🏈 Hot Seats and Coaching Changes - EX UA coach, Billy Napier to ULL

[bama alum]

And now Matt Canada is out looking. I'd rather see him coach at USA than Kevin Steele.

 

[planomateo]

Interesting, Herm Edwards is interviewing for the Arizona State gig.

 

[bama alum]

Interesting, Herm Edwards is interviewing for the Arizona State gig.

I thought Sumlin was the leader there. Hmm...

 

[It Takes Eleven]

I thought Sumlin was the leader there. Hmm...

If I had $10.6 million in my pocket I might take my time.

 

[TUSKtimes]

And here comes Arkansas on the outside and they decide this is a great time to hire a new coach while simultaneously looking for their next AD. We're now hearing about power struggles between BOT members that are taking the search in all kinds of directions.

Is it possible they could make up some serious ground and legitimately surpass Tennessee's futility down the backstretch and claim the top spot in the SEC? Stay tuned.

 

[Max]

 

[UAgrad93]

I have relatives that have FSU ties, former department head and a former criminal justice person with the school, and they said that Jimbo was likely gone. He was frustrated with the PTB and that this "football separate facility" that the PTB has now promised was something he asked for when he took over for Bowden.

 

[TUSKtimes]

Ainge, a well-known radio host, and ex-player is in hand to hand combat with Kiffin on twitter. Dig this exchange:

 

[RTB X Bot]

 

[TerryP]

Several years ago I remember Erik making some comments about Bama that were met with responses like the one from Dixie Sports Reports. I can't recall what he said. I want to say it was on the radio; maybe with Paul?

Anyone recall this?

 

[RTB X Bot]

 

[TUSKtimes]

Maybe they should just double butch jones's salary and get him back before he sells the house?

 

[17BAMA]

 

[Sgt. Lincoln Osiris]

Career NFL guy Herm ia headed to ASU?

Ummm.....WHAT?

 

[We All Bleed Crimson]

Why wouldn't ut reach out to Sumlin? If he is a coach that can win 8 or 9 games a year, it would be a step up. They haven't got the prize job that they think they do in knoxville. It's a little be sad to see them self-destruct like they are. It is a black eye on the SEC for a member school to be doing this.

 

[Max]

 

[TerryP]

Career NFL guy Herm ia headed to ASU?

Ummm.....WHAT?

Talk about a culture change from Grantham to Edwards.

I think ol' Herm will be good for the game. He'll get the ears of a lot of media personalities and he's been a pretty stand up kind of man in my eyes.

 

[Bamabww]

Didn't see this one coming. May have gotten word that ESPN was cleaning house a little more.

 

[TUSKtimes]

Didn't see this one coming. May have gotten word that ESPN was cleaning house a little more.

That came out of left field for me too. In his sixties seems an odd time to make such a career move with recruiting being the life blood. His time on a phone will surpass the time coaching on the field. But one thing about Herm, he plays to win the game.​

 

[alagator]

I think ol' Herm will be good for the game.

Thamel doesn't agree with you on Herm. He brings some valid points here like his time away from the college game. Yet, I'm still of the opinion he'd make a good head coach. It's still about offense, defense, and special teams.

Arizona State athletic director Ray Anderson must have been jealous. He must have seen Tennessee athletic director John Currie’s flailing coaching search and tried to top him for short-sightedness, puzzling decisions and potential to ostracize his fan base.

We’ll see if Arizona State ends up going through with it. On paper the connection makes sense, as Anderson represented Edwards as an agent. And some of the bread crumbs that Anderson left at his disastrous press conference – like the new coach keeping his coordinators – made it likely that a coach with few ties to college football would soon enter the picture.

But taking a coach who hasn’t been on the sideline since 2008 and in college football since 1989 and expecting to magically take a middling program to new heights is simply naïve. This potential hire appears like an over-reliance on a friend and former client more than any type of common sense.

Anderson overpromised in his press conference, saying those that think Arizona State shouldn’t be a Top 15 program “don’t grasp the vision” he and President Michael Crow have. Few in college athletics have “grasped the vision” of anything Anderson has done since firing Todd Graham. The overwhelming feeling among athletic administrators, between chuckles, is that this hire will turn into a Lovie Smith Sequel – an out-of-touch NFL coach returning to college for one last pay bump before retirement. And potentially paying more than $11 million as a parting gift to Graham to bring in Edwards is the topper.

“It’ll be a learning curve for a guy who has never been an X’s and O’s specialist,” said a veteran NFL executive familiar with Edwards. “There’s some real danger in terms of playing against the schools in that conference that know what they’re doing. It’s one thing to have a good motivational speaker, it’s another thing to have a good football coach.”
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