Coaching Carousel Chaos + Can Florida's Big Three All Thrive?
The Audible with Stew, Bruce & Ralph: A show about college football
The Athletic
4.4 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 23 October 2025
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Ralph challenges Bruce and Stew on the way the media talks about coaching hires, arguing that the constant chase for the "hot name" creates unrealistic expectations. Using Jeff Brohm and Jedd Fisch as examples, Ralph makes the case that we go all-in on coaches after one big win — which leads to disappointment when ADs inevitably can't land everyone's top choice.
In mailbag, can Florida, Florida State, and Miami all succeed simultaneously in the NIL era? The guys break down how the Sunshine State has changed since the '90s when all three won national titles. Plus, a deep dive into quarterback spending vs. offensive line investment. Is Diego Pavia proof you don't need to break the bank at QB?
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Audible presented by Trader Joe's. |
| 0:12.0 | I'm Ralph Russo from The Athletic, here with my colleagues, Stuart Mandel and Bruce Feldman. |
| 0:18.0 | Join us on Sunday, live on YouTube at Audible show. |
| 0:24.0 | 8.30 Pacific 11.30 Eastern time a.m. in the morning. We will recap all of Sunday's action. |
| 0:32.5 | And of course, you can watch every episode of the Audible on YouTube. This week, today we'll answer your mailbag questions and we'll talk about some breakout |
| 0:45.7 | players to watch for this weekend's games. |
| 0:48.9 | But first, inspired by my colleague's conversation a couple days ago when I was not on the show. |
| 0:58.6 | I was motivated to kind of bring back some coaching carousel stuff. |
| 1:03.3 | I know we feel like we talk about the coaching carousel all time, guys, |
| 1:05.9 | but there's a lot of coaches being hired or being fired and who will be hired. So it's understandable that we keep |
| 1:13.2 | coming back to this subject. And I want to take you guys to task a little bit because I feel |
| 1:20.3 | like the way we talk about who's a good hire, who's a bad hire, who should be hired, why schools should go after |
| 1:29.5 | certain guys, is kind of crazy. |
| 1:33.8 | Like, let's talk about Jeff Brom for a second. |
| 1:38.6 | Jeff Louisville beats Miami on Friday because Carson Beck throws four interceptions. |
| 1:47.5 | And during that game, I have my pal stew texting us, Penn State should hire Jeff Brom. |
| 1:57.1 | Like, I think Jeff Brown. |
| 1:59.2 | And absolutely nobody was mentioning him before that game. |
| 2:00.8 | Is that your point? And nobody was mentioning before that game. Is that your point? |
| 2:01.4 | And nobody was mentioning before that game. |
| 2:03.6 | Jeff Brom beats top five teams. |
| 2:06.1 | Okay, two of the top five teams he beat were Iowa and Michigan State a few years ago. |
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