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RE: Footballscoop.com says...
(01-04-2018 02:37 PM)the_blazerman Wrote: (01-04-2018 02:07 PM)BlazintheATL Wrote: So I haven't really been following this story much. Who are we targeting as a replacement?
Well, that is what we are discussing in the thread.
Vincent maybe, Freeman maybe.
We have 2 spots available & these 2 may fill the spots.
Yeah I don't know who these guys are.
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RE: Footballscoop.com says...
(01-04-2018 02:42 PM)blazerwkr Wrote: If Vincent is the choice to return, then I'd assume any of the extra coaches we'll gain might be among the USA coaches since they got the pink slip as well.
Or some current "analysts"...
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RE: Footballscoop.com says...
Vincent was our OC in 2014. Freeman is a local high school coach who used to coach the Johnston brothers at Spanish Fort among other players.
Seems to be a very good offensive coach.
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RE: Footballscoop.com says...
(01-04-2018 03:05 PM)the_blazerman Wrote: Vincent was our OC in 2014. Freeman is a local high school coach who used to coach the Johnston brothers at Spanish Fort among other players.
Seems to be a very good offensive coach.
Yeah, he won 3 state titles before he even got to Spanish Fort. He really has Thompson rolling on offense too........runs a true spread/tempo, not lip service.
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RE: Footballscoop.com says...
There is another name out there that I will say is a similar candidate as Freeman, but he comes with plenty of off the field baggage. Has worked with Clark before...
No, I won't go there.
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(01-04-2018 03:23 PM)braves95 Wrote: There is another name out there that I will say is a similar candidate as Freeman, but he comes with plenty of off the field baggage. Has worked with Clark before...
No, I won't go there.
He's out there....and should stay out there.
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RE: Footballscoop.com says...
(01-04-2018 03:23 PM)braves95 Wrote: There is another name out there that I will say is a similar candidate as Freeman, but he comes with plenty of off the field baggage. Has worked with Clark before...
No, I won't go there.
Clark and Propst are good friends. They never worked together anywhere, other than maybe some all-star games.
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RE: Footballscoop.com says...
(01-04-2018 03:36 PM)biglizard Wrote: (01-04-2018 03:23 PM)braves95 Wrote: There is another name out there that I will say is a similar candidate as Freeman, but he comes with plenty of off the field baggage. Has worked with Clark before...
No, I won't go there.
He's out there....and should stay out there.
who?
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They had some all star games together.
I think he was in the running for a job at Tennessee.
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RE: Footballscoop.com says...
(01-04-2018 03:54 PM)busch Wrote: (01-04-2018 03:23 PM)braves95 Wrote: There is another name out there that I will say is a similar candidate as Freeman, but he comes with plenty of off the field baggage. Has worked with Clark before...
No, I won't go there.
Clark and Propst are good friends. They never worked together anywhere, other than maybe some all-star games.
Actually Clark (and John Grass) were on Propst's first staff at Ashville HC (after Clark's father retired and Propst was promoted to HC). Clark was briefly on Propst's first staff at Hoover, but he got the Prattville job before he'd even coached a game at Hoover.
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RE: Footballscoop.com says...
(01-04-2018 04:22 PM)braves95 Wrote: (01-04-2018 03:54 PM)busch Wrote: (01-04-2018 03:23 PM)braves95 Wrote: There is another name out there that I will say is a similar candidate as Freeman, but he comes with plenty of off the field baggage. Has worked with Clark before...
No, I won't go there.
Clark and Propst are good friends. They never worked together anywhere, other than maybe some all-star games.
Actually Clark (and John Grass) were on Propst's first staff at Ashville HC (after Clark's father retired and Propst was promoted to HC). Clark was briefly on Propst's first staff at Hoover, but he got the Prattville job before he'd even coached a game at Hoover.
Gotcha. Clark doesn't list Ashville or Hoover on his bio
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RE: Footballscoop.com says...
Hugh Freeze is available for OC
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(01-04-2018 08:08 PM)hooverblazer Wrote: Hugh Freeze is available for OC
Being proposed to Arizona as OC in a package deal with Les Miles as HC..
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The Ole Miss players really liked Freeze!
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RE: Footballscoop.com says...
Just as there is no "I" in TEAM, there is no "I" in coach staff either. The best FBHC are those best able to recognize growth potential in assistant coaches just as they must recognize the growth potential in talented high school athletes. Are they already playing / coaching at 100% of ability (as good as they can be), or do they have substantial upside potential for growth for a college team? "Plays well with others" is just as important for an assistant coach as for a player.
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Probably didn't help when an assistant dog curses players when it goes against the head coach's philosophy.
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(01-05-2018 01:56 PM)BAMANBLAZERFAN Wrote: Just as there is no "I" in TEAM, there is no "I" in coach staff either. The best FBHC are those best able to recognize growth potential in assistant coaches just as they must recognize the growth potential in talented high school athletes. Are they already playing / coaching at 100% of ability (as good as they can be), or do they have substantial upside potential for growth for a college team? "Plays well with others" is just as important for an assistant coach as for a player.
Les flunked almost all of those test. Nothing innovative offensively, and had a gifted knack for pissing everybody off.
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(01-05-2018 02:22 PM)Bham Blazer Wrote: (01-05-2018 01:56 PM)BAMANBLAZERFAN Wrote: Just as there is no "I" in TEAM, there is no "I" in coach staff either. The best FBHC are those best able to recognize growth potential in assistant coaches just as they must recognize the growth potential in talented high school athletes. Are they already playing / coaching at 100% of ability (as good as they can be), or do they have substantial upside potential for growth for a college team? "Plays well with others" is just as important for an assistant coach as for a player.
Les flunked almost all of those test. Nothing innovative offensively, and had a gifted knack for pissing everybody off.
Just as FBHC Clark must recruit an eventual replacement QB, he must hire a replacement assistant coach. If Les was so bad, can Clark correct his mistake and do better next time? His success at UAB depends upon both his staff choices and his player choices.
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(01-05-2018 02:29 PM)BAMANBLAZERFAN Wrote: (01-05-2018 02:22 PM)Bham Blazer Wrote: (01-05-2018 01:56 PM)BAMANBLAZERFAN Wrote: Just as there is no "I" in TEAM, there is no "I" in coach staff either. The best FBHC are those best able to recognize growth potential in assistant coaches just as they must recognize the growth potential in talented high school athletes. Are they already playing / coaching at 100% of ability (as good as they can be), or do they have substantial upside potential for growth for a college team? "Plays well with others" is just as important for an assistant coach as for a player.
Les flunked almost all of those test. Nothing innovative offensively, and had a gifted knack for pissing everybody off.
Just as FBHC Clark must recruit an eventual replacement QB, he must hire a replacement assistant coach. If Les was so bad, can Clark correct his mistake and do better next time? His success at UAB depends upon both his staff choices and his player choices.
It's an incredibly important OC hire, if he is serious about taking the program to the next level. I guess we will all know pretty soon!
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