re: Guy on BOL who generally posts decent sourced things say Grant is done

I think we can all agree that we all hope Grant will find success in future endeavors.

Of those White please. Prohm terrifies me.

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Steve Prohm, Michael White or Phillip Pearson probably

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Correct me if I'm wrong or missing something but I don't think Pearson has ever been a head coach aside from the handful of games after MG was fired?
I get that he and Prohm have connections/history here and we're not great right now but are we really bad enough/ that far away that guys don't even need to prove something at a mid major?


I also don't know that much about the systems Prohm or White run as I've only seem Murray St and La Tech a couple of times over the past few years?

Just on the surface, I can see winning at La Tech as potentially more difficult than at Murray St?


However, and maybe I'm being a bit too negative, but if I had to bet on which coach would have better teams at Alabama over the next 4 years I'd probably bet on Grant out of the four.

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However, and maybe I'm being a bit too negative, but if I had to bet on which coach would have better teams at Alabama over the next 4 years I'd probably bet on Grant out of the four

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Outside of White, I'd agree with you. If you gave me the option of Prohm, Pearson, or just keep Grant, I'd go with the latter. At least then Grant's leash would still be short, instead of the 5 years we'd have to give the Pearson or Prohm project. I don't see Pearson as even a remote possibility though. If I had to give my guess of the frontrunner, it'd be Prohm, which is what scares me. He won't be the first choice I don't think, but he'll get an interview and be an easy fallback option for Battle.

interesting. if/when Grant is let go the MEMPHIS coach is a solid candidate. great recruiter n knows how 2 run a b ball program

Pearson? Is that a joke?

absolutely not

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if/when Grant is let go the MEMPHIS coach is a solid candidate

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Wat? Pastner is about to get fired from Memphis.

Hire Pastner and throw serious $$$ at assistant coaches.

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say wat u want bout Cal

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I will.

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but he knows how 2 find talent

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Not that hard to find the talent he gets. McDonald's does a pretty good job of identifying the same talent.

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is good ingame coach.

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Not really. He's not terrible, but he's not what I'd consider good.

Cal recruits very well and does a pretty good job of managing egos and coaching up freshman. That pretty much sums up how he's become successful.

Also it doesn't really matter what Cal is or isn't. Did you forget Grant comes from Donovan's coaching tree?

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Not that hard to find the talent he gets. McDonald's does a pretty good job of identifying the same talent.

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Meh he was always a very good talent evaluator before going to Kentucky.

Eric Bledsoe and Willie Cauley Stein weren't highly rated guys out of high school.

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That pretty much sums up how he's become successful.

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This is just so weak. It is the same dumb shite people say about Saban.

The idea of hiring Pastner makes me want to throw up. He is terrible. His recruiting was based on riding the coat tails of what Cal did and the fact that Memphis had a run of great talent from the city. He's had a ridiculous drop off of talent in the last couple of seasons.

He's a weirdo and suspends guys for cussing. Holds up cue cards on the sideline. He's a terrible in game coach. He's also terrible at developing talent.