I honestly can’t tell if that’s a good decision for Malzahn. If Auburn tanks next year, and Malzahn’s offense isn’t as effective as it was while being run by Newton, his employability at the HC level is going to take a hit.
If you go to ND virtually every single game is on national television, a definite boost if you have any NFL aspirations. Plus you can walk from campus for miles in any direction without having a death wish. Plus every other year you get to play in East Lansing. Plus you don’t have to play in Alabama.
I LIKE Will Muschamp, and don’t THINK Florida will regret hiring him. I THINK he’ll probably do a great job.
BUT…
It still surprises me that Florida made this choice so quickly, and didn’t SEEM to make much of an effort at a higher profile coach. Florida is one of the plum jobs in college football, and in theory, the Gators could lure almost ANY big name coach they wanted.
Muschamp is probably a good hire, but couldn’t/shouldn’t the Gators have TRIED to lure a more established coach? Why didn’t they?
This is a couple of days old now, but Pitt hired Miami (Ohio) head coach Michael Haywood.
Whoopie.
A puzzling hire that’s receiving its share of criticism in Pitt circles. Pitt doesn’t seem to have a clue on how to run a football program, and the “search” for this guy was a joke. He’s coached only two years at Miami. His first year was 1-11, and his second year, 9-4 with a win over (wait for it) Northern Illinois in the conference championship.
I was not unhappy to see Wannstadt go. A nice guy, and Pitt alum, but never able to win a big game at home. This year’s team was supposed to blow through the Big East and head to a BCS bowl. Instead, they tied for the league with WVU and UConn, both teams who beat Pitt. Pitt is going to the “Who Gives a Shit” Bowl in Idont Mississippi.
As for the hire, there are those trying to put a positive spin on it. It’s tough. The comparison to the Steelers hire of Mike Tomlin is insulting, as the Pittsburgh AD is not the Rooneys and has a track record of ho-hum to poor hires.
Kind of old news at this point, but Washington State has chosen to retain Coach Paul Wulff. Can anybody think of any other coach that has kept their job after acquiring a record as bad as 5-32 (.132, 2-25 in conference)?
Michigan has called a press conference for 12:30 ET to discuss the situation with its head football coach. Several news agencies have quoted sources saying that it is to announce Rich Rodriguez is fired.
I just hope they have the next coach already lined up. I’d hate to see several recruits leave because Michigan hasn’t hired a coach in time.
Oh man, this rumor that surely won’t materialize would be too funny. Miles to Michigan (fine), and Jimbo Fisher from FSU to LSU (FSU would fans would be absolutely crushed, I think). Miami’s recruiting class would go from poor (just a few weeks ago) to decent/good (Golden’s doing good work so far, and it should get better) to great (grab some top FSU prospects like TE Nick O’Leary).