Comments on: New hires put coaching vacancies into perspective http://irish.nbcsports.com/2010/12/15/new-hires-put-coaching-vacancies-into-perspective/ Inside the Irish on NBCSports.com Tue, 21 May 2013 16:55:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: irishjudge http://irish.nbcsports.com/2010/12/15/new-hires-put-coaching-vacancies-into-perspective/comment-page-1/#comment-9908 Fri, 17 Dec 2010 01:18:26 +0000 http://irish.nbcsports.com/?p=3122#comment-9908 I’m with whisk3yjack. Who still questions the Kelly hire?

]]> By: thepiper3 http://irish.nbcsports.com/2010/12/15/new-hires-put-coaching-vacancies-into-perspective/comment-page-1/#comment-9905 Thu, 16 Dec 2010 21:52:35 +0000 http://irish.nbcsports.com/?p=3122#comment-9905 Good article Keith. I tried posting this thesis as a response to NDNation articles and got nowhere, so I gave up. Its confusing but many believe that there are only 5-7 coaches that should be interviewed for a job: Urban Meyer, Nick Saban, Bob Stoops, Pete Carroll, and Mack Brown (and now Chip Kelly).

But the chances they will leave a major job for another major job are essentially ZERO.

How about this stat….over the last 50yrs, how many coaches have left this list of 17 top programs for another Head Coaching job at another COLLEGE program?

Alabama
Florida
Florida St
LSU
Miami (Fla)
Michigan
Nebraska
Notre Dame
Oklahoma
Ohio State
Oregon
Tennessee
Texas
Texas A&M
UCLA
USC
Washington

The answer? TWO.
(1) Dennis Franchione left Alabama…but only because of Bama’s probationary problems.
(2) Doug Dickey left Tennessee in 1970 for Florida…but only because he was a Florida alumnus.

So why the obsession with the big name from a top program? It NEVER happens.

]]> By: beanspeaks http://irish.nbcsports.com/2010/12/15/new-hires-put-coaching-vacancies-into-perspective/comment-page-1/#comment-9903 Thu, 16 Dec 2010 07:07:04 +0000 http://irish.nbcsports.com/?p=3122#comment-9903 God I miss Blue-Grey Sky. It was, by far, one of the best college football blogs on the internet, and among the best sports blogs overall. Not that this blog isn’t a great resource for information or anything, but BGS was home to the sort of play-by-play film review and in-depth strategic analysis you don’t usually see outside coaches’ offices.

Alas.

]]> By: whisk3yjack http://irish.nbcsports.com/2010/12/15/new-hires-put-coaching-vacancies-into-perspective/comment-page-1/#comment-9900 Wed, 15 Dec 2010 22:33:52 +0000 http://irish.nbcsports.com/?p=3122#comment-9900 Who still questions the Kelly hire?

This team was three plays away from finishing 10-2, and despite lots of key injuries/ adversity, they kept getting better; unlike Dick Rod’s Michigan team, which faded miserably down the stretch.

There’s no question in my mind that Kelly is among the most successful of the above listed coaches thus far.

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