02-12-2020, 05:49 PM
LOL on the Colorado destination job stuff.
No Pac-12 job is a destination job at this point. Some might be content with UW or USC pay and prestige, but even those jobs don't match up to the best SEC and BigTen jobs. Even when the head coach salary is close, the salary needed to retain the staff is definitely not there.
The other Pac-12 head coach jobs are definitely stepping stone jobs to the SEC, BigTen or NFL. That is why I remain confident Stanford's next coach will be on The Farm for 3 years or less unless they are consistently mediocre (see Willingham).
FWIW - The stepping stone stuff is not Scott's problem. The relative strength of the Pac-12 vs SEC is a function of demographics, geography, culture, and now medicine (CTE).
I would be a bit bitter if I was a Colorado alum since only one year is a bit too quick, but it is not unprecedented since the same type of thing happened to Oregon in 2017.
No Pac-12 job is a destination job at this point. Some might be content with UW or USC pay and prestige, but even those jobs don't match up to the best SEC and BigTen jobs. Even when the head coach salary is close, the salary needed to retain the staff is definitely not there.
The other Pac-12 head coach jobs are definitely stepping stone jobs to the SEC, BigTen or NFL. That is why I remain confident Stanford's next coach will be on The Farm for 3 years or less unless they are consistently mediocre (see Willingham).
FWIW - The stepping stone stuff is not Scott's problem. The relative strength of the Pac-12 vs SEC is a function of demographics, geography, culture, and now medicine (CTE).
I would be a bit bitter if I was a Colorado alum since only one year is a bit too quick, but it is not unprecedented since the same type of thing happened to Oregon in 2017.