Robert Gillespie hired as new RB Coach

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Jimbo Fisher must have pulled Dooley in the offseason and Fliped that Staff as that is at least 4 hires he has made. TE coach from MSU just got hired by FSU today.
 
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Weezer said:
Is there a reason people think coaches only recruit for their positions? Everyone who claims Jay failed at recruiting needs to look at the two 4star receivers UT signed as he was listed as their primary recruiter. I wouldn't call that a failure.
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I agree he didn't fail as a recruiter. He had a hand in a number if our top recruits this year, especially Marquez North. He didn't fail at all- along with Thigpen, he was our best recruiter. However, rb was a huge position of need, he coaches running backs and that was his primary position to recruit, and he didn't land a top rb thru 2 recruiting cycles. And since the new staff wasn't in place til early December it can't fairly be put on them. Jay was the only holdover who would've been in on players more than 2 months, some of the blame naturally fell on him. But you're right, recruiting is normally a team effort and he did a good job with players at other positions.
 
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RichRollin said:
I'm not comparing Graham and Gillespie, not trying to blame anyone for Graham leaving. IMO it was a business decision and that's gonna be the way I continue to look at it. If you know for sure that Ex players told Ainge he was scared of hard work...well I feel confident that you don't know that. All Graham knows is hard work. Leaving for a less demanding job for the same/ more money isn't being afraid of hard work...it's called being smart. Would you take less work for more money? Yes you would and you know you would.

On the flip side...I've been a part of a management overhaul at a jobsite. It didn't take me long until I was gone and didn't look back. It wasn't that I was afraid of work, things just were not right. It was a business decision. Let's leave it at that.
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Ok again I never one time said Ainge was told that. I said since he loved working for Spurrier and Dooley, 2 Coach's who arent long hr coach's it kind of shows that is possible. Think your misunderstanding what I'm saying on Graham and working hard.
 
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UT_Tix79 said:
Might want to check how many kids who he recruited are still in school...

According to WV, something like 75% of his recruits never made it to school, or played less than 1 year
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This is a real concern, imo. If he is known for recruiting South Florida, that might not be much of a positive with the personal issues so many S Florida recruits bring with them. I do not want to prejudge any individual, but I lived there for years and know for a fact that the culture in many high schools of that area is beyond horrible.
 
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Vol Main said:
This is a real concern, imo. If he is known for recruiting South Florida, that might not be much of a positive with the personal issues so many S Florida recruits bring with them. I do not want to prejudge any individual, but I lived there for years and know for a fact that the culture in many high schools of that area is beyond horrible.
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Nu'Keese did okay, except for a couple of minor transgressions.
 
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vol_in_ar said:
Fulmer to LSU, Tuesday after Miles resigns Monday?
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I'm confused, been driving for the last 2 hours....did I miss something? Fulmer, Chavis, Les Miles...what's the business?
 
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Yeah good hire Coach Jones continues to impress me. Instant credibility and a good recruiter, and by the way, there has been a lot of exchanges between the staffs of TN and FLA in the past, at least it wasn't a former GA or ALA player that would have really sucked.
 
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UT_Tix79 said:
Might want to check how many kids who he recruited are still in school...

According to WV, something like 75% of his recruits never made it to school, or played less than 1 year
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Not even surprised anymore... sigh
 
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Lawrence Wright said:
50% of the time, yes. :)

Gillespie sealed the '99 game with a late first down, and he was on the field when Gaffney made that miraculous one-handed catch with 7 UT defenders draped all over him. :unsure:

This much is true, Gillespie knows more than any other coach on CBJ's staff how crazy Neyland Stadium used to be, and you better believe he'll share stories of '98 and '01 with recruits.

That's a big plus for you guys.
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Sigh.
 
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