Quote Originally Posted by BankerDog View Post
For clarifcation, Thompson was never a candidate. He had made some calls last time but not this time. Also, we go hire a good recruiter (which many wanted) but now y'all have reserves about him because he hasn't had an DC experience? Kinda weird because Ed O and Thompson haven't either, other than a game or two. Also, Sirmon coached with Thompson at UT..
Come on now, I never backed anyone in particular including O or Thompson but I can see why Sirmon would be considered a riskier hire. Thompson has been a position coach at an FBS school since 1999 and WAS DC at UCF for 3 years (04-06). O has been a HC and has been coaching DL at an FBS school since 1988. Sirmon was a GA as recently as 2010. Hard to compare the experience of Sirmon with either of the other 2 coaches. Now granted Sirmon's coaching career was more delayed by playing in the NFL for 7 years.