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    Kudos to Selmon

    Lot of emotional posts going around here mid season saying how Selmon was a terrible hire and had no balls. I think he handled this very well, he pulled the trigger late season when it was obvious, kept the search very close until the past 24 hours, and got a very strong candidate. We will see if he works out but so far very impressed with him.

    Imagine if we let Arnett go Friday morning and did not have a head start on all the other openings? Imagine Kiffin (dont think this does happen) goes to A&M and they pull Lebby instead of us. Good job by Zac

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    He better hope it works. He had to use his hole card when nothing else worked out. This one's on him, good or bad. I like Zac so hope it works for him.

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    Quote Originally Posted by EdwardDrayton View Post
    He better hope it works. He had to use his hole card when nothing else worked out. This one's on him, good or bad. I like Zac so hope it works for him.
    You have no idea how wrong you are. Zac got his guy, whether you like it or not.

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    Quote Originally Posted by EdwardDrayton View Post
    He better hope it works. He had to use his hole card when nothing else worked out. This one's on him, good or bad. I like Zac so hope it works for him.
    How is it any AD's fault when they are told no? Unless they don't offer the entire financial package from the get go there's really nothing else they can do but go on to the next one on the list.

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    Quote Originally Posted by EdwardDrayton View Post
    He better hope it works. He had to use his hole card when nothing else worked out. This one's on him, good or bad. I like Zac so hope it works for him.
    You have no idea if what you are saying is true.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DEDawg View Post
    You have no idea if what you are saying is true.
    We missed on 4-5 guys. You arent being honest or you are dumb if you dont realize that. Chadwell, the Kansas coach, and others said no thank you. A&M is hiring their 8-9 choice and BDork's job is in jeapordy because of it.

    But this can absolutely be a really good hire and here we go.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Coach34 View Post
    We missed on 4-5 guys. You arent being honest or you are dumb if you dont realize that. Chadwell, the Kansas coach, and others said no thank you. A&M is hiring their 8-9 choice and BDork's job is in jeapordy because of it.

    But this can absolutely be a really good hire and here we go.
    I don't know if you can say we really missed. I look at a miss when they say no to you and go elsewhere. Most if not all those coaches are remaining at their current schools.

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    Quote Originally Posted by EdwardDrayton View Post
    He better hope it works. He had to use his hole card when nothing else worked out. This one's on him, good or bad. I like Zac so hope it works for him.
    Lord. Give it up

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    Quote Originally Posted by EdwardDrayton View Post
    He better hope it works. He had to use his hole card when nothing else worked out. This one's on him, good or bad. I like Zac so hope it works for him.
    At the end of the day it's all a crapshoot, who knows what will happen with a new coach. Mullen was an OC who turned out good for us. Jomo and Arnett were both coordinators too and it didn't turn out so good. Zac made a solid hire, not my first choice but Lebby can put a good offense on the field, hopefully that translates well

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    Quote Originally Posted by EdwardDrayton View Post
    He better hope it works. He had to use his hole card when nothing else worked out. This one's on him, good or bad. I like Zac so hope it works for him.
    Frankly, you have no idea what you?re talking about it bud.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Coach34 View Post
    We missed on 4-5 guys. You arent being honest or you are dumb if you dont realize that. Chadwell, the Kansas coach, and others said no thank you. A&M is hiring their 8-9 choice and BDork's job is in jeapordy because of it.

    But this can absolutely be a really good hire and here we go.
    Again, you don?t know that. It seemed pretty clear Chadwell was our first choice initially. After that we are all speculating. I would imagine the Kansas coach also would have been above Lebby but again, NOBODY ON THIS BOARD KNOWS THAT. If I had to guess I would say Lebby was Selmons third option, but his first realistic one.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DEDawg View Post
    Again, you don?t know that. It seemed pretty clear Chadwell was our first choice initially. After that we are all speculating. I would imagine the Kansas coach also would have been above Lebby but again, NOBODY ON THIS BOARD KNOWS THAT. If I had to guess I would say Lebby was Selmons third option, but his first realistic one.
    Well yeah I do because I know people that are kept abreast of what is going on. Guys that sit with Keenum in his box. We got our 5th choice at best. Sitting HC's didnt want this job. We shall see what Lebby can do. Hail State
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    How much do you give to the NIL monthly C34?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Coach34 View Post
    Well yeah I do because I know people that are kept abreast of what is going on. Guys that sit with Keenum in his box. We got our 5th choice at best. Sitting HC's didnt want this job. We shall see what Lebby can do. Hail State
    Not surprised by this. Our job has never been easy but the NIL era has made things even tougher for us to compete in our own league. Unlike OM, we've never had a large number of alumni willing to use their hard earned money to buy football players but now, if you aren't willing to pay for play, you are at a big disadvantage. Our transfer portal work over the past few years in football is nothing to write home about. As for Selmon, I will save my kudos until after I see how the hire works out. Turned down by the sitting HCs we thought we might have a shot at so Selmon pulls the OC from the school where he just left. Absolutely may work but its not like Selmon did anything extra special to make this hire.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Coach34 View Post
    Well yeah I do because I know people that are kept abreast of what is going on. Guys that sit with Keenum in his box. We got our 5th choice at best. Sitting HC's didnt want this job. We shall see what Lebby can do. Hail State
    So we gave the job to the guy that actually wanted the job...that can't be all bad.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Coach34 View Post
    We missed on 4-5 guys. You arent being honest or you are dumb if you dont realize that. Chadwell, the Kansas coach, and others said no thank you. A&M is hiring their 8-9 choice and BDork's job is in jeapordy because of it.

    But this can absolutely be a really good hire and here we go.
    I am sure this is true to some extent. But is anyone delusional enough to think Lebby was our #1 hire over any coach in the country? So then all it comes down to is who you reached out to. If we reached out to Saban, Smart, Dabo, and Harbaugh, then even if we hired Chadwell he would be at best our 5th option. Leipold was never coming here, Chadwell may have been some slim possibility but unlikely. You still have to reach out to them, but it does not mean you got turned down by all kinds of realistic candidates.

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    Ha. Dude hired his fall back from his old employer.

    ...and he is already asking for more money. NO! Your boy has a lot of work to do, first.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Maroonthirteen View Post
    Ha. Dude hired his fall back from his old employer.

    ...and he is already asking for more money. NO! Your boy has a lot of work to do, first.
    J.F.C....

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