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I am sure he signed a 5yr agreement. If he was fired early, Stanford would be on the hook for two years of his salary. In many clauses for HC’s, Stanford would not be held responsible for those two years of salary if TT took another job. Think he would take a two year sabbatical and then bounce back as an OC somewhere, not here.

If he isn’t under a 5yr agreement, then I’m game with him coming back.
 
SDHornet said:
Yawn. I'm sure you can go to any fan twitter accounts for every team that lost this weekend and find people clamoring for a coach's head.
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Yawn is 3-9 and subpar coaching.

For 3 seasons we saw what top level FCS coaching, leadership, and recruiting looked like and the results that followed.

What’s happening now isn’t it.

Most of all, stop referencing last season and the opening round playoff win. You’ve seen and experienced enough to understand the history of 1st year coaches succeeding in the short term and in the wake of what was created and built-up before them.

Season 2 is telling a lot more of the truth. Typically it’d take 3 or 4 seasons to really see this level of decline. The fact that it has happened so quickly after season 1 should be a serious red flag to ALL.
 
This is a contract year for Andy, I don't think he's going anywhere. He'll have to make the choice as to whether he plans to go out on his shield with the guys he has, or make drastic changes to turn things around and earn an extension. Patience will be very thin for Orr and Wood.

Only chance they fire him is if TT is fired first and expresses an immediate desire to return to Sac State.
 
BuckeyeHornetFan said:
Yawn is 3-9 and subpar coaching.

For 3 seasons we saw what top level FCS coaching, leadership, and recruiting looked like and the results that followed.

What’s happening now isn’t it.

Most of all, stop referencing last season and the opening round playoff win. You’ve seen and experienced enough to understand the history of 1st year coaches succeeding in the short term and in the wake of what was created and built-up before them.

Season 2 is telling a lot more of the truth. Typically it’d take 3 or 4 seasons to really see this level of decline. The fact that it has happened so quickly after season 1 should be a serious red flag to ALL.
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"LeTs IgNoRe ThE sUcCeSs AnDy AnD tHiS sTaFf HaD bEcAuSe It DoEsNt FiT mY nArRaTiVe!"

First off, the '23 playoff win is meaningful as it proved all the doomers and detractors wrong both in our fanbase and for those claiming we didn't belong in the postseason. The road playoff win put that argument to bed for good. Why anyone, let alone Hornet fans, would want to discount our 2nd playoff win in D1 history to advocate for a coaching change is quite egregious.

Secondly, who from that '23 season quit that had a big impact on this season? What other roster changes/losses had on the field impacts? Sorry, your efforts to frame the narrative by viewing it from a vacuum from 2+ years ago by ignoring all the changes (both foreseen and unforeseen) makes the whole "coaching change" argument unpalatable.

We'll see what Coach Thompson does with this staff, if anything, but keeping Conklin here is the priority.
 
Kadeezy said:
You think free Chik-fil-a for life for Conklin keeps him here? LOL
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FWIW word circulating at the tailgate was he is staying. I just take that to mean he hasn't gotten any serious offers yet. If he stays and has another stellar year, he'll get offered serious money and will be on his way to a program with a much higher profile.
 
SDHornet said:
What other roster changes/losses had on the field impacts?
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Fulcher, Lynch, Bailey, Broussard

The defense went backwards and AT is supposed to be defensive minded. I saw many out of position plays where defense was completely sleeping.
Fresques needs to be on the sideline, coaching from his throne in the box doesnt help moral.
 
HeavyistheClown said:
I am sure he signed a 5yr agreement. If he was fired early, Stanford would be on the hook for two years of his salary. In many clauses for HC’s, Stanford would not be held responsible for those two years of salary if TT took another job. Think he would take a two year sabbatical and then bounce back as an OC somewhere, not here.

If he isn’t under a 5yr agreement, then I’m game with him coming back.
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Every contract is different. Fight fired him he would get paid out.
Happens all of the time!!!
 
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