All Things Fickell

[bearcatbret]

Ahead of around 1/3 of the power 5 and way ahead of the next in the group of 5. I wonder what is up with Brian Kelly? Where are they hiding it?

[Lobot]

Coach Fick coming in at #45 on the salary list this year. There are coaches and agents stealing money from some of these schools. David Shaw is the one I noticed first. He’s a good coach but not that good.

https://sports.usatoday.com/ncaa/salaries/football/coach

[Barklee]

I think that in 2021, you would give the hire as an A.

The article gave a regrade for all of the coaches. Luke earned a well deserved A+. If you don't have a subscription to the Athletic, you should try it. They have a lot of good articles and the UC beat writer, Justin Williams is excellent.

[bearcatbret]

I think that in 2021, you would give the hire as an A.

[GoBearcats31]

Chris Vannin of The Athletic has re-examined the 2016-17 hires ($)
https://theathletic.com/2882762/2021...-randy-edsall/

Premium article, so I'll spare the whole excerpt. But I wanted to share the following grades of the Fickell hire:

Original grades

• ESPN: C+
• CBS: C+
• SI: B
• Fox Sports: B
• SB Nation: B

[bearcatbret]

Not sure if this had been posted before. This is a great interview WATCH: Bearcats in the National Spotlight This Week - University of Cincinnati Athletics (gobearcats.com)

[GoBearcats31]

Via Dan Hoard on Twitter:

With the opening at USC, the LA Times sent @BradyMcCollough to Cincinnati to profile Luke Fickell. This is an outstanding look at the Fickell family. https://www.latimes.com/sports/usc/s...oaching-search

[GoBearcats31]

Since the "Tommy Tuberville" thread is closed in the Where are they now? section, I wanted to point out that on this day eight years ago -- August 31, 2013 -- UC crushed Purdue 42-7 in the opening game of the Tuberville era. https://www.espn.com/college-footbal...meId/332432132

With that in mind.... a special shoutout to Luke Fickell for being Luke Fickell and doing big things at UC!

[GoBearcats31]

20 Group of Five coaches who could be due for an upgrade after this college football season

Luke Fickell, Cincinnati head coach

He’s 31-6 the last three years at Cincinnati, and this season will include marquee games at Indiana and Notre Dame. Fickell has never lived outside the state of Ohio and has a huge name in that Midwest footprint, where he’s been a dogged recruiter. Can he build the Bearcats to be strong enough that they can jump the moat? He’s not anxious to leave, as his most ideal fits come at a handful of elite Midwest jobs.

https://sports.yahoo.com/20-college-football-coaches-due-for-an-upgrade-231411828.html

[swilsonsp4]

Here’s a good piece from espn.com on CLF ($):

https://www.espn.com/college-football/insider/story/_/id/32085715/what-cincinnati-bearcats-luke-fickell-learned-humbling-stint-ohio-state-football-coach

[Lobot]

Here's a freebie article on 247 regarding Fickell and his career aspirations.

https://247sports.com/college/cincin...est-169578431/

[Lobot]

More on the Fickell Barn ($)

https://theathletic.com/2641989/2021...-fickell-barn/

[Lobot]

Impressive backyard https://twitter.com/GoBearcatsFB/sta...82890887401473

"What, you live in a barn?"

"Why yes, yes I do. "

[GoBearcats31]

Impressive backyard https://twitter.com/GoBearcatsFB/sta...82890887401473

[Barklee]

Really "uncool" of Brannen's lawyer to release to the public that private conversation CLF had with Brannen, calling Brannen's mess "BS". The lawyer had no right to release a private conversation.

B.C.

BC, I don't believe the leaked text message is real. I think it was fabricated by an Eggsavier fan from a computer in his room in grandma's basement. I think CLF would have had a personal phone call with Brannen, to console him, instead of sending an impersonal text.

P.S. CLF is too savvy to send a text like this, since you no longer have control over who sees it, once its sent.

P.S.S. If things were bad enough to terminate for cause, I think Cunningham should be fired for lack of institutional control over one of the 2 main athletic programs.