Blue&Gold1034
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In today's game everyone is running Air Raid concepts. Alabama, Clemson, Georgia, Oklahoma, USC, and Ohio State all do it.
HC Candidate/Rumors/Info Thread
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tmhunter52
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Maybe, just maybe, the Admin has awakened and is trying to position Tech for a Big Ten invite when the time is right…
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He would get us in trouble with the NCAA within 2 years.
GT_05
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Very interesting non-response to Rich’s question about GT. He definitely didn’t rule out Tech or a coaching move, in general. He also expects Prime Jr. to come with him if he makes a move. Interesting.
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Are these the same boosters that wanted Collins? If so, perhaps it's time to question these people's judgement.
I'm not sure why anyone thinks it's a good idea to make hiring decisions with the input of people that have no idea what it takes to be successful in a job. I need to hire a data scientist for my team - I'll go ask the CFO which candidates he thinks are the best.
I mean, this ain't a 'GT-specific' problem ya know.
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Hello FSU...
A Love Supreme
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Why not Tom Herman? His record is pretty solid.
And TX, and AUB, and MIA, and ORE, and .....
That link someone posted included him as a name. They figured he's more of a Westcoast/Pac10 type of guy. Posited the AZ St opening may be more his speed.
A Love Supreme
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It wouldn't hurt to call and see if he's interested. I also like Chadwell and Coach Prime. But Prime scares me a little. I'm afraid that if he's successful he would leave in 2-3 years.
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Before Alabama hired Saban, they’d been in the wilderness for a while. Since I’m not an Alabama insider, I don’t know if they had all the plans to build what they have when they hired Saban, but I don’t think so—I think Saban turned Bama into what they are today. Either they were extremely foresighted and picked well, or they saw that the best college coach around was going to be available, and when they hired him he set about to re-engineer all their athletics and how their AA works.
I think it’s the latter case, and Alabama got much more than they expected with Saban.
Alabama’s AA seemed pretty dysfunctional and booster-controlled before they hired Saban—like ours, but with a lot more money.
We’re in the wilderness right now, and we’re much more lost than Alabama was. We can’t really count on the result Alabama got without being disciplined and savvy.
For each of these coaches that we’re excited about, what happens to our program if we hire them? Who would be a part of really rebuilding our program? Who would do something like Saban did and get the program aligned and tune out the noise?
I think we underestimate how important the AD hire is—we need someone who will straighten out that organization and plan smarter than our previous ADs did. I also think we’re ignoring or overlooking important head coach abilities that we need.
We did get a hint how Cabrera and Neville are thinking when Neville used Tennessee as an example. We should look for our process to be like their process.
I think it’s the latter case, and Alabama got much more than they expected with Saban.
Alabama’s AA seemed pretty dysfunctional and booster-controlled before they hired Saban—like ours, but with a lot more money.
We’re in the wilderness right now, and we’re much more lost than Alabama was. We can’t really count on the result Alabama got without being disciplined and savvy.
For each of these coaches that we’re excited about, what happens to our program if we hire them? Who would be a part of really rebuilding our program? Who would do something like Saban did and get the program aligned and tune out the noise?
I think we underestimate how important the AD hire is—we need someone who will straighten out that organization and plan smarter than our previous ADs did. I also think we’re ignoring or overlooking important head coach abilities that we need.
We did get a hint how Cabrera and Neville are thinking when Neville used Tennessee as an example. We should look for our process to be like their process.
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Any coach that comes here is going to bail after 2-3 years if they are successful. We should welcome that scenario.
bobongo
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...and the buyout money that comes with it.
yeti92
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I'm not sure that's necessarily true with someone like Chadwell or the TO coaches Bohannon and Monken (although I don't think those two will be seriously considered since enough of the fan base would poop their pants over it), but I do agree that shouldn't really be a reason not to hire someone. I also think a successful coach will get significantly more financial support from the fanbase and could allow Tech to pay the higher salary a successful coach could command. That's part of what's happening with the donations right now - not many people are interested in blindly supporting financially, but show you are moving us in the right direction and support will swell.
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Is he saying his son might not be a welcome transfer to a prospective P-5 school?
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No, he’s saying NFL teams should look at QBs from HBCU’s.
85Escape
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Sounds to me like he's saying "If I'm good enough to coach at a P-5 school then my son is (by the theory of genetic equivalence or something) good enough to start at a P-5 school above whoever is there."
Whaaa?
Please, either tell me I misunderstood his point or "Just Say No" to Coach Sanders. Too much downside when that type of thinking is trying to pass for logic.