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Could this be the craziest coaching carousel of all time?

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On 10/1/2025 at 7:05 PM, CycleTex87 said:

The guy wrestling with the fish

That is my lasting memory of McElwain. When asked about it in a PC, he was such a dour, indignant, humorless prick about it. Acted like his integrity was under attack. Massive douchebag.

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4 hours ago, Earl Haffler said:

Here me now and remember me in two weeks.  Franklin goes to pig aggy.

He could turn them into a 7-9 win team. That never beats Texas or LSU. 
 

So far we’ve got these P4 jobs open: PSU, MSU, UCLA, Arkansas, VaTech, Stanford, Okie Lite.

Florida is likely getting added to the list. Those are some big jobs and not a lot of sure thing hires.  Some mediocre corches gonna get PAID.

 

1 minute ago, 956 Worldwide said:

He could turn them into a 7-9 win team. That never beats Texas or LSU. 
 

So far we’ve got these P4 jobs open: PSU, MSU, UCLA, Arkansas, VaTech, Stanford, Okie Lite.

Florida is likely getting added to the list. Those are some big jobs and not a lot of sure thing hires.  Some mediocre corches gonna get PAID.

 

It would be better if the college world would just let us pick for the open slots. If it works out we get a portion of the money being paid. 

22 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

Yep. They took the Saudi money. No way Michigan State eats $31 million if they didn’t have fuck you money coming in. 

5 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

What world do we live in now that the Sparty coach is getting paid a $31mm buyout? That's nuts.

19 hours ago, BurntOrange&White said:

I'm most interested in how Auburn will scheme up a plan to fire him. 

Knowing Auburn, some 2nd tier booster will hire a 3rd tier hitman at a truck stop, and it won't go well.

10 hours ago, demos said:

Good. Fuck dilfer.

1 hour ago, Xminus6 said:

What world do we live in now that the Sparty coach is getting paid a $31mm buyout? That's nuts.

I hope they have a different AD in place than the guy who hired the last couple of coaches. Also half of these idiot big 10 ADs are gonna spend their share of that $2b in the first couple of years firing coaches, and end up with nothing to show for it. What a shit show college athletics has become.

This carousel NEEDS to get less crazy.  how TF does Napier still have a job?!

9 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

 

3 hours ago, Xminus6 said:

What world do we live in now that the Sparty coach is getting paid a $31mm buyout? That's nuts.

Fake news (for now). Smith is still there.

9 hours ago, Nicole44 said:

It would be better if the college world would just let us pick for the open slots. If it works out we get a portion of the money being paid. 

Texas fan not only thinks they know better...but that they should also get paid for it.  
 

Stay true to who the fuck y'all are, LMAO. 

Matt Rhule is just white James Franklin, but he has Pedo State ties. 

I don't see how you watch Cignetti and Indiana do what they did last year, get two wins against top-10 teams this year (including against #3 Oregon on the road this last weekend), and think "nah, we'll go with the guy who has lost 17 in a row to top-25 teams. Not top-10. Top 25."

Michigan needs to fire Sherrone and get cignetti before someone else does. 

2 minutes ago, irishtexan said:

I don't see how you watch Cignetti and Indiana do what they did last year, get two wins against top-10 teams this year (including against #3 Oregon on the road this last weekend), and think "nah, we'll go with the guy who has lost 17 in a row to top-25 teams. Not top-10. Top 25."

The only knock against Cignetti is his age, you have maybe 5-6 years of him left. And also whether he wants to jump and how much IU is willing to pay to keep him there for those 5-6 years. They might be willing to redirect some hoops cash to make it enticing not to move. 
 

Dude is a badass. “I win. Google me.”

Probably going to hit or exceed $200 million in buyouts.  Money for a coach and his staff to *not* be the coach.

Sorry, gotta cut archery and softball again, we have unrealistic expectations and had to pay this guy $50m to go away

5 hours ago, Xminus6 said:

What world do we live in now that the Sparty coach is getting paid a $31mm buyout? That's nuts.

No one tell him about the buyout they gave Mel Tugger.

Sparty actually started the trend of fully guaranteed contracts that every mindless A.D. fell over themselves to copy.

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4 hours ago, locodos said:

This carousel NEEDS to get less crazy.  how TF does Napier still have a job?!

Too soon

If Penn St’s expectation is championship or bust for the next coach, they’re going to be disappointed

Art Briles agent is reportedly juggling multiple calls and has said he is ready to book Art a greyhound ticket to interviews no matter how far away 

On 10/13/2025 at 3:52 AM, Xminus6 said:

What world do we live in now that the Sparty coach is getting paid a $31mm buyout? That's nuts.

My thought exactly. The coaching market is a bubble that may not burst. 

You're coaching at Michigan State. Not bad, no likely championships, but not bad. How incentivized are you to work your ass off just to have good seasons when coasting will get you that kind of money?

Phone it in, delegate, and then live like a god however you like.

It aint inter-murals, brother!

What big games besides Oregon has Cignetti won? I don't think the win against that fat retard will be considered a great win by the end of the year.

On 10/13/2025 at 9:13 AM, WBT said:

No one tell him about the buyout they gave Mel Tugger.

He was fired for cause, so they didn't pay him shit. I think he is suing, but so far the best defense against MSU's incompetence is the Tugman's idiocy. Its a battle of titans. 

On 10/13/2025 at 8:41 AM, ClubWhatever said:

That doesn't seem very good.

It's a matter of perspective. It's good if you are coaching a top 25 team facing Rhule.

6 minutes ago, Alien Octopus said:

What big games besides Oregon has Cignetti won? I don't think the win against that fat retard will be considered a great win by the end of the year.

That win at Oregon is the very definition of a statement win. Illinois will lose to Washington but then probably win out. They're still a good team and Indiana absolutely destroyed them. 

 

On 10/13/2025 at 5:12 AM, locodos said:

how TF does Napier still have a job?!

have you seen their schedule the rest of the way. Be patient.

21 minutes ago, Alien Octopus said:

What big games besides Oregon has Cignetti won? I don't think the win against that fat retard will be considered a great win by the end of the year.

How many coaches haves wins over two top 10 teams this season, cant be a lot right? Illinois might not be a juggernaut but the number 1 team in the country only beat them by 18, while Indiana won by 53. If you have a sizeable list of teams with a better resume, I'd like to see them. 

42 minutes ago, Alien Octopus said:

What big games besides Oregon has Cignetti won? I don't think the win against that fat retard will be considered a great win by the end of the year.

Winning against Oregon with IU’s roster is a very different story than trying to win with Penn State’s roster. Not even close to the same comparison and Cig’s been at IU for just a year and a half. 
 

At JMU he made great playoff runs and took them to the FCS championship game. He’s a hell of a coach. 

35 minutes ago, Blotto said:

How many coaches haves wins over two top 10 teams this season, cant be a lot right? Illinois might not be a juggernaut but the number 1 team in the country only beat them by 18, while Indiana won by 53. If you have a sizeable list of teams with a better resume, I'd like to see them. 

I said nothing about resumes of teams. I said, who has he beat besides Oregon? He did not beat anyone last year and he had plenty of opportunity to do so. Also, who gives a shit  if he beat Ill by 50 while tOSU beat them by less? This isn't soccer.

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On 10/12/2025 at 10:05 PM, tx 3 putt said:

 

 

Damn, if accurate Jonathan Smith only lasted 1 1/2 seasons 

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1 minute ago, 956 Worldwide said:

Winning against Oregon with IU’s roster is a very different story than trying to win with Penn State’s roster. Not even close to the same comparison and Cig’s been at IU for just a year and a half. 
 

At JMU he made great playoff runs and took them to the FCS championship game. He’s a hell of a coach. 

Not sure that Indiana's roster is that weak. Franklin got canned for not winning big games. Would need to see more from Cignetti than just a win against two over rated Big X teams. He did exactly what in the Big X championship and playoffs last year after backing in? 0-2  This year he played one really overrated team. Oregon was a solid win against a top 10 team. It is his only top 10 win ever.

39 minutes ago, Saint Tacky said:

have you seen their schedule the rest of the way. Be patient.

Bro!  We've been patient!  Sunbelt Billy should have been fired 3 years ago!  Schedule is irrelevant... it's bad and has been bad for years

9 minutes ago, Alien Octopus said:

Not sure that Indiana's roster is that weak. Franklin got canned for not winning big games. Would need to see more from Cignetti than just a win against two over rated Big X teams. He did exactly what in the Big X championship and playoffs last year after backing in? 0-2  This year he played one really overrated team. Oregon was a solid win against a top 10 team. It is his only top 10 win ever.

He's gone 1-2 against elite competition, and has won every single other game. At fucking Indiana, a historical bottom dweller. How is that not insanely impressive? Should he be undefeated the last 2 years?

2 minutes ago, TXpride said:

He's gone 1-2 against elite competition, and has won every single other game. At fucking Indiana, a historical bottom dweller. How is that not insanely impressive? Should he be undefeated the last 2 years?

Indiana is a football powerhouse. They should win the NC every year. Clearly Cignetti is way undersachieving. If he'd done this at Duke or some other basketball school, it would've been hella impressive.

1 hour ago, The Dog said:

 

Sounds a lot like TAMU's last search.  "We're PedoSU!  We can hire anyone we want!"  Then they end up with Rhule who can't win a big game.  

14 minutes ago, TXpride said:

He's gone 1-2 against elite competition, and has won every single other game. At fucking Indiana, a historical bottom dweller. How is that not insanely impressive? Should he be undefeated the last 2 years?

I am just saying that if Penn St. fires Franklin for not beating top teams and then hires Cignetti, who also has had trouble with top teams, and in fact has lost to Penn St. and Franklin, then they are pretty dumb.  Cignetti has done great, is an entertaining asshole. He reminds me of McGuire over at Tech. Cignetti has one big game win on his resume. I believe Mcguire beat Iowa St. and OU , but not sure either were top 10 team.  Anyway , no big shakes, will see how Cig does against tOSU this year. McGuire will play BYU soon enough, they should be a top ten team by then.

Looks like he didn’t get the Jimbo exemption. These mitigation clauses are usually why these things settle, each side wants a clean beak and to not have to track this stuff. My guess is that they’ll settle for $25-$30M. I wonder who of the other hot seat coaches have the Jimbo exemption? I think Gundy did not have the mitigation clause because it was negotiated down to $15M even after last season.

 

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11 minutes ago, Alien Octopus said:

I am just saying that if Penn St. fires Franklin for not beating top teams and then hires Cignetti, who also has had trouble with top teams, and in fact has lost to Penn St. and Franklin, then they are pretty dumb.  Cignetti has done great, is an entertaining asshole. He reminds me of McGuire over at Tech. Cignetti has one big game win on his resume. I believe Mcguire beat Iowa St. and OU , but not sure either were top 10 team.  Anyway , no big shakes, will see how Cig does against tOSU this year. McGuire will play BYU soon enough, they should be a top ten team by then.

I can’t tell if you’re trolling or what. IU under Cignetti hasn’t played PSU. Cignetti has the same number of top 5 wins (1) in 1.5 seasons at IU as Franklin did his tenure at PSU.

Before Cignetti IU had 9 plus .500 seasons since 1980! Finished ranked once (2020). Literally one of the worst P5 programs.  And as mentioned, Cignetti has won lots of games in the playoffs and against top 10 teams at the FCS level. 
 

I am on record saying that firing Franklin has a high chance of blowing up but come on man. 

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57 minutes ago, Alien Octopus said:

Not sure that Indiana's roster is that weak. Franklin got canned for not winning big games. Would need to see more from Cignetti than just a win against two over rated Big X teams. He did exactly what in the Big X championship and playoffs last year after backing in? 0-2  This year he played one really overrated team. Oregon was a solid win against a top 10 team. It is his only top 10 win ever.

You don't even know what fucking games they played in last season. They didn't play in the B10 title game - Oregon beat PSU. 

Their two losses last season were against the two teams that played in the National Title Game. Wow what an indictment.

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