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  1. 30 minutes ago, General Specific said:


    And that’s the problem in one picture. A rubber band gun would be more effective here! Could we not acquire a laser gun with our vast cornucopia of BMDs in this site? Immamac, fire up Venmo!

    umm bullets are basically self contained and a 1911 will fire in space.

  2. 1 hour ago, SydneyCarton said:

    I mean, the obvious answer is that the guys writing the checks were willing to write checks for Urban Meyer. Once you move on from a Ferrari to something less than that, well, price tags and expectations are adjusted accordingly. It's not like everyone venmo'd a bunch of money into a checking account a month ago and told Harztell and CDC to do what they do. This shit works on handshakes and trust. 

    I signed a commitment letter to commit money to the AD. Actually signed something. And during covid, I talked to our AD contact and discussed whether we might need to defer a payment or extension. And he pretty more or less said "Yeah, man, I mean we can't actually make you pay anything, so...we understand. Do your best, we'll work something out if we need to..."

    And I guarantee you no Boosters signed any piece of paper, be it simple or complex, committing them to monetary responsibility...especially BEFORE anyone was hired. And probably not ever. 

    Well Nicole's contact apparently ponied up more money then he originally committed to for Meyer so.....

  3. 9 minutes ago, closetohumping said:

    Georgia.   If sark and saban already chatted about staff allocation I think free agents were discussed 

    Was this before or after they did each other's hair?

     

    Seriously?  You think Saban and Sark agreed on what free agent coaches Sark is allowed to chase?  Having some respect as to who he poaches from Sabans staff is one thing but there is no reason they would have any conversation about what coaches outside of Bama that he is allowed to hire?

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  4. 1 minute ago, Highbp said:

    Running a 3-3-5 base would be a moronic move by Sark. Unless we bring in Venables who has an outstanding reputation (and years of film and experience to prove it), that would be stupid. I think Arnett is a good coach, and I admit I haven’t watched a ton of his teams mainly just SDSU a bit when he was there, but him saying he is willing to run a different scheme based off players does not have the same weight as being successful running different schemes. Now he may prove that down the road, but he hasn’t yet. It is a liability in recruiting, no elite d lineman want to run it, and no elite college programs run it (Clemson doesnt count for many reasons (flexbility, reputation, film, recruiting, Venables). We have just seen (excluding all the other good teams that successfully run it each year) with Ash the benefits of a pass rush with 4 down (idc if 3 DL and 1 LB or 4 DL) and that was without an offseason and only one year of film. The game is won in the trenches and if we can recruit elite lineman which we should be able to, that is my opinion for the best way forward. 3-3-5 may win you some games, but it ain’t the path to an elite team. Ash, Odom, Muschamp are all amazing options IMO. 

    There are plenty of 3-3-5 base schemes that recruit d-linemen with on problem.  It's how they are used not the alignment.  Orlando used them as spaceaters and we got killed on it, but that was his scheme not the 3-3-5 itself.  I prefer 4 down linemen, but it isn't simply a matter of 3-3-5 can't recruit elite dlinemen.

  5. 1 minute ago, BurntOrange&White said:

    Here are some names I'd keep an eye on:

     

    Larry Porter - Auburn

    Tim Brewster - Florida

    Joey McGuire - Baylor

     

    Is Brewster legit or is this just the annual new Coach is gonna bring Brewster back to Texas and we are gonna get all the recruits speculation?

     

    Honest question, I don't know if he and Sark have any kind of connection, which seems to matter more in coaching hires then fans realise.

  6. 2 minutes ago, texifornia said:

    Flood was my personal favorite of the names, and he's apparently happening, so hallelujah.

    TE I'm genuinely curious who his backup choice is. Great spot for a rainmaker guy.

    My bigger attraction to Banks was taking his Texas recruiting away from Bama.....he is far more replaceable to me then Flood for this staff.

  7. 1 minute ago, Burt Macklin said:

    Yeah, I’m lower on Wiggins than most of the other names rumored at the position. I hope he goes elsewhere at that spot. 
     

    Sucks it’s a no on Banks. I don’t think we’ve heard many other names at TE. 

    Whats the negative on Wiggins?  2022 recruits seem to love him and by all accounts he has done an awesome job at Bama both coaching and recruiting?

     

    There may be bigger fish out there, but I don't see a negative to Wiggins.

     

    If Banks doesn't come it is disappointing, but there are other rainmaker recruiters you can stick at TE.

  8. 2 minutes ago, Tex Pete said:

    I don't remember "dancing bears," (other than Henry Melton, in my mind) but I was super pumped about us utilizing the blocking sled once again back during the Mack era.

    I believe Tim Nunez called Leonard Davis the dancing bear.... a little further back then you were thinking.

  9. 3 minutes ago, burdine said:

    When I hear Babers asking if Sark is a clear upgrade and saying that Sark and Herman are pretty much the same guys so why make the change, then that makes me think he thinks something other than football acumen is the deciding factor.  I'm not saying he is right but I can see where some could take it poorly.

    If Babers is really being that lazy in considering Sark and Herman are the same guy.....I mean to read idiots that know nothing on this board or their equivalents in the media say it is one thing....But I thought Babers had more actual football sense than this.

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  10. 2 minutes ago, RGBIII said:

    TFB

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    This past weekend, we mentioned recently hired Arkansas State OC, AJ Milwee as a possible candidate for a position on the staff (link here):

    Source added, “Sark is trying to take a few guys from Bama that Butch (Jones) wanted. AJ Milwee, a real up and comer on the offense as a position coach and maybe future OC”

    This morning Football Scoop appears to be reporting that this is now a done deal saying, in part, “Sources tell FootballScoop that AJ Milwee is set to come aboard as quarterbacks coach.”

    See the full report here.

    They seem to also be saying that the Kyle Flood deal is done, as well, although that isn’t quite as clear in the article. I have checked with my Bama source on that and am waiting to hear back. That’s the big hire. Texas has struggled for a long time to really get the offensive line right. And if Flood can do that – and I believe he can – then it will resolve a lot of the issues Texas has had the past, well, decade.

    Gabe is certainly happy about this Milwee hire. He’s liked him going back a few years. And I will say Gabe was advocating for Texas hire Lincoln Riley away from East Carolina the year before the Sooners did, so hopefully his excitement about Milwee is a good sign.

     

    Again Flood would be huge to me. Haven't been this pumped for Oline stuff since we had coaches talking about "Dancing Bears"

     

  11. 4 minutes ago, JPETERMAN said:

    Is Tee Martin still a terror on the recruiting path?  He was a beast back in the day.  But seems like some of his polish has maybe worn off.  I think I read he and Pruitt had a falling out over a leak to the media.  And maybe he's kind of mailed it in.  Personally, give me the TCU WR coach, the guy from Kansas, or the guy from USC before Tee Martin.  I think WR coach is probably the easiest coaching position to fill too.  If you aren't dumb and worried only about alignment that is.  

    In any case, I think if there is one coach on the team I'd rather get a guy that is a better coach than a recruiter, it'd be at the WR spot.  Now he truly has to be a good coach though, meaning an upgrade from Coleman who was seen as a good coach (but maybe only in comparison to Meh).  But if the Bama WR coach wants to come here, giddy up.  High School WRs grow on trees and they are plentiful.  You don't have to get the #1 or #2 wr in the country every year.  You can find guys that can be successful.  And if we can come close to replicating the Bama offense, and win, and start to get guys drafted, kids will want to come even if the wr coach isn't exactly a rainmaker.  Plus, if we truly are going to start playing the game, that's what is truly going to give us a better shot at the #1 and #2 type wr recruits more than a personable wr coach.

     

    People keep talking about Sark having a sobriety clause.....if we bring in Tee there better be a baby mama clause by all accounts.

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  12. I am pumped for Flood as Oline coach.  Finally a quality oline coach.  Course I thought the same when Wickline came here, but apparently Flood actually likes to recruit--The Brocks mentioned him and his coaching as a big part of the Bama appeal.  Not sure if that is just yacking or not but it's there.

     

    I am not sweating S&C hire.  Sark had a good one by all accounts at both UW and USC and I can't imagine he isn't aware of the importance after being around Carol and Saban.

     

    On the Muschamp front---Didn't Football Scoop or TFB say they weren't buying the Muschamp is out talk and think it is just negotiating between Will and Texas at the moment?  The whole floating Derek Mason's name was referred to as leverage in negotiations correct? I believe they said Mason's side doesn't believe Texas will actually offer him and that they are just negotiating with their real target?

     

    I like Muschamp as a DC.....he was a little too bend but don't break against tech compared to how some others attacked the spread but I'd still take him back.

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  13. 1 hour ago, immamac said:

    So I know CFB is all cut-throat and stuff, but is there not an unwritten rule that you don't take large chunks of the staff with you when you depart? It's not that I don't like the Alabama assistants, but it seems really strange that there's no anti-poaching clauses. Maybe that's what you guys were referring to with the special titles? No lateral poaching?

    That's a contract thing. Typically done by smaller schools to prevent bigger schools from money whipping someone for a lateral move.  My brief googling shows that Bama, along with Texas and many other "Blue bloods" doesn't typically include this in contracts.

     

    Also, it seems pretty typical when someone leaves bama for a HC gig they tend to take a few coaches with them.

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