As an OC. Hard to believe he would give up a head coaching job at UCLA to be an OC for an NFL team.
Chip Kelly back to the NFL?
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Well that would add another potential wave of players to the transfer portal.
Not sure you can make a blanket statement like that. If you fell into the right situation with a good owner, GM, HC, personnel, etc, maybe better.
What are his thoughts on recruiting versus not having to?
Best to act before you are acted upon
Chip is realizing a week long trip to New Jersey, with whiny California Boys, only to get beat by Rutgers, doesn't sound like the best job he could have. Then he thought more and counted additional trips/losses at Happy Valley, Ann Arbor, Columbus, Chicago, Detroit & eeewwww....Io_a City.
Some of these college coaches see the current trend of college football and dont like it.
I would rather get fired from my college gig, get the huge buyout and then take the OC job in the pros.
Yes, that obviously would make more financial sense but it depends on what his objectives are. Maybe he has enough loot by now.
I would be surprised if this happened but an NFL coordinator is a pretty good gig. Control over play calling but don't have the stress of a HC. No recruiting or personnel decisions you are responsible for. You know you are getting fired at some point, but oh well.
You get to a certain age and maybe spending another year being miserable doesn't seem worth it. There's not much to like about the college game these days other than the money.
I would find that incredibly ironic if true. Bama benefitted from years of under the table payments but he quits as soon as the playing field is leveled.
There is a back story about Saban's sudden retirement. He was just quoted a few months ago about wanting to coach a few more years.
It doesn't happen very often, but once in a while an athlete or a coach does say screw the money, I want to be happy....of course they usually have generational weath accumulated already...haha.
He was on the hot seat last year. He could be looking to bail for one last gig before he retires.
I mean...yeah. The job just became "hard", why would you want to deal with that if you don't have to. I would not. Dude took the bitch way out, so would I.
His wife isn’t in good health.And Saban is tied of fighting the portal it has Nothing to do with paying the players.
Ok. The health situation makes total sense and is understandable. Giving up because the portal has evened the playing field would still be funny to me.
Yes, the portal but also those boosters that dump $$ into the portal and then throwing their opinion into the circle.
Not surprising at all. I think you're going to see a lot more old school head coaches jump to the NFL even as a coordinator to escape the chaos and craziness of today's college football.
No structure, no organization, everyone is out for themselves, and high school kids demanding millions in NIL money. You always had to recruit year-round, but now it's recruit year-round in addition to basically fundraising and schmoozing nonstop. And some other school can swoop in and buy your recruit at any moment.
And I'm not even talking about the transfer portal. I'd go to the NFL too if I were them.
The days of stacking talent so that it is not available to other teams is over. I think the expansion of the playoff and the portal will have a leveling effect for CFB.
Traveling to Lincoln and coaching in Memorial Stadium is a job perk. Probably a bucket list item for Chip.
This^ Get an extension, that many ADs are all too willing to ink, then get fired.
Now you have to re-recruit your own roster. Plus other teams’ players, plus HS recruits. And not only do you have to kiss some 17 year old’s ass, now you have to promise him more money than most of your assistant coaches make. Knowing any other school can come along and outbid you at anytime. And if your NIL collective can’t promise to make a kid a millionaire by the time he’s 20 years old you have about 0% chance landing any top 300 players(nationally). College basketball coaches hate it too. Just building a solid culture when you have to re-make your roster every year can be almost impossible.
I guess the coaches that embrace this chaos and learn how to thrive amongst this turmoil and constant change will rise to the top. Having an ultra focused, hard working smart head coach may be more valuable then ever…
Ironic as it may be, it was the truth.
