Coaching carousel 2025-26

[Tideflyer]

Trying to predict what these ADs are going to do is insane. I hear Finebaum and all the other talking heads trying to put the various pieces together and I just shake my head. I Suppose they do it for ratings. Think back and go figure. Napier to Florida??? Jimbo to aTm and give him Fort Knox to boot??? Franklin to Penn State??? I could go on and on listing hires that make us go bang our head against the wall. Some hires this year will catch us by a big "what are they thinking" cartoon moment of bewilderment.

This stuff is manna from heaven for the Finebaum’s of the world.

 

[GrayTide]

Pretty good read on who goes where in this cycle.

MSN

 

[BamaMoon]

I don't think it has as much to do with Schuman as it does they don't have the same level of talent as they did in their two NC years. Players matter, we've seen it with our team and it can be seen across college football. You just don't see teams stacked with talent any longer.

The Eagles got smart and started drafting those Georgia and Bama boys.

But, I think the argument could be made that if you removed Brock Bowers from Georgia's two NC teams in '21 and '22, they might not have won either!

He was be biggest non-QB difference maker I remember on a team since Derek Henry.

 

[Cruiser]

Lashlee signs new contract putting him in top 10 paid coaches; another one off the table.

 

[CoolBreeze]

Lashlee signs new contract putting him in top 10 paid coaches; another one off the table.

Figured that. SMU has the cash.

 

[AlexanderFan]

Figured that. SMU has the cash.

Th thing about getting out in front is that teams have the chance to respond and shore up their coaches.

 

[CoolBreeze]

Th thing about getting out in front is that teams have the chance to respond and shore up their coaches.

Yep, arkansauce lost a good coaching prospect because of it too.

 

[RammerJammer14]

As much as he's talked about in relation to Kalen DeBoer's success on a national scene, I could easily see a smaller P4 team taking a shot at him. If I'm UCLA, Grubb would be on my list. My god, they hired Deshaun Foster as their HC. LOL! If he wants to be a HC he won't be at Alabama long, especially if his offenses at Alabama keep doing what it's been doing.

Amassing 70yds of rushing a game? I kid I kid.

I could be biased from his original hire as our OC where he left for the Seattle job like 3 days later, but he seems like a guy who doesn’t want to coach in the south any longer than he has to, and has HC ambitions. So I think it will just be a matter of right fit and opportunity. I hope we get 2yrs out of him just for consistency sake though.

 

[RammerJammer14]

Yep, we see the impact it has had on our defense. We don't get near the push or disruption with our DT's as we used to. Also, we don't have near as talented LB's as we used to that could absolutely roast anyone running through any open gaps.

Which reminds me. Not a DT or LB but I am still annoyed that Caleb Downs bailed out for OSU, and got rewarded with an NC last year doing it. And of course they changed the transfer rule again only AFTER we got gutted. I want to see OSU and their money bank get cleaned out at some point.

 

[Elefantman]

Is Dabo about to catch a ride on the carousel???

 

[Padreruf]

Which reminds me. Not a DT or LB but I am still annoyed that Caleb Downs bailed out for OSU, and got rewarded with an NC last year doing it. And of course they changed the transfer rule again only AFTER we got gutted. I want to see OSU and their money bank get cleaned out at some point.

I don't blame Caleb...imo he didn't want to waste a year of eligibility on the team we had last year, Now he has one NC in the bank and may get another.In hindsight I wish that CNS had let the AD know a few weeks earlier so that a better succession plan could have been in place. OTOH, there was so much discord on the 24 team that the Good Lord Himself could not have brought harmony to that locker room...

 

[NoNC4Tubs]

I don't blame Caleb...imo he didn't want to waste a year of eligibility on the team we had last year, Now he has one NC in the bank and may get another.In hindsight I wish that CNS had let the AD know a few weeks earlier so that a better succession plan could have been in place. OTOH, there was so much discord on the 24 team that the Good Lord Himself could not have brought harmony to that locker room...

Caleb bailed because of rea$on$ (dad pushed).

 

[AlexanderFan]

I don't blame Caleb...imo he didn't want to waste a year of eligibility on the team we had last year, Now he has one NC in the bank and may get another.In hindsight I wish that CNS had let the AD know a few weeks earlier so that a better succession plan could have been in place. OTOH, there was so much discord on the 24 team that the Good Lord Himself could not have brought harmony to that locker room...

I agree about the discord, but I absolutely loathe mercenaries. Kid was making bank at Bama and a coach whose defense makes safeties look amazing was hired.

I’m sidewalk alumni trash, I chose Bama for free a long time ago, so the thought of people getting paid to play there and leaving irks me.

 

[BamaMoon]

I agree about the discord, but I absolutely loathe mercenaries. Kid was making bank at Bama and a coach whose defense makes safeties look amazing was hired.

I’m sidewalk alumni trash, I chose Bama for free a long time ago, so the thought of people getting paid to play there and leaving irks me.

Side rant: Nah, you just as good as anybody else! Haters use that term because many of them are just jealous. You don't have to have been a student at UA to be a real fan. There are millions of Bama fans in this country and the majority of them didn't go to Bama.

And if you are like me, you chose Bama a long time before you chose a college destination!

But, I agree with your point. Wearing that Crimson jersey is a privilege that no one should take for granted, much less put up for sale!

 

[smith5753]

I think the Reverend Freeze is about to get added to the list of unemployed by Monday morning.

 

[4Q Basket Case]

The barn has no good options.

If they fire the Rev, they are looking for a replacement in maybe the worst year ever to be looking for a coach. If they don't fire him, they're keeping a guy who is clearly in over his head.

Rev made his entire reputation on (1) beating us twice in a row, and (2) openly flouting the NCAA rules that really did exist at the time.

The first win against us was absolutely earned. The second was a confluence of our mistakes, miracle plays and officials' mistakes on the OL downfield. And we still had a chance at the end.

Freeze's recruiting tactics involved paying players and making no effort to hide it. Now that that's legal, it's no longer an advantage over the opposition -- they're doing it too.

He has whined, thrown players under the bus, and proven that his ostensible expertise on offense and QB development is non-existent.

Bad manager. Inept offensive coaching. QB moves 9 weeks into the season that reek of desperation. Blaming players. Recruiting used to be easy when he was doing stuff nobody else was doing (at least not to the degree that he did.... I'm under no illusions that anybody in the top levels of college football was truly clean).

Now, he has to sell his program in addition to write checks, and that's tough when you look like this.

But who do you get that represents an unquestioned upgrade? Other candidates are signing extensions fast, have just been fired themselves, or have big risks attached -- namely never having been a head coach at this level....or in some cases, never having been a head coach at all.

Like I said, the barn doesn't have any good options regarding the good Reverend.

 

[Tideflyer]

The Eagles got smart and started drafting those Georgia and Bama boys.

But, I think the argument could be made that if you removed Brock Bowers from Georgia's two NC teams in '21 and '22, they might not have won either!

He was be biggest non-QB difference maker I remember on a team since Derek Henry.

Absofreakinlutely!! There were times when I seriously questioned as to whether or not Brock Bowers was from this planet! If he wasn’t the most dominant TE I’ve ever seen in college he’s in the top two!

 

[CB4]

So does Cohen wait until after a loss to Vandy to pull the plug on Freeze? I think they have a bye the week before Mercer. It would give Auburn an extra week (and most likely DJ Durkin) a chance to get their “ducks in a row”.

 

[Tideflyer]

The barn has no good options.

If they fire the Rev, they are looking for a replacement in maybe the worst year ever to be looking for a coach. If they don't fire him, they're keeping a guy who is clearly in over his head.

Rev made his entire reputation on (1) beating us twice in a row, and (2) openly flouting the NCAA rules that really did exist at the time.

The first win against us was absolutely earned. The second was a confluence of our mistakes, miracle plays and officials' mistakes on the OL downfield. And we still had a chance at the end.

Freeze's recruiting tactics involved paying players and making no effort to hide it. Now that that's legal, it's no longer an advantage over the opposition -- they're doing it too.

He has whined, thrown players under the bus, and proven that his ostensible expertise on offense and QB development is non-existent.

Bad manager. Inept offensive coaching. QB moves 9 weeks into the season that reek of desperation. Blaming players. Recruiting used to be easy when he was doing stuff nobody else was doing (at least not to the degree that he did.... I'm under no illusions that anybody in the top levels of college football was truly clean).

Now, he has to sell his program in addition to write checks, and that's tough when you look like this.

But who do you get that represents an unquestioned upgrade? Other candidates are signing extensions fast, have just been fired themselves, or have big risks attached -- namely never having been a head coach at this level....or not at all.

Like I said, the barn doesn't have any good options regarding the good Reverend.

I’ll personally be stunned if they let him go before the IB. I swear, I think all he has to do for at least a one year extension is figure out some way to win that one. The barn will give him that chance.

 

[AlistarWills]

So does Cohen wait until after a loss to Vandy to pull the plug on Freeze? I think they have a bye the week before Mercer. It would give Auburn an extra week (and most likely DJ Durkin) a chance to get their “ducks in a row”.

Durkin the guy that killed a kid at Maryland?