Recruiting Forum Football Talk III

[Ten_Titans]

So the only chance we have to fix it is a hopeful or a never gonna happen?

Pruitt it is.

Better to hire a coach that might be terrible than one that has proven to be terrible.

You have three options.

1) Hire a proven winner. Good luck. There are like 8 of them in the country and none of them are coming here.

2) Hire someone who may or may not become a proven winner.

3) Hire a proven loser and steer into the last decade of piss poor football.

2 seems like the only option really. If we are going to choose 3, just save everyone the trouble and keep Pruitt. Or go get an entertaining loser like Mike Leach.

 

[Aesius]

Derrick Henry is the slowest looking fast guy ever.

 

[drvenner]

I hope we hire Gus so he can bring Rodney Garner with him, which would really piss off Jimmy Hyams.

 

[volatil]

I could mention any coach and someone will find a reason to hate.

Urban- Aaron Hernandez, misses his family, chest pain

Stoops- defensive coach, loses big games, has goofy looking brothers

Saban-lied about leaving the Dolphins, coaches at Alabama and that eliminates him from the search

Bear Bryant- dead

Dabo- punchable fake ass face, played at Alabama and eliminates him from the search

 

[Cosmo Kramer]

I’ve been here a long time so this question may be a rookie one, but is Jallen18 THE Jason Allen?

No but he does bring some inside info occasionally

 

[Dudleys87]

I’d take Freeze over Gus 10 times out of 10.

So would i but when Hubbs out front says it’s hard to see the university going down that road as much as I hate it it’s prolly true

 

[jpope9]

Derrick Henry is the slowest looking fast guy ever.

You can only make 250lbs look so fast

 

[Nuctech777]

He is. To call him high risk no reward is ridiculous he has a high floor but low ceiling

Yeah, making it to the national championship game sucks.

 

[VolGee4]

Stability does not bring winning at a high level. Winning at a high level brings stability. Gus is stability without winning at a high level, which is why Auburn fired him.

While I’m not advocating for or against Gus, the same could be said for Rick Barnes after Texas. New environments and a fresh start can result in success.

 

[Smokey123]

Some of y’all would really rather hire a coach who’s only coached at the FBS level for a few seasons (never at P5) than a coach who’s won the hardest division in football multiple times and never had a losing season. Uhhh ok

 

[Ten_Titans]

I actually feel like Malzahn is one of the lower risk moves we could make.

It only feels like a low risk move because his ceiling here is 9 wins. Dude could easily win 3 games here any given season. Just match his offenses with Pruitt’s defenses. Perfect recipe for 4 wins next year.

 

[SpringBokVol]

I could mention any coach and someone will find a reason to hate.

Urban- Aaron Hernandez, misses his family, chest pain

Stoops- defensive coach, loses big games, has goofy looking brothers

Saban-lied about leaving the Dolphins, coaches at Alabama and that eliminates him from the search

Bear Bryant- dead

Dabo- punchable fake ass face, played at Alabama and eliminates him from the search

I was trying to say this yesterday. Not a perfect pick for all.

 

[Volsfan895]

So would i but when Hubbs out front says it’s hard to see the university going down that road as much as I hate it it’s prolly true

I mean he also said the university probably wouldn’t fire Pruitt, but looks like that is happening.

 

[KPT_VFL]

If I hear Kevin Steele’s name one time in this search I’m seriously going to **** in a shoe box and mail it to Randy Boyd’s school mailbox.

 

[MrVolton]

He's had some of the luckiest wins I've ever seen, but that's not really what I meant.

They paid Gus 22 million dollars to leave and THEN TRIED TO HIRE HIS DC. What does that tell you about who the mastermind of Auburn's success the last 5 years is? And I use success very loosely here. How is that not a giant red flag? "We'll get rid of Gus, keep everyone else, and we will be winning championships."

They paid 22 million dollars to do addition by subtraction, and that's the guy y'all want.

It may say more about Steele being a bit of snake in the grass for all we know.

 

[SLICKYINC]

Some of y’all would really rather hire a coach who’s only coached at the FBS level for a few seasons (never at P5) than a coach who’s won the hardest division in football multiple times and never had a losing season. Uhhh ok

If you’re referring to Gus, then yeah.

 

[Dudleys87]

I mean he also said the university probably wouldn’t fire Pruitt, but looks like that is happening.

not if they’re talking about bowl destinations which imo they shouldn’t be

 

[tn88volfan]

Please no View attachment 332353

airplane too small and not a jet,,,, do not want

 

[Aesius]

It may say more about Steele being a bit of snake in the grass for all we know.

Don't talk about Faintin' Kevin Steele like that.

 

[vol494]

If I hear Kevin Steele’s name one time in this search I’m seriously going to **** in a shoe box and mail it to Randy Boyd’s school mailbox.

Steele.

 

[Dudleys87]

If I hear Kevin Steele’s name one time in this search I’m seriously going to **** in a shoe box and mail it to Randy Boyd’s school mailbox.

That would be funny as hell. Just sayin’

 

[VolGee4]

He's had some of the luckiest wins I've ever seen, but that's not really what I meant.

They paid Gus 22 million dollars to leave and THEN TRIED TO HIRE HIS DC. What does that tell you about who the mastermind of Auburn's success the last 5 years is? And I use success very loosely here. How is that not a giant red flag? "We'll get rid of Gus, keep everyone else, and we will be winning championships."

They paid 22 million dollars to do addition by subtraction, and that's the guy y'all want.

You are talking about the same school whose AD met with Bobby Petrino at an airport behind Tuberville’s back and didn’t fire Tuberville...for another like 3-4 years. Auburn May be more dysfunctional than UT.

 

[Smokey123]

Gus is gonna be “mehlen” all over again isn’t it? 3 years from now we’ll be wanting a new coach and Gus will be winning wherever he is.

 

[revjayp]

No but he does bring some inside info occasionally

Okay, cool. We all fell for the fake Travis Stephen’s so I’m not sure who’s real and who’s not.

 

[Aesius]

Gus is gonna be “mehlen” all over again isn’t it? 3 years from now we’ll be wanting a new coach and Gus will be winning wherever he is.

Comes down to whether he has tread left on the tires and just needs to "reset his clock."