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In the middle of what already shaped up to be the wildest college football coaching carousel in recent memory, LSU's move toward removing Les Miles over the past week has turned the industry on its head. It isn't official, isn't done, but it's hard to imagine how LSU goes back now with leaks springing from the LSU Board of Supervisors and athletics director Joe Alleva tacitly endorsing change through his silence. So in a year when big jobs like Southern California, Miami, Virginia Tech and South Carolina are all open, you can probably add LSU next week. And imagine the chaos if Georgia makes a move on Mark Richt or Brian Kelly leaves Notre Dame for the NFL. Meanwhile, the next tier of open Power Five jobs like Missouri, Maryland, Syracuse and Illinois face a simple supply-and-demand conundrum. There are already more jobs open than attractive candidates. And more are going to open. That's why some schools like Purdue and perhaps Indiana, should Kevin Wilson get to 6-6, will stand pat and wait out this cycle. They know they'd be pretty far down the food chain. Meanwhile, athletics directors who have coaches they like are are desperately hoping they don't have to go find a new one this year. Though good ADs keep an eye on the landscape to make sure they're not flat-footed, the general feeling nationally is that this isn't a deep pool of up-and-coming candidates to draw from. read more: http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2015/11/24/college-football-coaching-turnover-lsu-les-miles-usc-south-carolina-miami-virginia-tech/76321246/