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DownwardDawg
03-16-2021, 02:30 PM
Was that expected? I like it.
msstate7
03-16-2021, 02:31 PM
Like it too.
TrapGame
03-16-2021, 02:33 PM
Wat?!
Hambone
03-16-2021, 02:42 PM
https://twitter.com/joeltcoleman/status/1371909306057158660?s=21
Cooterpoot
03-16-2021, 02:58 PM
Old news
Mobile Bay
03-16-2021, 03:28 PM
Why did he leave Southern Miss?
Cooterpoot
03-16-2021, 03:31 PM
Why did he leave Southern Miss?

Forced out. Couldn't recruit or run the program.
Mobile Bay
03-16-2021, 03:38 PM
Forced out. Couldn't recruit or run the program.

3 bowl trips in four years? Doesn't seem like worthy of running him out after only one game.
preachermatt83
03-16-2021, 03:39 PM
We need even more of this. We need atleast 4 more recruiting specialists and 3 more analysts.
Cooterpoot
03-16-2021, 03:45 PM
3 bowl trips in four years? Doesn't seem like worthy of running him out after only one game.

You don't know the whole story. He got in some trouble. Only had a couple kids committed in the fall. Lots of stuff. Being an analyst is a good thing. He's not a recruiter.
Cooterpoot
03-16-2021, 03:45 PM
We need even more of this. We need atleast 4 more recruiting specialists and 3 more analysts.

You're going to be disappointed
thf24
03-16-2021, 04:00 PM
Being an analyst is a good thing. He's not a recruiter.

So the word that he's specifically Brad Peterson's replacement was inaccurate?
Cooterpoot
03-16-2021, 04:04 PM
So the word that he's specifically Brad Peterson's replacement was inaccurate?

That's right. Peterson's spot isn't being filled right now. I'm ok with Hopson at an analyst spot.
Todd4State
03-16-2021, 10:39 PM
That's right. Peterson's spot isn't being filled right now. I'm ok with Hopson at an analyst spot.

Yeah that was interesting to me because at first it was being rumored that he was replacing Peterson on the staff and I think we all assumed that his role would be a recruiting one. That was a WTF? to me. Now, I'm all for Hopson as a defensive analyst. I think that's a good move.

But at the same time why on Earth are we of all teams in the SEC cutting a recruiting position? If anything we should be expanding.
Cooterpoot
03-17-2021, 07:11 AM
Yeah that was interesting to me because at first it was being rumored that he was replacing Peterson on the staff and I think we all assumed that his role would be a recruiting one. That was a WTF? to me. Now, I'm all for Hopson as a defensive analyst. I think that's a good move.

But at the same time why on Earth are we of all teams in the SEC cutting a recruiting position? If anything we should be expanding.

Because we have John Cohen Templeton as AD. He's not good.
Ari Gold
03-17-2021, 08:40 AM
JH won’t hurt us at all in recruiting.. he may not move the needle heavy upward but this notation that everyone hates him or he can’t recruit is silly. This is a really good pick up for us.

Anytime you get an ex head coach , a successful head coach on your staff that happens to have ties to the state it’s a very good thing..

Now we need to hire more help in the recruiting room. Get more guys like Gibson and Mason on the staff...
Cooterpoot
03-17-2021, 09:07 AM
JH won’t hurt us at all in recruiting.. he may not move the needle heavy upward but this notation that everyone hates him or he can’t recruit is silly. This is a really good pick up for us.

Anytime you get an ex head coach , a successful head coach on your staff that happens to have ties to the state it’s a very good thing..

Now we need to hire more help in the recruiting room. Get more guys like Gibson and Mason on the staff...

He's not involved in recruiting. And yes, his recruiting ability would be a liability. Thankfully, we don't have to worry about it. DA is a great title for him.
Ari Gold
03-17-2021, 10:05 AM
He's not involved in recruiting. And yes, his recruiting ability would be a liability. Thankfully, we don't have to worry about it. DA is a great title for him.

He will be involved in recruiting more than most think... just because his “title” says Defensive Analysts. JH is a very good hiring for us , very pro active .

I told everyone he wouldn’t be taking BP spot, that is a very important hire for us.. and not just for a recruiting stand point BP did a lot more than his Job title said.
I’m not worried about losing Villagrana, but we need more guys like Gibson and Mason.. guys with connections , guys that hustle , guys that can relate to young players, guys that know the 7on 7 scenes..

Again we need to add more recruiting jobs.more hands on deck is a must. I don’t understand how our Football athletic Department and AD cant understand that
Todd4State
03-17-2021, 02:19 PM
Because we have John Cohen Templeton as AD. He's not good.

Yeah. I figured that was the case when I saw David Murray's official excuse from the AD about how we can't hire more people because we don't have space for them at the Seal building. And then the kicker excuse- we don't need to hire people just to hire them.

It's pretty puzzling to me because Cohen as a baseball coach wanted as much as possible as far as resources. Why that isn't translating to the other sports I don't know.
Homedawg
03-17-2021, 03:05 PM
Part of the problem is CML has more here than hes ever had and it's not close. He isn't asking for, nor does he think we need more people, at this juncture anyway
Todd4State
03-17-2021, 03:43 PM
Part of the problem is CML has more here than hes ever had and it's not close. He isn't asking for, nor does he think we need more people, at this juncture anyway

I doubt he would be against adding staff and an IPF. Even if he isn't asking for it.
Homedawg
03-17-2021, 03:49 PM
I doubt he would be against adding staff and an IPF. Even if he isn't asking for it.

He's a weird cat. And he honestly doesn't care about a new ipf. Not one care. W that said, we'll get one anyway. Whether he pushes for it or not.
gtowndawg
03-17-2021, 04:08 PM
He's a weird cat. And he honestly doesn't care about a new ipf. Not one care. W that said, we'll get one anyway. Whether he pushes for it or not.

I assume we will have the Dak Prescott Indoor Facility at some point. Right about the time a statue is unveiled and his number retired.
Dolphus Raymond
03-17-2021, 04:10 PM
Leach is a very strange individual and I really like him. He does not give a rat?s ass what anyone thinks and will do it his way. I am confident that ?his way? will succeed.
Cooterpoot
03-17-2021, 04:36 PM
Anyone thinking we don't won't more recruiting staff etc. are fooling themselves. Anyone thinking we don't need them are just plain fools.
Homedawg
03-17-2021, 04:42 PM
Anyone thinking we don't won't more recruiting staff etc. are fooling themselves. Anyone thinking we don't need them are just plain fools.

Oh we need it. That's not in question. Not even remotely
MaroonFlounder
03-19-2021, 07:52 AM
Oh we need it. That's not in question. Not even remotely

More than anything. Saban is laughing at us. Bama just had...not their highest...but THE highest ranked recruiting class in college football...EVER.

He cherry picks in our backyard, and then lets us have them back in the transfer portal when they fall just under the Bama development standard....or they can't stay off the weed.
Dawg-gone-dawgs
03-19-2021, 04:42 PM
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Todd4State
03-20-2021, 12:26 AM
More than anything. Saban is laughing at us. Bama just had...not their highest...but THE highest ranked recruiting class in college football...EVER.

He cherry picks in our backyard, and then lets us have them back in the transfer portal when they fall just under the Bama development standard....or they can't stay off the weed.

At least now we can get them back. A lot of times those guys may not have really contributed until their junior or senior year anyway. Used to they would have ended up at Jackson State.