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31 minutes ago, horns96 said:

I feel like the only home run hire so far is Va Tech.  There aren’t enough qualified candidates to fill all these positions.

This is a very astute observation.  Very, very few programs changing coaches are actually upgrading.  Many are just replacing an HC with a speculative hire.

This HC market was a complete imbalance of supply and demand.  Most of the best HCs either signed extensions, or told their agents they weren’t interested in changing jobs - Ryan Day, Kirby, Lanning, Sark, DeBoer, Elko, Dabo, Cristobal, Ruhle,  Campbell, Dillingham, etc. all chose to stay put in their current gigs.  And potentially recycled former great HCs (Saban, Meyer, Gruden, Gundy, etc) chose not to join the fray either.

So, you wind-up with SEC schools  (Auburn, Ark, Florida) hiring a bunch AAC coaches or simply elevating assistants with no HC experience (Ole Miss).  

The supply of HCs on the market was so bad that Lane Kiffin was the best available, and Lincoln Riley wasn’t even worthy of interest.

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