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what is the point of firing coaches mid season?

every year in cfb this happens and I cannot understand the l...
cerise place of business
  11/04/25
gives them time for negotiations
high-end jade orchestra pit depressive
  11/04/25
ucla got a nice spark when they fired deshaun foster this ye...
fishy house turdskin
  11/04/25
if it’s a major program it’s basically a flashin...
Hairraiser slimy plaza
  11/04/25
there is no rule that you need to have an interim coach to p...
cerise place of business
  11/04/25
c'mon man. this is leadership 101. you can't publicly decl...
buck-toothed lilac corner
  11/04/25
idk, it seems to me that declaring the season is such a fail...
cerise place of business
  11/04/25
i feel the same way. However then you have situations like F...
House-broken electric abode
  11/04/25
for 1, i don't think you want to go through recruiting only ...
fantasy-prone dashing church building
  11/04/25
If you wait until the season is over you miss out on the por...
buck-toothed lilac corner
  11/04/25
recruiting
trip salmon chad stag film
  11/04/25
there's sometimes a possum effect where the team does better...
blue diverse boltzmann
  11/04/25
Sometimes u have to send a message
Brilliant floppy faggot firefighter
  11/04/25
I think it’s because it allows the next team to hire t...
deranged passionate coldplay fan
  11/04/25
Fun. Also profit.
Awkward Parlour Gaming Laptop
  11/04/25
recruiting new coaches/players vet the remaining coaches ...
Mint curious stage quadroon
  11/04/25


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Date: November 4th, 2025 2:40 PM
Author: cerise place of business

every year in cfb this happens and I cannot understand the logic, you are not turning the season around, half the guys aren't going to be on the team next year, why throw the entire program into chaos rather than just letting the coach ride out the season and firing him then?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5793457&forum_id=2/#49401447)



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Date: November 4th, 2025 2:40 PM
Author: high-end jade orchestra pit depressive

gives them time for negotiations

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5793457&forum_id=2/#49401448)



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Date: November 4th, 2025 2:42 PM
Author: fishy house turdskin

ucla got a nice spark when they fired deshaun foster this year

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5793457&forum_id=2/#49401454)



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Date: November 4th, 2025 2:44 PM
Author: Hairraiser slimy plaza

if it’s a major program it’s basically a flashing ad to all the rising/hot commodity coaches that there’s an opening for them, start the talks early, avoid them signing massive extension or taking a lesser gig

if it’s a middling program idk. that’s a good Q. sometimes it does pan out. get the gears in motion for new season sooner.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5793457&forum_id=2/#49401458)



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Date: November 4th, 2025 2:52 PM
Author: cerise place of business

there is no rule that you need to have an interim coach to put the job on the market

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5793457&forum_id=2/#49401480)



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Date: November 4th, 2025 2:56 PM
Author: buck-toothed lilac corner

c'mon man. this is leadership 101. you can't publicly declare the exec is a dead man walking without firing him. it destroys morale. it's different if he's stepping down or you have a successor named.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5793457&forum_id=2/#49401487)



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Date: November 4th, 2025 4:14 PM
Author: cerise place of business

idk, it seems to me that declaring the season is such a failure the coach needs to be out of the building this very week is worse for morale

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5793457&forum_id=2/#49401695)



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Date: November 4th, 2025 2:44 PM
Author: House-broken electric abode

i feel the same way. However then you have situations like Florida firing their coach right before the biggest game of their season against UGA and then almost winning the game

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5793457&forum_id=2/#49401459)



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Date: November 4th, 2025 2:45 PM
Author: fantasy-prone dashing church building

for 1, i don't think you want to go through recruiting only to fire your coach *closer* to national signing day then have all your recruits bail



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5793457&forum_id=2/#49401460)



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Date: November 4th, 2025 2:48 PM
Author: buck-toothed lilac corner

If you wait until the season is over you miss out on the portal window for roster construction. So you get an extra shitty year 0 with new coach and new regime is up and running for year 1. Basically by giving up on current season early, you can start building for the future earlier

https://www.foxsports.com/stories/college-football/cfb-head-coach-buyouts-already-near-200m-why-teams-firing-hcs-now

Athletic directors are forced to act this way because of the structure of the sport," Klatt said. "It is the business model that they're in. So, they have to react to current realities, and the current reality right now is that the structure of the calendar is forcing them to be prepared for roster building in the first week of December.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5793457&forum_id=2/#49401470)



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Date: November 4th, 2025 2:50 PM
Author: trip salmon chad stag film

recruiting

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5793457&forum_id=2/#49401476)



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Date: November 4th, 2025 2:52 PM
Author: blue diverse boltzmann

there's sometimes a possum effect where the team does better under some interim coach just because it's fresh and different

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5793457&forum_id=2/#49401479)



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Date: November 4th, 2025 3:01 PM
Author: Brilliant floppy faggot firefighter

Sometimes u have to send a message

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5793457&forum_id=2/#49401506)



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Date: November 4th, 2025 3:13 PM
Author: deranged passionate coldplay fan

I think it’s because it allows the next team to hire the coach pick up some of the salary owed iirc

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5793457&forum_id=2/#49401552)



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Date: November 4th, 2025 4:33 PM
Author: Awkward Parlour Gaming Laptop

Fun. Also profit.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5793457&forum_id=2/#49401754)



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Date: November 4th, 2025 7:28 PM
Author: Mint curious stage quadroon

recruiting new coaches/players

vet the remaining coaches in real conditions

appease fans

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5793457&forum_id=2/#49402167)