Written by Bart Doan at Bloguin
The coaching carousel is about to spin at full speed. The open-job count has reached double figures, and November is only beginning.
‘Tis the season when every loss means the fan base is taking to social media after a few too many cold ones to voice how “disappointed” it is in a program it doen’t donate any money to and certainly doesn’t play for. Expectations will be assessed. Rash decisions will be made about the general competence of the head coach.
If the current coach is unsatisfying enough, projected names to take over for said head coach will germinate from the outer edges of the Internet, and if the folks with the big money are unsatisfied, changes will be made. We already have our requisite number of massive jobs open, specifically Southern California and Miami. Jobs like that usually have a ripple effect that hits multiple programs. Then, you’ve got the NFL, which is a long ways away from Black Monday.
That said, every single season, several names are attached to just about every opening of note.
Current working members of this Hall of Fame include the likes of Kirk Ferentz, Pat Fitzgerald, Gary Patterson, and though probably not anymore, Chris Petersen.
Here are five names you’re sure to hear tied to every major job, whether agent-manufactured or otherwise, and why he will or won’t go anywhere.
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