Koenning to Texas as WR coach.

Rumor has it.

Every year... every year... never fails.

Maybe he wants a raise too.

There could be worse losses. I will hate to see Les go for his recruiting, but we should be able to hire a young hustler to recruit as well or better. Our offense is Dan's, so that doesn't worry me...but I wonder how much Les had to do with Relf and Dak's development, or was that mostly Mullen?

Seems like a demotion, so it may be a Chris Wilson-type deal. We may have our eyes set on someone else as OC.

@JBellSATX: @Jason_Higdon Rivals Texas site is reporting tonight Les Koenning will be hired for WR coach. is that really the last hire?

Maybe it is actually true this time. I'm not real heartbroken over it, although he was a good recruiter and QB coach.

You only make that move when you don't have a choice

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Originally Posted by smootness

Seems like a demotion, so it may be a Chris Wilson-type deal. We may have our eyes set on someone else as OC.

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Maybe it's Kenny edenfield (Troy)

We had a poster call a new OC awhile back and said the name would be very surprising.

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Originally Posted by Coach34

We had a poster call a new OC awhile back and said the name would be very surprising.

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Yup can he give us another hint now

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Originally Posted by Coach34

You only make that move when you don't have a choice

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Exactly... I for one am not hurt at all... The poster that said that has also said some other stuff that turned out to be true...

I wonder if he is already on the staff now?

just a thought, Dan is his own OC and he brings in Brett Favre as QB coach... Bet he could recruit!

I'd like Edenfield from Troy or Franklin at Cal. They can flat out coach a spread offense.

BTW, his targets are only Will Coleman and Lashard Durr. Think we are good with both.

Haha I was throwing out Favre's name a couple of weeks ago.

you can bet on one thing, Balis and Keonning both taking "step downs" is a direct result of Dan wanting to move in a different direction and allowing them to save face. I figure he told them to find another job and he would let them go out as if they chose to move on. This was the first year that Dan called most of the plays. Even last year until in the Middle Tn game I will never forget Dan screaming into the Headset after an awful play call. He said " Les, hey Les, that's F'ing Awful"

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Rumor has it.

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I have no source on this but you don't make this move unless you've been forced out. Probably known for a while like others have stated. We need a good recruiter and maybe another Melvin Smith type coach/ recruiter.

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Originally Posted by bobcat91

I'd like Edenfield from Troy or Franklin at Cal. They can flat out coach a spread offense.

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Yea but both are more "throw first spread" guys. We are a "Run First Spread" team.

[QUOTE=BogeyGolfer;118409]I have no source on this but you don't make this move unless you've been forced out. Probably known for a while like others have stated. We need a good recruiter and maybe another Melvin Smith if you catch my drift...[/QUOTE]

a bag man? hahaha!

This is an a stupid statement. He played at Texas and has coached at Texas. I am sure the money would have to be equal or better and Texas has plenty of it. I also think he has done a heck of a job recruiting and has gotten us back in the door in some South Mississippi schools. I also know he is in on 3 or 4 good and 1 great player for 2015. It would be a loss and as usual some of these message board geniuses are clueless.

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You only make that move when you don't have a choice

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Originally Posted by preachermatt83

you can bet on one thing, Balis and Keonning both taking "step downs" is a direct result of Dan wanting to move in a different direction and allowing them to save face. I figure he told them to find another job and he would let them go out as if they chose to move on. This was the first year that Dan called most of the plays. Even last year until in the Middle Tn game I will never forget Dan screaming into the Headset after an awful play call. He said " Les, hey Les, that's F'ing Awful"

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You're a trip.

Going from OC to WR coach is a definite step down, but then again, the WR coach position at Texas might actually present an increase in salary for Les. No state income tax in the state of Texas, you know.

My bet is that we are going to get someone that agrees with Mullen's view of having a power run game- out of the Spread of course

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This is an a stupid statement. He played at Texas and has coached at Texas. I am sure the money would have to be equal or better and Texas has plenty of it. I also think he has done a heck of a job recruiting and has gotten us back in the door in some South Mississippi schools. I also know he is in on 3 or 4 good and 1 great player for 2015. It would be a loss and as usual some of these message board geniuses are clueless.

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So you think someone just goes from offensive coordinator at an SEC school to position coach at Texas...?

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Originally Posted by preachermatt83

you can bet on one thing, Balis and Keonning both taking "step downs" is a direct result of Dan wanting to move in a different direction and allowing them to save face. I figure he told them to find another job and he would let them go out as if they chose to move on. This was the first year that Dan called most of the plays. Even last year until in the Middle Tn game I will never forget Dan screaming into the Headset after an awful play call. He said " Les, hey Les, that's F'ing Awful"

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You can bet one thing your wrong on the balis part. And he didn't run les either for that matter les has been aching to leave.

I do if they are not calling the plays. And that has been pretty much how it has been. Mullen calls almost all the plays regardless of what people think

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Originally Posted by Joe Schmedlap

Going from OC to WR coach is a definite step down, but then again, the WR coach position at Texas might actually present an increase in salary for Les. No state income tax in the state of Texas, you know.

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His title said oc, his pay and his responsibilities say otherwise.

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So you think someone just goes from offensive coordinator at an SEC school to position coach at Texas...?

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Ummmm.... Yes. What's confusing about that? Texas can double his salary and not even blink. Les is from San Antonio. As an OC for Mullen, any type of praise from the public bypasses you because everyone thinks Mullen does everything. So you're essentially an afterthought here ( unfairly) as the OC.

There's plenty of reasons for him to want this job over ours.

Emcc always puts up ridiculous offensive numbers and they run the spread. Would we take a look at their HC?

Monte Kiffin for offensive coordinator. He obviously struggles to coach defense, so he should give offense a try.

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I do if they are not calling the plays. And that has been pretty much how it has been. Mullen calls almost all the plays regardless of what people think

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He won't be calling plays as a WR coach at Texas either, but I get what you're saying.

Hell, I would take a pay increase for a decrease in responsibility. Especially at Les's age.

Jesus Grandpaw give it a rest. This move has been rumored for awhile. You don't leave an OC job to go teach WR drills unless you have to

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Originally Posted by Coach34

My bet is that we are going to get someone that agrees with Mullen's view of having a power run game- out of the Spread of course

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if we go with a true OC you are exactly right, if Dan decides to just hire a QB coach I look for him to go the high energy recruiter type. Also I wouldn't be surprised to see Gonzalez promoted and given the title of OC/WR coach with Dan still calling the plays and then us hiring a qb coach. Wouldn't mind that if we would hire QB/ST coach.

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Jesus Grandpaw give it a rest. This move has been rumored for awhile. You don't leave an OC job to go teach WR drills unless you have to

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Exactly!

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Originally Posted by preachermatt83

if we go with a true OC you are exactly right, if Dan decides to just hire a QB coach I look for him to go the high energy recruiter type. Also I wouldn't be surprised to see Gonzalez promoted and given the title of OC/WR coach with Dan still calling the plays and then us hiring a qb coach. Wouldn't mind that if we would hire QB/ST coach.

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Young QB/ST coach is the way to go. We know Dan wants to run his offense, and he's good at it when he calls the plays. So hire a young go getter recruiter that was a former QB, and let him coach QB's but MOSTLY Special Teams.

I'd much rather Dan just name himself QB coach and OC and just go out and replace Les with a ST coach. That's what seems to be prudent to me.

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Originally Posted by Todd4State

I'd much rather Dan just name himself QB coach and OC and just go out and replace Les with a ST coach. That's what seems to be prudent to me.

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Bingo. Get us a young ST coach that can recruit. Let him have some of the QB coaching duties if necessary...but his primary focus is ST and recruiting.

I've never heard of anyone that coaches QB's and special teams. Maybe they're out there, but usually it seems like the ST coach coaches TE's or something like that.

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