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The hire is fine in the context of “Terry Joseph left and we replaced him”.  Good bridge for the new CB coach to grow into the role and cut his teeth recruiting in the SEC. Prior relationship with Nansen whose track record to date at Texas is really good. Won’t leave for another job so some stability on staff during the upcoming Arch era. 
 

Yeah, Akina is old and is going to coach ball rather than recruit. I’m sure there was a better hire out there somewhere, but maybe Sark wanted to move on from the offseason ASAP. There’s probably some benefit to shutting down the carousel. 

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1 hour ago, NoName said:

It's pretty clear you don't know who Larry Johnson is. 16 defensive players of the year or defensive linemen of the year in the last 25 years in the b10 is outstanding. He's an incredible position coach and didn't have to 

Akina is an incredible coach historically. He just isn't Larry Johnson.

Man please , ain’t nobody discrediting  Johnson, but I’m giving Akina his flowers.

just at Texas Akina had

5 1st round draft picks 

2 Thorpe award winners 

14 first team DBs (in a pass happy big 12)

and 11 active DB’s just from Texas in the NFL (mind you he left Texas in 2013

And that was just at Texas. Arizona could’ve possibly been his best coaching job considering all factors 

 

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According to Grok AI, Larry Johnson has had approximately 23 players drafted by the NFL.

According to Grok AI, Duane Akina has had at least 25 players drafted by the NFL, with estimates ranging up to 33 based on his full career impact across Arizona, Texas, and Stanford.
 

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2 hours ago, Horn Under a Bad Sign said:

According to Grok AI, Larry Johnson has had approximately 23 players drafted by the NFL.

According to Grok AI, Duane Akina has had at least 25 players drafted by the NFL, with estimates ranging up to 33 based on his full career impact across Arizona, Texas, and Stanford.
 

Estimates is the best AI can do? Couldn't any human with wikipedia figure out the real answer in less than 5 minutes

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8 hours ago, Funk Doctor Spock said:

Isn't Larry Johnson at Pedo like 73 or something? He seems to be doing fine. And Akina has put something like 30-40 DB'S in the league between Texas, Stanford, and Arizona with 4 Thorpe award winners. I'm pretty he doesn't have dementia and can remember how to coach. 

This isn't being snarky to you, just saying I think the dude can still coach. 

Yeah he's 73...but...he moved on about 10 years ago 

 

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9 hours ago, NoName said:

It's pretty clear you don't know who Larry Johnson is. 16 defensive players of the year or defensive linemen of the year in the last 25 years in the b10 is outstanding. He's an incredible position coach and didn't have to 

Akina is an incredible coach historically. He just isn't Larry Johnson.

He has had some issues at OSU with Knowles. The story from OSU was Knowles and Johnson finally went to the mat over DL coaching/technique. Jim wanted it taught a different way. Jim ended up winning. The rest is history. 

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7 hours ago, Horn Under a Bad Sign said:

According to Grok AI, Larry Johnson has had approximately 23 players drafted by the NFL.

According to Grok AI, Duane Akina has had at least 25 players drafted by the NFL, with estimates ranging up to 33 based on his full career impact across Arizona, Texas, and Stanford.
 

This is silly argument. Secondary will generally have 5 on the field vs 4 for a DL. The better argument is probably Akina vs Corey Raymond. 

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8 hours ago, MrX said:

The hire is fine in the context of “Terry Joseph left and we replaced him”.  Good bridge for the new CB coach to grow into the role and cut his teeth recruiting in the SEC. Prior relationship with Nansen whose track record to date at Texas is really good. Won’t leave for another job so some stability on staff during the upcoming Arch era. 
 

Yeah, Akina is old and is going to coach ball rather than recruit. I’m sure there was a better hire out there somewhere, but maybe Sark wanted to move on from the offseason ASAP. There’s probably some benefit to shutting down the carousel. 

Being able to have a million coaches and Texan actuelly hiring a million makes it way easier age wise and recruiting wise for him. 

If PK and Nansen are on the same page on it and sold Sark then that's good, especially if you are hiring this late into things.

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21 hours ago, Newy25 said:


I am in Brazil for a friends bachelor party and honestly I don’t even remember posting anything about Akina. I guess my sub conscience hates the pick. 

Always gruntled to see a new Surlyism pop up.

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3 hours ago, Dennis Taylor said:

Yeah he's 73...but...he moved on about 10 years ago 

 

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Sorry I actually meant Ohio State. I have no idea why Pedo came to mind. 

Regardless, Akina has sent 41 DBs to the NFL. I'm not quite sure why anyone would think a guy who has sent that many, let alone his guys who have won the Thorpe, would be a "meh" hire?

It's not about nostalgia, it's about knowledge; that's what Akina brings. He's still on the recruiting trail. It's crazy that people still question Sark's hires. 

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2 hours ago, Funk Doctor Spock said:

Sorry I actually meant Ohio State. I have no idea why Pedo came to mind. 

Regardless, Akina has sent 41 DBs to the NFL. I'm not quite sure why anyone would think a guy who has sent that many, let alone his guys who have won the Thorpe, would be a "meh" hire?

It's not about nostalgia, it's about knowledge; that's what Akina brings. He's still on the recruiting trail. It's crazy that people still question Sark's hires. 

Larry Johnson Jr played RB at pedo. 

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