Houston Nutt fired

[JayFarrar]

News has rolled around that Ole Miss has fired Houston Nutt and will have a press conference at 2 to explain the decision.

He has a $6 million buyout and rumor is his agent, Jimmy Sexton, already has a job lined up for him at Colorado.

 

[Steak Snabler]

I've been saying all along that I thought this would be Auburn offensive coordinator Gus Malzahn's job if he wants it. I'm sure there will also be sentiment from the fanbase for Mike Leach and possibly Alabama defensive coordinator Kirby Smart as well.

By the way, word is AD Pete Boone (who hired Nutt and also Ed Orgeron) might be gone as well.

 

[YGBFKM]

LOL

 

[LongTimeListener]

Ole Miss is one of those places that simply will never be as good as its fan base thinks it should be. There are at least six better programs for recruits to choose within 300 miles.

 

[novelist_wannabe]

On one hand, it's fair to question just who (or when) Mississippi thinks it is. It is not the 1950s any more.

On the other hand, it's very difficult to look at how the team has performed in 2010 and 2011 and think Nutt is the guy to turn it around.

Leach would be a really interesting choice.

 

[Steak Snabler]

Ole Miss is one of those places that simply will never be as good as its fan base thinks it should be. There are at least six better programs for recruits to choose within 300 miles.

Fair enough I guess, but there's no excuse to be 2-7 this year, 1-for-14 in the SEC the last two years and losing by 23 to Vanderbilt and 17 to the worst Kentucky team since the Bill Curry days.

 

[Sam Mills 51]

Agreed that Ole Miss thinks it's higher on the food chain than it really is.

Still, Houston Nutt got more rope than David Cutcliffe did. The latter had one bad season and was gone, which was silly given its place in the food chain.

 

[Johnny Dangerously]

That's what happens when lack of self-awareness is at a high. Ole Miss had, not long before, played its biggest game in Oxford in four decades. That was a tease that made it seem possible to be as relevant in football as in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

Maybe we can turn this into the college coaching carousel thread, although Nutt being fired certainly merits it's own.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

Would Colorado really fire Embree after one season? They should, but I doubt they would.

 

[Steak Snabler]

I maintain the reason Cutcliffe got fired when he did was that he'd slacked off in recruiting for a couple of years, and Ole Miss people were scared to death that Sly Croom — as a black coach in a largely black state — was going to be the pied piper and bring every good player in the state to Starkville. That's why they hired Ed Orgeron (who could recruit like hell, but couldn't do anything else).

 

[Ben_Hecht]

Ole Miss is one of those places that simply will never be as good as its fan base thinks it should be. There are at least six better programs for recruits to choose within 300 miles.

Why should anyone black go near the place -- unless they have absolutely no choice?

 

[Inky_Wretch]

I've been saying all along that I thought this would be Auburn offensive coordinator Gus Malzahn's job if he wants it.

Like rain on a wedding day, don'tchathink?

 

[Liut]

Several good observations above.

Once the talent Orgeron brought in ran out, Nutt didn't do squat. And, FWIW, if Colorado decided to make a change, it could do better than recycle Houston.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

Several good observations above.

Once the talent Orgeron brought in ran out, Nutt didn't do squat. And, FWIW, if Colorado decided to make a change, it could do better than recycle Houston.

I think you would have a hard time getting a decent coach to go to Colorado. If they fire Embree, they'd be lucky to get someone like Nutt or Leach.

 

[Football_Bat]

Here's a thought: Throw some bucks at Larry Fedora.

 

[Liut]

Several good observations above.

Once the talent Orgeron brought in ran out, Nutt didn't do squat. And, FWIW, if Colorado decided to make a change, it could do better than recycle Houston.

I think you would have a hard time getting a decent coach to go to Colorado. If they fire Embree, they'd be lucky to get someone like Nutt or Leach.

Agreed on Leach, not so with Nutt. You tell me. Isn't there some allure with the Colorado program, insofar as its potential? The thought of Leach landing there really intrigues me.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

Several good observations above.

Once the talent Orgeron brought in ran out, Nutt didn't do squat. And, FWIW, if Colorado decided to make a change, it could do better than recycle Houston.

I think you would have a hard time getting a decent coach to go to Colorado. If they fire Embree, they'd be lucky to get someone like Nutt or Leach.

Agreed on Leach, not so with Nutt. You tell me. Isn't there is some allure with the Colorado program, insofar as its potential? The thought of Leach landing there really intrigues me.

Nutt would be lucky to land at Colorado.

Of course, with Jimmy Sexton at play, I'm sure his name will be floated for every opening in the land.

 

[Liut]

Here's a thought: Throw some bucks at Larry Fedora.

It's a very good thought. But some of those Ole Miss folks are too high and mighty to bear the thought of bringing in the "Mississippi Southern" coach.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

Several good observations above.

Once the talent Orgeron brought in ran out, Nutt didn't do squat. And, FWIW, if Colorado decided to make a change, it could do better than recycle Houston.

I think you would have a hard time getting a decent coach to go to Colorado. If they fire Embree, they'd be lucky to get someone like Nutt or Leach.

Agreed on Leach, not so with Nutt. You tell me. Isn't there is some allure with the Colorado program, insofar as its potential? The thought of Leach landing there really intrigues me.

Nutt would be lucky to land at Colorado.

Of course, with Jimmy Sexton at play, I'm sure his name will be floated for every opening in the land.

Colorado should have hired Leach last year. I still can't imagine they'd fire Embree after one year, even if he does appear to be completely over his head.

Of course the only place I can find anything about Nutt to Colorado is at the top of this thread.