Will Albin be around long enough to make it 4 coaches? He'll surpass 20 wins this season, only his third at Ohio.

OHIO University does not have a pension, it's the State system, and Tim (if he is enrolled in the State system) he still needs several more years.

TA raise/extension will be predicated on the results of this year regardless of what the players do. If he wins MAC he likely will get it because that will also increase the buyout.

The other thing one should consider is the coaching staff's salary at a G5 vs P5. Sure a cool $1M salary for the coach is nice, but at a P5 program has the coffers to pay more to all the assistance's salaries they bring with them that a G5 really just can't compete with.

You're absolutely correct. I think I mentioned it earlier, somewhere in these threads, but when TA's name was mentioned with Tulsa last year I was like MEHHHHHHHHHHH Other than the fact he's from Oklahoma, why would he go to TULSA of all places? Then I googled it. $2M per year. That'll do it. (Kevin Wilson left $1.4M as an OC to go to Tulsa)

I wouldn't have guessed it, but the jump from the MAC to even the AAC is pretty large. More coaching salary, more salary for the assistants. More recruiting dollars, etc

Even if TA or Spense aren't offered that coveted P5, I think we need to have eyes out for some G5 jobs out there that could swoop in as well.

I'm sure he has some unique priorities, but the truth is we are winning and making headlines as a midmajor. Big boys may call with $ we can't match. Throw in how long he's been here in total and that his kids are probably out of school by his age, it's not idle speculation that he might be looking for his next stop, even if he loves Athens. Plus, as mentioned, coaches feel obligated to their assistants to get them big time money if it's out there somewhere. That's reality.

Now, he might not feel like moving on. That's very possible. I think He's almost as old as Frank was when he was hired.

Just shaking my head about some of the comments that Coach Albin could be moving to a more prestigious job after this season. Many of these same people wanted him fired after his first few games and for sure after his initial season. My how times change!

As the guy that started a lot of the speculation, I'm not one that was on the mob. I wouldn't be more likely to call for a coach to be fired than I would be for me to call for a waitress at my favorite restaurant to be fired. It would take an extreme set of circumstances to me to ever do that. Even as an alumnus, a donor to the University, a season ticket holder, and a small time athletic booster I basically don't think that it is really enough of my business to make such a statement. As a long time coach here I was always rooting for him to turn it around. Though I did say at the end of the 2021 season that it was starting to look more likely that he wasn't going to last long.

I didn't mean to imply that I think that he isn't happy here. He's been here forever. What I mean is if he wins enough games there will be some interest in him from big money programs. And if one of those programs decides that they want him it would mean a huge raise, not just for himself, but for his assistants. Regardless of how much he likes his job, likes Athens, or what the status of his contract is then he is very, very probably gone under that circumstance. If we win 10+ games then that is very realistic. I don't think that it is necessarily imminent. He hasn't been rumored, as far as I know, in any way to Michigan State even though about 20 other coaches have. I don't even know if it is PROBABLE. That's hard to say. I'm not buddies with a bunch of P5 ADs. But it is certainly very, very PLAUSIBLE. But I think that everyone else that is commenting is basically saying the same thing. I pointed out that if he does leave that with a very experienced roster this year and in this portal era then it could be a hurricane of negative developments for our football program this winter like what happened at Kent State. I still stand by that as a very plausible scenario.

I think that if he is here in to 2024 then then the odds of him retiring here start to look quite reasonable. I think that he is happy and he would, I think, be facing something of a rebuild next year with this being such a veteran roster right now. He's then probably still here in at least 2025. If he does break the MACCG curse and gets paid then we should thank him and wish him well.

As Bobcat fans we should all enjoy each and every win. It is not often you see a defense as good as this Bobcat defense has performed the first five games. Focus on defeating a Kent team who has knocked off Ohio the last two seasons!

Ohio and Miami have played the same foes in the MAC so far, and both have won:

Versus BG:
Miami 27-0 (win by 27)
Ohio 38-7 (win by 31)

Versus Kent:
Miami 22-3 (win by 19)
Ohio 42-17 (win by 25)

Apparently, to the computers, Miami's wins were more impressive. I'm not going to second guess them, but I do expect a close, hard fought game that may be decided by the final possession. We have a couple very important games between now and then,so for now I'm not worried at all about Miami, nor what computers currently think about the matchup with them.

I wouldn't bet the house that he hasn't had second thoughts about that decision. You probably are 100 percent sure he doesn't, because you feel that money is his key goal in life. While he is much richer now, he wasn't exactly getting poor in Athens.

I'm not mad at anyone who thinks this way for likes on the internet, but if I offered you $5M to type nonsense from a basement in Illinois vs typing the same nonsense in your basement in Athens... you wouldn't take it because you're comfortable?