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Big Ten Coaches on the Hot Seat

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Buckeye Pete said:
Interesting to see how much love Dantonio gets for one frickin good season! Unreal.
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I'm not entirely sure of all of Michigan State's records since and before he got there. But they earned the title Mike Hart gave them before Dantonio got there. Since, they pulled out 4 or 5 straight wins over M*ch*gan, won a share of the Big Ten championship in 2010 (they probably should have gone to the Rose Bowl that year), they won the Big Ten Legends division in 2011, I don't know what they did in 2012, and went 12-1 in 2013, winning the Rose bowl and beating Ohio State, and I would argue that they probably should have had a #2 ranking in the final polls. (I don't remember why I'm thinking that. I know they were #4 or #5 and they beat #5 or #4 Stanford, and #2 Auburn ended with 2 losses - who was #3?)

Anyway, I consider that resume pretty darned impressive.
 
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Zurp said:
I'm not entirely sure of all of Michigan State's records since and before he got there. But they earned the title Mike Hart gave them before Dantonio got there. Since, they pulled out 4 or 5 straight wins over M*ch*gan, won a share of the Big Ten championship in 2010 (they probably should have gone to the Rose Bowl that year), they won the Big Ten Legends division in 2011, I don't know what they did in 2012, and went 12-1 in 2013, winning the Rose bowl and beating Ohio State, and I would argue that they probably should have had a #2 ranking in the final polls. (I don't remember why I'm thinking that. I know they were #4 or #5 and they beat #5 or #4 Stanford, and #2 Auburn ended with 2 losses - who was #3?)

Anyway, I consider that resume pretty darned impressive.
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Dantonio has had some good wins, but also some very unimpressive season results the same.

07: 7-6, Lost at home to Northwestern, lost to Michigan at home, and lost to Ohio State, lost the Champs Sports Bowl to Boston College
08: 9-4, lost to Cal, blown out by both Ohio State (45-7 at home), Penn State (49-18), and lost the Capital One Bowl to Georgia
09: 6-7, lost to CENTRAL Michigan at home, lost to Minnesota, sccraped by Iowa by 2 points, and lost the Alamo Bowl to Texas Tech
10: 11-2, didnt play OSU, Conference Co-Champs, destroyed by Iowa (37-6), embarassed by Alabama in the Capital One Bowl (49-7)
11: 11-3, blown out in South Bend 31-13, blown out in Nebraska 24-3, lost the B1G Championship, beat Georgia in the Outback Bowl
12: 7-6, Crushed in South Bend (20-3), lost to OSU and Michigan, lost to Northwestern, beat TCU by one point in the BWW Bowl
13: 13-1, first great season. Beat Michigan, Ohio State, won the conference, won the Rose Bowl.

I would say with 7 years in, Dantonio is 64-29, three confrence titles (1 split), 3-4 in bowl games, and only one appearance in a BCS Bowl. These are records that will allow him to stay at a program like Michigan State that isn't known for beinga top 10 team.
 
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Zurp said:
I'm not entirely sure of all of Michigan State's records since and before he got there. But they earned the title Mike Hart gave them before Dantonio got there. Since, they pulled out 4 or 5 straight wins over M*ch*gan, won a share of the Big Ten championship in 2010 (they probably should have gone to the Rose Bowl that year), they won the Big Ten Legends division in 2011, I don't know what they did in 2012, and went 12-1 in 2013, winning the Rose bowl and beating Ohio State, and I would argue that they probably should have had a #2 ranking in the final polls. (I don't remember why I'm thinking that. I know they were #4 or #5 and they beat #5 or #4 Stanford, and #2 Auburn ended with 2 losses - who was #3?)

Anyway, I consider that resume pretty darned impressive.
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I would've liked to have seen that MSU defense against Florida State. I bet it would have been a hell of a game, and I can't say for sure MSU wouldn't have walked away with the title. That defense was legit.
 
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BuckeyeNation27 said:
I would've liked to have seen that MSU defense against Florida State. I bet it would have been a hell of a game, and I can't say for sure MSU wouldn't have walked away with the title. That defense was legit.
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I think that MSU had a pretty good array of defensive backs in last year. Maybe that was their biggest strength. I hope Chris Ashe can turn our secondary around this year.
 
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Oh come on, let's talk about why this thread was started: Franklin isn't leaving Happy Valley anytime soon. Ferentz is a God in corn country. Dontonio has won at least three more years with the Rose Bowl and the CCG. The only way Fitz will leave Northwestern is on a gurney. Wisconsin isn't going to get rid of a coach who they like much more than Black Bart. Minnie - I dunno - Kill has done something up there with limited means. I guess it comes down to how many games he has to miss each season. Sad that a talented coach has to be judged on such a basis. Who cares about Ruskers and Maryland. Give them a couple of years in the conference so that we know how well, or how poorly, they fit into Big 10 football.
Indiana, Purdue and Illinois making changes will surprise no one, so here's the two that matter - how much longer will Basset Ears stay in Lincoln and is Ann Arbor sold on Michelin Man? Nebraska should quickly become the perennial West Division champ. That's what I really dislike about this conference split - they put three and a half of the long term best programs in one division and left one and a half in the West. Same problem the SEC faces. Hoke should enter conference play 4 - 1, with luck 5 and 0. Depends on which Gardner shows up. But if he loses to Notre Dame, Little Brother and Ohio State - and if he gets blown out in two of those - it won't matter what he does with the rest of an admittedly soft schedule.
 
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The fat slob I caught going through my garbage last week is legitimately on the hot seat.

No one else in the B1G is even close*


* I have no idea who the coach is at Illinois nor do I care
 
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cincibuck said:
It's not even August and you're talking Halloween? I don't think Purdue is as ready to jump ship as IU or Illinois, but lose to IU, a MAC team and get blown out by Notre Dame could change that.
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I think Bo has to finish in top two of west to keep his job. I think he will.
The big man needs to lose no more than 3 games and not get blown out by any of their 3 rivals. At least that is what they will say. Then when he gets blown out twice and goes 8-4 he will still have his job at the end of the year provided they don't have a close call with app state.
Whoever is the Illini coach will likely be gone. Purdue same thing. Unless either can get over 50% which is unlikely.
Indiana should be happy with where they are at. The w/l record might not be what they want but I think he is doing a tremendous job with what he has coaching up those guys. I like the personality and the explosive offensive style. They are fun to watch. No coach in the last 60 years has left with a winning record so be happy.

My guess is there will be 2 job openings in the big ten.
 
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