2023-2024 Coaching Carousel

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Hoosier_Vol said:
A little on the IU Search & rumors. I live about 45 minutes from Bloomington and I can tell you that NO ONE at IU or the IU fanbase cares at ALL about IU football. There has always been this running joke in the state and it really is true that all IU basketball fans turn into Notre Dame football fans once football season starts. A Bloomington bar was advertising on local media last week that they were giving away 50 tickets to the game at Purdue and they posted late Saturday that they only gave away 3. Now this is IU's biggest game of the year and no one cared at all. Their stadium is awful and is honestly covered in bird s%hit on gamedays, it's nasty. I can't see Cuban going out and spending a ton of $ on Gruden or why Gruden would have any interest. IU football program is already in the bottom of the B1G on tradition, facilities and fan base, the will NEVER be able to compete with the likes of Ohio State, Michigan, Penn State, Iowa, Wisconsin or hell even the likes of Nebraska or Michigan State and now add USC, Oregon and Washington.
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I was surprised at how many people they brought down to the Gator Bowl in 2020 when we played them in Jacksonville. They probably had 25% of the stadium.
 
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05_never_again said:
I was surprised at how many people they brought down to the Gator Bowl in 2020 when we played them in Jacksonville. They probably had 25% of the stadium.
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#9WINDIANA gave that program a pulse for the first time... in the modern era... or ever? Heck it might've been the cause Allen's downfall. Gave that program expectations when it's never had any aspirations beyond a simple bowl win or the annual game against Purdue.
 
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05_never_again said:
His exit was written on the wall when Deion demoted him a few weeks ago.
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Crazy he left a HC job to go back to being an OC but it was a $300k raise so I guess that’s why. Typically you see the opposite, guys taking a pay cut to run their own program. Tyson Helton took a $400k paycut to go from UT to WKU.
 
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AthensVol2007 said:
Crazy he left a HC job to go back to being an OC but it was a $300k raise so I guess that’s why. Typically you see the opposite, guys taking a pay cut to run their own program. Tyson Helton took a $400k paycut to go from UT to WKU.
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I think Tyson might have been told to look elsewhere.
 
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Hoosier_Vol said:
A little on the IU Search & rumors. I live about 45 minutes from Bloomington and I can tell you that NO ONE at IU or the IU fanbase cares at ALL about IU football. There has always been this running joke in the state and it really is true that all IU basketball fans turn into Notre Dame football fans once football season starts. A Bloomington bar was advertising on local media last week that they were giving away 50 tickets to the game at Purdue and they posted late Saturday that they only gave away 3. Now this is IU's biggest game of the year and no one cared at all. Their stadium is awful and is honestly covered in bird s%hit on gamedays, it's nasty. I can't see Cuban going out and spending a ton of $ on Gruden or why Gruden would have any interest. IU football program is already in the bottom of the B1G on tradition, facilities and fan base, the will NEVER be able to compete with the likes of Ohio State, Michigan, Penn State, Iowa, Wisconsin or hell even the likes of Nebraska or Michigan State and now add USC, Oregon and Washington.
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Will never forget the twitter exchange I had with a bitter Hoosier fan posting in Nico’s uncle’s account. It was after the fan reaction at the basketball game that most likely sewed up his commitment. He called out the family for considering a program that treated Guarantano so shabbily. My response was how many programs would start a player for four seasons that they treated so shabbily and why was an INDIANA fan with no chance of being a factor in Iamaleava’s college career shoehorning into the conversation…because Guarantano beat you in a bowl where he performed terribly? Somehow didn’t scare the family off. 😏
 
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05_never_again said:
And they are in good recruiting territory relative to most other schools in the 2 conference they've played in.

Stockstill only won a single conference title in 18 years, the very first season he got there. I know MTSU isn't some microscope, high pressure job but I'm surprised he lasted that long there. 18 years is an eternity for any coach this day and age, especially one who went 113-111.
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Stockstill has been a mixed bag.
20-30 of those losses were against P5 competition.

I really hadn't realized he had been there that long.
I think the end of his tenure was a time when the football program was making much less money.
MTSU has to make themselves more visible and exciting in the state.
APSU/Scotty Walden has stolen their available oxygen.
Even Memphis has created an image/expectation of playing exciting football.
 
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Two candidates for MTSU job

Jerry Mack
Glen Elerbee (former MTSU player)
 
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SayUWantAreVOLution said:
It looks like Stockstill was making $800k+ and Elarbee is making $900k. MTSU might be able to go up to meet his current salary.

Danny White and Heupel might need to sweeten that a little if they want to keep him.

Either way, I'll bet Elarbee gets a raise.
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Deserved if so.
 
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SayUWantAreVOLution said:
He'd likely get a salary bump from about $675k to $3-4M.

You might consider a job change to make about 4 to 5 times your salary, I hope.
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Coaching wasteland. Sure if you’re in it for the money and view this as your last major job. Which at 62 years old, makes perfect sense.
 
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JMSqb11 said:
Coaching wasteland. Sure if you’re in it for the money and view this as your last major job. Which at 62 years old, makes perfect sense.
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Indiana is financially invested. We'll see if it pays off. They'll probably build a statue for the guy who wins 9 games.

Lower P5 schools and G5s who are contending for P5 placement are starting to pay 3-4 mil a yr. Alex Golesh @ 2.5 right now. Lashlee (SMU) 3M, Traylor (UTSA) 2.5M, Chadwell (Lib) 4M, & Fitz (Tulane) 2.75M.

The programs that invest will be taken more seriously going forward, especially for prospective coaches.
 
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