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Blake Baker going to Tulane HC would be a downgrade for him
Posted on 12/1/25 at 7:07 am
Posted on 12/1/25 at 7:07 am
He ain’t leaving this. Continue the success with Kiffin and he’ll have his pick of top P4 HC openings soon enough
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Posted on 12/1/25 at 7:08 am to neighborr
Depends on what he values
Posted on 12/1/25 at 7:08 am to neighborr
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Continue the success with Kiffin and he’ll have his pick of top P4 HC openings soon enough
You mean like Sumrall? Who just went to Florida?
The OC of Oregon got to go to...Kentucky
Posted on 12/1/25 at 7:10 am to neighborr
If he wants to be a HC then taking the Tulane job is a no brainer and I wish him the best. Would love to keep him another year but let’s be realistic here.
Posted on 12/1/25 at 7:12 am to neighborr
I think he stays with us but tulane is going to make a push
Personally, I think tulane should go after Napier
Personally, I think tulane should go after Napier
Posted on 12/1/25 at 7:13 am to neighborr
The last two Tulane coaches are P4 head coaches. Been a good jumping off point
Posted on 12/1/25 at 7:13 am to neighborr
I’m hoping he sticks around.
But IF he’s offered the Tulane job, he’d be silly not to take it. He’s stated he wants to be a HC at some point. It’s where he played. His wife is from the NOLA area. The expectations won’t be off the charts. Maybe he sees things differently, but it would seem to be a no-brainer.
But IF he’s offered the Tulane job, he’d be silly not to take it. He’s stated he wants to be a HC at some point. It’s where he played. His wife is from the NOLA area. The expectations won’t be off the charts. Maybe he sees things differently, but it would seem to be a no-brainer.
Posted on 12/1/25 at 7:16 am to usc6158
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The last two Tulane coaches are P4 head coaches. Been a good jumping off point
The coordinator at major program to coach of smaller program is still the best and most common path.
Other than that, you're looking at what? Kirby, Lanning, and Day (who shouldn't count as he was an in-house promotion)?
Kirby and Lanning are kind of special use cases, too, as they spent a lot of time under elite coaches (one being Kirby for Lanning). A guy like Baker has no comparable history.
Posted on 12/1/25 at 7:21 am to neighborr
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Blake Baker going to Tulane HC would be a downgrade for him
The path to a good HC coaching job leans much more towards being Tulane's HC vs being an assistant under Lane Kiffin.
Kiffin's tree has been incestual a lot like Sean Payton's was. Not really a ton of upward movement, good or bad.
Posted on 12/1/25 at 7:21 am to neighborr
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Blake Baker going to Tulane HC would be a downgrade for him
Come on now. I understand you want to keep Baker and most of us do... but dont be delusional.
If Tulane offers him the job, all Baker has to do is sustain whats going on at Tulane and he'll be a P4 HC in probably 2 years.
Posted on 12/1/25 at 7:22 am to neighborr
Thread title sucks. Did Tulane offer him... is he their prime candidate?
Posted on 12/1/25 at 7:28 am to SlowFlowPro
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The OC of Oregon got to go to...Kentucky
I thought that was fake.
Posted on 12/1/25 at 7:30 am to Chalkywhite84
It was the last thing I saw before I went to sleep. If it changed, ooops
Posted on 12/1/25 at 7:41 am to neighborr
I feel like many people don’t realize Blake Baler was a former player at Tulane. Being the HC at your former school is a pretty cool opportunity.
Posted on 12/1/25 at 7:43 am to usc6158
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The last two Tulane coaches are P4 head coaches.
And were both head coaches prior to being hired at Tulane.
Posted on 12/1/25 at 7:47 am to neighborr
Selfishly I want him to stay. He's a Tulane grad so there will be that pull.
Professionally, I don't know that he has accomplished enough yet at LSU as DC to be given consideration for a P4 job, so if that his personal career goal, dropping down to a G5, his alma mater at that, is probably the right the thing to do.
Professionally, I don't know that he has accomplished enough yet at LSU as DC to be given consideration for a P4 job, so if that his personal career goal, dropping down to a G5, his alma mater at that, is probably the right the thing to do.
Posted on 12/1/25 at 7:50 am to neighborr
If he wants it I will miss him but he deserves it
If he wants to stay I am really happy
If he wants to stay I am really happy
Posted on 12/1/25 at 8:39 am to neighborr
Again conflicting reports between Coach O and Baker....
Posted on 12/1/25 at 8:41 am to neighborr
ad's kinda soured on hiring coordinators it seems. he will probably need to be a hc. hopefully we can hold on to him another year, but he's not long for LSU i think.
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