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47Tigers
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re: Should race be a factor in coaching searches?
Posted by 47Tigers on 12/10/08 at 8:52 am to Ace Midnight
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Yes and No. A football program is a product. The consumers are primarily fans of the program, and fans of the sport as an entertainment product. However, a successful football program also has to sell itself to quality high school football players. The pool of quality African-American football players is disproportionally high, while the numbers of African-American coaches (particularly head coaches), while growing, remain proportionally much lower than African-American participation in the sport. I make this point for this reason: If I have two candidates and one is superior, race drops to meaninglessness. If I had two candidates that were virtually identical in background, experience, personality, etc., yet one fits the demographics of a target customer group (i.e., I'm hiring a person to sell motorized scooters to the elderly and disabled. The older candidate might have the edge here, if all other factors are equal.). So, two equal candidates (and especially in the south), the African-American might have an edge in recruiting and with the cultural identification with the players and their families. (I think this is probably overblown, because the football sub-culture trumps, or certainly mitigates differences in racial and ethnic cultures, but it could still be a discriminator in helping choose the better candidate for the job.)
I, personally, make all judgments about people, based on the person, not their race. However, to completely ignore all aspects of race is terribly naive.
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How is that selective in any way? You said we shouldn't hire Robinson because "he flat out fell on his arse at Syracuse."
Nix was a quality DC at Scar and wasn't fired. Now hes fantastic at Ole Miss.
Robinson was awful at Cuse and got fired. call Syracuse a graveyard if you like, you'd probably be right, but the fact remains he had the lowest winning percentage in a three year span in the schools history. he went 7-28. before that Pasqualoni had one losing season out of 14. before that, from 81 to 91, Dick McPherson went 66-46 and was undefeated in 87. Robinson got fired in KC, then had one year at UT then was dreadful at Cuse. not exactly a good trend.
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Well that is one of your main complaints about Greg Robinson. Way you to change your tune to suit your boy.
nice selective answer.
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47 wants a brother.
ironic how im the one being called racist. i hope dmitch isnt reading this.
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you fricking suck.
nice rebuttal.
re: why do we have to wait for an NFL guy?
Posted by 47Tigers on 12/10/08 at 8:27 am to LSUtigahs28
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Nix got fired buddy.
no, he didnt. and so what if he did, Sean Payton had his play calling duties taken away by Fassel in NY. i guess that means Payton doenst know shite about offense.
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You don't want Bennet but pray for Nix who was fired year before last. Makes sense
he wasnt fired:
COLUMBIA - South Carolina is losing defensive coordinator Tyrone Nix to a school in Mississippi after all. Just not the one everyone initially thought it might be.
Ole Miss announced Tuesday afternoon that Nix will move across the conference to become the Rebels' new defensive coordinator.
A pay raise and the chance to work closer to home - Nix has spent most of his life in Alabama and Mississippi - played heavily in the decision, which ostensibly appears to be a lateral move for a man who was recently involved in discussions for the Southern Miss head coaching vacancy.
"Change is part of this profession and I think the best thing for me at this time is to go work for the University of Mississippi and see what we can get done there," Nix said through USC. "It will be great to be closer to home."
USC coach Steve Spurrier was returning from a weekend in New York when he learned of Nix's decision.
"We wish him the very best at Ole Miss except when they play the Gamecocks," Spurrier said in a statement. "We understand change is part of the coaching profession and hopefully this will be a good move for everyone."
re: Per the Advocate: Bennett not talking about LSU coaching
Posted by 47Tigers on 12/10/08 at 8:05 am to Hello Newman
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that vagabond coach is the one of the reasons that Pittsburgh is where they are now.
swing and a miss. Pitt got better because they went 92nd to 31st in scoring (22 points a game to 30). on D they actually got worse under Bennett.
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He also has had success everywhere he is gone as a DC.
yeah the D at SMU was ruthless when he was the head coach from 02-07.
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i guess Gary Crowton was a vagabond retread too
no, Crowton was a guy who had record breaking offenses every where he went and was the reason Oregon was a top 10 team.
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How long will our next DC stay?
18 months.
the fact that anyone on here thinks this old vagabond retread is the missing key to LSU is scary. i would lose all hope if Miles brought this dolt to LSU.
why do we have to wait for an NFL guy?
Posted by 47Tigers on 12/10/08 at 7:19 am
if the choice is Tucker, and I pray to god its either him or Nix, why do we have to wait till the end of the year? Weiss took the ND gig with like a month to go with the Pats. isn't it in everyones best interests to move now, even Tuckers, so he can secure a very good job?
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He has had offers from the NFL. The guy knows football and knows people.
look, im sure hes a very nice man, but i dont give a shite about that, i care about LSU football, and nothing on his resume is impressive at any way. hes a tired vagabond retread. you really think this guy has the tools to reestablish LSU as the best D in America?
79-81 Texas A&M (TE coach)
82 TCU (TE/DT coach)
83-86 Iowa State (DC)
87-91 Purdue (DC)
92-94 LSU (DC)
95-96 Texas A&M (DC)
97 TCU (DC)
98 Oklahoma (DB coach)
99-01 Kansas State (DC)
02-07 SMU
08 Pittsburgh (DC)
jesus christ. i would literally lose all hope and call for Miles to be fired if he brought in this tired old retread. SMU for 5 years then 1 year at Pitt. what on earth makes anyone think this nerd could handle coaching and recruiting in the the modern SEC?
you people who believe this are fricking retarded.
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They truly deserve their bowl money now
would people stop with the "bowl money" nonsense, theres no bowl bonuses for assistants
re: Josh Reed's TD catch against GA Tech in 2000 Peach Bowl
Posted by 47Tigers on 12/9/08 at 12:40 pm to bwallcubfan
i thought for sure he was gonna be an All Pro. not fast but caught EVERYTHING and always seemed to be wide open, got incredible separation.
where the hell did you pull those rankings from?
re: Tenuta still available
Posted by 47Tigers on 12/9/08 at 10:15 am to Lake Chaz Tiger
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Tenuta still available
as he should be.
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He is probably thinking they can shove it if they don't like it.
yeah that must be it. he has a history of being combative towards the fans and telling them to go F themselves.
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