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re: Talk me into Billy Napier
Posted on 12/21/20 at 9:55 am to Rig
Posted on 12/21/20 at 9:55 am to Rig
quote:He seems pretty smart. Turned down jobs at Miss State and South Carolina. Patience man. Unlike Muschamp, who should've stayed at Auburn as DC for at least another year before taking the South Carolina job. It's just too hard to win at those schools.
Talk me into Billy Napier
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Posted on 12/21/20 at 9:56 am to Rig
Posted on 12/21/20 at 9:57 am to Auburntiger
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winning at the Univ. of Southwestern Louisiana (aka ULL) is not easy....they have not had a decent team since the mid-90's when Jake Delhomme was their QB
To be fair, they won 9 games each year from 2011-2014 under Hudspeth, but fell off his last 3 years winning 4, 6 and 5.
Napier has won 7, 11 and 9 so far this year, with their only loss to Coastal Carolina by 3 and he has them ranked #16 currently in the AP and 19 in the playoff rankings.
I do like the idea of bringing in a young coach to inject some much needed energy. He's only 41 and has coached under both Saban and Swinney - he was Clempsons OC/QB coach in 2009-2010. While that doesn't guarantee success, I'd be much more inclined to invest in a coach that learned under those two that have put together the best two programs of the past decade.
Posted on 12/21/20 at 9:58 am to kage
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he was Clempsons OC/QB coach in 2009-2010. While that doesn't guarantee success, I'd be much more inclined to invest in a coach that learned under those two that have put together the best two programs of the past decade.
Any idea if he calls his own plays? I'm still a little weary of a HC trying to do both.
Posted on 12/21/20 at 10:08 am to Leto II
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he was Clempsons OC/QB coach in 2009-2010. While that doesn't guarantee success, I'd be much more inclined to invest in a coach that learned under those two that have put together the best two programs of the past decade.
Change the dates and doesn’t that describe Chad Morris?
Posted on 12/21/20 at 10:16 am to kage
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To be fair, they won 9 games each year from 2011-2014 under Hudspeth, but fell off his last 3 years winning 4, 6 and 5.
well...to be fair .....during that time span they had to vacate a total of 22 wins due to violations..
This post was edited on 12/21/20 at 10:18 am
Posted on 12/21/20 at 10:18 am to GruntAu
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Change the dates and doesn’t that describe Chad Morris?
You're missing the part of Napier's resume where he has sustained success as a HC.
Posted on 12/21/20 at 10:22 am to GruntAu
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Change the dates and doesn’t that describe Chad Morris?
Chad didn't go on to see how the best in the game does it(recruiting wise for Saban and Bama). Nor did he have a successful HC tenure anywhere.
This post was edited on 12/21/20 at 10:24 am
Posted on 12/21/20 at 10:39 am to GruntAu
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Change the dates and doesn’t that describe Chad Morris?
Even if it does so what? That means we have to nix every good resume?
I mean the other option is hire coaches with losing records.
Posted on 12/21/20 at 10:46 am to IAmNERD
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Chad didn't go on to see how the best in the game does it(recruiting wise for Saban and Bama). Nor did he have a successful HC tenure anywhere.
Exactly. Morris jumped from Clempson to be head coach at SMU(6 years removed from being a high school coach) and then Arkansas. Not exactly places where you're set up to win, especially 7 years after the program was completely reinstated after the "death penalty" at SMU. Then he took over at Ark after Bielema and tried to run his offense with Bielema's pro style players and not a whole lot of talent to work with.
Napier coached under Saban in 2011 and then 2013-2016. He took his time in the assistant ranks - 2005 to 2017 - before he made the jump to a head coach in a role he knew would be a springboard to a bigger job.
Posted on 12/21/20 at 1:15 pm to Rig
He turned us down because he wouldn’t conform to the ShitShow that is Auburn Football. Don’t I blame him from turning us down.
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