Sadly, we don't play Ohio St. for a few years. 😒 However, I sincerely hope this rumor or "report" is accurate. This guy has become worse than a cancer at our beloved school and has been a big part, along with Jarmond of tanking the entire football program at UCLA. Let's hope with Kelly leaving, Jarmond will be the next to be shown the exit. His decision making at the end of this past season has been criminal for UCLA Athletics and has now (again if this is true) completely made the UCLA football program toxic. Jarmond is now left "holding the bag" after sticking his neck out for Kelly and giving him another year. Both these individuals look really bad to the entire UCLA community right now.
Again, Kelly knows he only had one year left and he would be toast, everyone knows that, so he was desperate to get out now and find some new "sucker" to hire him. According to our "resident expert" Evan, Kelly wanted to leave because of the changing landscape of college athletics (NIL, Conf Re-Alignment, Portal, etc.), hence his desperation to get to the NFL. Of course, now given this news, the analysis from Evan is obviously wrong but again it's Evan, so there is that.
I mean, I would still buy that Kelly is sick of recruiting especially in this new era. Ohio State doesn't need their offensive coordinator to be a recruiter at all.
But they do recruit. Day has all his first line coaches recruiting, that's his style and in fact he usually puts either his OC or DC in charge of that area. He, himself doesn't completely run that show, he manages it from a far by interfacing with his OC and DC, depending upon who he puts in charge for that recruiting season. So no, the reason Kelly is bailing is he knows he was already on borrowed time.
I totally agree with you. We were already on a downward path, but Chip ejecting now is even more harmful than if he'd been canned at the end of the season, or probably if he stayed another year and was let go then. But since we have to go through the darkness at some point, it just as well should be as soon as possible. That gets us closer to some light.
Let the UCLA rebuild begin! Oh and Chip you’ll have to win immediately if not sooner at tOSU or the entire staff will be gone. You’re not getting a multi-year long leash there…
Even if this is true, Blockhead still has grounds to fire Jelly 2.0 (aka Jarmond) for his overall body of work with UCLA Athletics, which hasn't exactly been blowing the roofs off the NCAA these past few years. So, fire him now for poor performance; UCLA baseball 😒 UCLA Mens Basketball 😒 UCLA Men's Waterpolo 😒 UCLA Women's softball 😒 Shall I continue...
He has grounds, but he won't do anything. Block has at every step tried to avoid any confrontational or bold moves within the athletic dept - see: allowing the Alford hire and Dan Guerrero working until retirement. He's not going to do anything as daring as replacing an AD now when he is so close to his own soft landing.
It really speaks to the institutional nature of major college sports these days. Sure, Saban was a brilliant coach but without a supportive AD, school admin, and fan base, Alabama isn't the Alabama we know.
I'll give a bit of a pass to our fan base which has been beaten down for the better part of two decades and consistently for the last several years. The fans are understandably wary of going all in to back a failing program. But Chip, Jarmond, and Block get no such excuse. It's their job and they all have failed the football program.
The sad part is as Yahoo Sports Bromberg reports "The Bruins' 2024 recruiting class ranks just 83rd in the country and when you count transfers along with recruits, UCLA only moves up to 69th in Rivals' rankings." In addition, Jarmond "sincerely thanked Chip for his service over the last six seasons"--excuse me while I vomit.
I'm wondering if any of the talking heads mentioned that UCLA is #17 out of a total of 18 teams in the Big-18 recruiting this year? And that's right at present time. Remember with a coaching change every UCLA football player on the current roster can now immediately enter the portal and go somewhere else. This is a total disaster for UCLA football, the timing is horrendous and the Chipster (OG) is giving the middle finger to Jarmond, the UCLA Administration, the boosters and alumni and the entire school. Well, we knew 2024 was going to be rough, but now I'm wondering if UCLA can even field a team! 1-11 or 2-10 aren't exactly a good record to grow upon. In 2025, UCLA does play Ohio St. but we play them there. In fact, in 2025, we also have to play Georgia the first game of that season in the Rose Bowl. No wonder the Chipster(OG) wanted to get out of town.
BB... We may indeed have a huge struggle ahead, and Chipster Alfraud needed to be gone after his first few losing seasons. Timing is horrific and that's on Jelly 2.0 abd Blockhead. Jelly 2.0 needs to hit the Exit but that won't happen with lame duck Blockhead still in the building.
But despite all the overwhelming obstacles, I am still celebrating CA's exit and holding out hope that against all odds, Jelly 2.0 accidentally makes a good hiring decision., with Wasserman and Aikman staying the Hell out of it.
I echo the Wasserman and Aikman NON-INVOLVEMENT move, but the good part of this Chipster (OG) move is that now NO ONE WILL LISTEN TO CASEY WASSERMAN AGAIN. Because he also put his foot in his mouth and the Chipster (OG) burnt him as well. I like the Jelly 2.0, good nickname and as for Jelly 2.0, I believe no matter what happen with Blockhead and Jelly 2.0 regarding the Chipster (OG)'s situation, Blockhead can still fire Jelly 2.0 (for his overall performance, which is judged by how well all the Athletic teams do) and should even before the new Chancellor comes in. Why leave the Athletic Dept a toxic mess for the new person. It's time to CLEAN HOUSE. LET THE AXE FALL NOW!!
Unless the Chipster (OG) has calculated that Day's days are numbered! The Chipster (OG) may be positioning himself for another head coaching gig at OSU in the future. If Ryan Day loses to Michigan next season, he's gone and everybody knows it, step in the Chipster (OG). He will have one year at OC and has recent college head coaching experience, a perfect fit or so the OSU brass would stupidly believe.
I hope Chip thinks he's in line for the tOSU job because now I'm actively rooting against the ahole, and after his most recent HC efforts I can't imagine the tOSU fans would settle for him. I was bummed for Neu and Mora not working out, but I didn't wish them evil. I hope Chip fails like crazy.
The only problem is that with Harbaugh gone to the Chargers, tOSU might actually get Michigan next year.
OK, I'll take my chances...
Me 2 💯💯💯
Sadly, we don't play Ohio St. for a few years. 😒 However, I sincerely hope this rumor or "report" is accurate. This guy has become worse than a cancer at our beloved school and has been a big part, along with Jarmond of tanking the entire football program at UCLA. Let's hope with Kelly leaving, Jarmond will be the next to be shown the exit. His decision making at the end of this past season has been criminal for UCLA Athletics and has now (again if this is true) completely made the UCLA football program toxic. Jarmond is now left "holding the bag" after sticking his neck out for Kelly and giving him another year. Both these individuals look really bad to the entire UCLA community right now.
Again, Kelly knows he only had one year left and he would be toast, everyone knows that, so he was desperate to get out now and find some new "sucker" to hire him. According to our "resident expert" Evan, Kelly wanted to leave because of the changing landscape of college athletics (NIL, Conf Re-Alignment, Portal, etc.), hence his desperation to get to the NFL. Of course, now given this news, the analysis from Evan is obviously wrong but again it's Evan, so there is that.
I mean, I would still buy that Kelly is sick of recruiting especially in this new era. Ohio State doesn't need their offensive coordinator to be a recruiter at all.
But they do recruit. Day has all his first line coaches recruiting, that's his style and in fact he usually puts either his OC or DC in charge of that area. He, himself doesn't completely run that show, he manages it from a far by interfacing with his OC and DC, depending upon who he puts in charge for that recruiting season. So no, the reason Kelly is bailing is he knows he was already on borrowed time.
Spot on BB. But... I am praying for another Coach Wooden - a girl can dream. 💙💛
Football version of course! 😊
Hopefully good long term, but in the short term its going to get real dark.
I totally agree with you. We were already on a downward path, but Chip ejecting now is even more harmful than if he'd been canned at the end of the season, or probably if he stayed another year and was let go then. But since we have to go through the darkness at some point, it just as well should be as soon as possible. That gets us closer to some light.
Let the UCLA rebuild begin! Oh and Chip you’ll have to win immediately if not sooner at tOSU or the entire staff will be gone. You’re not getting a multi-year long leash there…
Correct, if Day loses to Michigan next year, he's gone. No matter what he does with the other 11+ games.
Thank you for stating the facts so accurately!
If this holds,
No Chip = huge win
Chip has to pay UCLA $1.5M to buyout contract = small win
Leaving HC position for OC position = damning statement on condition of UCLA football
Chip leaving now = very few quality HCs given the cycle of hiring just ended
This is all on Jarmond and he should be next out the door. Renewing Chip was a disaster.
Completely agree, this should even illustrate to a lame Duck Chancellor Block that Jarmond isn't up to this job, he simply is over his head.
There are rumors that Jarmond wanted to fire Chip, but Block allegedly vetoed it.
It's doubtful we will ever know the facts on that, but if it's true, then this is Gene's parting gift to Bruin fans.
Even if this is true, Blockhead still has grounds to fire Jelly 2.0 (aka Jarmond) for his overall body of work with UCLA Athletics, which hasn't exactly been blowing the roofs off the NCAA these past few years. So, fire him now for poor performance; UCLA baseball 😒 UCLA Mens Basketball 😒 UCLA Men's Waterpolo 😒 UCLA Women's softball 😒 Shall I continue...
He has grounds, but he won't do anything. Block has at every step tried to avoid any confrontational or bold moves within the athletic dept - see: allowing the Alford hire and Dan Guerrero working until retirement. He's not going to do anything as daring as replacing an AD now when he is so close to his own soft landing.
It really speaks to the institutional nature of major college sports these days. Sure, Saban was a brilliant coach but without a supportive AD, school admin, and fan base, Alabama isn't the Alabama we know.
I'll give a bit of a pass to our fan base which has been beaten down for the better part of two decades and consistently for the last several years. The fans are understandably wary of going all in to back a failing program. But Chip, Jarmond, and Block get no such excuse. It's their job and they all have failed the football program.
Btw, similar screeds to Dimitri's Feb. 2 were all over the internet for the past week.
The sad part is as Yahoo Sports Bromberg reports "The Bruins' 2024 recruiting class ranks just 83rd in the country and when you count transfers along with recruits, UCLA only moves up to 69th in Rivals' rankings." In addition, Jarmond "sincerely thanked Chip for his service over the last six seasons"--excuse me while I vomit.
I'm wondering if any of the talking heads mentioned that UCLA is #17 out of a total of 18 teams in the Big-18 recruiting this year? And that's right at present time. Remember with a coaching change every UCLA football player on the current roster can now immediately enter the portal and go somewhere else. This is a total disaster for UCLA football, the timing is horrendous and the Chipster (OG) is giving the middle finger to Jarmond, the UCLA Administration, the boosters and alumni and the entire school. Well, we knew 2024 was going to be rough, but now I'm wondering if UCLA can even field a team! 1-11 or 2-10 aren't exactly a good record to grow upon. In 2025, UCLA does play Ohio St. but we play them there. In fact, in 2025, we also have to play Georgia the first game of that season in the Rose Bowl. No wonder the Chipster(OG) wanted to get out of town.
BB... We may indeed have a huge struggle ahead, and Chipster Alfraud needed to be gone after his first few losing seasons. Timing is horrific and that's on Jelly 2.0 abd Blockhead. Jelly 2.0 needs to hit the Exit but that won't happen with lame duck Blockhead still in the building.
But despite all the overwhelming obstacles, I am still celebrating CA's exit and holding out hope that against all odds, Jelly 2.0 accidentally makes a good hiring decision., with Wasserman and Aikman staying the Hell out of it.
I echo the Wasserman and Aikman NON-INVOLVEMENT move, but the good part of this Chipster (OG) move is that now NO ONE WILL LISTEN TO CASEY WASSERMAN AGAIN. Because he also put his foot in his mouth and the Chipster (OG) burnt him as well. I like the Jelly 2.0, good nickname and as for Jelly 2.0, I believe no matter what happen with Blockhead and Jelly 2.0 regarding the Chipster (OG)'s situation, Blockhead can still fire Jelly 2.0 (for his overall performance, which is judged by how well all the Athletic teams do) and should even before the new Chancellor comes in. Why leave the Athletic Dept a toxic mess for the new person. It's time to CLEAN HOUSE. LET THE AXE FALL NOW!!
Amen my friend!
From head coach at UCLA to offensive coach at Ohio State -- a huge step down for Coach Kelly.
Unless the Chipster (OG) has calculated that Day's days are numbered! The Chipster (OG) may be positioning himself for another head coaching gig at OSU in the future. If Ryan Day loses to Michigan next season, he's gone and everybody knows it, step in the Chipster (OG). He will have one year at OC and has recent college head coaching experience, a perfect fit or so the OSU brass would stupidly believe.
I hope Chip thinks he's in line for the tOSU job because now I'm actively rooting against the ahole, and after his most recent HC efforts I can't imagine the tOSU fans would settle for him. I was bummed for Neu and Mora not working out, but I didn't wish them evil. I hope Chip fails like crazy.
The only problem is that with Harbaugh gone to the Chargers, tOSU might actually get Michigan next year.