Musical Coaches...

So it's that time of year again, the leaves are turning, the weather is changing, in some parts of the country snow is falling. It's the most wonderful time of the year...ish. The college football regular season is coming to a close and every football program is figuring out ways to improve their teams which usually means firing or hiring coaches. With Carr announcing his retirement from Michigan, the game of musical coaches begins. Les Miles, a Michigan Alum, has been drawing all kinds of media attention involving leaving LSU, however with LSU sitting a top the BCS rankings there may an interesting debacle in Louisiana.

However, I speculate that Coach Erickson from ASU may be licking his chops at this Michigan job as well, seeing as how he loves leaving programs after quasi-developing them. For Erickson however, the Michigan job will be completely different from his normal jobs, seeing as how Michigan is hardly ever at the bottom of the Big-10 and usually already ranked in the top 25 at the beginning of the season. Honestly, I think that Glory-Hog Erickson would not last at Michigan or even make it past the first few interviews due to his lack of commitment to his prior programs, and if anything would bring shame to Michigan name seeing as how his predecesor controlled the helm for over a decade. Big-10 football is all about long-term legends, not short-term solutions.

Moving on to the Big-12, the Callahan debate is still going on. I personally respect the man for going down with the ship that is Nebraska football. Even though he's had a rough season, he's stuck with his team and defended his team through the rough times. However, as in most of the large football programs, the re-occurring question of "what have you done for me lately?" usually brings the ultimate demise of a struggling coach within 2 years. Bandwagon's are so selective these days...

Lastly, UCLA head coach Karl Dorrell's job is in jeopardy after losing out during the 2nd half of the season for the last 4 years. A disasterous turnout for the usually impressive Bruins. However, with this program in shambles and plagued with injury. The same can be said about Nick Saban, as this bridge-burner hasn't produced in one of the most high stress programs in the country. Expect his head on a chopping block by the end of the year, if not chased out of the state by people in white hoods.

Quite honestly, I think the coaching controversy is a huge bore, however extremely important for the programs. Apparently these job openings are also starting to affect the coaches in question...starting with Les Miles forgetting his alma mater is Michigan and pronouncing Arkansas as R-Kansas... whoops...