'10 LA WR Trovon Reed

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Well I don't know what it takes to be considered a good coach by some. But production should have a little to do with it. And everywhere he has been the offense has produced....

I don't think he will be at Auburn for any longer than a couple years. But that is just my opinion..... We shall see.....
 
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VOL61 said:
Well I don't know what it takes to be considered a good coach by some. But production should have a little to do with it. And everywhere he has been the offense has produced....

I don't think he will be at Auburn for any longer than a couple years. But that is just my opinion..... We shall see.....
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How about doing it for a sustained amount of time at a high level and earning respect? This guy was a High School coach less than 5 years ago. He hasn't proven anything yet. I'm glad you aren't an AD. Production has little to do with it.....? What the heck does then? Message board noise? Is that what we are hiring coaches based off of now?
 
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Haha. I'm not saying I agree with him, but Vol61 said "production should have a little to do with it...", Sab, not "production has little to do with it" as you responded to him as saying.

That said, I agree with you: sustained production is astronomically more important that being a flash in the pan, two, three, four years of success type coach. And high school or Tulsa is not a good barometer of big-league talent.
 
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VolHawkFan said:
Haha. I'm not saying I agree with him, but Vol61 said "production should have a little to do with it...", Sab, not "production has little to do with it" as you responded to him as saying.

That said, I agree with you: sustained production is astronomically more important that being a flash in the pan, two, three, four years of success type coach. And high school or Tulsa is not a good barometer of big-league talent.
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Thanks for pointing that out. I was puzzled. Guess I should read more slowly.

I just can't understand where all the talk about Malzahn being considered for a HC opportunity is coming from. It's not meant as an insult to the previous poster, it's just that it's a head-scratcher for me. What has this dude ever done to be considered a HC candidate? This is his first full year EVER as a college offensive coordinator and the record isn't good. We are going to finish with a better record than they will. And Trooper Taylor? Are you kidding me? Really? There are just tons more qualified people so I don't get the talk.
 
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Sabanocchio said:
He has proven nothing. He wasn't even fully in charge of the offense at Tulsa and he's only been an SEC coordinator for less than a year -- a year with very limited success against any team with a real defense. You are talking about him getting a head coaching job based on that??? Why aren't people knocking down Jim Chaney's door for a head coaching gig, or Mike Bobo? There are hundreds of more highly qualified people for a head coaching gig than Gus Malzahn.
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His offense is being figured out more and more each week as coordinators have more film to work with (i.e. past successess and failures), but I will refute your point about success against any team with a defense. We were the first defensive test they faced and they lit us up for 460 yards, pretty successful in my mind. Although he can't be credited with the success at Arkansas, cause Nutt never fully turned the offense over to him, what you saw at Tulsa was Malzahn, and its the same thing you're seeing at Auburn. An offense that is completely balanced for the most part will always be successful.
 
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Reverend Rocky To said:
A lot of talk on the radio has Memphis as a possible landing spot for Gus Malzahn. Not sure how real of a possibility that would be, but seems like a place he could go and win 7 or 8 games a year and get promoted to a big boy college. I do believe his offense his weak and a fad. Not consistent enough to win big games continually. Will pull the occassional upset, but is most definitly a flash in the pan IMO.
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malzahn would not go from tulsa to off cord at auburn to memphis. he would be right back where he started. he wants to land at a big time school. I could see him going to the big ten, acc, or pac ten.
 
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vol_in_ga said:
malzahn would not go from tulsa to off cord at auburn to memphis. he would be right back where he started. he wants to land at a big time school. I could see him going to the big ten, acc, or pac ten.
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I could see him taking the Virginia job.
 
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i was excited when i saw this thread at the top of the Vols Only thing.... come to find out, its about the Memphis head coaching job. Bummer.
 
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bowlinggreenvol said:
His offense is being figured out more and more each week as coordinators have more film to work with (i.e. past successess and failures), but I will refute your point about success against any team with a defense. We were the first defensive test they faced and they lit us up for 460 yards, pretty successful in my mind. Although he can't be credited with the success at Arkansas, cause Nutt never fully turned the offense over to him, what you saw at Tulsa was Malzahn, and its the same thing you're seeing at Auburn. An offense that is completely balanced for the most part will always be successful.
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This is all true, but those 460 yards only yielded 26 points...vintage Monte D. This is to say nothing of the fact that our D was on the field way too much that game. Had our offense put together drives like they have been of late their O would have only put up half those numbers.

I think people underestimate how much a team's offense can effect how well its defense performs, both in yardage given up and points.
 
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There's too much smoke about Trovon and his cousin Lache to be reading about the next Memphis coach, who will undoubtedly will suffer the safe fate as all the previous Tiger High football coaches...

Until either (or both) of them visit, however, I'm not getting my hopes up. Nevertheless, I expect some momentum here (as I said almost a month ago w/ Seastrunk). If there's smoke around Reed I guarantee you there's a fire w/ Seastrunk. O always looks for his way in whether it be mom, dad, mailman, or, in this case, cousin (just not grandmother). We don't need another WR but then again, why not if it comes in a gift-wrapped package w/ a top-flight RB???
 
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Reed pretty much eliminated us yesterday. He's choosing between LSU, Auburn, and Oregon. He's supposed to commit Friday after his game I think...
 
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Lord Vader said:
Reed pretty much eliminated us yesterday. He's choosing between LSU, Auburn, and Oregon. He's supposed to commit Friday after his game I think...
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Man, I forgot. My bad guys. Everyone ignore what I wrote. LV's right, he's supposedly commiting this weekend. Oh, and Trovon and Lache aren't cousins or even related, they just refer to each other like they are. Sab pointed that out on another thread. I was way off here. My bad. The staff won't stop pursuing (if they're even highly interested) though.
 
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Bear Bryant said:
I agree with you sir.

After watching Trovon's hightlight film I have two thoughts. 1.) this guy is electric and absolutly amazing. 2.) He fits into Auburns spread system perfectly and that's where I feel he ultimatly goes.

To anyone reliable (LV, Sab, etc.), does UT have a shot at landing this guy or is he a hope and a prayer?
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Sabanocchio said:
Why is everyone so convinced Malzahn is going to be a head coach soon? The guy hasn't even proven himself on the SEC stage yet as a coordinator. I don't get all the talk. A lot of people putting the cart before the horse if you ask me.
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??? OK u want to discount what he did at Tulsa, that's fine. But look what he's done at Auburn so far. Auburn was awful on offense last year. Guess what team is #1 in SEC in offense? Hint it isn't Florida

You'll probably say he didnt do it against good defenses, but AU is averaging over 400 yds per game against "SEC Defenses"

His offense is attracting quality recruits too
 
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bj1121 said:
??? OK u want to discount what he did at Tulsa, that's fine. But look what he's done at Auburn so far. Auburn was awful on offense last year. Guess what team is #1 in SEC in offense? Hint it isn't Florida

You'll probably say he didnt do it against good defenses, but AU is averaging over 400 yds per game against "SEC Defenses"

His offense is attracting quality recruits too
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And just how does any of that qualify him to be a college head coach? He's been an Offensive Coordinator for less than a year and you want to give him full control of a program? Norm Chow is a genius OC and he isn't being talked about for HC gigs. It makes no sense. Gus Malzahn has done nothing to indicate that he would be able to lead a program.
 
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Sabanocchio said:
And just how does any of that qualify him to be a college head coach? He's been an Offensive Coordinator for less than a year and you want to give him full control of a program? Norm Chow is a genius OC and he isn't being talked about for HC gigs. It makes no sense. Gus Malzahn has done nothing to indicate that he would be able to lead a program.
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Less than a year? How did his offense at Arkansas do? I agree that too much weight is put on ability as a coordinator in regards to your promise as a head coch but come on, Sab. The guy can run a dynamic offense.
 
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Cackalaka Vol said:
Less than a year? How did his offense at Arkansas do? I agree that too much weight is put on ability as a coordinator in regards to your promise as a head coch but come on, Sab. The guy can run a dynamic offense.
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His offense at Arkansas? They only ran it for about a month. He never had the full support of Nutt or the staff so it is difficult to know where his offense began and Nutt's ended.

I'm not saying this guy will never be a head coach. I'm just saying there is very little reason for him to get that opportunity at this point. Having an innovative offense isn't enough IMO.
 
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I'm not saying this guy will never be a head coach. I'm just saying there is very little reason for him to get that opportunity at this point. Having an innovative offense isn't enough IMO.[/QUOTE]

Agree completely.
 
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Sabanocchio said:
His offense at Arkansas? They only ran it for about a month. He never had the full support of Nutt or the staff so it is difficult to know where his offense began and Nutt's ended.

I'm not saying this guy will never be a head coach. I'm just saying there is very little reason for him to get that opportunity at this point. Having an innovative offense isn't enough IMO.
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It was more difficult to tell where Darren McFadden's offense ended and Felix Jones's began.. With that RB combo, I mean c'mon..
 
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