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It looks like the coaches that didn't have the personnel to work with were spared.

(12-16-2013 11:52 AM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  Only a good head coach would recognize where the teams weakness is and make immediate moves at the end of the season to correct that weakness.

Way to go, Coach McGee

Oh please

(12-16-2013 12:29 PM)rook360 Wrote:  

(12-16-2013 11:52 AM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  Only a good head coach would recognize where the teams weakness is and make immediate moves at the end of the season to correct that weakness.

Way to go, Coach McGee

Oh please

People have been screaming for him to make this move,. He did it and deserves credit for it.

(12-16-2013 11:29 AM)ATTALLABLAZE Wrote:  If we get who Mcgee is after everyone should be happy. 4 coaches gone I think.

If it goes the way the last 3 searches have gone, then we will get who we go after, because Mackin is so hush hush, that we will never know if swung and missed on anybody. Every hire will be presented as the coach we were always after. Which is a good things i guess.

(12-16-2013 12:33 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  

(12-16-2013 12:29 PM)rook360 Wrote:  

(12-16-2013 11:52 AM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  Only a good head coach would recognize where the teams weakness is and make immediate moves at the end of the season to correct that weakness.

Way to go, Coach McGee

Oh please

People have been screaming for him to make this move,. He did it and deserves credit for it.

Yep, you have to give McGee credit, although I wish he had made some of these moves last year at this time. How well he fills these positions will more than likely determine if he will be next to get canned or not.

yes critical hire for DC no doubt.

Tyrone Nix? Co-DC at MTSU.

OHHH that would be nice.

(12-16-2013 12:46 PM)ATTALLABLAZE Wrote:  OHHH that would be nice.

Tyrone Nix is a great guy/coach/recruiter......THAT would be a nice hire!

I would think money mat be an issue. Just guessing. Maybe a couple boosters will pony up?

Manny Diaz?
Gene Chizik?

(12-16-2013 12:20 PM)the_blazerman Wrote:  It looks like the coaches that didn't have the personnel to work with were spared.

Could have been for recruiting purposes. Isn't Peoples one of our main recruiters?

(12-16-2013 01:03 PM)HSV_BLAZER Wrote:  

(12-16-2013 12:20 PM)the_blazerman Wrote:  It looks like the coaches that didn't have the personnel to work with were spared.

Could have been for recruiting purposes. Isn't Peoples one of our main recruiters?

Absolutely, good recruiter and evaluator of talent.

The "life blood" of a FB Hcoach's career is his support staff. As noted before, when Watson Brown failed to bring in similar quality assistants to those he lost, his program crashed. The same thing happened to end the 16 year Texas career of his younger brother. Add to that the greater risks imposed by limited financial resources in many programs and the "crossed fingers syndrome" is accentuated. I hope UAB is able to choose well and get out of our present "valley of the shadows" and move into the bright sunlit peaks.

(12-16-2013 10:46 AM)Smaug Wrote:  I hate to see anyone lose their job, and hope they land on their feet somewhere, and can make a go of if wherever they land, but it can't be argued that a change didn't need to be made.

Absolutely ...I wanted Reggie Johnson to succeed more than you can imagine, upon meeting him at one of the public "Caravans", I was immediately impressed. I'm very sorry that it didn't work out for him should these reports of a house cleaning in the defensive staff happen to be true.

(12-16-2013 02:06 PM)Matrix Wrote:  

(12-16-2013 10:46 AM)Smaug Wrote:  I hate to see anyone lose their job, and hope they land on their feet somewhere, and can make a go of if wherever they land, but it can't be argued that a change didn't need to be made.

Absolutely ...I wanted Reggie Johnson to succeed more than you can imagine, upon meeting him at one of the public "Caravans", I was immediately impressed. I'm very sorry that it didn't work out for him should these reports of a house cleaning in the defensive staff happen to be true.

He was one of the nicest coaches I've ever met.

Glad to see them gone. Hopefully we'll get the guy from MTSU or FAU. Just my two guesses.

Didn't the DC from FAU get fired with Pelini?

(12-16-2013 02:54 PM)BeliefBlazer Wrote:  Didn't the DC from FAU get fired with Pelini?

I'm not sure

One of the coordinators got promoted to head coach.