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Tiers of DC coaching hires IMHO

Posted on 1/3/24 at 2:53 pm
Posted by GCTiger11
Ocean Springs, MS
Member since Jan 2012
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Posted on 1/3/24 at 2:53 pm
Tier 1 (the big whales, bust out the dancing bananas)
Minter, Baker, Leonhard, Schumann

Tier 2 (super solid hires, reason for optimism)
Gibson, Guidry, Durkin

Tier 3 (wait and see. Can’t be worse than House)
Lake, Parker (only because I don’t see it happening)
This post was edited on 1/3/24 at 2:54 pm
Posted by BuckyCheese
Member since Jan 2015
57778 posts
Posted on 1/3/24 at 3:05 pm to
I see you guys have learned how to spell Leonhard's name.
Posted by 1999
Where I be
Member since Oct 2009
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Posted on 1/3/24 at 3:07 pm to
position coaches better be good recruiters, because leonhard ain't gonna cut mustard in that department. i prefer baker.

don't see schumann leaving uga for lsu. minter maybe if harbaugh goes to the nfl.
Posted by CatfishJohn
Member since Jun 2020
18834 posts
Posted on 1/3/24 at 3:08 pm to
I'm not entirely sold on Leonhard or Baker being tier 1 if I'm being honest. I'd rather Baker of the two as well just because he has Louisiana recruiting ties and is a good recruiter.

Posted by CatfishJohn
Member since Jun 2020
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Posted on 1/3/24 at 3:10 pm to
If Pruitt could navigate the penalties against him, he'd be tier 1 IMO. Great recruiter and the best DC of the Saban era at Bama. They loved him in Tuscaloosa and he was elite at other stops as DC.

We'd immediately have a VERY good defense, even with our talent issues. Not just average.
Posted by Fun Bunch
New Orleans
Member since May 2008
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Posted on 1/3/24 at 3:13 pm to
Minter is a cut above most on that list.

I'd say he is a tier ahead of Baker.
Posted by BilJ
Member since Sep 2003
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Posted on 1/3/24 at 3:28 pm to
Why didn’t Jim end up in the nfl like most speculated after leaving UW?
Posted by 1999
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Posted on 1/3/24 at 3:32 pm to
6 year show cause. we won't see him for a long time.
Posted by Prominentwon
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Member since Jan 2005
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Posted on 1/3/24 at 3:34 pm to
quote:

Why didn’t Jim end up in the nfl like most speculated after leaving UW?


And he’s on no one else’s list other than LSU message boards.
Posted by BilJ
Member since Sep 2003
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Posted on 1/3/24 at 3:39 pm to
I’m a fan, I’m just curious
Posted by BillF
New York, New York
Member since Jan 2006
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Posted on 1/3/24 at 3:39 pm to
You're right. After the mess he made at Tennessee and the Show Cause, we won't see Coach Conehead in college football for a long time.
Posted by The Pirate King
Pangu
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Posted on 1/3/24 at 4:26 pm to
Baker is not a big whale. He belongs in tier 2 at best
Posted by Beef Supreme
Member since Apr 2008
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Posted on 1/3/24 at 4:53 pm to


Someone already got to Minter's wiki page
Posted by kbroom
Member since Aug 2017
271 posts
Posted on 1/3/24 at 5:38 pm to
quote:

Tier 2 (super solid hires, reason for optimism)
Gibson, Guidry, Durkin


IMHO, there's no way that Guidry belongs in this tier. He's a journeyman HS and directional college coach, with only one season of coaching in the Power 5 conference level. I'll take a big pass on this guy.
Posted by ROPO
Member since Jul 2016
3328 posts
Posted on 1/3/24 at 5:57 pm to
Not sure the real basis for your tiers but Gibson is a stud.
Posted by lsucajun0517
Lake Charles, LA
Member since Sep 2016
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Posted on 1/3/24 at 8:43 pm to
Minter was on BK staff at Cincinnati …..
Posted by BuckyCheese
Member since Jan 2015
57778 posts
Posted on 1/3/24 at 11:26 pm to
quote:

Why didn’t Jim end up in the nfl like most speculated after leaving UW?




I don't know why he's on an LSU list because he supposedly doesn't want to move his younger family from WI. He's been doing some analyst work for 2Bs, and possibly others (NFL), that he really doesn't have to travel for.

Also had surgery for something over the offseason that had him basically out of commission for a while.

He might be a player for the Packers job if/when Barry gets canned.
This post was edited on 1/3/24 at 11:29 pm
Posted by GCTiger11
Ocean Springs, MS
Member since Jan 2012
45798 posts
Posted on 1/5/24 at 9:33 pm to
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