Daily Archive: November 9, 2015

Post Week 10 Coaches Hot Seat Rankings – 1 – 10 Hot Seat Head Coaches – Mr. Cash the 2015 College Football Season is Winding Down Which Means the Hot Seat Is Heating Up! Give These Prima Donna Football Coaches Hell Mr. Cash….Just Keep Giving Them Hell!

 

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Mr. Cash the 2015 College Football Season is Winding Down Which Means the Hot Seat Is Heating Up! Give These Prima Donna Football Coaches Hell Mr. Cash….Just Keep Giving Them Hell!

Post Week 10 Coaches Hot Seat Rankings

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1.  Kevin Wilson, Indiana – Indiana gave undefeated Iowa a pretty tough game on Saturday BUT with the loss to the Hawkeyes that is FIVE straight losses now which leaves Kevin Wilson’s Hoosiers records in 2015 at….

4 – 5 overall

0 – 5 in Big Ten play

….and IU still has to play games against…

Michigan
At Maryland
At Purdue

Can Indiana find TWO more wins to get to 6 wins on the season and in the process save Kevin Wilson’s job who now sits on records of…

Overall: 18 – 39

Big Ten: 6 – 31

….in FIVE seasons on the job which includes NO .500 or better records or bowl game trips and thus why Kevin Wilson is sitting on the No. 1 Hot Seat in college football?

Maybe….BUT…we rather doubt the Hoosiers can handle Michigan so those last two games against Maryland and Purdue will be MUST WINS for Kevin Wilson and the Hoosiers.

2.  Todd Berry, La. Monroe – With La. Monroe’s 51 – 14 loss to Troy which has a first-year head coach on the sideline the unraveling of the Warhawks football team continues which leaves their record on the season at…

1 – 8 overall

0 – 5 in Sun Belt play

….and that now leaves Todd Berry’s records in SIX seasons on the job at…

Overall: 28 – 42

Sun Belt: 20 – 24

….which would we classify as Worse Than Expected at a place like La. Monroe and why head coach Todd Berry’s is sitting on one of the Hottest Seats in the country right now!

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3.  Darrell Hazell, Purdue – With Purdue head coach Darrell Hazell’s football team losing at home to Illinois on Saturday by the score of 48 – 14 which runs Hazell’s records at Purdue in THREE seasons on the job to…

Overall: 6 – 27

Big Ten: 2 – 19

….we can only laugh at a headline like this one…

Facing huge buyout, Purdue reportedly will keep football coach Darrell Hazell, Matt Bonesteel, Washington Post

…which includes this INSANE nugget:

“Darrell Hazell is 6-26 in his two-plus seasons as Purdue’s football coach, and the Boilermakers have just two wins this season (one of them against FCS Indiana State). But according to Yahoo’s Pat Forde, that’s good enough.

Though it has yet to be officially announced, Forde reports that the school intends to keep Hazell for the 2016 season.

Former Boilermakers coach Joe Tiller told Forde that the school probably doesn’t want to pay Hazell’s buyout, which would be about $6.6 million if they fired him after this season. Hazell’s contract runs through the 2018 season.”

Darrell Hazell has a buyout of $6.6 Million Dollars?

Please….what has Darrell Hazell EVER done on this Earth to have earned a contract that would guarantee him a $6.6 Million Dollar buyout?

Oh…that’s right…we are talking about a college athletic director here…

Morgan Burke the Purdue AD

….who like MOST college athletic directors in America…

Doesn’t Know His Ass From the Side of a Barn

…when it comes to negotiating with coaches and their agents and thus…

Darrell Hazell has a $6.6 Million Dollar Buyout

…..and he has won…

TWO Big Ten Conference Games in THREE seasons on the job!

Oh..by the way….after THREE seasons on the job below are how many Big Ten games the last two head coaches at Purdue had won:

Danny Hope = 10 Big Ten Games after THREE seasons

Joe Tiller = 16 Big Ten Games after THREE seasons

Forget firing Darrell Hazell fans of Purdue football…

Toss AD Morgan Burke’s ass off the Purdue campus before he fires Darrell Hazell and then gets rolled by another coach and/or the coach’s agent!

A few years ago a member of Coaches Hot Seat was talking to a agent that represents MANY football coaches and this agent didn’t know that our person was a member of our little Coaches Hot Seat group and here is what that agent said about athletic directors:

“Some of the Stupidest Damn People in America when it comes to negotiating contracts and money!”

That’s right…..and we totally agree….Athletic Directors are….

“Some of the Stupidest Damn People in America when it comes to negotiating contracts and money!”

….and put Purdue AD Morgan Burke right at the top of that list because after all..

Darrell Hazell has a Freaking $6.6 Million Dollar Buyout!

Next up for the 2 – 7 Boilermakers….

At Northwestern
At Iowa
Indiana

Got 2 – 10 Purdue and Mr. “I am so Damn Stupid I will give a $6.6 Million Dollar Buyout to a coach that has NOT earned it Morgan Burke” the AD at Purdue we remind you again?

Cue Forrest Gump…

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“Stupid is as Stupid does” and Morgan Burke is STUPID….PERIOD!

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4.  Curtis Johnson, Tulane – With Tulane’s close loss to UConn on Saturday the FACTS relative to Curtis Johnson in FOUR years coaching the Green Wave stand at…

Overall: 14 – 32

Conference: 10 – 20

…and in 2015 Tulane now stands at…

2 – 7 overall

1 – 5 in AAC play

…and Tulane still has to play games against…

At Army
At SMU
Tulsa

Hell….Army and SMU are REALLY struggling this season so we see No Damn Reason at all that Tulane doesn’t win at least TWO more games in 2015….right?

RIGHT!

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5.  Paul Rhoads, Iowa State – With the very predictable Oklahoma drubbing of Iowa State on Saturday of 52 – 16 the Cyclones dropped to…

3 – 6 overall

2 – 4 in Big 12 play

…and Iowa State still has to play games against…

Oklahoma State
At Kansas State
At West Virginia

……which looks a Helluva lot like a 3 – 9 finish in Paul Rhoads SEVENTH season at Iowa State which is very simply…

A Very Bad Damn Look

…especially considering that 3 wins in 2015 would mean the Iowa State would have won….

8 Games TOTAL

…the last THREE football seasons combined!

No…these are NOT good times for Iowa State football especially considering what Iowa is doing in 2015 and the jump that a program like Baylor has made in the last few years…no NOT a good look at all folks for the Cyclones.

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6.  Mike London, Virginia – If there was one thing that Mike London didn’t need was a loss to a Miami team that had already fired its head coach and unfortunately the Hurricanes beat the Cavs on Saturday which drops UVA’s records in 2015 to….

3 – 6 overall

2 – 3 in ACC play

…and Mike London’s records in SIX seasons at Virginia to:

Overall: 26 – 44

ACC: 13 – 32

Damn…..if those kinds of records can keep you employed at Virginia then Virginia football is DEAD…just FLAT DEAD!

Left on the schedule for the 3 – 6 Cavs….

At Louisville
Duke
Virginia Tech

Keep fighting Cavs….because there is NOTHING else to do but to keep fighting!

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7.  Mike Riley, Nebraska – To the members of Coaches Hot Seat that got to watch Mike Riley coach at Oregon State for 14 seasons in two different stints that Nebraska beat Michigan State the week after losing to an awful Purdue team the week before was just….

“Mike Riley being Mike Riley!”

….and Nebraska fans can expect plenty more Highs and Lows in the coming years that make No Damn Sense at all because that is just…

“Mike Riley being Mike Riley!”

Since Overall Yearly Records can often deceive since there are so many Cupcake games now being played by Power 5 schools we firmly believe that a head coach at the Power 5 level should be evaluated on his Conference records and with that in mind let’s take a look at Mike Riley’s Yearly Pac-12 Conference Records at Oregon State:

1997:  0 – 8
1998:  2 – 7
2003:  4 – 4
2004:  5 – 3
2005:  3 – 5
2006:  6 – 3
2007:  6 – 3
2008:  7 – 2
2009:  6 – 3
2010:  4 – 5
2011:  3 – 6
2012:  6 – 3
2013:  4 – 5
2014:  2 – 7

Is there ANYTHING consistent about Mike Riley’s Pac-12 Conference Records at Oregon State?

No…that’s just…

“Mike Riley being Mike Riley!”

….and why Nebraska fans better settle in because if form holds because more than likely Nebraska will lose this coming Saturday at Rutgers and then give Iowa a good game at home in Lincoln on November 27 because that’s just…

“Mike Riley being Mike Riley!”

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8.  Mike MacIntyre, Colorado – A few dozen Coaches Hot Seat members were in Boulder, Colorado on Saturday to watch Stanford play and beat the CU Buffs by the score of 42 – 10 and our assessment of the Colorado football program in Mike MacIntyre’s THIRD season on the job is…

“Colorado football is better than when Mike MacIntyre took over before the 2013 season but they still have a Helluva long way to go to be competitive in the Pac-12 Conference and without some HUGE strides in recruiting it will be an almost impossible task for the Buffs to catch-up to their Pac-12 rivals anytime soon or EVER for that matter.”

Can Colorado now at 4 – 6 on the season find 2 more wins out of their remaining 3 games?

USC
At Washington State
At Utah

No….NOT A Chance in Hell can Colorado win 2 of their last 3 games or ANY of their last 3 games in our opinion because USC, Washington State and Utah are ALL playing as good or better than Stanford right now and the Buffs just lost by 32 points to the Cardinal!

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9.  Mark Richt, Georgia – Forgetting about Mark Richt for a moment the Kentucky football team that went into Sanford Stadium on Saturday looked like…

One of the WORST coached football teams we have seen play all season on the Power 5 conference level

….which we will have more to say about tomorrow when discussing Kentucky head coach Mark Stoops’ quickly heating up rear-end BUT getting back to Mark Richt we could not agree more with the Twitter account of….

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…which Tweeted this picture about Georgia football out over the last couple of days…

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…because after all we are talking about GEORGIA FOOTBALL here where beating Kentucky at home should NOT be a big deal and playing for and winning…

SEC and National Championships

….should be a regular occurrence….right?

RIGHT!

With the win over Kentucky Mark Richt and his Georgia Bulldogs now have 5 wins on the season over FBS teams and the Combined Win/Loss Record of those 5 teams is…

15 – 30

…so in other words….

Georgia Football has beaten NO ONE in 2015

…..and the now 6 – 3 and Massively Underachieving Bulldogs have left on their schedule…

At Auburn now at 5 – 4
Georgia Southern now at 6 – 2
At Georgia Tech now at 3 – 6

….which isn’t exactly Murders Row coming up BUT can Mark Richt survive losses to any of the teams still on UGA’s schedule of Auburn, Georgia Southern or Georgia Tech?

Not likely because a FOUR loss season with the amount of talent that Bulldogs have on their roster which rivals Alabama in total team talent is really only one thing:

Freaking Obscene!

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10.  Kyle Flood, Rutgers – With yet another loss…this time to Michigan…the pressure increases even more on Kyle Flood at Rutgers and on that subject we noted the below line from a story at NJ.com….

Does Rutgers coach Kyle Flood believe job security is tied to making a bowl?, Keith Sargeant, NJ.com

“Flood’s No. 10 standing on the popular website, coacheshotseat.com, is another example of how Flood’s record is being scrutinized by fans and media alike.”

Coaches Hot Seat is a “popular” website?

Hell…we didn’t realize that Coaches Hot Seat was a “popular” website but then we all have full-time day jobs trying to keep food on the table and roof over our families’ heads so there is little time to worry about being “popular” or not which brings us back to Kyle Flood who in FOUR seasons at Rutgers has posted records of…

Overall: 25 – 21

Conference: 12 – 16

….which we would classify as AVERAGE at best considering the Rutgers program he took over from the always “popular” among the media Greg Schiano who if you like Greg Schiano or not and…

Greg Schiano can be an ASS at times

….did a remarkable job turning Rutgers into a consistent winner taking the Scarlet Knights to SIX bowl games in his last SEVEN years on the job.

Is Kyle Flood’s job status tied to Rutgers making a bowl in 2015?

Without the academic “situation” and suspension of Kyle Flood earlier this season probably not…BUT Rutgers is in the Big Ten Conference now and will have to start playing a Helluva lot better football to compete in the Big Ten Eastern division which is loaded with powerful football programs and thus why a sub .500 record by Kyle Flood in 2015 could be the end of the line for Flood at Rutgers.

Now at 3 – 6 on the season Rutgers has left on their schedule….

Nebraska
At Army
Maryland

…..and ALL three of the above remaining games are Very Winnable and thus why we expect Rutgers to finish at…

6 – 6

…in 2015 BUT the Scarlet Knights MUST first beat Nebraska on Saturday in a classic late college football season…

Hot Seat Coach vs. Hot Seat Coach

….coaching match-up!

Coaches Hot Seat Quotes of the Day – Monday, November 9, 2015 – Chester William Nimitz

 

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“I do believe we are going to have a major war, with Japan and Germany, and that the war is going to start by a very serious surprise attack and defeat of U.S. armed forces, and that there is going to be a major revulsion on the part of the political power in Washington against all those in command at sea, and they are going to be thrown out, though it won’t be their fault necessarily. And I wish to be in a position of sufficient prominence so that I will then be considered as one to be sent to sea, because that appears to be the route.” On his expectations of war, and that he would someday become the Chief of Naval Operations, in a conversation during the mid 1930s with his son, Chester W. Nimitz, Jr.

And

“A ship is always referred to as “she” because it costs so much to keep her in paint and powder.”

And

“Through the skill and devotion to duty of their armed forces of all branches in the Midway area our citizens can now rejoice that a momentous victory is in the making.”
After the Battle of Midway, CINCPAC Communiqué No. 3, June 6, 1942

And

“Is the proposed operation likely to succeed?
What might be the consequences of failure?
Is it in the realm of practicability in terms of material and supplies?”
“Three favorite rules of thumb” Nimitz had printed on a card he kept on his desk

And

“They fought together as brothers in arms; they died together and now they sleep side by side…To them, we have a solemn obligation — the obligation to ensure that their sacrifice will help make this a better and safer world in which to live.” Of those who died in the war in the Pacific, after ceremonies in Tokyo Bay accepting the official surrender of Japan, September 2, 1945

And

“The U.S.’s major strength factor and weapon is its economy. If you cripple it, you cripple the military.” As quoted in “According to Plan” in TIME magazine, March 13, 1950

And

“That is not to say that we can relax our readiness to defend ourselves. Our armament must be adequate to the needs, but our faith is not primarily in these machines of defense but in ourselves.” Speech at the University of California, Berkeley, March 22, 1950

And

“God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right even though I think it is hopeless.”

And

“Sir Walter Raleigh declared in the early 17th century that “whoever commands the sea, commands the trade; whosoever commands the trade of the world commands the riches of the world, and consequently the world itself.” This principle is as true today as when uttered, and its effect will continue as long as ships traverse the seas.” Employment of Naval Forces, 1948

And

“The final objective in war is the destruction of the enemy’s capacity and will to fight, and thereby force him to accept the imposition of the victor’s will.”

And

“The qualities of the Nimitz character were apparent in his face, in his career, and in his heritage; combined these factors made him precisely the man he was and placed him in this particular situation at this moment in history. … He was not a cold man, or a bad tempered man — quite the contrary — to the world he presented a figure of almost total complacency; he seldom lost his temper or raised his voice. … It could be said that King was a driver who knew how to lead; it could also be said that Nimitz was a leader who conquered any personal urge to drive, and achieved his ends more by persuasion and inspiration to men under his command.” Edwin Palmer Hoyt in How They Won the War in the Pacific : Nimitz and His Admirals (2000), p. 28 – 29

And

“On April 13, 1943, Allied radio intelligence intercepted a message carrying the travel itinerary of Admiral Yamamoto. The detail in the message listed flight and ground schedules and included what type of fighter escort would be provided. Major Red Lasswell of FRUPAC broke the coded message. The decision of what to do with the information was left to Admiral Nimitz. Nimitz consulted Layton as to what the ramifications would be if Yamamoto were removed. They considered that he might be replaced with a better commander, and Nimitz felt familiar with Yamamoto as his opponent. Layton felt nobody could adequately replace Yamamoto, and based on this opinion Nimitz gave Admiral Halsey the authority to carry out the intercept of Yamamoto’s aircraft. On 18 April, a flight of P-38 fighters with specially selected pilots and equipped with long-range fuel tanks shot down Yamamoto’s aircraft, killing one of Japan’s top naval leaders.” Ricky J. Nussio, in Sherman and Nimitz: Executing Modern Information Operations (2001)

And

“He surrounded himself with the ablest men he could find and sought their advice, but he made his own decisions. He was a keen strategist who never forgot that he was dealing with human beings, on both sides of the conflict. He was aggressive in war without hate, audacious while never failing to weigh the risks.” E. B. Potter, Naval historian at the US Naval Academy, quoted on the cover jacket of his book Nimitz (1976)

And

“Of the Marines on Iwo Jima, uncommon valor was a common virtue.”

And

“He brought to his new job a number of advantages, including experience, a detailed knowledge of his brother officers, and a sense of inner balance and calm that steadied those around him. He had the ability to pick able subordinates and the courage to let them do their jobs without interference. He molded such disparate personalities as the quiet, introspective Raymond A. Spruance and the ebullient, aggressive William F. Halsey, Jr. into an effective team.” Robert William Love, on the rise of Nimitz to CINCPAC in The Chiefs of Naval Operations

Wikipedia: Chester William Nimitz