Monday, November 26, 2007

As the Coaching Carousel Turns



We've got coaching rumors, coaching rumors, and more coaching rumors. It seems appropriate here to pay homage to Fleetwood Mac's masterpiece Rumours.



There were of course many rumors circulating about Fleetwood Mac back in their heyday. And as rumors go, almost all of them were true and due to their superhuman ability to party. Likewise, these rumors are probably also true:

1.) Kirk Ferentz has been offered and may have already accepted the Michigan job.
http://mgoblog.blogspot.com

2.) Tom Osborne and Nebraska officials flew to Baton Rouge to talk to Bo Pellini. This one is not as much rumor as it is fact because it was reported in an actual newspaper. http://www.2theadvocate.com/sports/lsu/11813201.html

3.) In response, an LSU plan is rumored to have flown from Baton Rouge to just outside of Auburn, Alabama. The thinking is that they did so to talk to Will Muschamp about the defensive coordinator job, but it is also possible that rumor #1 is incorrect and that they were actually going to talk to Tubberville. They were probably going to talk to Muschamp, which leads you to believe that Miles knows he's staying. Muschamp would be a great hire and the only other defensive coordinator on his level that LSU should talk to is Georgia Tech's Jon Tenuta.
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N9076S

4.) Texas A&M will hire Houston Texan's assistant Mike Sherman their head coaching job. This is a very interesting hire to say the least. I don't like colleges hiring NFL guys. See Charlie Weis, Bill Callahan, Dave Wannstedt, and others.
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=3127846

5.) Chan Gailey has been fired by Georgia Tech. This makes Jon Tenuta even more appealing because he needs a job. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=3127998

6.) This rumor updates the above rumors. AOL sports Fan House says that Will Muschamp is the favorite for the Georgia Tech head coaching job. http://sports.aol.com/fanhouse/2007/11/26/is-this-it-for-chan/

7.) Duke's coach will also be fired today. I am not taking the time to look up his name or post a link. It's Duke football.

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