Tim Banks hired as Auburn’s DB coach

[DaddyChad]

Willie continues to put CB’s in the NFL year after year but still gets blamed for Banks’ deficiencies

I’m not even saying Martinez is some elite cb coach but a lot of transfer CBs believe that.

I’m saying Willie is a much better coach than Tim

 

[Carp]

Golesh... were you not watching how our safeties played almost his entire time here?

 

[adam.vol]

Bruh, you realize we have multiple corners about to be drafted early in the draft. Do you know the issue in the secondary? Guess which position Banks was handling)

 

[Rocky Top T]

Willie continues to put CB’s in the NFL year after year but still gets blamed for Banks’ deficiencies

Absolutely. But there are some of us that know that. If they don't know that WM is better than Banks, there is no help for them

 

[sonofUT62]

Now Durkin has gone and killed a fan base.

 

[OrangeTsar]

man can’t coach a safety to save his life

Just wait though. We are talking Vols world here. He will show out and look like a genius in his one game against us. Just like we make third string or walk on QBs look like Heisman winners.
It is just the way our luck rolls

 

[sjt18]

Congrats. Don't challenge the Peter Principle again.

 

[MurphyVol]

I wish Banks well, but I never believed any of the talk that he had all these HC opportunities.

 

[C-south]

Wish we could’ve nabbed Durkin.

 

[WoodsmanVol]

Yes, but WM didn't coach all of them

Or apparently, any of them based on passing yardage given up by our secondary.

 

[cherokeeeVOL]

Glad he was able to find something quickly. Hope it works out for him there. He seems like a good dude.

 

[ptgrbn]

Whoever our QB is should have a field day!

Why is everyone making this so personal? Good for Banks. He didn’t sit around with enjoying his FULL buyout from UT. He went back to work to draw a salary that will OFFSET and REDUCE what UT will owe him

 

[Rocky Top T]

Glad he was able to find something quickly. Hope it works out for him there. He seems like a good dude.

I don't want a good dude as DC, I want someone like Golesh was for our offense. I want a freaking drill sergeant as DC.

 

[cncchris33]

Golesh... were you not watching how our safeties played almost his entire time here?

Part of me wonders how he is strictly as a Safeties coach without the responsibilities of coaching and scheming an entire defense. Similarly to how I believe Heupel struggles with a lot of clock management, TO usage, and strategies of a head coach because he is calling plays (or at a minimum, scheming them and offering advice to Halzle).

With the amount of staff and personnel allowed in these programs these days, I just don't understand asking your key staff to pull double duty. Banks was likely never going to be a great DC, but how much did coaching a position group hinder him in practice? How much did running an entire defense hinder his ability to coach the Safeties group? He had several Safeties drafted out of PSU where he was also co-DC, but not calling plays.