Lmfao, no he wouldn’t have, and his defenses were pure **** in his time there. Going 8-5 your first year and following it up with 6-7 and 5-7 seasons is not good. He was not good at Tech. Tubberville was better than Kliff at tech.
Texas Tech fires FB Coach Matt Wells
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Damn right. See if you can line up enough guest appearances on sports talk shows to keep your profile up, but other than that, just let the checks roll in. Maybe take up a hobby.
Well you are the only laughing then. He is having a good year this year, absolutely, but one year isn’t what makes a good coach. Some people are made more for NFL than college and Kliff may be one of them. You have some pretty dumb posts on here quite frequently you know that?
CycloneErik
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I'd consider some easy TV studio gigs, and lowball the salary negotiation just to keep collecting from the school.
Hired in 2019:
Chris Klieman: 16-14 (10-12), 0-1 in bowls, highest finish tied for 3rd
Neal Brown: 14-15 (8-13), 1-0 in bowls, highest finish 5th
Matt Wells: 13-17 (6-17), no bowls, highest finish 8th, fired after 2.5 years for performance
Les Miles: 3-18 (1-16), no bowls, highest finish 10th, fired after 2 years for issues while at LSU
In NFL there's a GM and associated office/staff. In College, HC is the CEO responsible for identifying, targeting, acquiring and coaching that talent. Both have the skillset of managing personalities, but managing professionals and motivating "amateurs" are also different skillsets.
I imagine his easy going, don't squash the ego approach (not unlike Fred) works better in NFL than it did for motivating at the collegiate level.
Jags would be stupid to fire Urban Meyer after this year wouldn’t they? I mean, look at all the things Urban did in college football.
That’s why Saban was such a smashing success in the NFL right?
NFL and college head coaching require different skill sets beyond Xs and Os. Kliff seems to be more suited to be a pro coach. Having talent doesn’t hurt either.
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I don't think he's going to get fired after this season, but Meyer has never met a job that he couldn't cut and run from.
CycloneErik
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We won like 8 games in the 3 years preceding Campbell. That's a little different than your guy's situation.
Lol, not really the same. He had to start from scratch and build up from a 3-9 season in year 1. Usually you like to see the team get better under a new coach.
