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re: Imo after 3 seasons lane will realize LSU
Posted on 4/16/26 at 10:52 am to justaniceguy
Posted on 4/16/26 at 10:52 am to justaniceguy
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If Kiffin wants to be remembered as one of the great coaches he will have to find a spot and stick with it eventually. This is evident. For the sake of him and the state of Louisiana I hope it is LSU now. There aren’t many places you can go “up” from there.
This narrative that Lane is constantly leaving jobs is a weird fallacy.
Looking at other CFB coaches going into 2026, Sark's average tenure has been 4 years, Elko is at 2, so is DeBoer, Josh Heupel is at 4, Drinkwitz is 3.5, Mario Cristobal is at 5. Lincoln Riley is at 4.5.
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Posted on 4/16/26 at 11:01 am to justaniceguy
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The teams I support all had coaches for over a decade as I grew up.
There are, what, 3 or 4 P4 coaches that have been at their current job for 10 years or more currently?
Posted on 4/16/26 at 11:44 am to partsman103
I think Lane will be successful, but what Lane's not going to do is dominate. No one is going to "dominate" anymore. The transfer portal and NIL has now all but guaranteed that. Program "success" is going to have to be redefined for fanbases like Alabama, Ohio St, LSU, etc. But especially the Alabama fanbase who got used to Saban's dominant run of success. That type of success is not going to happen again, not only for Alabama but any other program.
Posted on 4/16/26 at 12:39 pm to partsman103
Melt
This post was edited on 4/16/26 at 12:40 pm
Posted on 4/16/26 at 7:37 pm to partsman103
I think Les Miles did well there. Chip is not the norm..very much never fit LSU style at all. LSU is a pro style team at its core...probably would have done better at a place where the spread is the norm...like Florida, OU, etc...just did not make sense at all.
Posted on 4/16/26 at 9:34 pm to SidewalkTiger
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He stays just as long as any other coach.
Lots of coaches have stayed in one job longer than 6 years.
The six years (well, almost six years) at Ole Miss is his longest stint. Since he became a head coach with the Raiders he has averaged 3 years per job. Six jobs in 20 years, fired mid season twice, fired or quit during the playoffs twice.
Posted on 4/16/26 at 9:40 pm to captdalton
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Lots of coaches have stayed in one job longer than 6 years.
Probably a lot less than you think, it's not that common at the P4 level these days.
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Six jobs in 20 years, fired mid season twice, fired or quit during the playoffs twice.
Not uncommon these days, for instance, your head coach has held 8 in that same period.
This post was edited on 4/16/26 at 9:44 pm
Posted on 4/16/26 at 9:43 pm to SidewalkTiger
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This narrative that Lane is constantly leaving jobs is a weird fallacy.
Kiffin:
Raiders: 1.25 seasons (fired after 4 games in season 2)
Tennessee: 1 season
USC: 3.5 seasons (fired after 5 games in season 4)
Alabama OC: 2.95 seasons (fired before title game in season 3)
Florida Atlantic: 3 seasons
Ole Miss: 5.85 seasons (quit before playoffs in season 6)
The narrative that Lane is constantly leaving jobs is a fact.
Posted on 4/16/26 at 9:46 pm to captdalton
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Kiffin:
Raiders: 1.25 seasons (fired after 4 games in season 2)
Tennessee: 1 season
USC: 3.5 seasons (fired after 5 games in season 4)
Alabama OC: 2.95 seasons (fired before title game in season 3)
Florida Atlantic: 3 seasons
Ole Miss: 5.85 seasons (quit before playoffs in season 6)
The narrative that Lane is constantly leaving jobs is a fact.
If that's the criteria we're using, then 95% of college coaches are "constantly leaving jobs."
Posted on 4/16/26 at 10:08 pm to SidewalkTiger
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Probably a lot less than you think, it's not that common at the P4 level these days.
A list of P4 coaches who are going into their 6th season or more at their current job.
Kirby Smart
Ryan Day
Kirk Ferentz
Dabo Swinney
Dave Doeren
Mike Norvell
Pat Narduzzi
Dave Aranda
Kalani Sitake
Lance Leopold
Bret Bielema
Mike Locksley
PJ Fleck
Greg Schiano
Marcus Freeman
Eli Drinkwitz
Brent Venables
Shane Beamer
Josh Heupel
Steve Sarkisian
Clark Lea
It isn’t too rare.
Posted on 4/16/26 at 10:10 pm to SidewalkTiger
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If that's the criteria we're using, then 95% of college coaches are "constantly leaving jobs."
Seven of sixteen current SEC head coaches are going into their sixth season or more at their current school.
This post was edited on 4/16/26 at 10:12 pm
Posted on 4/16/26 at 10:19 pm to captdalton
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Seven of sixteen current SEC head coaches are going into their sixth season or more at their current school.
Doesn't sound right to me.
Also, you were talking about number of jobs in the last 20 years. If we're saying 6 or whatever is "constantly leaving jobs", then that's 95% of college coaches.
Posted on 4/16/26 at 10:22 pm to captdalton
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A list of P4 coaches who are going into their 6th season or more at their current job.
Kirby Smart
Ryan Day
Kirk Ferentz
Dabo Swinney
Dave Doeren
Mike Norvell
Pat Narduzzi
Dave Aranda
Kalani Sitake
Lance Leopold
Bret Bielema
Mike Locksley
PJ Fleck
Greg Schiano
Marcus Freeman
Eli Drinkwitz
Brent Venables
Shane Beamer
Josh Heupel
Steve Sarkisian
Clark Lea
It isn’t too rare.
So 19/68?
That's less than 30%...
ETA - You have Venables on that list and he's only going into his 5th year. How much of this is even true?
This post was edited on 4/16/26 at 10:24 pm
Posted on 4/16/26 at 11:36 pm to TigerLunatik
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This is just flat out lazy. 3 of the last 4 coaches won national championships.
And where are they now?
Oh, wait. I did just see Les Miles acting in some extremely low budget movie about the Challenger explosion
Posted on 4/17/26 at 7:09 am to captdalton
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A list of P4 coaches who are going into their 6th season or more at their current job.
Troll-
List is bullshite and not accurate.
Posted on 4/17/26 at 8:43 am to partsman103
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Imo after 3 seasons lane will realize LSU
This is top end for Lane.
Will he be successful? Yes.
Will he win a natty? Maybe. He's good enough to win one, and self-destructive enough not to.
Will it end badly? Yes, but it will take more than 3 years unless something spectacular happens.
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