Lance Thompson must stay

[ochocinco]

so it turns out he was the best recruiter on the old staff anyhow. they leave and try to pull the players with them and he still held most of this class together.

its gone overlooked in a way, but much respect for the job hes done this week recruiting to not letting the walls cave in

[bignewt]

doesnt he have some kind of history with Dooley? They both coached under Saban I know that. I think they will keep him as lb coach.

[ninerplaya57]

I just hope he wouldn't get pissed and leave if they make CDD's old DC the DC here..

[bornbleddinorange]

Id move him to Dcoordinator he is THAT valuable as a recruiter and you cant tell me that a big school wont come calling for him to move to that position anyway.

[bignewt]

maybe he can be recruiting coordinator?

[bornbleddinorange]

either or just a raise for this guy he is a bad hoss coach.

[kptvol]

Lance has skeletons in his closet and would gladly pull the same stuff Kiffin and his crew did. I'm not sure about the financial aspect of keeping/losing him. He's a good recruiter, but I'd be fine with seeing him go. He might be a guy we hang onto to salvage this recruiting class, but I wouldn't make long term plans, like promoting him to a coordinator position.

[Volzilla]

Both Lance an Dooley were at LSU under Saban. Dooley came on board in 2000 as the TE coach and Lance came in for 2002-2003. Funny thing here is Lance came as the DL coach and Dooley was the TE coach. In 2003 Lance became the TE coach and Dooley became the RB and Special Teams coach the year LSU won the NC.

[nashvol1]

I don't see how the DC at La Tech is more qualified than Lance looking at his bio. LT has coached at a much higher level and is a proven recruiter.

[cinnanutz]

Originally Posted by kptvol

Lance has skeletons in his closet and would gladly pull the same stuff Kiffin and his crew did. I'm not sure about the financial aspect of keeping/losing him. He's a good recruiter, but I'd be fine with seeing him go. He might be a guy we hang onto to salvage this recruiting class, but I wouldn't make long term plans, like promoting him to a coordinator position.

please expound on your statement that he has "skeletons in the closet". you must be very close to him to know those things.

[vol_in_ga]

how about lance to dc and hir al wilson to lb coach

[Zasnow]

agreed
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[OrangeNYC]

Originally Posted by nashvol1

I don't see how the DC at La Tech is more qualified than Lance looking at his bio. LT has coached at a much higher level and is a proven recruiter.

La Tech's DC really turned them around with minimal talent. I'm excited about this guy. Lance as position coach (lb's?) and recruiting coord. makes the most sense.

[Indianavol4eva]

he didnt "hold the class together" imo. why would any of the recruits want to follow the guy that everyone is claiming to be the scum of the earth? they may pick up 1 or 2 of our guys, but the general reaction from recruits on CEO telling them to come to USC seemed to be "how dare he?"

[kptvol]

Originally Posted by cinnanutz

please expound on your statement that he has "skeletons in the closet". you must be very close to him to know those things.

Not really.