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How many top coaches and top players will now avoid the SEC ??
Posted on 11/4/25 at 8:44 am
Posted on 11/4/25 at 8:44 am
The coaches that have been fired from high paying SEC head coaching positions now have tarnished reputations. The league has been turned into a gauntlet that will only get worse with a 9th conference game.
It was already bad enough with the added portal and NIL stress.
If SEC schools now reduce the hefty buyout amounts that they offer new coaches, who in their right mind would be drawn to coach in the SEC other than possibly an alumni of that school?
And why would great players take a chance on the SEC 9 game meat grinder when they can go to a conference where there is a much lesser chance of a serious injury?
Oh wait...... ESPN / ABC will realize that they have created an imbalance and will surely tell Sankey that he can pull back on his pandering.
It was already bad enough with the added portal and NIL stress.
If SEC schools now reduce the hefty buyout amounts that they offer new coaches, who in their right mind would be drawn to coach in the SEC other than possibly an alumni of that school?
And why would great players take a chance on the SEC 9 game meat grinder when they can go to a conference where there is a much lesser chance of a serious injury?
Oh wait...... ESPN / ABC will realize that they have created an imbalance and will surely tell Sankey that he can pull back on his pandering.
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Posted on 11/4/25 at 8:47 am to Chip82
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The league has been turned into a gauntlet that will only get worse with a 9th conference game.
Ego - They think they are good enough to win
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If SEC schools now reduce the hefty buyout amounts that they offer new coaches
Reality is trending in the other direction
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And why would great players take a chance on the SEC 9 game meat grinder
Ego, spotlight & exposure, and money
Posted on 11/4/25 at 8:53 am to Chip82
Good question. The sport has become all about the playoff. What's the easiest path to a playoff? Unless you're some kind of portal genius, rebuilding in the SEC will take time, especially if you have 4 built-in losses on the schedule.
Posted on 11/4/25 at 8:55 am to Chip82
I think job attractiveness is flipping from how it’s been.
The make the playoffs or your fired jobs aren’t going to attract the type of candidates they used to.
With NIL the Ole Miss, Vandy, Mizzou level jobs are going to be more attractive than they used to be.
The make the playoffs or your fired jobs aren’t going to attract the type of candidates they used to.
With NIL the Ole Miss, Vandy, Mizzou level jobs are going to be more attractive than they used to be.
Posted on 11/4/25 at 8:55 am to Chip82
Coaches in the SEC get 50mm buyouts...
Sign me up....
Sign me up....
Posted on 11/4/25 at 8:57 am to Chip82
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How many top coaches and top players will now avoid the SEC ??
So many that the league will fall so far behind that they’ll stop avoiding the SEC because it’s easy to win!
Posted on 11/4/25 at 8:58 am to Chip82
How many top coaches and top players will now avoid the SEC ??
I'll take "All Of Them" for a thousand, Ken.
I'll take "All Of Them" for a thousand, Ken.
Posted on 11/4/25 at 9:00 am to Landmass
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Reality is trending in the other direction
That remains to be seen.
Can a school like LSU really afford yet another 40+ million dollar buyout?
Landry has publicly stated that they can't continue on this trajectory.
Posted on 11/4/25 at 9:15 am to PorkSammich
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The make the playoffs or your fired jobs aren’t going to attract the type of candidates they used to.
Exactly...
Teams with a 9-3 record are not looked upon favorably by the CFP.
The recent Tennessee - Oklahoma game was billed by the media as an elimination game.
We are now watching the media show playoff probability graphs during every game.
Going to a 9 game conference schedule just dropped the analytics probability by an additional 17%.
We are being used and abused by Woke Disney.
Posted on 11/4/25 at 9:38 am to Chip82
Well, Penn State fired a playoff coach after one bad loss so it's not just the SEC.
Posted on 11/4/25 at 9:42 am to Chip82
That's the perils of playing/coaching in the best conference in the country.
Posted on 11/4/25 at 9:43 am to Chip82
Zero
Posted on 11/4/25 at 9:52 am to how333
Posted on 11/4/25 at 10:11 am to Chip82
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Landry has publicly stated that they can't continue on this trajectory.
Landry is a blow hard politician.
Brian Kelly’s buyout has already been paid in full by one booster alone.
Everyone cries about Money, and LSU being poor. There is plenty of money still to be had by virtually all the SEC schools.
Posted on 11/4/25 at 10:13 am to Chip82
Would anyone know who Eli Drink is if he wasn't coaching a team in the SEC?
Nobody seems to talk about that Row the Boat guy anymore. I've forgotten his name actually
Nobody seems to talk about that Row the Boat guy anymore. I've forgotten his name actually
This post was edited on 11/4/25 at 10:14 am
Posted on 11/4/25 at 10:17 am to Tammany Tom
Risk = reward.
Posted on 11/4/25 at 10:19 am to Chip82
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The league has been turned into a gauntlet that will only get worse with a 9th conference game.
Ohio State & Michigan didn't seem to have any problem the last 2 playoff years vs the best the SEC had to offer.
Yeah, it's a real gauntlet
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