Willie Martinez out at GA/UT Implications?

#26
#26
So I take it that the top candidate is Kirby Smart then?
If asked, yes. Notice how long assistants stay with Saban. They shouldn't even unpack their bags!

Richt may be like Fulmer and afraid to hire someone that might eventually replace him as HC.
 
#27
#27
If asked, yes. Notice how long assistants stay with Saban. They shouldn't even unpack their bags!

Richt may be like Fulmer and afraid to hire someone that might eventually replace him as HC.

Are you saying that Saban's success makes his assistants attractive candidates or that Saban is impossible to work under?
 
#29
#29
Are you saying that Saban's success makes his assistants attractive candidates or that Saban is impossible to work under?
Both but mainly the later.. But some sucessful coaches have been able to keep their assistants for a good while........Stoops at OU and Paterno during his glory years.
 
#30
#30
anyone got a link to these rumors?? I just have a hard time believing any of this before their last game, esp a rivalry game against Tech.

Maybe he's going to fire him after GT slaughters their D, which he already knows is coming. Firing him before the game and then getting trounced might raise more questions about CMR, than just blaming it all on Willie Bob after they get spanked...
 
#35
#35
I still don't see why Smart would make a lateral move either. Like recruits, it is not too smart (get it?) for coaches to jump on a sinking ship either.
 
#36
#36
Well I guess I could get out of the house and walk to my neighbors house who is Jimbo's father-in-law, and find out what the FSU situation really is since he is home for the weekend!!!!
 
#37
#37
He means for the DC job at FSU. What's his face is retiring after this season...
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#38
#38
IMO CEO will not leave Lane until he gets a HC gig. He is going to be DC in a few years here and will get paid better here at UT than GA. He makes more now than just about any other assistant minus Monte. They seem to really gel well together and he has a ton of respect for the Kiffin family. CEO was the #1 target for Lane and Monte. Will be hard to pull him away.
 
#39
#39
Every Vol fan knows how this situation is going to play out, the only difference is that it is happening on the other side of the ball. If Smart or anyone for that matter is actually considering a lateral move to UGA, one would think that they see an opportunity to position themselves as a successor to CMR. But I just don't think CLT would be interested at this point and thinking CEO is in the picture is pure fantasy.
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#40
#40
I think what's more interesting is given the few official visits we have left, what UGA recruits do we target?
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#41
#41
I still don't see why Smart would make a lateral move either. Like recruits, it is not too smart (get it?) for coaches to jump on a sinking ship either.

Only reason he would make a lateral move to UGA is because he played at UGA. Played with Bobo and Muschamp. My understanding is that he is still very close friends with Bobo, so if Bobo gets shown the door, that might have some small effect on his decision. Not a huge effect, buy maybe a small one.
 
#42
#42
CEO wants to be a head coach again someday- this is well documented. Don't look for him to make ANY lateral move.

DC @ UGa > DL @ UT.

> means not lateral. Also, it is much easier to make the jump back up to head coach from a coordinator position than from a position coach.

I'm not saying I think it would be the right career move--there's a lot more that would play into the decision--but it is a step up.
 
#43
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DC @ UGa > DL @ UT.

> means not lateral. Also, it is much easier to make the jump back up to head coach from a coordinator position than from a position coach.

I'm not saying I think it would be the right career move--there's a lot more that would play into the decision--but it is a step up.

Working for Monte/Lane at UT > Working for Richt at UGA.
 
#44
#44
Working for Monte/Lane at UT > Working for Richt at UGA.

Why? To bask in the glory that is defensive godhood?

A coordinator post at Georgia is a step up from position coach at UT. I don't really understand how there could be much argument with that. The unknown tenure, based on the heat of Richt's seat, is the only negative I see.
 
#45
#45
Is anyone watching the Louisville game? Speaking of which, coaches that deserve to be fired. I don't care either way about Louisville or the Big East, but man its hard to watch.
 
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#46
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Why? To bask in the glory that is defensive godhood?

A coordinator post at Georgia is a step up from position coach at UT. I don't really understand how there could be much argument with that. The unknown tenure, based on the heat of Richt's seat, is the only negative I see.

CEO has a real chance to replace Monte as DC here when Monte retires. Why would he jump aboard a sinking ship at UGA?
 
#47
#47
CEO has a real chance to replace Monte as DC here when Monte retires. Why would he jump aboard a sinking ship at UGA?

Did you read the last sentence in either of my posts?

Also, that has nothing to do with saying moving from position coach at UT to DC at UGa is lateral, mainly because it isn't.
 
#48
#48
Did you read the last sentence in either of my posts?

Also, that has nothing to do with saying moving from position coach at UT to DC at UGa is lateral, mainly because it isn't.

While it may be a step up in your eyes. I don't follow the career logic.

"I was a defensive coordinator @ USC & won championships"

"I was a head coach in the SEC."

"Now I need to prove myself again as a DC so someone else will hire me?"

I don't get it.
 
#49
#49
Did you read the last sentence in either of my posts?

Also, that has nothing to do with saying moving from position coach at UT to DC at UGa is lateral, mainly because it isn't.

it's not lateral but it's a terrible career move. He would last 1-2 yrs at UGA before they cleaned house or he could spend that time learning under Monte and building a program up.
 
#50
#50
DC @ UGa > DL @ UT.

> means not lateral. Also, it is much easier to make the jump back up to head coach from a coordinator position than from a position coach.

I'm not saying I think it would be the right career move--there's a lot more that would play into the decision--but it is a step up.

You may want to argue about what his title actually means, but CEO's title at UT is "assistant head coach/recruiting coordinator/defensive line".

I'm pretty sure AHC > DC
 
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