re: Dennis Dodd: Grades for every hire in the 2021 College Football coaching carousel

quote:

---

Texas - Tom Herman [A] fired
Oregon - Willie Taggart [A] left for FSU, fired
South Florida - Charlie Strong [A-] fired
Houston - Major Applewhite [B+] fired
Baylor - Matt Rhule [B] B12 COTY
Cincinnati - Luke Fickell [C+] AAC COTY
LSU - Ed Orgeron [C] AP COTY, CFP
Indiana - Tom Allen [C-] B10 COTY

---

To be fair, I think I would’ve given similar grades except without so many A’s. The only hire that cycle that would’ve been an A for me was Lane Kiffin to FAU.

I also was pretty low of Applewhite- definitely a C and was high on Rhule. Rhule probably would’ve been my second highest rated hire. I liked Brohm a lot too.