TeeteringBrink

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Then a shite ton of transfers, poorly evaluated kids, and "projects" that were wasted without development. Nutt came in and plug a bunch of holes with average recruits quickly and used those handful of top talent guys to win a couple of cotton bowls.

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This. O was all about making a big splash on signing day, that didn’t always translate into putting a good team on the field. A bunch of his highly-rated signees had problems qualifying academically. See Jerrell Powe.

O was a terrible talent evaluator. I personally witnessed an argument he had with Frank Wilson about a recruit Wilson was very high on. O didn’t want to offer him because he didn’t have enough “stars” from the recruiting services, but he finally acquiesced to Wilson. The recruit was future pro-bowler Mike Wallace.

O was an even worse head coach. He squandered the good talent he had recruited. He personally wrecked special teams. I once saw him chew out a place kicker on the sideline for missing a field goal, which doesn’t exactly build confidence.

Nutt came in and did a better job coaching O’s recruits, coasting to a couple of good seasons. But Nutt was lazy and after a couple of years it showed. Getting Freeze (an O disciple) was a great relief. But we know how that worked out.

Not having the right players?

I just looked and Florida’s recruiting has been top 10 or close to it for four years.

Muffin has no legitimate excuse.

You’re right; my bad. It was LSUfan who said the things I quoted. He was wrong.

Thanks for the link to the separation agreement.

Bottom line is that after this season, O could take an assistant’s job anywhere, or a non-SEC head coaching job. And after 18 months, he could coach anywhere in any capacity.

The only caveat to that is the strange clause saying they would negotiate a new employment agreement to begin shortly.

Dude, you said exactly what I quoted you as saying.

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They basically said we give you the buyout money but you’re not going to coach anywhere for 4 years.

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That appears to be wrong, based on the reports. Not prohibited from any coaching position, not “anywhere,” and not for 4 years.

Ahh, okay. But that quoted clause —whether in the original contract or the separation agreement— doesn’t prohibit O from coaching anywhere else. Any such prohibition would be in a non-compete type clause.

Again, I haven’t seen the separation agreement, but it is reported to only prohibit employment as a Head Coach, in the SEC, for 18 months. Not, as you said, “They basically said we give you the buyout money but you’re not going to coach anywhere for 4 years.”

You think SEC coaches only work four months of the year? Oh boy have I got news for you ….

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Legit question: can you name one coach who has been fired as a head coach to go work as an assistant at that school?

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Not sure exactly what you’re asking, but fwiw Ole Miss has a long history of firing head coaches who later take an assistant or coordinator job. Matt Luke, Orgeron, David Cutcliff, and Joe Lee Dunn all stepped down to non-head coach jobs after being fired.

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This woman is a superspreader

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I thought she just kissed them.

Thx

George Plasketes