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Would you be OK with your university hiring a HC who quit there as a player?
Posted on 5/17/17 at 10:03 am
Posted on 5/17/17 at 10:03 am
If a guy played football one year at your school and couldn't hack it and quit, would you be comfortable hiring him as HC decades later?
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Posted on 5/17/17 at 10:04 am to UnwashedVol
Arkansas did. Houston Nutt transferred to Oklahoma State.
Who else?
Alabama should have with Bobby Bowden. But screwed it up.
Who else?
Alabama should have with Bobby Bowden. But screwed it up.
This post was edited on 5/17/17 at 10:06 am
Posted on 5/17/17 at 10:04 am to UnwashedVol
Probably not.
Then again, our last head coach that played for Auburn turned out to be pretty successful so who knows?
Then again, our last head coach that played for Auburn turned out to be pretty successful so who knows?
Posted on 5/17/17 at 10:06 am to UnwashedVol
Yes
Most coaches are grown adults not 19 year old kids.
Most coaches are grown adults not 19 year old kids.
Posted on 5/17/17 at 10:07 am to UnwashedVol
I'm not ok with us hiring Houston Nutt.
Posted on 5/17/17 at 10:07 am to UnwashedVol
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If a guy played football one year at your school and couldn't hack it and quit, would you be comfortable hiring him as HC decades later?
Absolutely, if he's a good coach.
Posted on 5/17/17 at 10:08 am to UnwashedVol
Yes
Most coaches are grown adults not 19 year old kids.
Would you be comfortable with a coach who was never a good enoug player to make your team's roster?
Most coaches are grown adults not 19 year old kids.
Would you be comfortable with a coach who was never a good enoug player to make your team's roster?
Posted on 5/17/17 at 10:08 am to UnwashedVol
cajunbama's back!
Posted on 5/17/17 at 10:13 am to UnwashedVol
I'd be less comfortable hiring a HC who walked out on the team previously.
Posted on 5/17/17 at 10:17 am to SammyTiger
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Yes
Most coaches are grown adults not 19 year old kids.
Exactly. Would you want to be scrutinized your whole life for something that happened to you when you were a very young man? I doubt anybody would.
Posted on 5/17/17 at 10:59 am to UnwashedVol
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If a guy played football one year at your school and couldn't hack it and quit, would you be comfortable hiring him as HC decades later?
If he was a good HC then I wouldn't have an issue with it. People can change a lot from when they were in their late teens and early 20s.
Posted on 5/17/17 at 11:04 am to UnwashedVol
I would be much more ok with hiring a HC who quit as a player, than a HC that quit on his players (looking at you Fran).
Posted on 5/17/17 at 11:12 am to UnwashedVol
Of course. He may not be a good enough player to play at that level, but coaching is another animal. Not many of the top players are also top coaches.
Posted on 5/17/17 at 11:50 am to UnwashedVol
Jalen Hurd is the only ex-Vol I know of who outright quit and short of a damn convincing reason and come to Jesus apology/explanation/begging for forgiveness/image rehab years ahead of time, the answer is: hell no.
Posted on 5/17/17 at 11:52 am to Prof
Ed O actually spent his first year at LSU before transferring to Northwestern St.
Posted on 5/17/17 at 11:58 am to lowhound
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Ed O actually spent his first year at LSU before transferring to Northwestern St.
I consider transfers very, very, different. Hurd quit. Transfers are typically seeking PT because they realize they have no real shot of playing at their current school and a lot of times coaches encourage them to do that.
Sheriron Jones transferred from UT twice (came back within a week or two the first time for another year) and I'd hire him in a heart beat. He impacted more than one game by encouraging players on the sideline and you could see him even as a player as future coach but suffered a rash of injuries until Dormady and Guarantano made the depth chart a near impossibility for him to crack. However, he's talented enough to start at a lot of programs.
It was also obvious he loved UT and fans loved him for it. I'd welcome him back as a coach in a heartbeat. In fact, I see that in his future.
Posted on 5/17/17 at 12:00 pm to UnwashedVol
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If a guy played football one year at your school and couldn't hack it and quit, would you be comfortable hiring him as HC decades later?
yea, like it even matters. nick saban sucked as a player at Kent frickin' State. playing and coaching are not the same skill sets.
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