It’s hard to enjoy sustained success in the life of a Group of Five program, and the Tulane Green Wave are now set to have to deal with that twice in a row, according to latest reports. Pete Thamel of ESPN is reporting that the Florida Gators are finalizing a deal to make Green Wave coach Jon Sumrall their next head coach to succeed Billy Napier, who was fired earlier this season.

The deal is reportedly a six-year contract averaging $7.5 million a year, with "significant incentives" linked to the College Football Playoff. It was reported late Friday night following the team's final regular season 27-0 victory over the Charlotte 49ers that Tulane had extended an offer worth allegedly more than $4 million a year, but that's not close to $7.5 million annually. 

The news broke Sunday morning following the team's senior night victory that clinched them as hosts for the American Conference Championship. Jeff Duncan of NOLA.com reported postgame that Sumrall said he wanted to coach the team in that game on Friday no matter what he decided for his future.

It comes as a wave of American coaches are set to be hired by the SEC, as Memphis Tigers head coach Ryan Silverfield is reportedly in line to take the job with the Arkansas Razorbacks, and the Auburn Tigers just hired South Florida Bulls head coach Alex Golesh. The Big 12 already poached North Texas Mean Green head coach Eric Morris -- the Green Wave's upcoming opponent in the American Championship -- to be the next leader of the Oklahoma State Cowboys, with an agreement in place for Morris to coach out the season through the Championship and a potential College Football Playoff berth.

The reporting indicates that Sumrall would like to do the same should he be allowed by Tulane to do so if he ends up signing the deal. It seems all but imminent, but nothing has reportedly be inked yet.

It shows a frustrating cycle for fans of Group of Five programs. Green Wave fans have had to do this already just two seasons ago, and will be told again to basically suck it up and deal with it as an unavoidable G5 truth. It doesn't make any of this sting less when it's been about 12 hours since the game against the 49ers ended. 

But a lot of that is plainly the fault of the College Football Calendar that doesn't need to be this way, as the sport is literally all tied to this disaster to be able to sign high school recruits in a week who may never play one snap in the upcoming collegiate football season. The focus, instead, should be on the players actually in uniform on the field for that team, and the calendar must reflect that moving forward. Because the ones in a Tulane uniform are still playing in a historic American Conference Championship game for the fourth season in a row, and they deserve the full chance to win that. 

But Sumrall approached this season different than last. He's had more up front conversations with players and continued them throughout the season, so hopefully none of this would come as an all-out shock that could derail all they worked for on the field. That's the most you can ask for out of a coach in this scenario should the reporting come true by Sunday afternoon.