Washington state

[SparkCat]

I actually don’t know much details about either school, why would Vigen turn down Oregon then choose Washington State? Pullman kinda sucks.

[MSU01]

I actually don’t know much details about either school, why would Vigen turn down Oregon then choose Washington State? Pullman kinda sucks.

It would probably be if Vigen didn't turn down Oregon State, but they simply chose to hire the Alabama assistant instead of waiting for Vigen to become available.

[SparkCat]

I actually don’t know much details about either school, why would Vigen turn down Oregon then choose Washington State? Pullman kinda sucks.

It would probably be if Vigen didn't turn down Oregon State, but they simply chose to hire the Alabama assistant instead of waiting for Vigen to become available.

That’s what I kind of figured. At some point he will leave, and I’m sure they have a great contingency plan in place.

[MSU01]

I actually don’t know much details about either school, why would Vigen turn down Oregon then choose Washington State? Pullman kinda sucks.

It would probably be if Vigen didn't turn down Oregon State, but they simply chose to hire the Alabama assistant instead of waiting for Vigen to become available.

That’s what I kind of figured. At some point he will leave, and I’m sure they have a great contingency plan in place.

Costello is far too good an AD to not have a plan in place and likely some very strong candidates already in mind if the need arises to hire a new coach.

[CodyCat]

It makes no difference, but I was fine with OSU. WSU doesn’t sit well for me. No idea why. Maybe because I feel like WSU and Pullman are a joke.

[Bocephus]

Just comparing towns alone, Pullman can’t even hold Bozeman’s jock strap.

[NewEra]

Wash St is imo a far worse job than Oregon state. That athletic department is in shambles. I don’t see Vigen taking that spot but you never know. I just feel like Vigen could get a better opportunity for himself if he waits it out.

[Prodigal Cat]

Sitting here reading the Wazzu fans response to losing Rodgers and I am laughing. They are stunned and shocked that the coach they pulled from his ALMA MATER!!! and took anything not bolted down very good to their school last year would turn right around and do it to them. I used to root for them a bit because when I lived in Seattle the UW fans treated them the same as gris fans treated Cat fans. However now having seen them up close the last 3 years between courting Logie than Vigen, they are near to top of my list of fanbases that are irrational about where they exist in the CFB sphere. They were PAC 12 by association but really they are a G5 school a best but don't tell them that. They think they are the Alabama of the west. A bunch of them are lobbying to go after Eck ignoring the fact that Eck with his new deal is making significantly more than Rodgers was, and that their athletic dept is not financially solvent.

[MSU Doc]

Sitting here reading the Wazzu fans response to losing Rodgers and I am laughing. They are stunned and shocked that the coach they pulled from his ALMA MATER!!! and took anything not bolted down very good to their school last year would turn right around and do it to them. I used to root for them a bit because when I lived in Seattle the UW fans treated them the same as gris fans treated Cat fans. However now having seen them up close the last 3 years between courting Logie than Vigen, they are near to top of my list of fanbases that are irrational about where they exist in the CFB sphere. They were PAC 12 by association but really they are a G5 school a best but don't tell them that. They think they are the Alabama of the west. A bunch of them are lobbying to go after Eck ignoring the fact that Eck with his new deal is making significantly more than Rodgers was, and that their athletic dept is not financially solvent.

I had the same thought. WSU and OSU, etc. want the coach to drop his current team, raid it on the way out, and be there the next day when they are hiring. I'm glad they're feeling it when the roles are reversed. Maybe hiring someone a little more loyal and working with their schedule isn't such a bad thing. I hope OSUs coach leaves them right after they have some success and are looking forward to a bowl game.

[luckyirishguy25]

NDSU's coach is available, they'll hire him.

[Bocephus]

How about Vigen tells WSU to pound sand, I’m busy.

[onceacat]

Sitting here reading the Wazzu fans response to losing Rodgers and I am laughing. They are stunned and shocked that the coach they pulled from his ALMA MATER!!! and took anything not bolted down very good to their school last year would turn right around and do it to them. I used to root for them a bit because when I lived in Seattle the UW fans treated them the same as gris fans treated Cat fans. However now having seen them up close the last 3 years between courting Logie than Vigen, they are near to top of my list of fanbases that are irrational about where they exist in the CFB sphere. They were PAC 12 by association but really they are a G5 school a best but don't tell them that. They think they are the Alabama of the west. A bunch of them are lobbying to go after Eck ignoring the fact that Eck with his new deal is making significantly more than Rodgers was, and that their athletic dept is not financially solvent.

I had the same thought. WSU and OSU, etc. want the coach to drop his current team, raid it on the way out, and be there the next day when they are hiring. I'm glad they're feeling it when the roles are reversed. Maybe hiring someone a little more loyal and working with their schedule isn't such a bad thing. I hope OSUs coach leaves them right after they have some success and are looking forward to a bowl game.

Yeah, the entire coaching carousel is sort of a 'Mutually Assured Destruction' format. A halfway normal sports league would do the most basic things: 1) have a ban on hiring coaches during the playoffs, like the NBA & NFL 2) Adjust contracts so that every player and coach wasn't a free agent every single year (the NCAA to my knowledge is the only pro sports league in the world where players are free agents every single year. Hell, the players & coaches are obviously free agents DURING the freaking season!!!! No other pro sports league would let that happen) and 3) No other pro sports league in the world lets a coach ransack the cupboards on the way out like Jimmy Rodgers did.

I had some respect for him for what he did with the Jacks, but what a douchebag. And WSU/OSU etc are just encouraging it...much to their own detriment.

[Prodigal Cat]

Sitting here reading the Wazzu fans response to losing Rodgers and I am laughing. They are stunned and shocked that the coach they pulled from his ALMA MATER!!! and took anything not bolted down very good to their school last year would turn right around and do it to them. I used to root for them a bit because when I lived in Seattle the UW fans treated them the same as gris fans treated Cat fans. However now having seen them up close the last 3 years between courting Logie than Vigen, they are near to top of my list of fanbases that are irrational about where they exist in the CFB sphere. They were PAC 12 by association but really they are a G5 school a best but don't tell them that. They think they are the Alabama of the west. A bunch of them are lobbying to go after Eck ignoring the fact that Eck with his new deal is making significantly more than Rodgers was, and that their athletic dept is not financially solvent.

I had the same thought. WSU and OSU, etc. want the coach to drop his current team, raid it on the way out, and be there the next day when they are hiring. I'm glad they're feeling it when the roles are reversed. Maybe hiring someone a little more loyal and working with their schedule isn't such a bad thing. I hope OSUs coach leaves them right after they have some success and are looking forward to a bowl game.

Yeah, the entire coaching carousel is sort of a 'Mutually Assured Destruction' format. A halfway normal sports league would do the most basic things: 1) have a ban on hiring coaches during the playoffs, like the NBA & NFL 2) Adjust contracts so that every player and coach wasn't a free agent every single year (the NCAA to my knowledge is the only pro sports league in the world where players are free agents every single year. Hell, the players & coaches are obviously free agents DURING the freaking season!!!! No other pro sports league would let that happen) and 3) No other pro sports league in the world lets a coach ransack the cupboards on the way out like Jimmy Rodgers did.

I had some respect for him for what he did with the Jacks, but what a douchebag. And WSU/OSU etc are just encouraging it...much to their own detriment.

He won a title with arguably one of the best rosters assembled in FCS history by his predecessor. I could have won the title coaching that team(and I would be a terrible coach). I'm not even sure he is a good head coach. The next year it was a mixed bag at WSU. I could see him completely washing out at ISU.

[onceacat]

Sitting here reading the Wazzu fans response to losing Rodgers and I am laughing. They are stunned and shocked that the coach they pulled from his ALMA MATER!!! and took anything not bolted down very good to their school last year would turn right around and do it to them. I used to root for them a bit because when I lived in Seattle the UW fans treated them the same as gris fans treated Cat fans. However now having seen them up close the last 3 years between courting Logie than Vigen, they are near to top of my list of fanbases that are irrational about where they exist in the CFB sphere. They were PAC 12 by association but really they are a G5 school a best but don't tell them that. They think they are the Alabama of the west. A bunch of them are lobbying to go after Eck ignoring the fact that Eck with his new deal is making significantly more than Rodgers was, and that their athletic dept is not financially solvent.

I had the same thought. WSU and OSU, etc. want the coach to drop his current team, raid it on the way out, and be there the next day when they are hiring. I'm glad they're feeling it when the roles are reversed. Maybe hiring someone a little more loyal and working with their schedule isn't such a bad thing. I hope OSUs coach leaves them right after they have some success and are looking forward to a bowl game.

Yeah, the entire coaching carousel is sort of a 'Mutually Assured Destruction' format. A halfway normal sports league would do the most basic things: 1) have a ban on hiring coaches during the playoffs, like the NBA & NFL 2) Adjust contracts so that every player and coach wasn't a free agent every single year (the NCAA to my knowledge is the only pro sports league in the world where players are free agents every single year. Hell, the players & coaches are obviously free agents DURING the freaking season!!!! No other pro sports league would let that happen) and 3) No other pro sports league in the world lets a coach ransack the cupboards on the way out like Jimmy Rodgers did.

I had some respect for him for what he did with the Jacks, but what a douchebag. And WSU/OSU etc are just encouraging it...much to their own detriment.

He won a title with arguably one of the best rosters assembled in FCS history by his predecessor. I could have won the title coaching that team(and I would be a terrible coach). I'm not even sure he is a good head coach. The next year it was a mixed bag at WSU. I could see him completely washing out at ISU.

I mean, the Jacks were obviously pretty damn good this year even after Rogers tried to sabotage them. It'll be interesting to see...college teams are paying something like $200m to unemployed football coaches this year alone. Wouldn't be surprised if Rogers joins Brian Kelly (who got away with negligent homicide as a coach), Stoops, Stewart, and all the others in a few years.

It's good work if you can get it. Hell, I'd be an unemployed football coach for a bottle of cheap bourbon.

[SonomaCat]

Choate should apply for the Wazzu job. He never should have taken the Nevada gig. I think at a place like Wazzu would be a better fit for Choate.

I'm sure Choate would love the job. Wazzu would never consider him now.

[91catAlum]

Hey Wazzu! Tim Polasek is available right now!
Just saying...

[GoCats18]

People realize that coaching is no different from any other job. If I worked for a company and the next year another company came and offered me 2x times the money I was making and with better benefits, I’m jumping ship. I think most people would.

[MSU Doc]

People realize that coaching is no different from any other job. If I worked for a company and the next year another company came and offered me 2x times the money I was making and with better benefits, I’m jumping ship. I think most people would.

Yah, but to be fair, your company could probably replace you the next day, and hardly miss a beat.
And, unless your company is a dumpster fire, you probably couldn't take the 10-20 best employees with you almost immediately.