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This would be a great hire for UCF to replace Frost. Good for them if true https://www.seccountry.com/texas-am/report-kevin-sumlin-top-candidate-ucf-job-named-coach-today
Or FSU
I thought Sumlin became like the 6th, 7th, 8th or 9th candidate to reject UT.Brilliant move ... before UT offers him too much $$.
Especially if aTm had to shell out millions and FSU gets Sumlin on a discount.But wouldn’t it really be peculiar if FSU and A&M just switch coaches?
He isn't going to Orlando CC.
This would be great for him. Shocked that Toothless is the only P5 to interview him. Thought he would be the ASU target.
Az state in one of the strangest moves of the off season is set to hire Herm Edwards who hasn't coached since 2008. I have no idea what they are thinking. Sumlin should have been a no brainer, but the AD said he wanted the current OC and DC to remain. More head scratching moves.
My initial thought before clicking the link was ain’t happening, why would he? After reading how he has no offset to his buyout, I guess it’s possible if he’s looking to pad his bank account but I still think it’s unlikely. I also think he’d be a short timer there and would jump to a bigger job 1st chance possible.
Az state in one of the strangest moves of the off season is set to hire Herm Edwards who hasn't coached since 2008. I have no idea what they are thinking. Sumlin should have been a no brainer, but the AD said he wanted the current OC and DC to remain. More head scratching moves.
If he wants to coach and build something UCF is almost perfect. They are on the upswing, with him taking a low salary they can afford more staff or other things to improve. It could become a big thing with the right leader and support.
Maybe but I view it differently. UCF just ran the table so if he doesn’t keep winning conference championships and having 12-0 or 11-1 seasons routinely the fans will get aggravated and Sumlin will have that much more incentive to leave. Plus it’s difgucul going from making $5m per year (or whatever TAM was paying him), to making $3m per year. It’ll work short term b/c of the buyout he got but long term he’ll want much more. Until UCF gets into a P5 conference, they’ll always be at a financial disadvantage when it comes to paying coaches.
But he will be making 5M per year, from TAM. And as I always insist there are things other than money in play. See say Kelly or Frost for recent examples. Do you think SOS would go to UT for say 20M per year? I don't.