Who would you have liked over him?
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I disagree. I think once you get past the head coaches that call their own plays, like Josh Heupel and Lincoln Riley (the two best play callers in college football), I think you have a list of Jeff Lebby, Sean Lewis, Garrett Riley and Ryan Grubb. Of those, Lebby is the one that has SEC experience.
I'm not against Elko, but I'd be concerned that he will want to bring in some multiple pro style offensive coordinator, because that's what defensive minded coaches tend to do. I am somewhat interested in Barry Odom if he can bring Kendal Briles with him. However, I prefer the offensive minded head coach.
I'm not against a running game... Even the AR that I prefer isn't strictly the ML version. I've always felt that the AR had to evolve with a Pass First QB who could make plays with his feet. As for Lebby, even though he was probably 4th or 5th on my list, I'm a big fan of his offense. Look at todays game.... he threw a good bit more in the first half and then ran more in the 2nd after he had a solid lead. That happened alot this year... throwing is always his prefered method of attacking and it opens the run game later on..