re: If Porter leaves how much does it hurt us?

developing running backs is by far the easiest coaching job on a team

being a good RB is mostly natural running ability and physical talent

it's the truth

good backs are good backs. that's why it's so easy for freshman backs to play in CFB and rookie RBs to play in the NFL

losing porter as a recruiter WOULD hurt, but he's the easiest guy to replace as a coach

don't know why, we just know he was the only coach not offered a raise

Doesn't really mean much when you consider what he is being paid now.

Porter is the 20th highest paid assistant in the SEC and the 3rd highest paid on the LSU staff only behind the coordinators.

So that would not be the reason he would leave but rather a shot to up his career and become a head coach which most coaches strive for.

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But there's no doubt that Porter, 37, who has spent the last eight seasons on Les Miles' staffs at LSU and Oklahoma State, wants to be a head coach, something he made clear a couple of years ago when he was named Rivals.com 2007 National Recruiter of the Year. He also won the honor again earlier this year.

"Hopefully, (my long-term goal is) to be a head coach," he said at the time. "I would much rather be known as a great football coach rather than a great recruiter."[/quote]



[quote]"If I had no affiliation with Larry Porter at all, just looking at his résumé how he has helped build programs from the inside out, I think I'd have to hire him," (Isaac) Bruce said by phone from California, where he's in his second year with the San Francisco 49ers after 14 seasons with the St. Louis Rams.

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[quote]"You've got to have someone to bring that together. People who don't know Larry want to know what all the fuss is about. Here's a Memphis guy with an outstanding résumé, a Memphis guy with a lot of passion who doesn't want to come back and use this job as a stepping stone. This guy wants to see Memphis as an elite program. This is something a lot of us have been waiting for."[/quote]

people that matter are really pushing Memphis to make this happen.

Porter is likely gone, and more power to him. I'm just saying when your positional coaches are getting offered HC jobs, that's a huge bargaining point when you're looking for a top of the line replacement.

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If Porter leaves, yes it might hurt recruiting some this signing class. However Miles has made good hires in the past, Even when Jimbo left, I believe that Miles would do the same here. As far his couching the RB, I have never once, in his five seasons here, thought the running backs were couched up for any game. IMO we would get a much better RB couch in here.

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Do you think we could get a FB ottoman here as well?

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If Porter leaves how much does it hurt us?
don't know why, we just know he was the only coach not offered a raise

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I don't believe that is correct. You may be thinking of WR Coach McCarthy, who I believe was the only coach to not receive a raise in the latest rounds of salary increases approved by the BOS last month.

LSU will definitely try to keep him, but fancy titles still aren't the same as being a HC (that is if Memphis and Smith are truly committed to winning and hiring a great staff). If Crowton were to decide to move on, Miles might give Porter some scheming duties during the week and bring in another OC with good QB coaching credentials and gamecalling experience.

Yeah, I know he would really like to get out of UT. Sorry, Tennessee Jed.