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Chip Long in town as well... Jumping the gun on Sark?
Posted on 1/12/19 at 10:07 pm
Posted on 1/12/19 at 10:07 pm
Posted on 1/12/19 at 10:10 pm to UltimaParadox
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Notre Dame offensive coordinator Chip Long was also in Tuscaloosa today, according to sources. It looks like he could join the staff in some capacity even if/when Steve Sarkisian is hired as offensive coordinator
Posted on 1/12/19 at 10:11 pm to AHM21
Article saying both... Seems more likely to me both are in for an interview
Posted on 1/12/19 at 10:12 pm to UltimaParadox
Multiple outlets are reporting Sark as Bama's new OC. TIFWIW
Posted on 1/12/19 at 10:13 pm to phil4bama
Nothing confirmed on Sark being hired at this point
Posted on 1/12/19 at 10:14 pm to phil4bama
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Multiple outlets are reporting Sark as Bama's new OC. TIFWIW
Every report I've seen so far has referenced the initial ESPN reporter's tweet as their source.
Posted on 1/12/19 at 10:15 pm to TidalSurge1
Inside Alabama intel on Steve Sarkisian, Chip Long and Butch Jones (al.com)
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There’s rarely a dull moment with the Alabama football program, and that was further proven Saturday when ESPN reported Steve Sarkisian is set to join the Crimson Tide staff.
Here’s what we know as of late Saturday evening about the Sarkisian situation as well as a couple other staff-related tidbits:
— AL.com can’t confirm that Sarkisian has been hired as of this moment. However, a couple sources mentioned him as a possibility for the offensive coordinator job on Friday and I can confirm that he was in Tuscaloosa today per sources. Sarkisian, who was an analyst at Alabama in 2016 and then briefly the Tide’s OC before ultimately leaving for the Atlanta Falcons, was fired by the Falcons Dec. 31.
— Sarkisian wasn’t the only big name coach in town today. Notre Dame offensive coordinator Chip Long was also in Tuscaloosa today, according to sources. It looks like he could join the staff in some capacity even if/when Sarkisian is hired as offensive coordinator. A Birmingham native, Long has been the offensive coordinator at Notre Dame the last two years after one season as the OC at Memphis.
— One other interesting staff-related note: While it has been reported elsewhere that Butch Jones was set to join Mike Locksley’s staff at Maryland, sources have said that Jones is still currently working for Alabama. AL.com previously reported that while there was a good chance Jones could end up at Maryland, it was still possible Jones could end up staying at Alabama if he was promoted to an on-field job. There are multiple on-field jobs open on the staff right now after Locksley, (wide receivers coach Josh Gattis,) quarterbacks coach Dan Enos and offensive line coach Brent Key all departed the program after the season.
Posted on 1/12/19 at 10:23 pm to UltimaParadox
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Jumping the gun on Sark?
You could almost say, they jumped the Sark
Posted on 1/12/19 at 11:42 pm to Cobrasize
Chip Long to OC
Sark to QB coach
Butch Jones to WR coach
.....at least that's what Twitter is saying
Sark to QB coach
Butch Jones to WR coach
.....at least that's what Twitter is saying
Posted on 1/13/19 at 12:59 am to MrBiriwa
That would actually be decent to me. Perhaps have Chip call plays and give Sark co/OC/associate hc title to pay him more to keep him around. Not sure about Chip, but Sark is a good recruiter
Posted on 1/13/19 at 6:58 am to MrBiriwa
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Chip Long to OC
Sark to QB coach
Butch Jones to WR coach
Not sure Sark would turn down an OC job in the NFL for a QB coach job in college.
Posted on 1/13/19 at 7:17 am to Crimson Wraith
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Not sure Sark would turn down an OC job in the NFL for a QB coach job in college.
He may not like the NFL, and aside from the job title there's no real difference between being a QB coach and Kingsbury's OC. Either way he doesn't get to call the plays.
Posted on 1/13/19 at 7:32 am to Robot Santa
Talk about falling forward. Kingsbury was fired by Texas Tech and lands and NFL gig. Must be nice. Will be interesting to see how he does.
Posted on 1/13/19 at 11:00 am to UltimaParadox
Being reported Long isn't coming to Tuscaloosa.
Posted on 1/13/19 at 11:02 am to BFANLC
He was never going to be the guy, yet always on the short list.
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