Nutt, Gailey & Roof Fired, Sherman to A&M (Updated)

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As a follow-up to our most recent Coaching Carousel entry we have the following updates for you. Additionally, our community is adding to this entry with some great related links in the comments section of this entry.

•Sources: Gailey fired at Tech after six seasons
•Duke Expected to Fire Roof; 2 p.m
•A&M taps Texans’ Sherman as head coach
•Sources: Nutt out as coach, will receive settlement from Arkansas

Speaking of Houston Nutt…

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94 Responses to Nutt, Gailey & Roof Fired, Sherman to A&M (Updated)

  1. Mr O 11/26/2007 at 5:55 PM #

    Wonder what our program would be like if Donnan had taken our offer to become our head coach instead of Amato?

    The hiring of Richt has worked out really well. He brought the recruiting prowess of Amato with the leadership skills to run a big time college football program that Amato seemed to lack.

  2. JimValvano 11/26/2007 at 5:57 PM #

    Here’s an interesting link to espn.

    http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?page=07coachingchanges

    I say that if Dook does like Coach K suggests and they “get serious about winning instead of just competing” then they should go after…Skip Holtz or a lot of ya’ll’s personal favorite…Steve Logan

    I think that Paul Johnson is a great fit at Georgia Tech

    I know a couple of huge Nebraska donors and through the Callahan years all they could talk about was Bo Pelini this and Bo Pelini that…I’m gonna say they get what they ask for.

    I like the predictions that put Les Miles at Michigan

    And with the Nutt departure at Arkansas now official…it’s tough for me to put Butch Davis back at UNC another year. LSU and Arkansas are open. I think that Tennessee may be making a change if they lose to LSU in the title game as well. Three really good looking jobs in the SEC. Not to mention the other SEC job that is open at Ole Miss, but I have a hard time seeing that as a step up. We’ll just have to wait and see.

  3. Trout 11/26/2007 at 5:57 PM #

    ^ I think he’s the best coach in the SEC, hands down, and one of the top 5 in America.

  4. Pack92 11/26/2007 at 5:59 PM #

    Wow! This just gets better and better! Now Nutt is gone. Let’s see, the blue pansies gave their coach a whopping 291K raise to keep him. AR gave Nutt 3.5 MILLION to leave. Wonder who will win the bidding war for Butch?

    Agree on the Wal-Mart mentality in GA for UGA. I was stationed in Ft. Gordon for 1 year and did my internship just outside Augusta. Had I not been from NC with later attendance at an ACC school I would not have known GT existed. It really is worse for them than us.

  5. tcthdi-tgsf-twhwtnc 11/26/2007 at 6:11 PM #

    “I say that if Dook does like Coach K suggests and they “get serious about winning instead of just competing” then they should go after…Skip Holtz or a lot of ya’ll’s personal favorite…Steve Logan”

    I would suggest doing everything humanly possible to get Skip and if he doesn’t want to move to the BCS pursue Logan. Logan could be long term option as he probably would be content to stay at Duke whereas Skip may be like daddy.

  6. statered 11/26/2007 at 6:37 PM #

    I’m telling you Duke should brea the bank and give PJ whatever he wants to come before someone else snaps him up.

  7. noah 11/26/2007 at 6:41 PM #

    “Is $4 million the largest buyout in ACC history?”

    Dick Crum had some obscene contract that was fairly Gillen-esque back in 1987. Of course, coaching salaries were a fraction of what they are now, so it probably wasn’t AS big. But it was substantial.

    And I can’t believe that S. Miss fired their coach. His first game was against us in the 1990 All-American Bowl. He took over after their head coach (Curly Hallman) left to go to LSU (where he flopped).

    Bower had turned down NUMEROUS coaching offers over the years. Astounding that they’d fire him.

  8. noah 11/26/2007 at 6:41 PM #

    “I’m telling you Duke should brea the bank and give PJ whatever he wants to come before someone else snaps him up.”

    Totally agree. I said exactly the same thing about two hours ago to a co-worker.

  9. noah 11/26/2007 at 6:42 PM #

    Crazy rumor of the day – Kurt Farentz to Michigan (from Iowa)

  10. ncsu96 11/26/2007 at 6:47 PM #

    whew… I am glad we got O’Brien. Things seem pointed in the right direction football-wise, he’s among the classiest in the business, and he’s here to retire (not extort us).

  11. Texpack 11/26/2007 at 6:50 PM #

    Remember that Butchie hasn’t signed his new deal yet. He may yet take the deal at Arkansas.

    You have to have either the world’s biggest ego or the world’s smallest brain to believe that you can win at Duke in football. No one should take that job unless it will prevent a foreclosure.

    I will be very interested to see how Nutt does at another school. I work in a four person office with a Hog, who is an avid Nutt hater, and a Gator. The Ron Zook love fest this year has just crushed the Gator. If Nutt could land the Ole Miss job he might be able to win there.

  12. McPete 11/26/2007 at 6:54 PM #

    I think PJ would need his head examined if he took the Duke Job. Why would anyone established want that job. They don’t even play in a glorified high school stadium, i’m sure there are Texas High School football stadiums more impressive than Wallace Wade. 4 wins in 4 years, and Alleva called that an improvement over the Franks era. Go out and find Einsteins who can run a 4.5, and then fight an uphill battle recruiting against every other program who wants the kid – and wins more games than you! And when Alleva was asked about stadium improvements during the press conference today, the 1st damn thing out of his mouth was about renovating the bathrooms. maybe they are terrible, but to me that’s re-arranging chairs on the titanic.

    and whoever brings the option offense to Duke will win 1 to 2 games a year once the other teams get used to defending it.

  13. tcthdi-tgsf-twhwtnc 11/26/2007 at 7:18 PM #

    Cameron isn’t better than a lot of HS facilities. The facilities argument comes from people in the development business. These people build their resumes on how much money they brought in and building top notch bricks and mortar is an easy way to pad the numbers.

    Duke has been been good in football and can be again. I’m not talking about Florida good but they easily can be UNC or NC State good with at least small campaign to pamper the football team.

    Johnson would probably be crazy to leave Navy and I can’t imagine there would be any reason to do so. Logan and S. Holtz don’t have better gigs now and I think it could make sense to go after L. Holtz. I know he is up there in age but he could come in for a few years like he did at SC and brings some instant national recognition and turn the program around set it up for another coach in a few years.

  14. geojim1990 11/26/2007 at 8:04 PM #

    From Dane Huffman’s WRAL article:

    Alleva sounded defiant at times in Monday’s news conference. When pushed on why Duke can attract a top coach and compete for titles, Alleva responded: “Because this is Duke University. That’s enough said.”

    The arrogance displayed here is bad enough. But arrogance in the face of contradicting reality is too much.
    Perhaps someone would like to inform Mr Alleva that not everyone is impressed by a bunch of secret-handshake assholes.

  15. McPete 11/26/2007 at 8:29 PM #

    Cameron Indoor may be old and out-dated, but they can still create an intimidating (and hot) atmosphere and it’s part of their um, charm, i guess you’d call it. Unless you dome Wallace Wade, it will never ever be loud and intimidating even if it was sold out.

    Facilities mean everything to football coaches. they all want better facicities for recruiting HS kids who can be awed with huge stadiums, etc. and you know other schools recruiting the same kid has more than you do. and if you want a coach, you better impress him with your commitment to football. facilities, compensation, recruiting budget, etc.

    Alleva also said he’s looking (yes he’s gonna conduct this trainwreck) for a coach with HC experience. So he’s gonna end up with some flunkie who got fired at the school who gave him a chance? I bet Jerry Glanville will be interested.

  16. Wulfpack 11/26/2007 at 8:29 PM #

    “I think that Tennessee may be making a change if they lose to LSU in the title game as well.”

    What is your basis for making this statement? I totally disagree. Fulmer has done a remarkable job and is up for SEC coach of the year honors.

  17. bTHEredterror 11/26/2007 at 9:04 PM #

    I doubt PJ will leave Navy, at least not for Duke. Let’s see…..no player discipline issues, beat army at least 50% of the time, remain the institution’s most recognizable figure, and retire fat and happy at your own leisure.

    Or…….tons of player issues, wins come around about as often as the Olympics, forever second fiddle (even when K retires and Dawkins takes over), and out in 5 years. Tough choice.

    PJ is a great coach, and he may move on, but it will be a reclamation project like Nebraska (good point Pack92 he is ideal) with a boatload of cash. Not a shot in the dark like Duke.

    I’m not saying Duke can’t be a solid program, there are just a lot of built in deficiencies in the program that would likely take a decade to overcome with a heavy investment. An investment I doubt they would make. But Grobe did it at Wake so it is not impossible.

    You don’t have to go to Texas to find a better HS stadium than Wallace Wade. Here in High Point, Central and Andrews share Simeon Stadium and it is bigger, cleaner and filled to capacity far more often the Wallace-Wade.

  18. bTHEredterror 11/26/2007 at 9:06 PM #

    I think Ferentz should have struck while the iron was hot, because the last two years have knocked the bloom off his rose IMO.

  19. bTHEredterror 11/26/2007 at 9:30 PM #

    Bower actually resigned according to ESPN. I betcha Tyrone Nix (Gamecock DC) gets a shot at the HC job, unless Bower handpicked a replacement.

  20. VaWolf82 11/26/2007 at 9:37 PM #

    The arrogance displayed here [Duke] is bad enough.

    This may have been the motivation…time will tell. But it sure sounds alot better than saying that “We are going to buy a coach that can win here”.

  21. blpack 11/26/2007 at 9:44 PM #

    With USM getting a new coach and ECU soon to follow, will all the Cusa teams go 5-7 next season? The coaching openings grow…

  22. choppack1 11/26/2007 at 10:33 PM #

    The team that I think is crazy to fire their coach is Arkansas. I’m sorry, but what Nutt has done there is pretty impressive. If memory serves correct, they are in the division w/ LSU, Auburn and Bama. Granted, they can and probably should be better than Ole Miss and MSU, but they are nothing special when you compare their SEC brethren. If they were in the Big 12 I could see being pissed about their results, but I think on the whole he’s done a good job over there.

    He’s played in at least – what 2 championships? (He probably would have won one if his QB didn’t trip fall and fumble.)

    I’ll be eagerly watching what happens w/ Paul Johnson. I’m very interested to see what he does at a BCS school. Between Nebraska, GaTech, Ark, Michigan and Duke, you’d think someone will at least offer him.

    I will say this, I don’t think this is the best year for looking for a coach.

    Duke would be smart to go after Logan. You are limited what you can do there, but I could see both parties being happy w/ 3-8 years – and occasional victories over their big 4 brethren.

  23. geojim1990 11/26/2007 at 10:49 PM #

    VaWolf82-
    ^^ True enough, & from most other programs/schools I would have taken the statement just as you suggested … community pride … if you like. However, I am too familiar with dookies (as I’m sure you are as well) not to know that there is an enormous amount of pomposity behind Director Alleva’s statement. If I met just one dookie that didn’t come with a sense of entitlement then I might be willing to admit that Alleva’s statement was merely displaying a strong sense of community pride. However, as it is …

    Having said that though, I agree with you that no matter what the intent was it was better than saying that they will buy a coach.

  24. Octavian 11/26/2007 at 11:04 PM #

    I think Charlie Strong would be a good hire for Tech.

  25. waxhaw 11/26/2007 at 11:46 PM #

    Tenuta and Herring both available for a new coach to build with. I’d take one of those as a DC if I were coaching.

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