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Clio 98's avatar

Jarmond is quoted by Ben Bolch that he hopes to have a replacement "within 96 hours" which means either (a) an interim or internal promotion or (b) he had started to raise funds for a buy-out and was stopped by Block and, as part of that process, feelers/prelim contacts were out there that can be revisited now. I just hope its not some retread out-of-touch with the NIL/Portal world like Shaw

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Evan's avatar

Not true at all. Look at how quick EVERY OTHER SCHOOL that lost their HC had a replacement. There is not a Power 5 school in the country that does not at all times have a short list of candidates for the head football coach position.

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Grider55's avatar

You're giving way too much credit to a guy who had every opportunity to can Kelly after the ASU debacle. Old "read the room"!

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Evan's avatar

he would not have pledged to make a new hire in 96 hours if he didn't have a short list a year ago.

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Grider55's avatar

It may end up being any port in a storm.

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Clio 98's avatar

Every opportunity IF his boss didn't stop him from doing so. Heck, it's even a credible scenario that Jarmond told him "y'know, if you found another gig..." to save the buyout he should have never given him in the first place and started back-channeling some of those on the short list he, like every AD other than Donut in the Howland scenario, has for the past few weeks - given that Chip interviewed for pretty much every opening available over the past month

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