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Kirby Smart emerges as frontrunner for South Carolina job

Posted on 11/25/15 at 9:31 am
Posted by Saku
Atlanta
Member since Jan 2012
749 posts
Posted on 11/25/15 at 9:31 am
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Alabama defensive coordinator Kirby Smart has emerged as the frontrunner for the South Carolina head coaching vacancy, a source told FOX Sports.
Posted by Carolina_Girl
South Cackalacky
Member since Apr 2012
23973 posts
Posted on 11/25/15 at 9:41 am to
Not sure how I feel about this.

He's in our top 3 and has been since Spurs left, so I guess that's a positive.

A lot of our fan base actually preferred Smart to Herman so hopefully he turns out to be a good hire should it happen.

I have coaching search whiplash from all of this back and forth.
Posted by CockInYourEar
Charlotte
Member since Sep 2012
22458 posts
Posted on 11/25/15 at 9:44 am to
He could be a greaalt hire as well, well know more in 2 weeks.
Posted by GetCocky11
Calgary, AB
Member since Oct 2012
51296 posts
Posted on 11/25/15 at 9:48 am to
Kirby Smart or Tom Herman would both be solid hires.
Posted by OneMoreTime
Florida Gulf Coast Fan
Member since Dec 2008
61834 posts
Posted on 11/25/15 at 9:49 am to
quote:

I have coaching search whiplash from all of this back and forth.
It's the most wonderful time of the year
Posted by 1999
Where I be
Member since Oct 2009
29143 posts
Posted on 11/25/15 at 9:49 am to
Wow thought Herman was the frontrunner
Posted by GetCocky11
Calgary, AB
Member since Oct 2012
51296 posts
Posted on 11/25/15 at 9:50 am to
quote:

Wow thought Herman was the frontrunner


Could be.

There's been a lot of smoke around Herman, but Smart has always lingered there as well.
Posted by rebeloke
Member since Nov 2012
16115 posts
Posted on 11/25/15 at 9:52 am to
Europe = Final Countdown
SCar = up and comers
It's what you do

Actually your MO has been old timers, so this is a departure

RR would get it done

If Jimbo to LSU, RR may get a look from FSU. Maybe Leach
Posted by WPBTiger
Parts Unknown
Member since Nov 2011
31089 posts
Posted on 11/25/15 at 10:07 am to
but wasn't Herman offered?
Posted by TheDarrell McSteal
423
Member since Sep 2015
3300 posts
Posted on 11/25/15 at 10:11 am to
Kirby Smart will be a failure as a head coach just like Dooley and Muschamp before him.
Posted by GetCocky11
Calgary, AB
Member since Oct 2012
51296 posts
Posted on 11/25/15 at 10:14 am to
quote:

Kirby Smart will be a failure as a head coach just like Dooley and Muschamp before him.


Muschamp succeeded defensively. He just failed on the offense and had no continuity with OCs (Charlie Weis - wtf?).
Posted by Carolina_Girl
South Cackalacky
Member since Apr 2012
23973 posts
Posted on 11/25/15 at 10:16 am to
quote:

but wasn't Herman offered?



Rumored that he was.

Also rumored that he is still coming to interview with Tanner.

Posted by droman225
HTown by way of BR
Member since Aug 2011
13383 posts
Posted on 11/25/15 at 10:17 am to
So Saban told him to find a job cause he is on his way out, right, right?


SABAN TO LSU
Posted by MrWiseGuy
Member since Dec 2009
27423 posts
Posted on 11/25/15 at 10:19 am to
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Kirby Smart or Tom Herman would both be solid hires.


Yap

USCe would have done well
Posted by geauxpurple
New Orleans
Member since Jul 2014
12377 posts
Posted on 11/25/15 at 10:22 am to
Good. I want Herman to be available as our back up plan which we will very likely need.
Posted by ikoikoiko
Member since Jan 2006
175 posts
Posted on 11/25/15 at 10:42 am to
Mistake for USC. Smart will want the BBD if he has early success at USC and CERTAINLY will bolt if and when the UGA job opens in the future.
Posted by Porter Osborne Jr
Member since Sep 2012
40022 posts
Posted on 11/25/15 at 11:37 am to
He's not welcome at UGA so his job at USCe is safe.
Posted by CockInYourEar
Charlotte
Member since Sep 2012
22458 posts
Posted on 11/25/15 at 11:38 am to
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He's not welcome at UGA


Why?
Posted by Porter Osborne Jr
Member since Sep 2012
40022 posts
Posted on 11/25/15 at 11:46 am to
Maybe with time he will be but he burned some bridges when he turned down the DC job several years before. I don't blame him but that is the word around the water cooler.
Posted by RoyalAir
Detroit
Member since Dec 2012
5889 posts
Posted on 11/25/15 at 12:02 pm to
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Mistake for USC. Smart will want the BBD if he has early success at USC and CERTAINLY will bolt if and when the UGA job opens in the future.


It's the same risk with Herman and Tejas. There is no way to ensure that a coach is willing to stay somewhere long-term.

Hell, it sounds like Fisher is willing to leave FSU after winning a natty just a few years ago. Frank Martin took the USC job just a few years removed from an Elite 8.

Coaches move around a lot. None of them belongs to a particular school.
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