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Scrooster, you have different sources than I do.

I still firmly believe that BMac wants that promotion and responsibility. Either at USC or elsewhere.

That said... he isn't taking a lateral move. Not even for slightly more money.
Knowing Muschamp's history, the OC position could be open again in a year or 2.

BMac definitely wants the title and the money and responsibilities. I'm pulling for him because I like him a lot ... very personable fella, helluva recruiter.

mUSChamp's offenses will be fixed by recruiting solid players first ... which he had problems doing at UF. He got off on the wrong foot with that fat guy Weiss at UF and never recovered.

Boom corrected first things first ... he got Wolford The Wolf back as the OLine coach. He'll get the OC job handled as well ... but OCs come and go. How many has Bama had in the past decade?

Good OCs get HC gigs, average OCs survive, bad OCs get fired. Next to QB OCs get more blame than anyone because we are all expert playcallers.

I hope BMac does well in Tampa. The players and his fellow coaches are pulling for him. Even if he does just average, he's still gonna get a helluva raise and Boom is loyal to him ... that's job security. Hell, he may get a three year contract and big pay raise to keep doing what he's doing here.

I agree though, he's not going to take the same job at Tennessee for a little more money.

Speaking with Tennessee family of mine ... they all insist Tennessee is still a destination job and, who knows, it may be, but they seem to be more in a decline. Pruitt has his work cut out for him and it's not a sure thing. Rumpf for instance ... he's a former Gamecock that will never be allowed to coach at his alma mater and for good reason. Regardless, he is not a big hire ... he's just about run out of big time options, he's a journeyman.

Tennessee came after Lance Thompson and Lance said thanks but no thanks. I suspect Lance is in BMac's ear about their age and stage and having job security at this point in their careers. From my interactions with some of them they seem like a very tight-knit staff at the moment ... Roper was always the odd man out. Roper needs to be in the NFL coaching QBs as a paid analyst or position coach, whatever they call them at that level.

Boom's next OC hire, whoever he is, needs to be instinctual. That's what sets the good ones apart. No need to reinvent the wheel, just do it rapidly and make it second nature. Easier said than done.

I'm pulling for BMac ... I'll be there cheering for him.