drock42
Member
- Joined
- Nov 16, 2008
- Messages
- 14
- Likes
- 0
Hey guys. I have followed this site for years now a regular basis. And like so many others I have followed even more closely since the announcement that Phillip Fulmer would no longer be our head coach here at UT. Until now I have chosen to simply kick back and read the countless opinions and positions of all you great posters out there. However I cannot help but notice that there has not been an emphasis on one important issue regarding our next head coach. . .The issue I am speaking of is his ability to assemble a quality staff.
Throughout the country, anywhere you see a highly successful head coach you will also see that he has surrounded himself with talented, experienced assistants. Urban has Charlie Strong and Dan Mullen. Mark Richt has Mike Bobo and Willie Martinez and Brian VanGorder before him. Bob Stoops has had his brother Mike, Mark Mangino Brent Venables and others. Fulmer himself sank or swim depending upon whether or not Coach Cut was his right hand man. Any intelligent follower of college football knows that more often than not, a head coach is only as good as the assistants he surrounds himself with.
With all this being said I would like to see Hamilton pursue Will Muschamp. I make no secret of that but I also must say that I will support 100% whoever he decides to hire. There are many quality candidates out there and I don't doubt that Hamilton will select the right guy. But for arguments sake I will support my selection of Muschamp.
Anyone who has ever watched a game in which Muschamp was coaching can see he would bring energy to the program. I have seen the statistics posted on here many times so by now you all know his defenses have been successful wherever he has been. But going back to the issue at hand, Muschamp is well connected. he is a graduate of UGa and has coach at Texas, Auburn, LSU and with the NFL's Miami Dolphins. With this background in mind there are endless possibilities to the staff he could assemble. Would he bring Major Applewhite with him from Texas? (Applewhite has SEC coordinator experience under Saban at 'Bama) Would Hugh Nall and/or Greg Knox follow him from Auburn if Tubberville is axed? Maybe Kirby Smart, Curt Cignetti, or Kevin Steele come over from Alabama?
The bottom line is that Muschamp has the resources and connections to assemble a quality staff with SEC experience and the ability to recruit. The same cannot be said of many of the other potential coaches mentioned. But as I said earlier I will support whoever the university selects and I anxiously await their decision.
Throughout the country, anywhere you see a highly successful head coach you will also see that he has surrounded himself with talented, experienced assistants. Urban has Charlie Strong and Dan Mullen. Mark Richt has Mike Bobo and Willie Martinez and Brian VanGorder before him. Bob Stoops has had his brother Mike, Mark Mangino Brent Venables and others. Fulmer himself sank or swim depending upon whether or not Coach Cut was his right hand man. Any intelligent follower of college football knows that more often than not, a head coach is only as good as the assistants he surrounds himself with.
With all this being said I would like to see Hamilton pursue Will Muschamp. I make no secret of that but I also must say that I will support 100% whoever he decides to hire. There are many quality candidates out there and I don't doubt that Hamilton will select the right guy. But for arguments sake I will support my selection of Muschamp.
Anyone who has ever watched a game in which Muschamp was coaching can see he would bring energy to the program. I have seen the statistics posted on here many times so by now you all know his defenses have been successful wherever he has been. But going back to the issue at hand, Muschamp is well connected. he is a graduate of UGa and has coach at Texas, Auburn, LSU and with the NFL's Miami Dolphins. With this background in mind there are endless possibilities to the staff he could assemble. Would he bring Major Applewhite with him from Texas? (Applewhite has SEC coordinator experience under Saban at 'Bama) Would Hugh Nall and/or Greg Knox follow him from Auburn if Tubberville is axed? Maybe Kirby Smart, Curt Cignetti, or Kevin Steele come over from Alabama?
The bottom line is that Muschamp has the resources and connections to assemble a quality staff with SEC experience and the ability to recruit. The same cannot be said of many of the other potential coaches mentioned. But as I said earlier I will support whoever the university selects and I anxiously await their decision.