You beat me to it. Was going to post about it this. I’d see Vigen going there before Plough.

I think he's set good here for a few years, or more. Coach Sochor and Aggie football mean so much. Oregon State would uproot his family and is super high risk.

Cal would be different.

Oregon state is going the wrong direction in every way. Other than baseball I feel like they are going back to what small relevence they had nationally before Smith became the coach. While it’s a bigger job, I agree they unless they give him a boatload of money it’s not like OSU is in some crazy better position. I’d be curious though to know if Plough knows or has been given a game plan for Davis realignment. Id imagine it would be much harder to pull him from raising his kids at his Alma mater if Davis moving to a higher level of football is in the future. The new PAC12 is better than the MW but the difference between UC Davis in the MW and Oregon State being mediocre in the new Pac12 doesn’t seem worth it.

With a possibly stellar year two, maybe Plough gets a UC Davis contract extension. Not obscene, but even adding two years seems reasonable.

You're right, but I'll add the caveat that even OSU as a mediocre Pac school pays so much that a) the Plough family could afford two residences and b) even if things go south a single year + buyout would be worth the equivalent of many, many years at UCD. Taking the OSU or similar job wouldn't create a meaningful financial risk or force the Ploughs to move the kids from Davis, though it would mean less time with family which we know is important for Coach Plough.

The interest in Plough will be at least in part due to the idea that he’d bring Caden in the deal.

Corvallis is a nice college town.

I was committed to Oregon state before getting into Davis off the waitlist. Really cool town, love the brick everywhere, but the weather man….

Plough has a great gig, currently in a prime spot, great community, continuing a legacy that Hawkins brought back (but left for his son).

Who would follow Plough? I know that would dig at him for eternity.

At Oregon State there'd by huge pressure, an adopted community, and a big focus on $$$.

Did Coach Plough land Pinnick?

Skimmed five articles with head coaching suggestions for OSU. None included Plough, most included Marion. Marion could bring a dozen or more from the Hornets and is a proven portal recruiter.

Penn State just fired their coach.

Did Coach Plough land Pinnick?

Plough wasn’t around when Pinnick was first offered but was before he committed.

Penn State just fired their coach

When a contract has a $48 million buyout, do you think he cares? A perverse incentive.

fans on twitter are definitely bringing up Plough

CP said one of the reasons he chose Davis was his relationship w Coach Plough.

Plough is an Aggie through and through. He believes he has had the success he has had because of Sochor and other Aggie greats that have coached him and mentored him. He believes in the values of Aggie Pride and he has stated that he took this job because he believes he can win a national championship here. He is also, above everything else, a family man with 3 young sons and Davis is an ideal community to raise a family.

Money is always an incentive in a job when there is a lack of it and, even if other programs can offer much more, he still makes enough to have a very good life for his family here in Davis. Money isn't the primary factor for staying in a job when there is enough of it; it's all the other things matter more and Davis has all the other things that matter the most to him. I don't see him leaving even if another program offers him several times what UCD can afford.

I'm going to pretend I didn't see this.
All these guys would follow him to Corvallis, can't blame them......ugh...

I believe the head coach when he says he's committed to staying in Davis for a long time.

At last weeks lunch Coach made a comment that he turned down big NFL money to coach at Davis. He’s not going anywhere.

Staying in Davis.

I agree with everyone saying that they believe Plough is staying in Davis. Corvallis is a nice place and they can offer him more money than us, but the OSU program is a mess right now. That and I really do believe that the Davis factor is real. This university and program means a lot to Plough and as @Jdur said, he already have some insider information on future conference plans.

Sad but this is the reality. Bains had like 15 tackles at FSU yesterday and Caden is going to get some big offers. Likely already has.

Oregon State feels like a dead place. If I’m Andrew Luck and Stanford, I’d be sending Plough a blank check..

This is Plough’s dream job and unless there’s a major change in circumstances he’s not going anywhere

If Cal offers Plough, I would see him accepting it since if he really wanted, his family could stay in Davis or somewhere not far away. Cal finally appears like they are getting serious about football. Those of us who also follow Cal want Wilcox fired. Ron Rivera is righting the ship there in spite of Wilcox.

While coaches probably don't think this way, taking the Oregon State job has really no upside. They got relegated and Oregon is not a recruiting hotbed.

The benefit with hiring former players means they have connections to the school and it means if things are equal, they are happy where they are. Look at Hawk and Plough, but I won't fault him if he leaves on good terms. Just hope it is after the playoffs. On the other hand, Oregon State loves hiring old Beavs and that hasn't worked well for them.

You are probably right about Pinnick regarding offers. Though, he seems to be an all-in Aggie at the moment.
Getting to play baseball as well is likely unique to Davis and sweetens the pot here. I can't see that happening in the FBS at any high-level program. Hopefully we can find some dough to make it easier to keep him.

Aren't there no contact periods?

BTW, Lan Larison was in the house yesterday... I wish Coach Sochor could see the beginning of Coach Plough's run.

Last year he was competing w Hawks guys. He has inserted and trained a Frosh QB, a new WR crew, and a slew of portal additions. Impressive so far, but he has a thin defense.

I could see Plough staying til his kids are through high school. Cal may lose out if (when) a Super Conference is created.

If Plough really believes the "finding joy" idea, which I think he does, I don't think he would leave for more money. I guess if he thought bigger time football was a joy to him, then he might, but he can have a good life here. Way less pressure to win, some NLI issues but nowhere near the same at other schools. So, good kids still mostly playing for the love of the game.

Caden is doing a good job for us here, but he is a little short to move up to bigger programs. There are successful short QB's, but I don't believe Caden has Flutie or Mayfield skills. He doesn't have the arm strength the top programs are looking for.

The rules aren’t enforced. Everyone in the P4 and G5 has a dedicated staff to evaluate targets and entice them into the portal. You go through the high school coaches and 7x7 programs.

Emerging coach floated to replace Trent Bray at Oregon State

https://www.si.com/fannation/college/cfb-hq/news/emerging-coach-floated-to-replace-trent-bray-at-oregon-state-tim-plough-uc-davis

......ugh.....Lets say this is good publicity for the program, and Plough is ignoring any phone calls :sweat:
Vigen is a waaaaaaay better fit :wink:
Jerry Neuheisel also.....Plough bad, very bad.

Others in coach’s circle may have some ideas on what is joyous and millions of dollars seems to appeal to people. Nothing scares Mrak more than a football coaching search. The last two games of the season do not set up well for the Ags. The best outcome for joyfinding would be to leverage this success into real institutional support for football (donors, in game experience, travel and road experience, baseline nil, natural turf, increase staff budget). Ultimately this is Gary’s call and he needs to make a decision as to whether he wants to build a legacy or turn this place into a commuter campus.