Not long ago on 1standten there was some discussion about how coaches rarely ever move from one big power 5 school to another. Now it has happened twice in short order with Lincoln-log Riley and "Life of Brian" Kelly switching allegiance at very inopportune times for their schools. Leaving two of the highest profile jobs in the country......certainly top 10 places I would think.
OU is in a coaching search and it could happen again.........Josh Heupel maybe?
Why? Did the planets just align this time.....or is there more going on here?
Has the game gotten that much more cutthroat? I mean, Kelly left a team that is still in the national playoff race as we speak - something that I don't recall every happening before (correct me if I am wrong please). And Riley has absolutely left OU in a Lerch.....they were apparently caught pretty off guard by this and why wouldn't they be......has a job as big as OU every had this happen before like this? And the early signing period makes it a minor disaster.......saw where Riley just took another 5 star player to USC from OU's recruiting class. How does OU not suffer a huge blow considering they may not yet have a coach come early signing date. Riley has to be public enemy number one right now in Norman......as he recruited guys for two years while getting paid by OU only to snatch them away mere weeks before they sign the dotted line. How many more will OU lose to the portal?
Seems the combination of the early signing and the portal-potty has changed the game for coaches........how would we feel if Billy Napier said he couldn't come yet because his team still had some big games to play? What is the right thing for a coach to do? I can't imagine leaving my team that is in the NC hunt, but I suspect LSU told BK to come now or blow chunks. Does the early signing period need to be trashed? If Saban retires in a few years and Bama decides to come after Billy Napier.......we going to see things differently?
I don't know.....its a different, and colder, world. Just looking for some discussion to help make sense of it all.
OU is in a coaching search and it could happen again.........Josh Heupel maybe?
Why? Did the planets just align this time.....or is there more going on here?
Has the game gotten that much more cutthroat? I mean, Kelly left a team that is still in the national playoff race as we speak - something that I don't recall every happening before (correct me if I am wrong please). And Riley has absolutely left OU in a Lerch.....they were apparently caught pretty off guard by this and why wouldn't they be......has a job as big as OU every had this happen before like this? And the early signing period makes it a minor disaster.......saw where Riley just took another 5 star player to USC from OU's recruiting class. How does OU not suffer a huge blow considering they may not yet have a coach come early signing date. Riley has to be public enemy number one right now in Norman......as he recruited guys for two years while getting paid by OU only to snatch them away mere weeks before they sign the dotted line. How many more will OU lose to the portal?
Seems the combination of the early signing and the portal-potty has changed the game for coaches........how would we feel if Billy Napier said he couldn't come yet because his team still had some big games to play? What is the right thing for a coach to do? I can't imagine leaving my team that is in the NC hunt, but I suspect LSU told BK to come now or blow chunks. Does the early signing period need to be trashed? If Saban retires in a few years and Bama decides to come after Billy Napier.......we going to see things differently?
I don't know.....its a different, and colder, world. Just looking for some discussion to help make sense of it all.
