Campbell Got An Extension Through 2025

Campbell seems like a Midwest guy to me. I also think moving forward moving to the west coast is going to be less and less attractive for many guys just because of the tax issues and cost of living. It is very likely that for instance he took a job at USC with a pretty hefty raise according to the contract but when everything is said and done he could be making less after taxes and then have traffic and other BS to deal with. While Ames is not someplace I personally would not want to live at this stage in my life for others it has some positives as opposed to others especially with kids.

It is also realistic that Matt has his eyes on the pro game as well.

The thing that will be interesting with many of these open jobs is what type of contracts are going to be signed. I think we will see many more long term deals as it is become more clear that stability is a big deal in consistency and burning through coaches every 3 years isn't doing anything. Look at the once proud FSU, USC, Texas, and Tennessee. Are those jobs really that attractive anymore? I mean look at the contract Schiano signed. 8 years, not too bad for a bottom dweller in one of the top conferences. Even with buyouts at some point something is going to give, not everyone is going to be like Nebraska and have 3-4 head coaches to pay.
 
#1DieHardHawk said:
The scuttlebutt at Notre Dame is that the powers that be feel that the program has reached its ceiling under Kelly and the natives are getting restless. With Urban Meyer available, don't be surprised if N.D. moves on from Kelly if Meyer expresses an interest. By all accounts, Meyer has always been very interested in the N.D. job, and at this point it may be the only job he would consider.
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That’s why I can see BK getting out ahead of this and taking let’s say the Atlanta Falcons job.
 
kameltoez102 said:
It is also realistic that Matt has his eyes on the pro game as well.
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The pro game isn't a draw to good college coaches anymore like it used to be. Head coaches in the NFL have to spend several years bouncing around as coordinators before they even get an opportunity, and he already makes WAY more money where he's at and has job security.

Out of the 32 current head coaches in the league right now, only 10 of them have more than 2 years in their positions and 16 of them were hired either this year or last. There is ZERO security in the NFL, they chew coaches up and spit them out. There's also very little correlation between success in D1 college ball and the NFL. It's not just a faster, more complex game, it's a totally different atmosphere. You don't get multiple years to win, you don't get a bunch of extensions, and you're coaching players who make ten times the money you do. It used to be that college coaching was a springboard to NFL if you were good, but not anymore. Nowadays there are two distinct paths...you're either a pro guy and come up through that system, or you're a college guy who works up through from GA to head coach.

Kliff Kingsbury is the single guy in the NFL right now who's made that jump, and he's hating life right now in Arizona.

So Campbell could go to the NFL and work for a while as an assistant or coordinator?? If you're going to think that's a possibility then you also have to think 1) an NFL team would buy out 15 or 20 million dollars of a contract, and 2) He'd go make less money somewhere else for zero job security.

Not gonna happen. College ball is a waaaaaay more lucrative gig than the NFL. Not For Long goes for coaches too.
 
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Fryowa said:
Brohm hurt his chances of getting a better gig really, reeeeeally bad this year. If money at a bigger school was his goal he should have done it last year. If he doesn't start shitting Tiffany cuff links at Purdue in the next year or two his ship will have sailed. I think you can kind of see that frustration on his face and in interviews compared to a guy like Fat Pitzgerald, who can have a 1-8 conference season and still laugh about it and joke around like it ain't no thing. They worship his ass in Chicago and he knows he's not going anywhere because he has too good of a gig.
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Exactly how I think about his situation too. He was in the mix for his hometown Louisville job and turned it down too. That seems like a sideways job but it was home. What's that worth to him? Unlike Frost he didn't want to roll that dice. He may have been given an extra yr or two of rope to turn it around if he were to have struggled there. I think they were 7-5 this yr in a weak ACC. It's all a gamble for those guys to turn down gigs. I can't see Purdue being a destination gig for Brohm I just can't.

Ole Fitz isn't going anywhere. It'd take a few more terrible yrs in a row before his chair would get hot. Which isn't impossible but unlikely. I don't see Wisky taking a step back or Iowa obviously or now MN. I think it's a race for 4th place in the west next yr and let's just say I hope Nebraska don't win that
 
Hawkfnntn said:
I would really like to know what job he's holding out for.. My only guess is he's got one in mind. One doesn't hitch their wagon to ISU like this unless your Dan McCarney. He's far from that age wise, Ambition wise etc. He's plenty young yet but staying at a school like ISU for awhile is dangerous because that shine comes off the rose after awhile. A couple more 7-5- 6-6 seasons and just how special are you really then?
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Clowns to show up telling you how amazing Lames is in 3....2......1
 
I think he'll be there for the long haul.
Pile up the 6-8 win seasons, bowl games and the occasional 10 win season. Less pressure then at top tier job. Basically he has the Iowa job with even less expectations.
To me the big name jobs are less appealing now to some coaches due to the hot trigger to fire a coach for not meeting expectations.
 
Hawkfnntn said:
Yeah and that goes to his goals and aspirations. I mean MN is plenty big enough for a guy like Fleck to stay there. But man Ames Iowa. I'd be hard pressed to think Campbell is the type to be content with 7-5 6-6 with the occasional 8-4 season mixed in being enough. Or look at Brohem at Purdue. That's a low ceiling gig too pretty much. You hit it hot there you gotta jump because if you don't you risk getting fired down the road. Anyone hearing his name bounced around? He goes from being offered the TN gig to crickets in one yr so far...
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As somebody else said, you can be worshipped in Ames with mediocre results or be fired somewhere else with even better results. I know which I'd pick.
 
MelroseHawkins said:
Look at Mark Farley at UNI. That dude seems completely content at UNI. Has a good gig.
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You can live pretty large in CF @ $400K/year.
No wild expectations. One Iowa-like game a year pays for the entire program.
Don't really have to go balls-to-the-wall to recruit 5*'s.
Good gig indeed.
 
It all depends on what the new contract states. The last time they extended Campbell it didn't impact his buyout at all. In other words ISU just willingly took on more risk while getting nothing in return from Campbell. They very well coulda done this again.
 
Side note....

I do still wonder about Iowa states future in power football. There's likely going to be a lot of realignment coming up in the next few years as the tv deals expire around 2023/2024. The big 12 is ripe for plucking. If the B1G or SEC snatched Texas the dominoes would fall and it would be the end of the big 12.

Also with the rules starting to tilt towards paying players, schools like ISU just won't have the money or exposure to compete.

Should be interesting.
 
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