re: **Official New Coaching Staff Thread** (Gus haz a done staff!!!)

Has Larry Porter been mentioned as a possible rb coach?

He has SEC ties but no ties to any of the new staff as far as I know. But I don't see that as really mattering. I think he would be an excellent hire.

Edit: also he could be huge in getting Jovon back to AU

Whenever he is eligible again

This is who we need to hire for TE coach:

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I would think that our TE coach will also be our ST coach. One of our 3 remaining hires is going to have to double up since we have 4 positions to fill (WR, RB, TE, ST). The TE coach would have the least on his plate.

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RB's or TE's are usually where your ST coach comes into play. I wouldn't say that the TE coach has any "less" on his plate than the RB coach, in fact, I'd strongly argue that the RB position requires the absolute least real "coaching".

This staff really needs at least one (and more ideally two) younger, high energy coaches within the final 3 slots open. We've hired a lot of really old assistants. Experience and such is great, but you need balance on a staff and you need some high energy coaches that 18-22 year olds can ultimately relate to.

Here is why Chip long is a complete no-brainer to me:

-Alabama native and star player at UNA. Ties to the state means he knows the grounds and what he'd be walking into.
-Extremely young coach who has risen up the ranks quickly...this immediately signals obvious ability. GA'd under the Petrino's, who clearly know offense.
-At only 29 years old he was named as the Recruiting Coordinator at ASU. Larry Porter, who a lot of people want as RB coach, is on the same staff and it is Chip Long, not Porter, who is Graham's RC. He can obviously recruit.
-Has already shown success coaching the position. Worked with DJ Williams at Arkansas while he was a GA. When he moved on to Illinois he also assumed coaching the Fullbacks where he built one Jay Prosch into an All-American. HB/TE Chris Coyle led ASU in both receptions and yards this past season.
-Starred as a TE/WR at UNA under Mark Hudspeth. The relevance? Hudspeth employs a hurry-up/no-huddle offense that is both similar to and inspired by the offense that Malzahn employs. This means that Long already knows the basics and tempo requirements of the offense.

He coached Prosch at Illinois

I am starting to wonder why we haven't made the rest of our offensive hires. Got to think that Malzahn (and I guess Lashlee ) had a good idea from the onset of who they wanted to hire and have talked to them.

So let's start speculating why we haven't hired WR, RB and TE coaches yet

I say at least one coach is in the NFL

NCAA comin

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allin2010

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Would you fricking stop with the Trooper knight shite? Park wasn't even talking about the fricker.

This thread is about the new staff and not about Trooper. Go start you a thread about Trooper, if that's who you want to talk about all the time.

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re: **Official New Coaching Staff Thread** (Christmas Edition) (Posted on 12/28/12 at 8:46 a.m. to allin2010) quote: allin2010 Would you fricking stop with the Trooper knight shite? Park wasn't even talking about the fricker. This thread is about the new staff and not about Trooper. Go start you a thread about Trooper, if that's who you want to talk about all the time.

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Look a few post up, posted below. I did not start talking about Troop.

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re: **Official New Coaching Staff Thread** (Christmas Edition) (Posted on 12/25/12 at 6:12 p.m. to AUTiger5) Troop was a dirty recruiter, more than the average coach. It's no coincidence the NCAA was constantly snooping around. He was pretty good at covering his tracks, but it's not worth the risk IMO

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Here you go.... Someone else brought up Trooper... Yes I defend him every time. Not sure why folks keep bringing him up.