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Tide expected to hire ex Gators RB Robert Gillespie as RB coach

Posted on 1/24/21 at 2:49 pm
Posted by Hback
Member since Aug 2017
9175 posts
Posted on 1/24/21 at 2:49 pm
per Matt Zenitz, great recruiter, welcome aboard Coach.
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Posted by Smokeyone
Maryville Tn
Member since Jul 2016
15828 posts
Posted on 1/24/21 at 2:49 pm to
Good deal
Posted by Rogelio
Member since Jan 2021
935 posts
Posted on 1/24/21 at 2:50 pm to
That's a good hire right there.
Posted by ColoradoAg
Colorado
Member since Sep 2011
21778 posts
Posted on 1/24/21 at 2:50 pm to
He was a great RB coach at NC
Posted by Nitro Express
Gulf Coast
Member since Jul 2018
16117 posts
Posted on 1/24/21 at 3:00 pm to
Looks like Jay Graham will be hired to coach special teams if this happens. Both are excellent hires. BAMA has really cleaned up this off-season. We've probably put together a better coaching staff than the one we had in 2020. Saban is amazing, and the train keeps rolling along.

O'Brien
Marrone
Gillespie
Graham

Solid.
Posted by nicholastiger
Member since Jan 2004
42347 posts
Posted on 1/24/21 at 3:16 pm to
I just want a defensive coordinator
Posted by ColoradoAg
Colorado
Member since Sep 2011
21778 posts
Posted on 1/24/21 at 3:19 pm to
quote:

I just want a defensive coordinator
I'm sure somebody will take the job soon. Be patient - it takes time to find the right personality that is willing to work with Orgeron

The question is how many former coaches that worked with him before are there that Orgeron can hire? Nobody else would take the position
Posted by biclops
Member since Oct 2011
6149 posts
Posted on 1/24/21 at 3:22 pm to
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I just want a defensive coordinator


I'll do it for $200k/year.

I played 1 year of peewee football and own a nintendo gamecube and ncaa football 2005.

Posted by FourThreeForty
Member since May 2013
17290 posts
Posted on 1/24/21 at 3:25 pm to
Little late but...


I’m glad Nick Saban has finally shed that rough tough mentality and started acquiring the more cerebral types. The sports science types instead of the phys ed teachers. Were the bane of our program since about 2017.
Posted by Marktastic86
Pismo Beach, CA
Member since Dec 2020
12457 posts
Posted on 1/24/21 at 3:32 pm to
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I just want a defensive coordinator


So does Bama.
Posted by AlaCowboy
North Alabama
Member since Dec 2011
6939 posts
Posted on 1/24/21 at 3:35 pm to
quote:

I just want a defensive coordinator


If y'all had fired Ed Orgeron after the season he'd be available.
Posted by Nitro Express
Gulf Coast
Member since Jul 2018
16117 posts
Posted on 1/24/21 at 3:36 pm to
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So does Bama.


Obviously coach Saban is happy with the progression of our current defensive coordinator or we'd have a new one. Frankly, the fans should be too. We were so much better by the end of the season than we were at the beginning. It was night and day. We also held OSU to their lowest total yardage output since 2017 in the NCG.
Posted by EastCarolinaHeel
Member since Nov 2015
277 posts
Posted on 1/24/21 at 8:50 pm to
From all accounts (players, fans, HS coaches), Gillespie was loved at UNC and I think he’ll do great at Bama.

Looks like we’re likely adding Larry Porter to replace him. Good hire and I totally trust Mack on all staffing decisions, except that time he tried to hire Greg Robinson as UNC DC.
This post was edited on 1/24/21 at 8:51 pm
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