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re: Rumor: Auburn hires Kirby Smart?

Posted on 12/4/12 at 9:15 am to
Posted by NorthGwinnettTiger
Member since Jun 2006
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Posted on 12/4/12 at 9:15 am to
Not a clue, as I'm not sure about his coaching tree. I knew about Muschamp and Fisher...didn't realize about Grantham.
Posted by UFMatt
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Posted on 12/4/12 at 9:16 am to
Maybe he will take 3 or 4 Bama coaches with him to Auburn. Then how would Bama fans feel about the hire?
Posted by genro
Member since Nov 2011
61788 posts
Posted on 12/4/12 at 9:17 am to
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Maybe he will take 3 or 4 Bama coaches with him to Auburn. Then how would Bama fans feel about the hire?

Maybe monkeys will fly out of my butt.


That is not going to happen.
This post was edited on 12/4/12 at 9:18 am
Posted by labamafan
Prairieville
Member since Jan 2007
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Posted on 12/4/12 at 9:17 am to
I wondr if that means Sunseri will be called to interview for a DC position at Bama?
Posted by Katy Tiger
Houston area
Member since Sep 2004
8032 posts
Posted on 12/4/12 at 9:19 am to
Saban losses coaches every year. He is hard to work for. Its no big secret. I can't see where it has ever affected the end product.
Posted by genro
Member since Nov 2011
61788 posts
Posted on 12/4/12 at 9:20 am to
Sorry I was confirming my hotel in Miami. What'd you say?
Posted by NYCAuburn
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Posted on 12/4/12 at 9:21 am to
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Whatever you want to call it - the Auburn fans that ARE warming up to the idea are ONLY warming up to the idea because in their mind it will hurt Bama or Bama fans. That's a fact

Good god you are delusional

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Go read your own message boards and get back to me.


Alright then, just because a few say it, that means all and only reason.

Thanks for the news Teabager Updyke
Posted by Bellabama
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Posted on 12/4/12 at 9:22 am to
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Saban losses coaches every year. He is hard to work for. Its no big secret. I can't see where it has ever affected the end product.


He usually only loses them when they've been given promotions at other schools.
Posted by GangstaChiz72
Shelby County Airport exit
Member since Aug 2012
98 posts
Posted on 12/4/12 at 9:23 am to
My bammer coworker just came in my office and told me about this. I've been in a bunker since the ship started sinking.
Kirby Smart?!?!?!

What the frick......
Posted by heartbreakTiger
grinding for my grinders
Member since Jan 2008
138974 posts
Posted on 12/4/12 at 9:24 am to
Lolburn giving a guy that hasn't been a head coach over 3 mil a year
Posted by warcry
Mobile
Member since Aug 2011
4770 posts
Posted on 12/4/12 at 9:26 am to
quote:

And when you get back, answer this question honestly: If Kirby Smart was the DC at any other school in the country, would there be even a small percentage of Auburn fans excited about the posibility, or would you people riot?


If he was on a team that produced the type of Defense being played at bama right now? You bet I would be ok with it.

Come on down Coach Smart!
Posted by GangstaChiz72
Shelby County Airport exit
Member since Aug 2012
98 posts
Posted on 12/4/12 at 9:27 am to
What's wrong with Charlie Strong?!?!?!

Is it because he's got a white wife?

I'm absolutely floored that A) We'd hire Nick Saban's main puppet

and B) Why in the frick would Kirby Smart come to our toilet fire? Got to Tennessee, dumbass!
Posted by Riseupfromtherubble
You'll Never Walk Alone
Member since Jun 2011
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Posted on 12/4/12 at 9:28 am to
Has DiddyDirtyChizizthaman posted in this thread yet?
Posted by TheSandman
Notasulga
Member since Nov 2010
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Posted on 12/4/12 at 9:28 am to
quote:

What's wrong with Charlie Strong?!?!?!

Is it because he's got a white wife?


quote:

I'm absolutely floored that A) We'd hire Nick Saban's main puppet

and B) Why in the frick would Kirby Smart come to our toilet fire? Got to Tennessee, dumbass!

Posted by Bear Is Dead
Monroe
Member since Nov 2007
4696 posts
Posted on 12/4/12 at 9:30 am to
quote:

Charlie Strong?!?!?!

Is it because he's got a white wife?

gross
Posted by Kevua
Birmingham, AL
Member since Apr 2012
237 posts
Posted on 12/4/12 at 9:31 am to
This is what I think of hiring Kirby Smart or any unproven coach:

Hiring Kirby Smart or an unproven coach is like giving the keys to a Ferrari to a driver that has only been a passenger before. Or in the case of Gene Chizik, it was like giving the keys to a driver who has drove for a year but wrecked quite a few times.

Of course some schools aren't a Ferrari. So I guess the question is. Do you feel your school is a Ferrari, or a Yugo?
Posted by Katy Tiger
Houston area
Member since Sep 2004
8032 posts
Posted on 12/4/12 at 9:33 am to
What I am more interested in is WTF is going on at Arkansas? The flagship has known for months that they would have to replace Johnelle. Auburn just fired Chizik - at least they are making some noise with their search.
Posted by NYCAuburn
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Posted on 12/4/12 at 9:34 am to
quote:

This is what I think of hiring Kirby Smart or any unproven coach:


From the Auburn board(not sure of accuracy) FWIW, personaly I am still unsure about what to think


quote:

Notre Dame - proven head coach smaller school
Alabama - proven SEC head coach
Florida - coordinator, no head coaching experience
Oregon - coordinator, no head coaching experience
Kansas St - coordinator, no head coaching experience (originally)
Stanford - coordinator, no head coaching experience
Georgia - coordinator, no head coaching experience
LSU - previous head coach, mediocre
Texas A&M - proven head coach smaller school
S. Carolina - proven SEC head coach
Oklahoma - coordinator, no head coaching experience
Florida St - coordinator, no head coaching experience
Oregon St - coordinator, no head coaching experience (originally)
Clemson - coordinator, no head coaching experience
Nebraska - coordinator, no head coaching experience
UCLA - previous NFL head coach, mediocre
Michigan - proven head coach smaller school
Northwestern - position coach, no head coaching experience
Louisville - coordinator, no head coaching experience
Texas - proven head coach

So the count of the BCS schools in the current Top 25 BCS standings...
12 - coordinator, no head coaching experience
3 - proven head coach smaller school
2 - proven SEC head coach
1 - previous NFL head coach, mediocre
1 - previous head coach, mediocre
1 - proven head coach

Posted by genro
Member since Nov 2011
61788 posts
Posted on 12/4/12 at 9:35 am to
quote:

This is what I think of hiring Kirby Smart or any unproven coach:

Hiring Kirby Smart or an unproven coach is like giving the keys to a Ferrari to a driver that has only been a passenger before. Or in the case of Gene Chizik, it was like giving the keys to a driver who has drove for a year but wrecked quite a few times.

Of course some schools aren't a Ferrari. So I guess the question is. Do you feel your school is a Ferrari, or a Yugo?
Here's the way I see analogies. They're basically like turds. You can take your time and slowly ease it out until it plops in nice and clean or you can just say frick it and force it all out at once and spray everywhere and now you've got a big confusing mess to clean up.
Posted by reel_gator8
Seminole,Fl
Member since May 2012
11060 posts
Posted on 12/4/12 at 9:38 am to
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I don't know much about Kirby Smart, but it seems like a reach for Auburn - two years off a MNC - to have to offer their HC job to a coordinator from their biggest rival.


Yeah...you probably posted the same thing after UF hired Muschamp...right? A lot of great HCs were coordinators and guys like Boom and Smart who have the "it" tag for a while are a very good gamble. You can hire experienced HCs and fail...many of them do.
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