Who’s B1G coaching seat is the hottest?

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Most of you will be ecstatic with my top choice!

Luke Fickel - He hasn’t done much and missed a bowl game for the first time in over twenty years. Add in the schedule and he may not make it to the Axe game. They will be favored in 3 of their first 4 games and then, well rock meet hard place awaits! They may be underdogs in their final 8 games! I’d be surprised if they win 5 games. My how the skunks have fallen.

Another contender:

Lincoln Riley - USC’s home run hire has been more of an infield single for a program expecting National Titles! He could have a decent season, make a decent bowl and still be fired. That’s just the way it is at USC.

Others:
Sherone Moore
Ruhle
Whoever is coaching MSU
 

I think Mike Locksley needs a bounce back year otherwise he will be on the hot seat likely. He had three seasons that were alright that ended with bowl victories but last year was definitely a fall off.
 


Fickell, Locksley, and Riley currently have the three hottest seats and are coaching for their jobs this season (although I could see Fickell getting grace because of their insanely tough schedule and Riley’s buyout being too high to fire). Smith, Moore, Foster, and Rhule probably have at least one more year until their seats get warm, but a bad year would start rumblings.
 




Riley is a stud. One of these seasons he's going to break through and make it hard for other Big Ten programs to breathe.

Fickell doesn't seem to have what it takes at the top level.

Locksley was always a curious hire for Maryland. He's never had a great season anywhere.

Rhule is performing well and the media dopes all seem to think Nebraska is poised for a breakout.

Greg Schiano has been making Rutgers stronger each year, but he has yet to produce many wins in his second go-round.

Hot seats: Fickell and Locksley.
 

I think Locksley, just because if you're a HC at the bottom of the division you're always at risk, particularly if you have back-to-back bad seasons and been there several years.

Fickell has to have the hottest seat, 13-13 record at WI? Yeah, dude is a dead man walking unless something big happens this season.

Rhule has to be right there with Fickell, Nebraska has nothing as far as sports go besides the Huskers and even though they really haven't been good since the 90's I don't see them settling.

Riley could be on the hot seat too. Like Nebraska, USC hasn't really be relevant for a long time but they still think they're a premier football power so I don't think they have much more patience.
 

mcrow47 said:
I think Locksley, just because if you're a HC at the bottom of the division you're always at risk, particularly if you have back-to-back bad seasons and been there several years.

Fickell has to have the hottest seat, 13-13 record at WI? Yeah, dude is a dead man walking unless something big happens this season.

Rhule has to be right there with Fickell, Nebraska has nothing as far as sports go besides the Huskers and even though they really haven't been good since the 90's I don't see them settling.

Riley could be on the hot seat too. Like Nebraska, USC hasn't really be relevant for a long time but they still think they're a premier football power so I don't think they have much more patience.
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Right now Fickell's buyout is north of $40M, Rhule's is north of $50M, Riley's is north of $85M.
 




Kwik Trip wrote the Chryst check. They aren’t so keen on doing this again in a 5 yr cycle.
 





I have no idea what Kwik Trip does with their money but just think about this...
they have 895 stores...if you just skim $100 bucks cash a week from each store, that's $89,500. Do that 52 weeks, that's $4,654,000.00. And that's at just $100 bucks... depending how many hands are out, how many pots they are filling...they got a lotta cash to spend somewhere above board or under the table.
Gotta admire their success!
I do know they own a lot of real estate in prime locations in addition.
 

everybody knows my name said:
Riley is a stud. One of these seasons he's going to break through and make it hard for other Big Ten programs to breathe.
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I don't think he will ever be long term successful at USC. Yes he won the Pac-12 his first year but his second they went 8-5 and I just dont see things working out in the Big Ten. Travel alone is going to screw him.
 


60's Guy said:
I have no idea what Kwik Trip does with their money but just think about this...
they have 895 stores...if you just skim $100 bucks cash a week from each store, that's $89,500. Do that 52 weeks, that's $4,654,000.00. And that's at just $100 bucks... depending how many hands are out, how many pots they are filling...they got a lotta cash to spend somewhere above board or under the table.
Gotta admire their success!
I do know they own a lot of real estate in prime locations in addition.
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They also single handedly keep the concrete industry alive. The size of their parking lots are ridiculous!
 

PMWinSTP said:
Right now Fickell's buyout is north of $40M, Rhule's is north of $50M, Riley's is north of $85M.
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Apparently the $40 mil is measured against Fickell honestly trying to land and securing a new gig, whose salary over time is weighed against what Sconnie would owe. Or says the google AI if it is to be trusted...

Only point that I'm making is that it's not like a check would be written for that amount and they part ways. Didn't really understand this until now. What I don't know if this is standard but guessing the answer is yes.

Now with what happened to MSU's former HC and even Fitz at Northwestern, not sure this type of formula would apply. Still it looks like the buyout amount may not really be the impediment it's made out to be. Looks like a hot hot seat to me.
 

Wisconsin is in a weird spot. If they actually do get rid of Fickell (they won't) is there a big/intriguing name that willingly steps into that role? A bad hire then sets them back in a way that they couldn't have imagined a few years ago.
 


BilldGopher said:
Apparently the $40 mil is measured against Fickell honestly trying to land and securing a new gig, whose salary over time is weighed against what Sconnie would owe. Or says the google AI if it is to be trusted...

Only point that I'm making is that it's not like a check would be written for that amount and they part ways. Didn't really understand this until now. What I don't know if this is standard but guessing the answer is yes.

Now with what happened to MSU's former HC and even Fitz at Northwestern, not sure this type of formula would apply. Still it looks like the buyout amount may not really be the impediment it's made out to be. Looks like a hot hot seat to me.
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Oh, it's clearly an impediment. Would definitely limit who they would look at as a replacement...probably would have to go with an economic choice.
 

PMWinSTP said:
Oh, it's clearly an impediment. Would definitely limit who they would look at as a replacement...probably would have to go with an economic choice.
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Brewster could be had for a low price.
 

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