LSUDad Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 Well, it’s started: Report: South Carolina fires Will Muschamp Michael Wayne Bratton | 22 minutes ago Following a rough 2-5 start to the season, which included allowing a combined 159 points in the Gamecocks’ three most recent games, Will Muschamp won’t be around to see Year 6 in Columbia. On Sunday, South Carolina made the decision to move on from the Muschamp era, according to Mike Uva of WACH FOX 57. Justin Jefferson On LSU's Struggles And Odell Beckham Jr. - The Pat McAfee Show Muschamp finishes his South Carolina coaching career with an overall record of 28-30 and an SEC record of 17-22 in Columbia. Prior to landing the South Carolina job, Muschamp had an overall record of 28-21 at Florida, meaning his overall coaching mark is now 56-51. A dreadful three-game streak appears to have been enough for South Carolina. Gamecocks opponents scored 48 points or more in each of the last three games, a tough pill to swallow with Muschamp’s background as a defensive coordinator. The losing skid started on Oct. 24 with a 52-24 loss at LSU with the Tigers freshman quarterback making his first start. On Nov. 7, Texas A&M defeated South Carolina 48-3 in Columbia. South Carolina dropped a 59-42 shootout to Ole Piss in Oxford on Saturday night. The Gamecocks are now 2-5 heading into a Week 9 matchup against Missouri. Muschamp was fired during his fourth season at Florida in 2014. Before taking the South Carolina head coaching job he returned to Auburn to be Gus Malzahn’s defensive coordinator for the 2015 season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houtiger Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 I was surprised that Muschamp was ever offered another head coach job after his failure at Florida. He'll never be a head coach again, IMO. Probably destined to be a def. coordinator, but his defense has not been good lately. But, those guys always show up somewhere. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 What is it with former Defensive Coordinators that are wound too tight? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchertiger Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 LSU made SOS quit which created the opening for Muschamp. He'll end up somewhere as a DC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchertiger Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 What the ... Quote Will Muschamp fired as South Carolina coach; his buyout is more than $13M https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/sports/article_5753fda8-27a9-11eb-94b3-d3db38cb3d89.html "AND I EXPECT TO BE PAID IN FULL!!!!!!!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchertiger Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 Just so you know, if you put $13M in my pocket, you will NEVER hear from me again 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dachsie Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 38 minutes ago, Hatchertiger said: Just so you know, if you put $13M in my pocket, you will NEVER hear from me again That with his FL buyout totals $21M. I wouldn't be working anymore either. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutriaitch Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 13 hours ago, houtiger said: I was surprised that Muschamp was ever offered another head coach job after his failure at Florida. he only had one losing season at FU. and a winning record overall. not elite by any stretch, but not exactly a failure either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchertiger Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 Here are the coaches on "the list": https://247sports.com/college/lsu/LongFormArticle/South-Carolina-Gamecocks-Will-Muschamp-coaching-search-Hugh-Freeze-Billy-Napier-Steve-Sarkisian-Brent-Venables-candidates-154867111/#154867111_12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSUDad Posted November 16, 2020 Author Share Posted November 16, 2020 Will got the job after one was hired, quit after a few days. Then another was offered, but turned it down. Will had been a DC for one year, at a small school, Valdosta St, came to LSU as a position coach, moved up when the little guy tried to fill the DC job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchertiger Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 Many people forget that Muschamp was the HC-in-waiting at Texas when he was DC there: Quote Brown hired Muschamp as the Longhorns’ defensive coordinator in 2008, tabbed him as the head coach in waiting within 10 months and publicly labeled it a mistake years later. The error wasn’t in hiring Muschamp — he constructed elite defenses that were the best in the Big 12 in 2008 and ’09. But naming him the future head coach and then seeing Texas stumble in 2010 led to questions about the program’s stability. Then Muschamp bolted to become Florida’s head coach, leaving Texas with no return on its investment. https://www.postandcourier.com/sports/carolina/will-muschamp-mack-brown-and-the-coach-in-waiting-calamity-at-texas-that-ties-them/article_c245a68a-7318-11e9-ad0d-cfa5c3f8f56d.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houtiger Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 5 hours ago, Nutriaitch said: he only had one losing season at FU. and a winning record overall. not elite by any stretch, but not exactly a failure either. He was 7-6, 11-2, 4-8, and 5-4 when he was fired. That is with a top 10 recruiting class every year. What I disliked about him was his immature fits on the sideline. Tom Landry never through any fits. Now Nick throws some fits, but you know after the game, he will know what the problem was and how to fix it. With Muschamp, I never got the idea that he knew what the problem was, nor how to fix it. He had one good year, with some of Urban's kids left over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchertiger Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 What HC is next? I think Jim Harbaugh's seat is getting warm. From what I've been reading he is likely to move back to the NFL rather than get "fired" by Michigan. He's never had a losing season at Michigan but he's losing to the wrong teams for that school. For me, he's simply not a likable fellow, big ego. The fans are definitely calling for his head: Quote Warde Manuel has to pull the trigger now. Any trigger. Tell Jim to pack his bags, or tell him to tell someone to pack their bags. Something needs to change right now to show that they're all at least self aware. Either that, or the year is going to continue to spiral out of control, recruits are going to jump ship and the program is going to take major steps back ahead of an ill-timed coaching search, that is certainly a must at this point. If Manuel isn't already putting wheels in motion, he should be fired as well. He's the athletic director and the football program is the lifeblood of athletics at U-M. It's in his best interest to do what's best for the program and the entire athletic department. We initially learned that Manuel wasn't going to fire Harbaugh period, which obviously means it's not happening during the middle of the season. But that needs to change. The things that are happening are simply indefensible. https://www.si.com/college/michigan/football/michigan-football-jim-harbaugh-fire-warde-manuel-wisconsin-badgers-season-2020-underdog-loss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 Michigan is where head coaches go to die. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutriaitch Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 15 hours ago, houtiger said: He was 7-6, 11-2, 4-8, and 5-4 when he was fired. That is with a top 10 recruiting class every year. What I disliked about him was his immature fits on the sideline. Tom Landry never through any fits. Now Nick throws some fits, but you know after the game, he will know what the problem was and how to fix it. With Muschamp, I never got the idea that he knew what the problem was, nor how to fix it. He had one good year, with some of Urban's kids left over. like i said, nothing special. but i’ve seen MUCH worse out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSUDad Posted November 29, 2020 Author Share Posted November 29, 2020 Vandy is looking for a new coach, they have parted ways with Mason. Vanderbilt football coach View | 90 Photos Vanderbilt football Derek Mason photos ADAM SPARKS | NASHVILLE TENNESSEAN | 16 minutes ago Vanderbilt has fired Derek Mason after seven losing seasons as football coach, the university announced Sunday. Mason had a 27-55 record, including a 0-8 mark this season against only SEC opponents. The Commodores have lost 12 straight SEC games, their longest conference losing streak since dropped 23 straight from 2000 to 2003 under Woody Widenhofer and Bobby Johnson. Offensive coordinator Todd Fitch will serve as interim head coach until a replacement for Mason is named, according to a Vanderbilt news release. The search for a new head coach will begin immediately. Mason did not immediately respond to The Tennessean's request for comment, but he posted a message on Twitter. "It is with gratitude that I have served as the head football coach at Vanderbilt University, a world class institution, for the past seven years," Mason tweeted. "I am blessed to have worked alongside and built relationships with some of the finest and most dedicated coaches, staff and faculty in the nation. Cyber Sale Don’t miss your chance for unlimited digital access to exclusive content. $1 for 3 months. Save 97%. Subscribe Now "It has truly been my honor to have been given the opportunity to teach, mentor, champion and coach hundreds of Vanderbilt young men and one courageous female." Mason's last game was a 41-0 loss to Missouri, where spotlight was on Sarah Fuller becoming the first woman to play in a Power Five college football game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houtiger Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 Mason certainly deserves to be fired, but I like the guy as a person. He seemed like a motivator, but he didn't get the talent to Vandy. That is not a huge knock at Derek, as nobody else has gotten enough talent there to be a significant winner. I am sure he was compensated by Vandy during his seven years and should be set for life, and he'll end up a coordinator somewhere, most probably, or head coach in a smaller conference like Sunbelt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadillacattack Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 On 11/29/2020 at 3:47 PM, houtiger said: Mason certainly deserves to be fired, but I like the guy as a person. He seemed like a motivator, but he didn't get the talent to Vandy. That is not a huge knock at Derek, as nobody else has gotten enough talent there to be a significant winner. I am sure he was compensated by Vandy during his seven years and should be set for life, and he'll end up a coordinator somewhere, most probably, or head coach in a smaller conference like Sunbelt. Definitely agree .... Mason has some solid coaching chops ... and he’s much better than many realize. Solid recruiter, good gameday motivator ( like O in that regard) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houtiger Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 On 11/30/2020 at 8:33 PM, cadillacattack said: Definitely agree .... Mason has some solid coaching chops ... and he’s much better than many realize. Solid recruiter, good gameday motivator ( like O in that regard) Always good to see you Caddy, I thought you would stop by for Auburn week. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutriaitch Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 chatter out of Texas is they think they making a change and landing Urban Meyer. of course they once thought they were getting Saban Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Hatchertiger Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 But, but I thought Urban had multiple health issues?????? Quote 1. Meyer Has a Cyst on His Brain During an October 2018 press conference, Meyer noted he has a cyst on his brain. While this may be a surprise to most fans, Meyer was initially diagnosed with the cyst in 1998 per USA Today. Throughout his career, Meyer has been able to manage the challenges, but his demeanor on the sidelines during the 2018 season suggested things had worsened. According to Cleveland.com, Meyer had surgery in 2014 to help with the condition. He has managed his health since the 2014 surgery, and these days that includes daily medication. The Buckeyes won the national title 10 months after his first surgery and are 56-7 in the five seasons since the surgery. As with many medical conditions, the issue with his cyst is incurable and progressive. It has been managed by medication and that 2014 surgery, and Meyer may at some point have other treatment options to consider… But he’s had a cyst in his head his whole life. If the 2014 surgery to remove fluid and reduce pressure in his brain followed most procedures for arachnoid cysts, he had two holes drilled in his head. 2. Dr. Andrew Thomas, Meyer’s Physician, Released a Statement Noting Meyer’s “Aggressive Headaches” Have Gotten Worse in the Last 2 Years Meyer’s personal physician Dr. Andrew Thomas released his own statement (per ESPN) to shed some light on Meyer’s health challenges. Thomas noted that the severity of Meyer’s headaches has intensified over the last two years. The past four years, we’ve been working closely with Coach Meyer to monitor and manage the symptoms that have risen from his enlarged congenital arachnoid cyst. This includes aggressive headaches, which have particularly flared up the past two years. 3. Ohio State’s Zach Smith Investigation Noted Meyer Had “Memory Issues” & Is on Medication That Can Negatively Impact His Memory Meyer’s health has undoubtedly been tested since the Ohio State coach lied during Big Ten media days about what he knew regarding then assistant coach Zach Smith. This led to an Ohio State investigation of how Meyer and the athletic department handled Smith’s situation. The findings noted Meyer took medicine that had the potential to inhibit his memory per CBS Sports. Investigators learned that Meyer “has sometimes had significant memory issues in other situations where he had prior extensive knowledge of events. He has also periodically taken medicine that can negatively impair his memory, concentration and focused.” They accepted that as a legitimate reason for him not remembering past events, such as the details of the 2015 incident. 4. Meyer’s 2009 Retirement at Florida Has Been Tied to Health Issues & He Admitted to Regularly Taking Sleeping Pills While Coaching the GayTurds Meyer stepped away from football in 2009 after helping lead Florida to one of the greatest stretches in program history. According to The New York Times, Meyer suffered from severe chest pains just hours after the SEC title game between Florida and Alabama. Hours after Florida lost to Alabama in the Southeastern Conference title game on Dec. 5, GayTurds Coach Urban Meyer awoke in the middle of the night with severe chest pains. He had experienced similar pains the past two years, but this time was different. He lost consciousness, went to a hospital in an ambulance and had more than nine hours of testing. That night was the tipping point for Meyer, 45, who stunned college football on Saturday by announcing that he was stepping down from coaching. “There was no heart damage,” Meyer said. “But I didn’t want there to be a bad day where there were three kids sitting around wondering what to do next. It was the pattern of what I was doing and how I was doing it. It was self-destructive…I was worried about letting people down. I was feeling so awful and concerned about my health. That [his daughter’s positive reaction to his retirement] was among several other signs that said it’s time to back away.” Meyer later admitted to regularly using sleeping pills such as Ambien just to get a few hours of sleep at night. Meyer detailed his dependency on pills during a 2016 Bleacher Report interview. He weaned himself off the Ambien. That took a full six months. From two pills a night to one, then from one to a half of one, until, finally, he stopped needing them…The only help Urban took was Ambien for his sleep. One a night at first, and then two, washing them down with beer. “Every night,” Shelley says. “And it’s highly addictive. He couldn’t sleep without it.” Even with it, he didn’t sleep much—maybe four hours a night—and it was a feverish, desperate sort of sleep, his mind incapable of stopping its search for problems to worry over and try to solve. He often woke up to find that, sometime in the night, he had filled dozens of pages with football plays and motivational speeches. He remembered writing none of it. 5. Meyer Will Retire After the Rose Bowl & His Health Played a Big Part in This Decision Meyer had publicly pledged his desire to coach in 2019 but announced after the Big Ten title game that he planned to retire after the Rose Bowl. Ryan Day will take over as the new Ohio State head coach. Former NFL great Cris Carter is close friends with Meyer and detailed how the cyst impacts Meyer’s coaching per 247 Sports. Urban’s a very, very close friend of mine. His biggest problem is he wants to coach, but physically he can’t coach. He can’t do this anymore,” Carter said. “I think it’s been well-documented, as far as the cyst on his brain. When he gets agitated, upset … when he gets in coaching mode, it becomes very to almost impossible for him to coach because the cyst begins to leak fluid, which leads to — not a migraine headache, but a splitting headache. When we saw him double over on the sideline, that was not because of anything else but the cyst and it rupturing. There’s a few things potentially that he could do, he could rest The second one is to have a procedure done where they could relieve the pressure (from) the procedure he had done a couple of years ago, but you’re opening up the brain — and that’s not coming with a great deal of encouragement by the specialist who is working on him. And the third thing is what we saw today, was Urban Meyer resigning as the coach at Ohio State. When the going gets tough, Urban gets going. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSUDad Posted December 3, 2020 Author Share Posted December 3, 2020 The medical issues only flair up after a loss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSUDad Posted December 6, 2020 Author Share Posted December 6, 2020 Black Sunday: FBS head coach the latest to reportedly be fired Spenser Davis | 41 minutes ago Another FBS head coach has reportedly been fired. According to ESPN’s Adam Rittenberg, South Alabama is parting ways with head coach Steve Campbell after three seasons. Campbell was previously the head coach at Central Arkansas and has also spent time as an assistant at Mississippi State and Auburn. He went 9-26 in three years with the program, and suffered losses this season to UAB and Georgia Southern, among others. Most recently, South Alabama lost 29-0 on Troy on Saturday. That appears to be the straw that broke the camel’s back for Campbell’s tenure in Mobile. This move continues a trend of coaching news across the country this week. Kentucky fired two members of its coaching staff earlier in the day, including offensive coordinator Eddie Gran. South Carolina is also expected to officially hire Shane Beamer to be its next head coach on Sunday or Monday. The Gamecocks fired Will Muschamp last month. With National Signing Day right around the corner, programs will likely continue to make final decisions on their coaches in the next couple weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSUDad Posted December 8, 2020 Author Share Posted December 8, 2020 Matt Viator out at Louisiana-Monroe after 5 seasons 10:27 AM CT Adam RittenbergESPN Senior Writer Louisiana-Monroe football coach Matt Viator is out after five seasons at the school. "I met at length with Coach Viator,'' athletic director Scott McDonald said. "We arrived at the decision that as a program, it was time to seek new leadership. "I appreciate everything he's done while attempting to rebuild this football program, especially under the extraordinary challenges presented to him and his staff this season." ULM is 0-10 this season and plays its final game this week against Troy. Scott Stoker will be ULM's interim coach for that game. Viator went 19-39 at the school, winning six games in 2018 but never reaching a bowl. The Warhawks finished third in the Sun Belt's West Division in each of the past two seasons. This marks the second Sun Belt coaching change in as many days, as South Alabama on Sunday fired Steve Campbell. Viator, 57, came to Louisiana-Monroe from McNeese State, his alma mater, where he went 78-33 with five FCS playoff appearances. McDonald said the team would begin searching for a new coach right away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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