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re: Could Bama be losing their OC? Tommy Rees now a candidate for Northwestern HC
Posted on 7/11/23 at 12:29 pm to Shaft Williams
Posted on 7/11/23 at 12:29 pm to Shaft Williams
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Rees can get a better gig if he waits.
Or he could be not very good at Alabama and never get a P5 offer. It's a risk/reward thing. There are no guarantees. If I'm 31 and a P5 school offers me $4-5 million for 5 years, that's going to be tough to turn down
This post was edited on 7/11/23 at 12:29 pm
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Posted on 7/11/23 at 12:30 pm to lsufball19
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what Saban assistant with zero HC experience has vaulted themselves stright from Alabama to a top P5 job?
Bobby Williams is the only other. Took over at Michigan State after Saban left.
Lots of rehab guys that got another chance. Or those that left for coordinator spots and quickly took over as head coaches at those schools (Cristobal at Oregon and Brent Key at Georgia Tech). And several that left for smaller head coaching jobs and quickly got a P5 gig.
Posted on 7/11/23 at 12:36 pm to JetDawg
He's a dumbarse if he takes that job in that climate.
Posted on 7/11/23 at 12:37 pm to CapstoneGrad06
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Bobby Williams is the only other. Took over at Michigan State after Saban left.
Lots of rehab guys that got another chance. Or those that left for coordinator spots and quickly took over as head coaches at those schools (Cristobal at Oregon and Brent Key at Georgia Tech). And several that left for smaller head coaching jobs and quickly got a P5 gig.
Right, because, in fairness, most big P5 schools don't typically hire guys with no HC experience prior. It happens, sure, but it isn't common, not anymore at least. Most coaches generally bust their chops at a G5 or a smaller P5 for a couple of seasons before taking over a big program with high expectations. Honestly, I think jobs like Northwestern, Duke, etc are awesome jobs. They pay plenty and have tempered expectations which equals better job security. Fitzgerald is a perfect example (his recent issues not withstanding). Guy won 4 games over 2 years, barely had a .500 record over 17 years, and kept his job.
This post was edited on 7/11/23 at 12:40 pm
Posted on 7/11/23 at 12:42 pm to CapstoneGrad06
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How the hell is this fiction?
Sans Golding and Applewhite, who hasn’t eventually been hired as a head coach?
That wasn't the statement.
The statement was:
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an elite program that puts their coordinators, one after the other, into excellent HC positions within a year, or two.
Can you even name two people that fit the statement?
Posted on 7/11/23 at 12:42 pm to JetDawg
He already was OC at a top program in Notre dame and now he can get some HC experience at a P5 program instead of staying on a sinking ship with a senile coach who is declining fast
Plus he could live in an upscale suburb north of Chicago or live in a boring crime ridden satellite city of crime ridden Birmingham in a state with the highest rates of obesity, poverty, and illiteracy
It’s a no brainer
Plus he could live in an upscale suburb north of Chicago or live in a boring crime ridden satellite city of crime ridden Birmingham in a state with the highest rates of obesity, poverty, and illiteracy
It’s a no brainer
Posted on 7/11/23 at 12:43 pm to SidewalkTiger
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Can you even name two people that fit the statement?
Kirby Smart and Sark????
Posted on 7/11/23 at 12:45 pm to paperwasp
Shep Rose a man of the people 
Posted on 7/11/23 at 12:45 pm to SidewalkTiger
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Can you even name two people that fit the statement?
A coordinator that got a power 5 head coaching job after 1-2 seasons?
Jeremy Pruitt - DC in 2016-17 - HC at Tennessee
Steve Sarkisian - OC in 2019-20 - HC at Texas
I’ll also add
Mike Locksley - OC 2018 - HC Maryland
That one may be most impressive considering his past.
This post was edited on 7/11/23 at 12:48 pm
Posted on 7/11/23 at 12:50 pm to CapstoneGrad06
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A coordinator that got a power 5 head coaching job after 1-2 seasons?
Jeremy Pruitt - DC in 2016-17 - HC at Tennessee
Steve Sarkisian - OC in 2019-20 - HC at Texas
And that's pretty much it.
Yet the post said Alabama is doing it "one after another."
Posted on 7/11/23 at 12:50 pm to SidewalkTiger
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Can you even name two people that fit the statement?
I see that, as usual, you've let that alligator-mouth overload that jaybird-arse.
Posted on 7/11/23 at 12:51 pm to CapstoneGrad06
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Steve Sarkisian - OC in 2019-20 - HC at Texas
Sark had 2 prior P5 head coaching jobs. His ability to coach was never a question. His sobriety was
Comparing his situation to a 31 year old Tommy Rees is silly
This post was edited on 7/11/23 at 12:57 pm
Posted on 7/11/23 at 12:54 pm to SidewalkTiger
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And that's pretty much it.
Yet the post said Alabama is doing it "one after another."
Why would you be so pedantic over such an innocuous post?
Clearly several Alabama coordinators have moved on to head coaching positions.
Posted on 7/11/23 at 1:04 pm to CapstoneGrad06
I have to agree with the Bama folks, seems like a bad career move for Rees if he took the NW job. But, you never know for certain if/when another Power 5 job would be offered. But if Northwestern offered him twice his salary, he would have to consider.
Posted on 7/11/23 at 1:05 pm to SidewalkTiger
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Posted on 7/11/23 at 1:11 pm to lsufball19
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Comparing his situation to a 31 year old Tommy Rees is silly
No one is comparing the situations. Sidewalk is being pedantic about a simple observation on the likelihood of Alabama coordinators getting head coaching opportunities.
Posted on 7/11/23 at 1:12 pm to CapstoneGrad06
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Clearly several Alabama coordinators have moved on to head coaching positions.
Clearly.
So why do Alabama fans have to exaggerate it?
Posted on 7/11/23 at 1:12 pm to SidewalkTiger
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None of this is true.
Depends on if you take the words "year, or two" literally - but it's pretty close to spot on.
Jim McElwain landed at Florida, Lane Kiffin is now at Ole Miss, and Steve Sarkisian is the head coach of Texas. And then you have coordinators like Jimbo Fisher (Florida State & Texas A&M) who worked for him prior to coming to Alabama.
And let's not forget Nick Saban's longtime defensive coordinator, Kirby Smart, who is at present the head coach of Georgia.
This post was edited on 7/11/23 at 1:14 pm
Posted on 7/11/23 at 1:13 pm to Mulkey Man
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I have to agree with the Bama folks, seems like a bad career move for Rees if he took the NW job.
NW seems to be okay with mediocrity. You never know.
Posted on 7/11/23 at 1:13 pm to RT1941
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List the coordinators that left Coach Saban and where they landed.
Lane Kiffin - FAU HC
Bill O'Brien - back to a job he's already had with the Patriots
Pete Golding - Ole Miss DC
Charles Kelly - Colorado DC
Mike Locksley - Maryland HC
Tosh Lupoi - Browns DL coach
Jeremy Pruitt - Tenn HC
Steve Sarkisian - USC HC
Kirby Smart - UGA HC
Doug Nussmeier - Michigan OC
Jim McElwain - Colorado St HC
Major Applewhite - Texas RBs coach
who downvotes an objective list in direct response to a question
This post was edited on 7/11/23 at 1:25 pm
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