Hear me out, when Whitt retires it may open the best 'secure' college football job

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Discussing with a friend today, and we were discussing the best jobs in college football. The obvious argument my way too Buckeye friend was making was Ohio, Alabama, LSU, Texas etc etc were such amazing jobs. I think you can have that argument but the real argument is where can you live, build and make a better than decent living with fans that don’t have unreal expectations. The four jobs (really three) I landed on were

  1. Kentucky (which may lose my endorsement) with Mark Stoops. The coach makes 9 million with only about a 50% win record. He’s held the job since 2013 and only now are fans rumbling.
  2. Iowa with Kirk Ferentz. Kirk is paid 7 million + for a 62% win percentage. He’s had the job since 1999 and I don’t think they will ever fire him.
  3. Utah with Kyle. Y’all know his pay and win percentage. He’s one of the longest-running coaches now. This board may grumble but I think you would be quicker to fire a coordinator than Kyle.
  4. Eastern Michigan would be the perfect mid major. A school that doesn’t pay a million but they don’t have any dillusion that Ann Arbor is down the street and they don’t need those expectations on their coach.

I think my point is if you are a coach looking to build with a fanbase that is normal, doesn’t have delusional expecations these 4 are spots you want to go. Now, UK fans are delusional during hoops season. Am I wrong to look at it this way? My friend says “National contenders” are the only schools that will ever matter. I guess a Jimbo Fischer buyout is kind of nice.

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I used to think this way. Only championships matter, everything else is failure, then I realized I wasn’t a child anymore. :slight_smile:

Fact is, college football is entertainment, well paid entertainment, but just that, entertainment. If you don’t enjoy watching the team you cheer for, win or lose, what are you even doing following it, if it only makes you angry or frustrated.

I have mentioned before on another thread that I enjoy watching baseball, I enjoy myself even when watching two bad teams play, because I enjoy that type of entertainment. If “my” team doesn’t win, oh well. If my team makes the playoffs, maybe advances a round or two, but eventually gets knocked out… “what a run, that was fun”, rather than what seems to be happening in big time CFB.

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I remember when we sucked big time, but going to the games was still fun. It just was a different kind of fun.

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I’ve mentioned before I worked for University of Kentucky Sports back when they won hoops titles and were iffy at football. The football games with a mediocre team were always more fun to be around than any basketball game.

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There was something about partying in the Old Rice Stadium that kept us thiss there cheering even when if the game wasn’t competitive.

They weren’t the best team but they were they played hard.

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Lol. Apparently, Hugh Freeze’s 20something daughter is complaining her family has to now figure out how to live on his buyout (15.8 million). The only upside to the other jobs are the buyout.

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There’s no way I could get my fake nails done on 13.5. Just no way.

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