Charlie Strong joining Alabama coaching staff as defensive analyst for Crimson Tide, per report

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I believe he went 4-8 last year @ USF. Amazing how Saban keeps filling vacancies with talent. Just think he would be better suited as an assistant somewhere?

 
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RDU VOL#14 said:
Has anyone ever completed a hat trick of failure like that before? Muschamp is completely batshit, but that’s pushing it.
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He is a name and has a reputation for defense. I believe Mason is out the door this year unless he miraculously manages to get to bowl. They beat the sh!t out of UT two years in a row then all the sudden get blown out the next year by the VOLS. Talent level has dropped off dramatically for Mason.
 
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Strong built his resume' as a defensive coordinator at Florida that was loaded with talent, a la Cuonzo Martin. He has been less than successful afterwards, although I assume he's acquired a lot of knowledge in his travels.
 
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Strong is no band-playing geek....

His defenses were legit everywhere he was a DC.
He definitely has some skill there.

Band-Player..............nothing more than a numbers geek.
 
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cardvolfan said:
Strong built his resume' as a defensive coordinator at Florida that was loaded with talent, a la Cuonzo Martin. He has been less than successful afterwards, although I assume he's acquired a lot of knowledge in his travels.
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I disagree, he took over a subpar Louisville job that went 4-8 and hadn’t been to a bowl game for 3 straight years.
Charlie took them to a bowl game all 4 years and had them at 12-1 when he left for Texas.

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mad4vols said:
I disagree, he took over a subpar Louisville job that went 4-8 and hadn’t been to a bowl game for 3 straight years.
Charlie took them to a bowl game all 4 years and had them at 12-1 when he left for Texas.

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Charlie Strong as a head coach with any quarterback besides Teddy Bridgewater has been average at best.
 
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mad4vols said:
I disagree, he took over a subpar Louisville job that went 4-8 and hadn’t been to a bowl game for 3 straight years.
Charlie took them to a bowl game all 4 years and had them at 12-1 when he left for Texas.

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His reputation has taken a hit since he took over at Texas but 8 years ago he was regarded as one of the best up and coming coaches in college football. He turned us down before we hired Butch.
 
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He was a good coach at Louisville when they were Big East. I think he is a great defensive coach, but a journeyman head coach.
 
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mad4vols said:
I disagree, he took over a subpar Louisville job that went 4-8 and hadn’t been to a bowl game for 3 straight years.
Charlie took them to a bowl game all 4 years and had them at 12-1 when he left for Texas.

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Forget it, VN will always have those folks who MUST hit and kick people from behind then stomp them while they're down. It's almost a rite of passage for some.
 
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cardvolfan said:
Strong built his resume' as a defensive coordinator at Florida that was loaded with talent, a la Cuonzo Martin. He has been less than successful afterwards, although I assume he's acquired a lot of knowledge in his travels.
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Sounds like Pruitt cept for the gator part
 
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PEPPERJAX said:
He is a name and has a reputation for defense. I believe Mason is out the door this year unless he miraculously manages to get to bowl. They beat the sh!t out of UT two years in a row then all the sudden get blown out the next year by the VOLS. Talent level has dropped off dramatically for Mason.
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I agree that he‘s a great defensive mind, but does he really want to take the Vandy job if offered? Or any head coaching job? That’s 3 SEC East schools, and the chances of him being successful are not likely. I don’t think anyone’s ego wants to take that dubious honor of being fired 3 times, let alone from the same division.
 
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Only_1_OK said:
I would like to point out most OU fans feel like we paid Mike Stoops to go to Alabama rather than firing him.
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Story that Mike Stoops coming to Kentucky to fill his brother's last open assistant position is gaining momentum. Not done yet but "closer".
 
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McCat said:
Story that Mike Stoops coming to Kentucky to fill his brother's last open assistant position is gaining momentum. Not done yet but "closer".
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As long as he's coming in as like a nutrition bar blender operator or in charge of making sure the water fountains are working, you should be fine.
 
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