(01-15-2024 10:42 PM)WARDAWG93 Wrote:  Wait, Wommack is going to more than double his income and improve his chances of stepping into a premier P5 job in the near future and you're shocked? Holy crap some of you are living in an altered state of reality. Sucks for South Alabama but let's get real here.

What if Bama takes a step back? It’s very possible. Passed by Ole Miss then that staff is fired. Was it a great move? Coaches have huge egos. Taking a step back isn’t in their wheelhouse of things they like to do. Maybe there’s something at South that bothered him. Surely he had reasons.

(01-15-2024 10:49 PM)Troy_Fan_15 Wrote:  Alabama DC is probably “better” on the resume than South Alabama (or even Troy) HC for getting an upper tier P4 HC job in the future. I mean they’ve sent guys to Georgia, Ole Miss, and Texas just to name 3. This is the new divide in collegiate athletics.

But will that trend continue under DeBoer or was that just a phenomenon with Nick Saban?

(01-15-2024 10:59 PM)chiefsfan Wrote:  

(01-15-2024 10:49 PM)TTT Wrote:  

(01-15-2024 10:45 PM)warhawk09 Wrote:  Other SBC coaches have turned down similar offers. Being a HC is important, there are only so many of those positions.

Who?

Almost happened a couple years ago. Blake Anderson was fully prepared to leave AState to take an OC job, but Utah State offered a head coach job last minute and he managed to use that route.

Where?

Waiting on a billboard of some kind

(01-15-2024 10:51 PM)warhawk09 Wrote:  

(01-15-2024 10:49 PM)TTT Wrote:  

(01-15-2024 10:45 PM)warhawk09 Wrote:  Other SBC coaches have turned down similar offers. Being a HC is important, there are only so many of those positions.

Who?

Not going to say. Believe me if you want, don’t really care.

Lol why aren't you going to say?

(01-15-2024 11:11 PM)SkullyMaroo Wrote:  

(01-15-2024 10:49 PM)Troy_Fan_15 Wrote:  Alabama DC is probably “better” on the resume than South Alabama (or even Troy) HC for getting an upper tier P4 HC job in the future. I mean they’ve sent guys to Georgia, Ole Miss, and Texas just to name 3. This is the new divide in collegiate athletics.

But will that trend continue under DeBoer or was that just a phenomenon with Nick Saban?

He won at Washington with a much harder recruiting path and less resources.

It's an older example but North Carolina offered Satterfield the OC/AHC job under Mack, but he went to Louisville to be the head coach instead.

(01-15-2024 10:33 PM)usmbacker Wrote:  

(01-15-2024 10:17 PM)Hemi Man Wrote:  That’s not a good reflection on the job in Mobile.

Going from being paid $810K to making $2M is a reflection on basic economics. It is called reality.

Thank you! I really hope can understand your reply.

(01-16-2024 12:33 AM)JoeJag Wrote:  

(01-15-2024 10:33 PM)usmbacker Wrote:  

(01-15-2024 10:17 PM)Hemi Man Wrote:  That’s not a good reflection on the job in Mobile.

Going from being paid $810K to making $2M is a reflection on basic economics. It is called reality.

Thank you! I really hope can understand your reply.

With Kanes connections to Freeze and his bil on auburns staff, i really expected this a year ago

(01-16-2024 12:12 AM)banker Wrote:  

(01-15-2024 11:11 PM)SkullyMaroo Wrote:  

(01-15-2024 10:49 PM)Troy_Fan_15 Wrote:  Alabama DC is probably “better” on the resume than South Alabama (or even Troy) HC for getting an upper tier P4 HC job in the future. I mean they’ve sent guys to Georgia, Ole Miss, and Texas just to name 3. This is the new divide in collegiate athletics.

But will that trend continue under DeBoer or was that just a phenomenon with Nick Saban?

He won at Washington with a much harder recruiting path and less resources.

That doesn’t mean his assistants will go straight from assistant to P5 head coaching position though.

Look at it this way; Kane has very little Power Conference experience. A short time as a GA at Old Piss when they were irrelevant and a couple of Covid years at Indiana who is always irrelevant is all. If he wants a real shot at a Power Conference job then he needs to show he can be a successful coordinator at the highest level. Add to that the fact that he is going to make about 2X what he was making at USA makes the move a no-brainer.

In case anyone is interested:

https://www.espn.com/college-football/st...m/college-


football/story/_/id/39318276/south-alabama-coach-kane-wommack-join-alabama-staff

Any chance Bama would be interested in Elliott?

(01-15-2024 10:19 PM)TTT Wrote:  If someone came to your job and said "we'll pay you 2-3x as much and you'd have less responsibilities" you'd be a fool not to accept, no?

Stay there for 1-2 years, and you can set your family up for life!!! No brainer...

do they offer Applewhite or go outside for someone else

I think at this point it is hard to not go with The Major

looking at the last 3 years even in their losses with the exception of Troy most of their other losses they scored at least a decent amount of points and a couple where the point total was not really high the points given up looks like there was a potential that the D was not getting the ball back to the O and the clock was used up

I suppose there is the potential that the O turned it over a lot and that left the D in a bad place and cost the O points, but overall they were scoring a lot of points in most games all 2 years

he has the two years at uH and sure he was "fired" there, but look what the high paid "bIg TiMe FOrMeR P5 cOaCh" was able to do after Major......he was able to drive the program through the ditch and into a sewage plant

some morons from uH try and blame all of that on the recruiting by Major, but he was only a head coach there for two years so his first recruiting class would have been the "behind the 8 ball" class plus Herman taking some recruits with him and then he got one other class (when the fans were hating on him the entire season)

also Herman was only there two years and Levine (that they fired after two 8 win seasons out of 3) was only there 3 years......so it is hard to have continuity with HC churn like that....and the reality is he still won there as a first time young HC taking over for a popular coach

I would imagine if they do not hire Major he will be looking to leave possibly even back to Alabama in some capacity in the O since he has an "in" and he has been there before and that I think would be bad for USA

(01-15-2024 11:03 PM)usmbacker Wrote:  

(01-15-2024 10:45 PM)warhawk09 Wrote:  Other SBC coaches have turned down similar offers. Being a HC is important, there are only so many of those positions.

Name one please. I can't recall any SBC head coach turning down a $1.2 million raise.

Billy Napier turned down a few P5 opportunities with even more substantial gains.

(01-15-2024 11:52 PM)TTT Wrote:  

(01-15-2024 10:51 PM)warhawk09 Wrote:  

(01-15-2024 10:49 PM)TTT Wrote:  

(01-15-2024 10:45 PM)warhawk09 Wrote:  Other SBC coaches have turned down similar offers. Being a HC is important, there are only so many of those positions.

Who?

Not going to say. Believe me if you want, don’t really care.

Lol why aren't you going to say?

Respect for those coaches privacy.

(01-16-2024 05:27 AM)TodgeRodge Wrote:  do they offer Applewhite or go outside for someone else

There’s a high probability it’ll be Major Applewhite.

(01-16-2024 12:33 AM)JoeJag Wrote:  

(01-15-2024 10:33 PM)usmbacker Wrote:  

(01-15-2024 10:17 PM)Hemi Man Wrote:  That’s not a good reflection on the job in Mobile.

Going from being paid $810K to making $2M is a reflection on basic economics. It is called reality.

Thank you! I really hope can understand your reply.

If your are an Essential Worker and do a great job you get a Pizza Party at work. The world is upside down

(01-16-2024 03:47 AM)TomorrowHerd Wrote:  

(01-15-2024 10:19 PM)TTT Wrote:  If someone came to your job and said "we'll pay you 2-3x as much and you'd have less responsibilities" you'd be a fool not to accept, no?

Stay there for 1-2 years, and you can set your family up for life!!! No brainer...

Under Saban most likely. This is an unknown in the SEC.