new situation for their senior years, all while getting his own bearings and with the expectation that the program mostly pick up where it left off when Franklin was fired. That may sound sappy/Little League, but Campbell cares deeply about development and culture built on player character and commitment. I lean towards that being unlikely, but time will tell

 

[12191987]

Campbell would have to decide if he wants to take Becht, Hansen, Burkle, Brahmer,… to a completely new situation for their senior years, all while getting his own bearings and with the expectation that the program mostly pick up where it left off when Franklin was fired. That may sound sappy/Little League, but Campbell cares deeply about development and culture built on player character and commitment. I lean towards that being unlikely, but time will tell

He probably would just entrust them to Jason Candle and let them finish their careers at ISU.

 

[cyfan92]

It's insanely obvious that kiffin is holding out hope to get the Alabama job... I just don't know why anyone would want that until more time has passed from the Saban era

 

[tman24]

A little surprising. I figured Sitake was going to be a lifer at BYU

I figured he would wait it out for something on the West coast. Washington, oregon, USC.