This is an extremely good question. If he’s always been this great coach, wouldn’t Saban, of all people, hooked him with something better than Indiana?
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Think about it. Mike Locksley ended up getting a better job after leaving Bama and he sucks. Cignetti ended up at IUP after Bama. If Saban liked Curt I would have thought he could have pushed to get him a lot better job.
Exactly. My initial reaction when Moore got fired was Deboer. I don’t have that strong of feeling anymore, but if it is, I don’t see any chance of Cigs getting the call to come to Bama. I don’t think Saban would ever allow it. Two large egos in the same building never works out.
Plus Sark is a Saban guy which is why I think they hire him If all this chaos comes to fruition, which I hope it does. I would love to see Texas fall apart…potentially.
Michigan should have fired Moore last year and went after Cignetti. It wont happen now. Indiana and MSU will probably be big beneficiaries of Michigan shitting the bed unless they salvage things with a good coach. I could still see Deboer jetting to Michigan if Bama gets whooped next weekend. Deboer is a good coach, but I bet he ends up getting fired within the next 2-3 years. 9-3 at Michigan isn’t as pressurized as 9-3 at Bama.
Cig was a WR coach and Recruiting Coordinator under Saban. Locksley was an OC with previous HC experience. Saban isn’t pushing position coaches to be P4 HCs no matter how good he thinks he is.
My guess is Cig didn’t want to “climb the ladder” as a P4 coordinator and wanted to start running his own program as a HC and IUP happened to be the level of school that would take that chance at the time.
Cig has told the story a million times but once you’re that old and still a postion coach you’re boxed in.
2-26 at New Mexico was pretty impressive for Locksley. It still amazes me some of these coaches keep getting recycled, but I totally get the rest of your point.
Kind of feels like a Bill Stewart to Dana Holgorsen force out.
Rumors are Whittingham was strongly against the private equity deal as well. It could have played a factor in his sudden resignation.
That be an incredible short term bridge hire for UM
I have also emailed Halle Berry to let her know I'm interested
If this is true and they forced a coach that has been in involved in their program for 32 years, that is absolutely asinine.
These private equities are just going create real shareholders compared to big donors who are gonna play an even larger role in programs. Definitely gonna have too many hands in the pot trying to cook.
Suddenly the Utah head coach had a bunch of new bosses and they weren't the AD or the chancellor.
Anyone providing $500 million is now the boss even if nobody wants to admit that publicly. For $500M you decide the roster, staff, depth chart and probably call plays and then when you lose blame it on the coach.
Coach probably didn't want to have to deal with it.
VaTech gets $20M anonymous athletics donation
Just after hiring James Franklin as the new head football coach and announcing a larger commitment to the athletics department, Virginia Tech received a $20 million anonymous donation to the athletics department.
I hate it here
I'm actually serious. I quit giving a shit about the NFL decades ago now. Why would I give a shit about the NFL lite? But like the dopamine addicted morons we all are we will probably keep watching and ignoring. The story of human history in a nutshell.
Why? They’re still about $50m in revenue behind nebraskaVaTech gets $20M anonymous athletics donation
Just after hiring James Franklin as the new head football coach and announcing a larger commitment to the athletics department, Virginia Tech received a $20 million anonymous donation to the athletics department.www.espn.com
I hate it here
Plus anything positive that happens to VaTech and Franklin is piss in Penn State’s eye.
Okay we’re still way ahead in donor contributions
Me looking for our anonymous donor
