Rumors out there about him being the front runner for the DB coach. Thoughts? Had previous worked with Durkin at Ole Miss, plus he seems to be able to recruit at a high level.

Where is Kiffin's lamentation about being poor?

Detmersdislocatedshoulder said:

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going to be honest. wishing we were stealing asst coaches from georgia, bama, ohio st, etc over ole miss. especially on the defensive side of the ball.

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would love to see a single program in the country this is realistic for

beerad12man said:

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Detmersdislocatedshoulder said:

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going to be honest. wishing we were stealing asst coaches from georgia, bama, ohio st, etc over ole miss. especially on the defensive side of the ball.

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would love to see a single program in the country this is realistic for

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LSU - Cortez Hankton WR coach came from Georgia

Batty said:

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Rumors out there about him being the front runner for the DB coach. Thoughts? Had previous worked with Durkin at Ole Miss, plus he seems to be able to recruit at a high level high.

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Can he only recruit at a high level when he is high?

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Detmersdislocatedshoulder said:

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going to be honest. wishing we were stealing asst coaches from georgia, bama, ohio st, etc over ole miss. especially on the defensive side of the ball.

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would love to see a single program in the country this is realistic for

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money talks-especially in college football.

just making the point that ole miss by and large has had a very average to mediocre defense over the last few years and we are gobbling up their coaches like it's candy.

Guys on Texags admitting they know about the partridge family...embarrassing y'all.

JustisWalkert said:

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The new team bus

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a Piet Mondrian commission.... nice.

No.... he was let go from ol'Miss for a reason

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No.... he was let go from ol'Miss for a reason

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We're not looking for him to come and coach the defense.

No different than Lovie Smith being a great DC but a poor head coach. Some folks just can't perform with the extra responsibilities.

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No.... he was let go from ol'Miss for a reason

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Because he was a bad DC and they hired Golding

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pointer74 said:

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No.... he was let go from ol'Miss for a reason

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We're not looking for him to come and coach the defense.

No different than Lovie Smith being a great DC but a poor head coach. Some folks just can't perform with the extra responsibilities.

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This

And some posters just can't seem to grasp that distinction

Failing as hc does not mean failing as dc and failing as dc does not mean failing as safeties coach

What it does mean, however is that those guys were good enough at their respective pisitions, such as safeties coach or dc, to get promoted to the next level

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JustisWalkert said:

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The new team bus

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a Piet Mondrian commission.... nice.

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Had to look that up. Yep. That's what it is.

vander54 said:

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Would be great pick up good recruiter and Durkin could fill in as our LB coach. Plus he knows Durkin and his system.

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Partridge coached LB at Michigan for five years, if that matters.

Sterling82 said:

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Guys on Texags admitting they know about the partridge family...embarrassing y'all.

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Guys on TexAgs thinking memes are embarrassing…

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vander54 said:

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Would be great pick up good recruiter and Durkin could fill in as our LB coach. Plus he knows Durkin and his system.

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Partridge coached LB at Michigan for five years, if that matters.

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He was Durkin's safties coach. Since 2010 the only times Durkin hasn't been the LB coach was when he was HC and with us.

Detmersdislocatedshoulder said:

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beerad12man said:

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Detmersdislocatedshoulder said:

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going to be honest. wishing we were stealing asst coaches from georgia, bama, ohio st, etc over ole miss. especially on the defensive side of the ball.

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would love to see a single program in the country this is realistic for

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money talks-especially in college football.

just making the point that ole miss by and large has had a very average to mediocre defense over the last few years and we are gobbling up their coaches like it's candy.

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if we land him, we will have taken an sec west coach for a lateral move. Actually since he still technically had the title of co-dc a demotion. Not sure if he was being let go or not. But that's semantics considering his previous success as a position coach is all that matters. There is no other way than to spin that as extremely good/successful hire.

You guys literally listed a couple of examples of this happening in the last 20 years. Money talks? As if Georgia or bama doesn't have the money to match for a sought after defensive coach?

It was never realistic to grab a bama or Georgia positional coach. If that was your expectations, you set up your own disappointment.

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beerad12man said:

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Detmersdislocatedshoulder said:

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going to be honest. wishing we were stealing asst coaches from georgia, bama, ohio st, etc over ole miss. especially on the defensive side of the ball.

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would love to see a single program in the country this is realistic for

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LSU - Cortez Hankton WR coach came from Georgia

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And we took Coley and Williams from Georgia too.

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I shouldn't have said "single". I set myself up to fail there.

But it's extraordinarily rare, and shouldn't have been the expectation. It's ridiculous to think it should have been. You can count on one hand the number of times it's happened, and most of the times it does, it comes with an increase in title or something happening at the old position. Ie, coley had literally just been demoted at Georgia. Nick Williams went from grad assistant to full time staffer

What title were we stripping to lure a Georgia defensive coach here? Give him co-dc, and remove it from elijah Robinson?

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beerad12man said:

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Detmersdislocatedshoulder said:

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going to be honest. wishing we were stealing asst coaches from georgia, bama, ohio st, etc over ole miss. especially on the defensive side of the ball.

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would love to see a single program in the country this is realistic for

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LSU - Cortez Hankton WR coach came from Georgia

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And we took Coley and Williams from Georgia too.

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Coley was let go as their OC and we hired him as a TE coach. Williams was an analyst.


Coley also was Fisher's TE coach when he was FSU OC and his OC Fisher's first 2 years as HC.

I wish we'd quit hiring or trying to hire defensive coaches from Ole Miss for the simple fact that Ole Miss hasn't had a good defense in over a decade.

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I wish we'd quit hiring or trying to hire defensive coaches from Ole Miss for the simple fact that Ole Miss hasn't had a good defense in over a decade.

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They have also been combating a HUNH offense that likes to go for it on 4th down in their own territory. Not saying it's the reason they have been bad but those are big disadvantages when it comes to defense!

TX_Aggie37 said:

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I wish we'd quit hiring or trying to hire defensive coaches from Ole Miss for the simple fact that Ole Miss hasn't had a good defense in over a decade.

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Just so many incredibly ignorant posts

A) lane kiffen. Let's not chastise coaches who have to be opposite these types of offenses. Sumlins DCs take too much blame. Alex grinch was a hot commodity and then Lincoln Riley strikes

B) we would be hiring their co-dc for safeties coach, and his last positional coaching job was at Michigan. Is Michigan good enough for you to take coaches from?

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TX_Aggie37 said:

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I wish we'd quit hiring or trying to hire defensive coaches from Ole Miss for the simple fact that Ole Miss hasn't had a good defense in over a decade.

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They have also been combating a HUNH offense that likes to go for it on 4th down in their own territory. Not saying it's the reason they have been bad but those are big disadvantages when it comes to defense!

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Oh it definitely is. Show me one offense like that who has a defensive coordinator achieving consistent results

Does anyone know the names of Kiffin's yard man and housekeeper? I'm kind of in need and would like to do my part here.

Ole Miss co-DC Chris Partridge returns to Michigan as an assistant coach, where he was from 2015-19

— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) February 8, 2023