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(01-12-2014 10:47 AM)panama Wrote:  

(01-12-2014 10:44 AM)cb4029 Wrote:  

(01-12-2014 10:37 AM)panama Wrote:  

(01-12-2014 10:28 AM)cb4029 Wrote:  

(01-12-2014 10:24 AM)panama Wrote:  HC at BC. OC in Atlanta and Tampa Bay. Was Matt Ryan's coach at BC.

Yep, he's our man. LOL How much is he making?

You guys already have a WR who could do for you what TY Hilton did for FIU, I believe. I think we have a WR who could be the next Roddy White. Too bad McGee has screwed up our QB situation so bad. He may not see his full potential until his SR season. I hope I'm wrong though.

He isn't making enough to keep him here much longer

That WR Albert Wilson was a Sr. But Robert Davis (rising Soph.) is even better. CTM and staff have done a great job of recruiting Atlanta and realizing that there a lot of kids who want to stay home and that UGA and GT can't take them all

Your program has tons of potential, just like ours. If you can keep that staff, the sky is the limit.

I can see Jagz leaving for a p5 OC job in a year or two. If he does I expect Huard to step in. Jesse Minter isn't 30 yet, lol. So I think he can make his bones here for a couple of years.

Jeff may be the guy Bama should have taken over Kiffin.
It doesn't really matter, because I now want him at UAB.

(01-12-2014 10:57 AM)cb4029 Wrote:  

(01-12-2014 10:47 AM)panama Wrote:  

(01-12-2014 10:44 AM)cb4029 Wrote:  

(01-12-2014 10:37 AM)panama Wrote:  

(01-12-2014 10:28 AM)cb4029 Wrote:  Yep, he's our man. LOL How much is he making?

You guys already have a WR who could do for you what TY Hilton did for FIU, I believe. I think we have a WR who could be the next Roddy White. Too bad McGee has screwed up our QB situation so bad. He may not see his full potential until his SR season. I hope I'm wrong though.

He isn't making enough to keep him here much longer

That WR Albert Wilson was a Sr. But Robert Davis (rising Soph.) is even better. CTM and staff have done a great job of recruiting Atlanta and realizing that there a lot of kids who want to stay home and that UGA and GT can't take them all

Your program has tons of potential, just like ours. If you can keep that staff, the sky is the limit.

I can see Jagz leaving for a p5 OC job in a year or two. If he does I expect Huard to step in. Jesse Minter isn't 30 yet, lol. So I think he can make his bones here for a couple of years.

Jeff may be the guy Bama should have taken over Kiffin.
It doesn't really matter, because I now want him at UAB.

Great offensive coach. But not sure he is a program builder. Not sure he is the guy to build that narrative to the fan base about the need for a training table and a dedicated FB weight room. I guess that comes out in the interview process.

(01-12-2014 11:04 AM)panama Wrote:  

(01-12-2014 10:57 AM)cb4029 Wrote:  

(01-12-2014 10:47 AM)panama Wrote:  

(01-12-2014 10:44 AM)cb4029 Wrote:  

(01-12-2014 10:37 AM)panama Wrote:  He isn't making enough to keep him here much longer

That WR Albert Wilson was a Sr. But Robert Davis (rising Soph.) is even better. CTM and staff have done a great job of recruiting Atlanta and realizing that there a lot of kids who want to stay home and that UGA and GT can't take them all

Your program has tons of potential, just like ours. If you can keep that staff, the sky is the limit.

I can see Jagz leaving for a p5 OC job in a year or two. If he does I expect Huard to step in. Jesse Minter isn't 30 yet, lol. So I think he can make his bones here for a couple of years.

Jeff may be the guy Bama should have taken over Kiffin.
It doesn't really matter, because I now want him at UAB.

Great offensive coach. But not sure he is a program builder. Not sure he is the guy to build that narrative to the fan base about the need for a training table and a dedicated FB weight room. I guess that comes out in the interview process.

He may not be a builder, but with his extensive experience, he does know where we need to be. A good football coach, will figure the rest out. I think he is a good coach.

(01-12-2014 11:31 AM)cb4029 Wrote:  

(01-12-2014 11:04 AM)panama Wrote:  

(01-12-2014 10:57 AM)cb4029 Wrote:  

(01-12-2014 10:47 AM)panama Wrote:  

(01-12-2014 10:44 AM)cb4029 Wrote:  Your program has tons of potential, just like ours. If you can keep that staff, the sky is the limit.

I can see Jagz leaving for a p5 OC job in a year or two. If he does I expect Huard to step in. Jesse Minter isn't 30 yet, lol. So I think he can make his bones here for a couple of years.

Jeff may be the guy Bama should have taken over Kiffin.
It doesn't really matter, because I now want him at UAB.

Great offensive coach. But not sure he is a program builder. Not sure he is the guy to build that narrative to the fan base about the need for a training table and a dedicated FB weight room. I guess that comes out in the interview process.

He may not be a builder, but with his extensive experience, he does know where we need to be. A good football coach, will figure the rest out. I think he is a good coach.

I am telling you man. You need someone who can get the other non visible stuff done. Not just the the on the field. CTM started talking loudly about training table and weight room last Spring. He whined, cajoled , screamed about it. Result: we get a major gift to add on a FB S&C center to our practice complex. He immediately started whining, cajoling, talking loudly about the need for an IPF and to illustrate called CPJ at GT to use theirs and made sure to mention it to all assembled media that week. LOL. You need that sort of crafty politician at work for you.

(01-12-2014 12:03 PM)panama Wrote:  

(01-12-2014 11:31 AM)cb4029 Wrote:  

(01-12-2014 11:04 AM)panama Wrote:  

(01-12-2014 10:57 AM)cb4029 Wrote:  

(01-12-2014 10:47 AM)panama Wrote:  I can see Jagz leaving for a p5 OC job in a year or two. If he does I expect Huard to step in. Jesse Minter isn't 30 yet, lol. So I think he can make his bones here for a couple of years.

Jeff may be the guy Bama should have taken over Kiffin.
It doesn't really matter, because I now want him at UAB.

Great offensive coach. But not sure he is a program builder. Not sure he is the guy to build that narrative to the fan base about the need for a training table and a dedicated FB weight room. I guess that comes out in the interview process.

He may not be a builder, but with his extensive experience, he does know where we need to be. A good football coach, will figure the rest out. I think he is a good coach.

I am telling you man. You need someone who can get the other non visible stuff done. Not just the the on the field. CTM started talking loudly about training table and weight room last Spring. He whined, cajoled , screamed about it. Result: we get a major gift to add on a FB S&C center to our practice complex. He immediately started whining, cajoling, talking loudly about the need for an IPF and to illustrate called CPJ at GT to use theirs and made sure to mention it to all assembled media that week. LOL. You need that sort of crafty politician at work for you.

It would be nice if someone around here would speak out. Anybody. We seem to like making deals and getting shot down behind closed doors.

Someone on twitter just mentioned Phillip Fulmer. That's a name I haven't seen tossed around. He was a hell of coach at UT and they wandered in the woods after firing him. Think he's got any miles left?

(01-12-2014 09:43 PM)Uncle BLAZER Wrote:  Someone on twitter just mentioned Phillip Fulmer. That's a name I haven't seen tossed around. He was a hell of coach at UT and they wandered in the woods after firing him. Think he's got any miles left?

They started wandering in the woods when David Cutcliffe took the Duke job. Of course, Dooley made them even worse. Fulmer's final 2 recruiting classes stunk (by UT standards), and that was one of the main reasons he was canned.

(01-12-2014 09:43 PM)Uncle BLAZER Wrote:  Someone on twitter just mentioned Phillip Fulmer. That's a name I haven't seen tossed around. He was a hell of coach at UT and they wandered in the woods after firing him. Think he's got any miles left?

Will be 64 next September. Has grandkids. Can't see him moving to Birmingham for a CUSA job. How credible is the tweet or is it just a fan?

What does having grand kids have to do with anything.

(01-12-2014 09:57 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  What does having grand kids have to do with anything.

Maybe at this stage in life, he'd be happier in Maryville watching his grand kids play in his back yard.

(01-12-2014 09:43 PM)Uncle BLAZER Wrote:  Someone on twitter just mentioned Phillip Fulmer. That's a name I haven't seen tossed around. He was a hell of coach at UT and they wandered in the woods after firing him. Think he's got any miles left?

Think he can get the job done with the substandard facilities?

(01-12-2014 09:57 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  What does having grand kids have to do with anything.

We just had a coach retire at age 71. Bill Curry was offered jobs since he left Kentucky. The only reason he took the GSU job is because it was 20 minutes from his house here. Wife was done moving. Said when he retired he wanted to see his grandkids grow up. Unless Fulmer needs the money I can't see it. Maybe if it was a P5 job five years ago.

(01-12-2014 10:02 PM)Matrix Wrote:  

(01-12-2014 09:43 PM)Uncle BLAZER Wrote:  Someone on twitter just mentioned Phillip Fulmer. That's a name I haven't seen tossed around. He was a hell of coach at UT and they wandered in the woods after firing him. Think he's got any miles left?

Think he can get the job done with the substandard facilities?

And will he still have the fire in the belly to fight the good fight to get upgrades?

Does his grand kids live where he lives? I'm sure there are coaches who have grand kids.

I wouldn't want a backstabbing Fulmer at UAB in the first place, but having grand kids is not a reason to rule someone out.

Having grand kids doesn't mean someone is old and has quit their career. Once I met a guy who was a grandfather. He was 31 years old

Roll Tide.

(01-12-2014 10:11 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  Does his grand kids live where he lives? I'm sure there are coaches who have grand kids.

I wouldn't want a backstabbing Fulmer at UAB in the first place, but having grand kids is not a reason to rule someone out.

Having grand kids doesn't mean someone is old and has quit their career. Once I met a guy who was a grandfather. He was 31 years old

I'll never get over what he did to Johnny Majors.

(01-12-2014 10:11 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  Does his grand kids live where he lives? I'm sure there are coaches who have grand kids.

I wouldn't want a backstabbing Fulmer at UAB in the first place, but having grand kids is not a reason to rule someone out.

Having grand kids doesn't mean someone is old and has quit their career. Once I met a guy who was a grandfather. He was 31 years old

The only jobs he has looked at lately are P5 jobs and none lately. He is a consultant for ETSU's startup and he did not take that job either. Yes he has grandkids where he lived and he still seems to be very involved with UT and the Knoxville area. So it's very unlikely he would get up and move for a G5 job that is a hell of a building job.

I'm sure Mackin is having to deal with hiring a FBHC AND hiring the staff that person is asking to come with him. Since so many of our staff is gone - not just the FBHC - the money battle may be getting more complex than a short time span facilitates. Would a coach say, if you can't hire Coach "X", then I want to try to hire Coach "Y"? If not then forget it and we start all over? I guess that's why these consulting firms make their money - maybe lining up a whole staff for UAB, not just one coach.

I don't know if this name has been mentioned but I would like to see Anthony Blevins be considered for the next HC. He is my former team mate (1994-1997). He also has coached at Miss State and Tenn State. He was the DB coach last year. He is currently the Special Team Coordinator for the Arizona Cardinals. He loves UAB and have a heart for the program. He has experience in recruiting Alabama and he believe in staying local.

(01-12-2014 10:09 PM)panama Wrote:  

(01-12-2014 10:02 PM)Matrix Wrote:  

(01-12-2014 09:43 PM)Uncle BLAZER Wrote:  Someone on twitter just mentioned Phillip Fulmer. That's a name I haven't seen tossed around. He was a hell of coach at UT and they wandered in the woods after firing him. Think he's got any miles left?

Think he can get the job done with the substandard facilities?

And will he still have the fire in the belly to fight the good fight to get upgrades?

I dunno about fire, but he's got the belly. Hyah!