🏈 If You Had To Choose A Coach From The SEC

[doemasters]

If you had to choose a coach from the SEC to replace Coach Saban after he retires who would you choose that is coaching right now if choosing from the conference

 

[UAgrad93]

A HC now or an OC or DC?

 

[UAgrad93]

If we say current HC, Coach McElwain would be a good one. He knows the pressure and expectations here and would develop the kids at QB that he brings into the program.
If we say OC or DC, I say don't let Kirby Smart leave his house in Ttown.

 

[doemasters]

Head coach

 

[alabama mike]

Boy that's tough but if age is not into consideration, I'd go with Les Miles.

 

[TerryP]

Bret or Butch...

 

[UAgrad93]

"Butthead" would bring a punishing ground game with him. I don't know what his QB play would earn us though. Great play action as long as the run game is going, but Arky struggles mightily if they must go 2 minute.

 

[TerryP]

"Butthead" would bring a punishing ground game with him. I don't know what his QB play would earn us though. Great play action as long as the run game is going, bit Arky struggles mightily if they must go 2 minute.

I don't believe you can judge how his QB's would play based on what you've seen at Arkansas. To me, that's all about Jim Chaney. He didn't impress me in his four years at UT with Dooley and I thought Bielema hiring him was the worst hire he's made.

 

[UAgrad93]

@TerryP, I don't base it off of Arky. With the exception of Russell Wilson, Bret really hasn't ever had a QB worth a piss. I agree about the Chaney hire though. It made me scratch my head!

 

[TerryP]

@TerryP, I don't base it off of Arky. With the exception of Russell Wilson, Bret really hasn't ever had a QB worth a piss. I agree about the Chaney hire though. It made me scratch my head!

How much of that is due to being Wisconsin?

Let me put that another way...

Let's call that area the upper midwest. With the exception of Ohio, which boasts some good high school programs, can you name a state or program that's had a good QB over the last 10-15 years?

(Come to think of it, wasn't Wilson from Ohio originally?)

 

[alabama mike]

@TerryP @uagrad93 The only two I can think of are Bem Mauk at Cincinnati and Kirk Cousins at Michigan St. Ben held the all hig school passing record until his brother Matt broke it and Cousins has played some with the Redskins. Other than those two, I am drawing blanks from up this way.

 

[Bamabww]

Boy that's tough but if age is not into consideration, I'd go with Les Miles.

Yeah, me too.He can recruit, loves to play defense and the players he gets love to play for him. If he could get someone to develop his QBs .........

 

[Kirk Van de Graaff]

From the conference I would pick Mullins or Freeze I guess, I wouldn't mind the Gus Bus but it is tarnished with that Blue and Orange s@#$.

 

[rick4bama]

From the conference I would pick Mullins or Freeze I guess, I wouldn't mind the Gus Bus but it is tarnished with that Blue and Orange s@#$.

Bite yur tougue!!

 

[TerryP]

With the exception of Ohio, which boasts some good high school programs, can you name a state or program that's had a good QB over the last 10-15 years?

Bem Mauk at Cincinnati and Kirk Cousins at Michigan St.

Mauk comes from the high school system in Ohio. It seems like Cousins is from Indiana or Illinois so he'd be one.

 

[TerryP]

From the conference I would pick Mullins or Freeze I guess,

He's playing way too loose with recruiting rules for me to want him anywhere inside the state borders.

 

[rick4bama]

Steve

 

[psychojoe]

Good old lovable Les.

 

[We All Bleed Crimson]

Wow, that's a tough question....
As for current HCs, it would have to be a long-term-proven winner (not just a season or two of success.)
- Richt teams win but are too soft, at least on D.
- Miles has proven to be mostly consistent, but has occasional brain ... burps.
- Spurrier... nah.
Miles probably has the best track record.

As for OC/DC, I don't like bringing coordinators on for their first HC gig (al least, not at Bama). However, I might have to look at Smart because he has been in the system for so long that I think he would understand what it takes to succeed. It would be a different role for him and I would hope that he would be just fine in it.

Hopefully, we don't have to be concerned about that for many years to come. ROLL TIDE ROLL!!!

 

[psychojoe]

I would only hire Les if I could also hire an AHC for clock management.