Grimes Remaining in Auburn, Texas OL Coach Search Continues
by Wescott Eberts (GoBR) on Jan 16, 2011 12:50 PM CST
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PrintFirst Steve Addazio, now Jeff Grimes. Throw Bob Bostad in there and it looks like Mack Brown has missed on his top three targets for the last remaining coaching position on the Texas staff -- offensive line coach.
After leaving Austin Thursday night with a job offer from the 'Horns, Grimes spent until Sunday morning deciding on his fate, when Auburn finally ended the suspense by issuing a press release that he had decided to spurn the opportunity to return to the state where he was born, went to college, and worked as a graduate assistant.
Grimes had this to say about his decision in the press release:
The University of Texas has a great football program and I have a tremendous amount of respect for Mack Brown. As a Texas native, the position was very enticing, however, I have decided to remain at Auburn. My family and I love being a part of the Auburn family, the Auburn community and this football program. It is a very special place to us, and I'm excited to help Coach Chizik continue to build upon the success that we've already achieved in our first two seasons.
So the search continues on. OSU OL coach Joe Wickline is widely considered the next top candidate, but the word out of Stillwater in the last few days has not been as positive as it was a week or so ago. On Friday evening, Wickline denied having any formal contact with Texas. Chris Klenakis of Arkansas and Chris Strausser of Boise State are two other names in circulation.
The decision by Grimes also has recruiting ramifications, as Christian Westerman and his family will visit Austin on Friday and Auburn could turn into the prohibitive favorite if Texas doesn't have a coach in place at that time and may now be the favorite anyway. If the search does finally end, the new coach will have to win over Christian and his family for the Longhorns to keep their second most highly-ranked prospect in the 2011 class.
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credibility fail.
We have a 12th man and he's Bryan Harsin
by SpiritOfTheFedora on Jan 16, 2011 10:29 PM CST up reply actions
My pick!
Strausser I think would be the right pick!?!??! But Mack needs a OL coach before the Westerman family gets to Austin on the 21st!!!!!!!!!
by TexasStateHorn on Jan 16, 2011 12:56 PM CST reply actions
I'm sick and tired...
of hearing about the Westerman family. IMO, the Westerman’s don’t factor into the OL coaching decision at all. Texas needs to take the time to make the best hire. Christian can go wherever he wants to go and feels more comfortable. With the recruiting class we have coming in, not to mention the great OL recruits already part of the class, I will not be crying over losing Westerman. 25 recruits and we haven’t lost one. If he wants to be the one and only to change his mind, that says more about him and less about Mack.
I agree
I certainly hope that Westerman comes to Texas, but we are a team and Westerman is just one person. I have no problem with him looking around and making sure that he is making the right decision for himself.
However, if his original commitment was to McWhorter and not to Texas, that was a mistake. If he de-commits and goes elsewhere simply for the OL Coach, he will be making the same mistake again. We saw how crazy the coaching carousel gets and if he thinks his current OL Coach will be his coach in 4 years that is naive.
his commitment was to the university of texas
but I totally understand that he needs to do whatever is best for him.
He has repeatedly said if texas brings in a good coach for o line he will stay.
Westerman could be a tie-breaker, but that's it
Getting the right coach is a lot bigger than just one recruit. One recruit could represent an upgrade at one starting position; one coach could represent an upgrade at all five.
Just Harsin around.
by burntorangehorn on Jan 16, 2011 1:50 PM CST up reply actions
i agree 100%
mack has done one hell of a job keeping all of the recruits. if this kid wants to go somewhere else, well what can you do? You don’t want to rush a hire just because this one kid is having doubts.
No big deal, IMO
I didn’t see what was so special about him anyway. I’d rather Wickline anyway, and of course having Harsin continue working with an OL coach with whom he has already meshed his offensive scheme in the past would be a pretty nice advantage to offset the lack of Texas ties for Strausser. Strausser does have Ryan Clady, Daryn Colledge, and at least one or two other NFLers to his credit. He also coached TEs prior to taking the OL back over.
Just Harsin around.
by burntorangehorn on Jan 16, 2011 1:14 PM CST reply actions
Other reports
Recruitocosm says the reason Grimes declined the offer was that he wasn’t able to make the very demanding time commitment Texas will require because of his young children. If that is true, he was not the right fit for us and it was definitely best that he didn’t take the job. According to their report the time commitment is in the 16-18 hour work day range. I guess the big bucks do come with a huge commitment. I wouldn’t want to commit to that either. But I would love to play for coaches that are making that commitment. Our ship is definitely proceeding in the right dirction.
Geez, I've always thought of CFB coaches as generally overpaid
But it turns out that many of us regular joes earn more than they do, when you break down the hours.
Just Harsin around.
by burntorangehorn on Jan 16, 2011 1:49 PM CST up reply actions
if you believe that I have some oceanfront property in Arizona
to sell you.
Convenient excuse after being rejected. Do you honestly think Mack Brown would care if Grimes only spent 12 hours at work as long as the OL kicked butt? The athletic department could put out another feel good piece about how considerations were being made for Grimes’ family. He wanted to stay at Auburn, which is probably better for y’all anyways considering the NCAA sanctions that will eventually come down.
It's not too surprising
Grimes is sticking with the hottest OC in the country in Malzahn and continuing to learn. They may be hoping to become HC and OC together somewhere in the near future.
I think it's time to look to the NFL for the OL coach
The Wickline flirtation will only result in Wickline getting a raise from Boone Pickens. It will also give TexAgs another weeks worth of material.
Screw the embarrassment, and look to the NFL Mack. I don’t have any names of the top of my head, but in college football emotions get involved. No one will care if we take an OL coach from the NFL. It’s just business there.
Instead of having time frames, and decision weekends, a NFL OL coach will say yes or no if offered the job. You know something called professionalism Jeff Grimes, and Paul Chryst.
by billfromlaketravis on Jan 16, 2011 2:21 PM CST reply actions
I'm not sure that not getting our OL coach right off the bat qualifies as an embarrasment
When you consider the circumstances. If it was just the OL coach we were looking for, then yes, it would look really bad that we couldn’t get “our guy,” It would also look bad if we were still trying to hire the bulk of our staff, and it wouldn’t be good for the program if we were struggling landing coaches at the higher profile positions. But, Mack has assembled, arguably, the best young coaching staff in the country almost entirely from scratch. It’s just part of the business that not every single candidate you target is going to jump his respective ship and come to Austin.
I say the risk of embarrassment inherent early in the process is all but gone now, so I would rather see Mack take his time and be certain that we get a quality hire who is 100% on board with what Mack and the new staff is trying to accomplish.
"Beautiful despair is hearing Dylan when you're drunk at 3 a.m. Knowing that the chances are no matter what you'll never write like him." Rodney Crowell: Beautiful Despair, 2005.
The hire needs time
not only to consider such a huge decision (career, relocation, family, etc), but also to ask for a raise from their current team or school ;-)
anyways I would love an NFL hire.
It seems like you're implying that Grimes and Chryst acted unprofessionally
Would you care to back up that implication? I certainly disagree in both cases.
Just Harsin around.
by burntorangehorn on Jan 16, 2011 2:36 PM CST up reply actions
The decision to accept or decline the job should already be made before the interview
The interview should only reinforce the coach’s original decision. Grimes and Chryst already knew what they were going to do before talking to Mack, but instead of being up front, they asked for more time, led us on and then stuck with their original decision to stay put.
However, if the ever competitive NFL you can’t do what Chryst and Grimes did and maintain your rep. If a NFL brings you in for an interview you better be interested or the phone will stop ringing because theres 10 guys waiting for the same call.
by billfromlaketravis on Jan 16, 2011 2:35 PM CST reply actions
Are you just guessing about what Grimes and Chryst were thinking?
Because it sure looks like you’re making all that up.
Just Harsin around.
by burntorangehorn on Jan 16, 2011 2:37 PM CST up reply actions
My point is burntorangehorn, is that these coaches shouldn't be flirting with Texas in the first place
Both Chryst and Grimes were firmly entrenched at their current schools. They likely never wanted to leave. I didn’t say they acted unprofessionally, they acted less than professional.
The conversations with their families to leave their schools likely occurred before the interview with Mack, or they knew how their families felt about moving.
Their coaches, they move all the time. They know how their families feel about moving. In both Chryst and Grimes’ cases they probably knew with some certainty that would stay put, but interviewed with Mack to get a raise. Good for them, they’re getting paid, but it wasted Mack’s and the program’s time.
From what I’ve read both Chryst and Grimes are good men, but they could have told Mack at the conclusion of the interview, no thanks instead of give me some time to think it over when it seems like they already knew what their decision was.
by billfromlaketravis on Jan 16, 2011 2:45 PM CST up reply actions
One has to at least consider Texas
when Texas calls. I do believe that the 16+ hour workday was an unknown which when it became known to Grimes, became an obstacle & factor.
He’s a Christian who probably values church and time above money, and he also seems like a family guy (they did adopt a 4th kid from Ethiopia).
For the record I think Chryst and Grimes are both good family men
I’m not attacking their character, morals, or families.
That said, they could have handled their interviews with Texas better. A no thanks Mack and a hand shake at the end of interview would have been acting more professionally.
by billfromlaketravis on Jan 16, 2011 3:02 PM CST up reply actions
How do you believe they handled themselves?
They interviewed, and after hearing everything involved, they ostensibly turned down the job offers. What’s wrong with that?
Just Harsin around.
by burntorangehorn on Jan 17, 2011 12:52 AM CST up reply actions
wow, you're just pulling shit out of your ass here
this is freaking despicable
Grimes and Chryst knew their decision before they talked to Mack? If they knew that, they wouldn’t have interviewed for the job. Asking to talk to your family so you can see if your wife is okay with you moving the family in return for a higher profile position and a pay raise isn’t “less than professional” (which somehow isn’t equal to ‘unprofessional’ in your world), it is what coaches do. With coaches being required to work a lot of hours, the wife is often the unsung hero who has to do a lot of the work of running the household. Taking her opinion into consideration isn’t only advisable, it is pretty much imperative.
You’re butthurt two guys didn’t take the OL coaching position at texas, so you make crap up about them being unprofessional or less than professional? Why don’t you wake up and smell what you’re shoveling?
Nebraska fans would admire this level of delusion and excuse-making.
I'm speechless
Asking to talk to your family so you can see if your wife is okay with you moving the family in return for a higher profile position and a pay raise isn’t "less than professional" (which somehow isn’t equal to ‘unprofessional’ in your world), it is what coaches do. With coaches being required to work a lot of hours, the wife is often the unsung hero who has to do a lot of the work of running the household. Taking her opinion into consideration isn’t only advisable, it is pretty much imperative.
I new and profound respect for you, Beergut.
I’m not sure how long that will last but enjoy it while it does.
What we have here is a failure to execute.
by dimecoverage on Jan 16, 2011 5:22 PM CST up reply actions
Did you read his reply?
Bill said that these coaches had that conversation with their families long before they
ever decided to get on a plane and fly to Austin. There is no way a high profile coach goes to interview at a high profile school with all the inherent media attention just to “see what they have to say”.
And beergut shows up to troll on a Texas site
Holy shit beergut shouldn’t you be worrying about Timmy D leaving for head coaching job?
Go back to the shit show / zoo that is TexAgs and stay there.
All you do is troll and instigate beergut.
by billfromlaketravis on Jan 16, 2011 7:31 PM CST up reply actions
He's not trolling
He spoke the truth, and he called you out for passing off your speculations as fact and disparaging two guys who conducted themselves well in the interview process, by all rational accounts.
Just Harsin around.
by burntorangehorn on Jan 17, 2011 12:54 AM CST up reply actions
When did I state any of this as fact? It's my opinion
by billfromlaketravis on Jan 17, 2011 5:31 PM CST up reply actions
When you said that he did act unprofessionally
Not that it was your opinion that he did.
And either way, you were wrong.
Just Harsin around.
by burntorangehorn on Jan 18, 2011 6:07 PM CST up reply actions
You’re butthurt two guys didn’t take the OL coaching position at texas, so you make crap up about them being unprofessional or less than professional.
Yep, same thing that’s going on with Westerman. It’s like being in high school and being rejected by the three cutest girls so you start making shit up about them.
I have a new signature line…’We’re Texas and nobody wants to be our OL coach’. Darn I was hoping to shut down the flight tracker.
We have a 12th man and he's Bryan Harsin
by SpiritOfTheFedora on Jan 16, 2011 9:40 PM CST up reply actions
No comment…
It’s like being in high school and being rejected by the three cutest girls so you start making shit up about them.
Those girls had to pick on someone in high school. Don’t worry about it. That was years ago.
What we have here is a failure to execute.
by dimecoverage on Jan 17, 2011 10:30 AM CST up reply actions
lol
YOU know what I was talking about, and it wasn’t the girls. I was beatin’ them off with a stick back then (figuratively speaking).
See ya later, alligator.
by Paleface Horn on Jan 17, 2011 10:41 AM CST up reply actions
Right…
What we have here is a failure to execute.
by dimecoverage on Jan 17, 2011 10:57 AM CST up reply actions
You'll just have to take my word for it, I guess.
See ya later, alligator.
by Paleface Horn on Jan 17, 2011 11:18 AM CST up reply actions
I look like Giselle.
You’ll just have to take my word for it, too.
What we have here is a failure to execute.
by dimecoverage on Jan 17, 2011 2:02 PM CST up reply actions
Which one?
I’m not very good with current pop culture.
See ya later, alligator.
by Paleface Horn on Jan 17, 2011 3:31 PM CST up reply actions
By your logic
it should be considered unprofessional that texas chases after the coaches they want. Believe me I’d love it if mack brown would quit calling auburn coaches when he has a position to fill. Thank goodness Grimes is the first to turn him down leaving our entire staff intact for the 3rd straight year. Based on your thinking Texas should just “post” the job opening and then only interview candidates that send in resumes…thus indicating their interest?
"I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass...and I'm all out of bubblegum."
by tigertracker on Jan 18, 2011 11:32 AM CST up reply actions
I disagree wholeheartedly
I don’t think a person, regardless of what job he or she is interviewing for, should necessarily say, “I’m going to this interview, and if they offer me a job I’m 100% taking it.” I think the interview process is just as much about the candidate sitting down with a potential employer, asking questions, and determining whether the job will be a good fit as it is the employer determining if the candidate is the right person for a job. It’s a two way street, and I believe it’s a little far-fetched to think that if a candidate interviews that he or she has to be locked into the job if it is offered.
"Beautiful despair is hearing Dylan when you're drunk at 3 a.m. Knowing that the chances are no matter what you'll never write like him." Rodney Crowell: Beautiful Despair, 2005.
Only coach y'all could bring in
that would worry me would be Wickline. He would solve a ton of your offensive problems right away. I am curious to see if you will outbid T Boone Pickens though.
You mean there are people who can't be bought?
This bodes well for my species. On aggregate, I would say this news is more positive than negative.
For what it's worth
I thoroughly enjoy when you chime in, Brooklyn.
"Beautiful despair is hearing Dylan when you're drunk at 3 a.m. Knowing that the chances are no matter what you'll never write like him." Rodney Crowell: Beautiful Despair, 2005.
I agree.
On the surface, Grimes would have seemed to benefit from a move to Texas and his “roots” reportedly would have made him a nice fit on the recruiting trail. And with Auburn, he’s losing virtually the entire line and starting over anyway…never mind the rumored potential for any future sanctions. He had his reasons for wanting to stay, for not wanting to come or the interview just didn’t go the way either side needed it to go.
Not worried about the immediate impact on any one recruit either, I’m sure Mack has plenty of other top flight options. Hey, Mike Tice seemed to do a pretty good job this year…
is it possible
that Grimes and Gus staying indicates their confidence that there will be no future sanctions? If they knew something or were even concerned about the possibility of sanctions don’t you think they’d both have left? That thought makes me feel good about things, plus he is losing 4 seniors, but must think he will make a pretty good group out of what’s left. We had a good crop of OL recruits last year and I think all but 1 redshirted. Two 4 star OLs in this class just enrolled early. We’ll be ok.
"I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass...and I'm all out of bubblegum."
by tigertracker on Jan 18, 2011 11:38 AM CST up reply actions
This might actually be a blessing in disguise
Now Mack has to do something besides pick the top name and get DeLoss Dodds to throw the big bucks at him. I’ll throw out a name nobody’s mentioned- Todd Spencer of Georgia Tech.
My top choice at this point would be Mike Markuson of Ole Miss. He and Houston Nutt led the SEC in rushing at Arkansas for close to five straight years I think. There’s likely no way to get him out of Oxford, Mississippi, though. That might sound surreal but he’s the co-OC there now. Markuson coached at Boise State for one year with Nutt in 1997.
We have a 12th man and he's Bryan Harsin
by SpiritOfTheFedora on Jan 16, 2011 10:05 PM CST up reply actions
I don't know...
if position coaches at UT are expected to put in 16-hour days. If so, I don’t know whether that is unsually high for a top program. And, if so, I don’t know if that was the sticking point with Grimes. However, i true, then the expected hours should have been stated in the job description, and that would have saved Mack’s time, Grime’s time, the expense of the trip, and the embarassment of having another coach turn down a UT offer.
"Only angry people win football games." --DKR
And everyone is assuming that what Jesus put out there is gospel….And y’all know what assume means. He could be blowing smoke up everyone’s you-know-what.
It could be that Grimes just felt that it wasn’t a good fit with Applewhite and Harsin. It isn’t personal; sometimes personalities just don’t mesh. Or their football philosophies didn’t mesh. If Grimes wasn’t on the same page as the two Co-OCs, it would never work.
It could also be that he was allowed to “turn it down publicly” when there some reservations on one side.
What we have here is a failure to execute.
by dimecoverage on Jan 16, 2011 5:09 PM CST up reply actions
"...if true..."
"Only angry people win football games." --DKR
Westerman
is a total drama queen if he’s really that fickle. Just freaking commit somewhere, dammit, and stop messing around.
He doesn’t have to commit until signing day. Well, he could even drag it out past that time.
Westerman and his family aren’t necessarily being fickle, they just wants to make sure it is the best scenario for success. But what Westerman and family fail to consider is that anything can happen. He could absolutely adore a certain OL coach, sign with that school and guess what? The guy drops dead of a heart attack. Obviously, I don’t wish that on anyone, but we all know &%it happens. Or the OL coach could unexpectedly get a head coaching offer in the spring and leave.
Malclom Brown has the right idea: Commit to the school, not the coach. No matter where you end or what happens, you have a much better chance of thriving.
What we have here is a failure to execute.
by dimecoverage on Jan 16, 2011 5:16 PM CST up reply actions
I don't see the concern over Westerman
one lineman does not win you championships, a whole line working together as a unit does
he is one freaking guy, who will only be in Austin for a max of five years, IF he decides to go there
to consider his wishes in a hiring decision is idiotic.
Brown is not the kind of coach to base a hiring decision on one 18-year-old athlete.
My point was not all about Westerman. It was the stupidity of a family basing their decision solely on a position coach, if that is what is really going on.
What we have here is a failure to execute.
by dimecoverage on Jan 16, 2011 5:25 PM CST up reply actions
When that line coach...
..is directly responsible for teaching their son the skills that will hopefully earn him his living?
Some five star prospects end up drafted in the top ten and are set for life, and many fizzle out entirely. The quality of the coaching they receive is a big factor. I don’t understand those who say the Westermans don’t have the right to wait until a major factor in their decision is settled, or that a position coach shouldn’t be a critical factor in that decision.
Before committing the the next four or years to your life to a team, it seems reasonable to wait until you know who will be responsible for your growth and development during that time.
by BurntOrangeCanadian on Jan 16, 2011 6:41 PM CST up reply actions
And many players fizzle out completely due to the fact that they just can’t cut it at a higher level. It isn’t all on a coach.
If the only thing Westerman is looking for is an NFL contract, then yes, he should only consider the OL coach and nothing else in his decision. Kinda debunks the whole student-athlete concept, doesn’t it?
What we have here is a failure to execute.
by dimecoverage on Jan 16, 2011 7:04 PM CST up reply actions
Being an important factor does not equal being the only factor
“If the only thing Westerman is looking for is an NFL contract then yes, he should only consider the OL coach and nothing else in his decision”
Who has said anything about it being the only factor is his decision? What evidence is there that “the only thing Westerman is looking for” is an NFL contract?
by BurntOrangeCanadian on Jan 16, 2011 7:16 PM CST up reply actions
You seem to be saying it is an extremely critical factor so I was responding to that.
I don’t understand those who say the Westermans don’t have the right to wait until a major factor in their decision is settled, or that a position coach shouldn’t be a critical factor in that decision.
Before committing the the next four or years to your life to a team, it seems reasonable to wait until you know who will be responsible for your growth and development during that time.
If the person responsible for is growth and development during those four years is his OL coach, then he should wait.
What we have here is a failure to execute.
by dimecoverage on Jan 16, 2011 7:38 PM CST up reply actions
it may not be just about the position coach
Hasn’t virtually the entire staff turned over except mack? The kid could love texas and mack brown to death, but ultimately winning football games and dominating your position will earn your fat check in the pros. Because the head coach in waiting is gone, mack isn’t getting any younger, and he probably doesn’t have a relationship with anyone else on staff it appears he is exploring his options. I’d imagine he still chooses texas in the end. The kid knows that things could change in a blink, but he’s just trying to make sure he’s done his homework before signing on the dotted line.
"I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass...and I'm all out of bubblegum."
by tigertracker on Jan 18, 2011 11:46 AM CST up reply actions
Westerman is the least of our problems right now
Just (finally) noticed your avatar, you don’t really want to go to the SEC, do you? Think of all the fun you’d be missing watching us sweat over coaching hires and keeping commitments. Cotton Bowl aside you have to be enjoying the past few months just a little bit.
We have a 12th man and he's Bryan Harsin
by SpiritOfTheFedora on Jan 16, 2011 11:22 PM CST up reply actions
be the only Texas school in the SEC?
No, why would I want a huge recruiting advantage like that for A&M?
I chose that avatar during the realignment talks, and still think it would be a good move for us.
You do realize that he has a number of months left before he has to choose a school, right?
NSD is the first date he can officially sign, and guess what? He’s still officially committed to Texas at this point, and has just elected to take an official to the national champs. So who’s the drama queen?
Just Harsin around.
by burntorangehorn on Jan 17, 2011 12:56 AM CST up reply actions
Yeah...no rush for Westerman
He can wait and see, and then decide. Mack isn’t going to settle for less than a great OL, so this is all a lot of worry, worry, about nothing.
But, it really is killing me. I know it shouldn’t but it is.
We need best o line coach and not worry about an 18 year old
No worries here
by TEXAS91 on Jan 16, 2011 6:44 PM CST via mobile reply actions
Wickline out per Hookem 247
Time to go look at the league. I like Wickline saying no quickly and not jerking us around for 3 days. I like your style Joe.
by billfromlaketravis on Jan 16, 2011 7:33 PM CST reply actions
Rebuilding isn’t an easy job and that’s essentially what the OL hire will have to do. Brown should look for a guy that is young, hungry and has a lot of energy. A guy like the staff he has pulled together so far. An older guy like Wickline or Grimes might not want the challenge. They have a solid, set program where they are and basically don’t have to work as hard as the new UT OL coach will have to do.
What we have here is a failure to execute.
by dimecoverage on Jan 16, 2011 7:49 PM CST up reply actions
All this conversation must be eating Tommy Tuberville up. This line, and a lot of this team were his recruits. Cam Newton not included, but then Newton wouldn’t have had as much of the success without the supporting team.
What we have here is a failure to execute.
by dimecoverage on Jan 16, 2011 7:49 PM CST up reply actions
Wickline
came into the 2010 returning one offensive lineman from last season (a guard at that), and simply replaced four linemen and helped pave the way for an All-American RB and the best offense in Oklahoma State history. He did this after losing the best offensive lineman in OSU history in Russell Okung, the #1 draft pick.
Trust me, he isn’t afraid of the challenge of rebuilding a line.
I don’t see why Mack doesn’t go after Rick Trickett at Florida State.
I didn’t say afraid of the challenge, maybe they don’t want to rebuild an o-line at this point in their career. Both Grimes and Wickline have a solid program where they are. Maybe they just aren’t interested in reinventing the wheel here.
I know you want to find a reason to trash Texas and say that these line coaches just don’t want to coach here, but there is probably a lot more involved. They have their reasons and no one wishes them ill will because they did not choose to come to Texas.
What we have here is a failure to execute.
by dimecoverage on Jan 17, 2011 9:23 AM CST up reply actions
It wasn’t trashing. It is a fact of life that many men his age do not necessarily want a challenge that a younger guy would take on.
What we have here is a failure to execute.
by dimecoverage on Jan 18, 2011 7:33 AM CST up reply actions
while I don't disagree with your sentiment
that younger men are more eager to take on challenges that some older men may disdain, I don’t think that describes Wickline.
He’s been at OSU for 6 seasons now, and took over a line in much worse shape than texas is now, with no history behind it. After his first season there, OSU had their first offensive lineman drafted in over 20 years. texas isn’t that bad off. Trust me, taking the texas job wouldn’t be that big of a challenge for him compared to staying at OSU. I think he may want to stay at OSU b/c there is a chance he can be a co-offensive coordinator again, like he was before Holgerson arrived.
Doesn't matter how many times we miss
whoever we hire will be an upgrade to McWhorter
by goingforthecorner on Jan 16, 2011 7:41 PM CST reply actions
Almost certainly.
I think we’re being entirely trivial and picky about this hire. But how awesome is it that UT’s fanbase is obsessed and knowledgeable enough about its program to be on-edge and at each other’s throats over the OL hire?
Really F-ing awesome, that’s how.
by BrooklynHorn on Jan 16, 2011 7:53 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Not sure if true but I just heard we just lost Duane Akina to Arizona
Anyone have confirmation on that 1
A follow-up from AAS:
The flight to Madison, Wis. by the same plane UT used in the courting of Auburn offensive line coach Jeff Grimes has landed.
And out stepped PGA tour pro Steve Stricker, a resident of Madison. That tidbit comes from Hookem.com, which had a reporter from its 247sports affiliate in Madison at the airport.
This could be a red herring or a false alarm. It’s like the Bellmont boys hired the writers for Lost or something..
Just Harsin around.
by burntorangehorn on Jan 17, 2011 2:34 PM CST up reply actions
Make him OL coach, running game coordinator, and co-co-OC!
Just Harsin around.
by burntorangehorn on Jan 17, 2011 2:36 PM CST up reply actions
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