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TheDecadeSapling
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Talk to me, Zoo. Are we rioting?
Give me the guy who shoots for excellence and fails over the guy who shoots for mediocrity and succeeds.
VatoLocoAggie
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Elko asked me what I thought about the guy. I told him he's a good dude. Wow. Boom. He hires him. Makes me wonder if I had a big influence on this hire.
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PeekingDuck
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Well, we have two rappers on staff.
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DGrimesAg92
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We have LB's?
Blonde Coffee Beans
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TheDecadeSapling said:



Talk to me, Zoo. Are we rioting?


No, Arkansas had a good defense
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TheDecadeSapling
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That doesn't mean we're not rioting. This is Texags.
Give me the guy who shoots for excellence and fails over the guy who shoots for mediocrity and succeeds.
Maroon Flash
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What about Elijah Robinson as Defensive Analyst? He isn't coaching?
TheDecadeSapling
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DL coach but idk what else he's gonna be doing.
Give me the guy who shoots for excellence and fails over the guy who shoots for mediocrity and succeeds.
vander54
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He's a great recruiter and good position coach
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One Eyed Reveille
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Can he stop the run?
Dorm 15
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You can have as many coaches you want. Only so many can recruit off campus.
fightinag
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Arkansas......not exactly known for having a powerhouse defense, so he should fit right in !
NEXT YEAR IS HERE.......again
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vander54 said:

He's a great recruiter and good position coach


Any word on why it took so long to become official?
HoustonAggie11
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vander54 said:

He's a great recruiter and good position coach

did you just make this up?
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One Eyed Reveille said:

Can he stop the run?

I don't think he has any eligibility left, so probably won't be playing.
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Jbob04
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Didn't Petrino fire him mid season?
vander54
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HoustonAggie11 said:

vander54 said:

He's a great recruiter and good position coach

did you just make this up?


No
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vander54
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As a DC
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Jarrin Jay
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Good hire as a position coach.
91AggieLawyer
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Blonde Coffee Beans said:

TheDecadeSapling said:



Talk to me, Zoo. Are we rioting?


No, Arkansas had a good defense


He was DC at Ark from 2023 until mid-season this year. In 2023, Ark was 80th of 133 in team defense. The next year, they improved to 66th. The Aggies were 33 and 36 (I forgot which year was which, but it doesn't matter).

Florida, South Carolina, Auburn, and Kentucky ALL had better defenses BOTH years.

I wouldn't call what Ark had "good."
Stone44
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Arky couldn't stop anyone. Lazy, out of position, and can't tackle. Sound familiar? Should have hired the one Sark just fired.




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HoustonAggie11 said:

vander54 said:

He's a great recruiter and good position coach

did you just make this up?


Go look at how many 4 and 5 star LBs he recruited at Auburn and how many all conference LBs he coached then reconsider your question. Like the man said, great recruiter and good position coach.
IslanderAg04
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TheDecadeSapling said:



Talk to me, Zoo. Are we rioting?


Well their defense was the worst in the sec. Need i say more?
beerad12man
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Posters on TOS who are certainly not known for their sunshine pumping are happy about this hire.

He had options to coach LBers at many schools and chose us, which is always a great sign.

As a position coach, it is generally seen as a great hire.

Obviously most on this board will fixate on his DC performance when we aren't even hiring him at that position. Which logically makes zero sense.

But that would be like wondering why Saban took all these retreads for lesser positions. People were literally calling it a rehab program it was so common. Hiring former HCs for DC or analyst positions. former DCs/OCs for position coaches, etc.

IslanderAg04
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AggieDub04 said:

HoustonAggie11 said:

vander54 said:

He's a great recruiter and good position coach

did you just make this up?


Go look at how many 4 and 5 star LBs he recruited at Auburn and how many all conference LBs he coached then reconsider your question. Like the man said, great recruiter and good position coach.


We dont have a problem recruiting stars. We have a problem developing them. Besides, portal > recruiting 5 star drama queens.
Blonde Coffee Beans
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91AggieLawyer said:

Blonde Coffee Beans said:

TheDecadeSapling said:



Talk to me, Zoo. Are we rioting?


No, Arkansas had a good defense


He was DC at Ark from 2023 until mid-season this year. In 2023, Ark was 80th of 133 in team defense. The next year, they improved to 66th. The Aggies were 33 and 36 (I forgot which year was which, but it doesn't matter).

Florida, South Carolina, Auburn, and Kentucky ALL had better defenses BOTH years.

I wouldn't call what Ark had "good."


I wouldn't either. I can be fairly sarcastic
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Come Out Roll
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DGrimesAg92 said:

We have LB's?

That's where my mind went as well…….
beerad12man
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It's both. We have most certainly recruited closer to 8-4 sec levels most classes than Georgia/Bama levels.

I like our recruiting, but it could still use a boost. Don't kid yourself. On paper, the 9th, 8th, 15th, 18th, ranked class are actually closer to the tier of Auburn, Miss State, Tennessee, Florida, and half our schedule than it is Bama or georgia. Only 2022 was on the tier that bama/georgia are used to nearly every season. We never stacked that kind of talent.

Plus, Georgia/ohio state/(bama to a lesser extent with the coaching change) are still 2/3of the best teams and are the most home grown playoff teams. I'd take them over the field right now.
beerad12man
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Let me ask you this. do you watch our linebackers and think, yeah, those guys are on the same level athletically as Georgia and Bama's have been most seasons? You really think that's just development?

Like we forgot to develop York's speed? Or Sanfords size? Athletically, our defense was NO WHERE close to the top of the sec when elko took over. It's getting better, but can always use an even further boost.
Kozmozag
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We should stop recruiting high school kids its pointless. Cut the team size to 60 and portal them as needed each year.
beerad12man
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It absolutely is not.

Georgia and Ohio State would say otherwise. Still the most homegrown teams in the playoffs, and I'd take them against the other 6 if I had to pick who wins it all.

Even tech, a team that has used the portal as much as anyone, still has 25/44 in their two deep from their HS classes. So over half.

Miami, who also reloaded via the portal, has 27 of 44 as HS recruits.

Just about every team in the playoffs have more HS recruits in their two deep than portal players.

HS recruiting will always still matter. A TON. You can't replace 40-50 guys every offseason via the portal and have success.

Next years team will likely have about 60-65 HS recruits on it with 20-25 or so portal guys from the 2024-2026 classes combined.
TheWoodsAg
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DGrimesAg92 said:

We have LB's?


Slower Safeties.
thegoodolag15
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The only time I've seen us have a true SEC caliber linebacker was Cooper.

York, Scooby, and Sanford all have limitations, and Mikhail is an unknown at this point. We need a dude at linebacker pretty badly.
TheDraw
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Martin Lawrence?
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