It would surprise me too if they were giving him a position coach. I could see them putting him somewhere in their new org structure to acquire players but a guy like Belichick doesn’t seem like he would want to burn a coaching spot on a guy that has very little rep for it. Again, he was recruiting for Nebraska as a GA.
Don't know if I would go that far but at his age, even if he is the right guy for a year or two . . . .He's still not the right guy
Why wouldn't he be? This logic operates under the old assumption that your coach needs 10 years to build a program and will have to be there a long long time for continuity. Indiana University and NIL destroyed that old paradigm. UNC NIL donations have increased 4 to 6 times what it was under the previous coach just for hiring Bill Bellichek. I would wager that UNC will be a contentender in year one for their conference and whether they win big or not in year 1 or 2, the mere optics around hiring the goat is huge for a program like UNC.
I think the thought process there is that we need a total house cleaning after several years of declining results and hearing all the reports about having culture problems this year. Vince is one of Stoops’s right hand men, so he seems like a good place to start if we can’t actually fire the head coach.
You are probably right, I stand corrected, it is only in the top 3 dumbest hires in the history of football
The reason there is talk of leaving and then no exit is that no organization in their right mind is going to pay Marrow or Stoops the kind of money UK is paying them.
I think it could have worked 10 years ago but dude isn’t gonna coach there until he’s 85 and wait until he meets the Kids who wanna play just for money and think they are hot shit, the Pros they could cut them…
That is my thinking also, this stuff isn't rocket science. How does whoever made this decision not see this coming. Belichick is so far removed from college football today he has no chance to succeed . I feel bad for him.
He’s never been a college guy. Usually it’s college guys going to pros. Rarely does it work out the other way. Even Chip Kelly couldn’t get it back after he left for the pros and returned.
Why feel bad for Belichick? It's a paycheck, another few years of recognition, and an opportunity to identify his next trophy girlfriend.
Belichick is a legend for what he did in New England, He will be a laughing stock in college football. Money and a trophy wife will ease the pain a great deal
I can't see any sane organization matching his salary or Stoops salary.
How bout Duke supposedly paying the Tulane qb 8 million over 2 years. 4 million a year!
That is ludicrous if true. The ncaa needs to get a handle on this. College sports are ruined.
Don’t disagree but hindsight is 20/20. I’ve been softly complaining about him for years and it always provoked strong pushback even being soft. The conventional wisdom was he was invaluable and to keep giving him raises. Anything less would be a character indictment of MB.
Multiple bidders driving up prices and teams prioritizing their NIL in weird ways makes all this interesting! Maybe Duke has all the pieces except a QB so they’ll overspend for, what is to me, a weak QB transfer class
Originally it looked like he was bringing all these top players in. The more I look at the guys he’s brought in, more flop than make it. Add to that the problems with character, attitude of team, then watch him throw a tantrum on X. This team needs leadership not that garbage
Name, Image and Likeness my a$$….. None of these players should know what they’ll make until after they’re already at their next school. If the NIL worked like it was supposed to work! This is worse than the pro free agency at least they have a salary cap! This they’re naming their price before going to their next school!
Grumpy- I am in my 70’s- but been a lifer into college football. This year has turned me off so bad that I will not be attending many if any games in the future. It has been my main entertainment the last 5 years - been making 7 games a year including 2 road games. But the excitement is gone for me. I agree - stadiums may be full - but not for people like me attending. I would not be excited if I was a college student now either - it might have mean’t more in the SEC before - but not to me now. Adapt or die is the new plan - but that doesn’t include old school guys in my opinion. 100 inch TV’s now cost less than one season ticket to an average sec team’s games. That’s ridicoulous as well!
