Quote Originally Posted by maroonmania View Post
Exactly, unless a coach is an alum or has some direct connection to a school, they are all pretty much guns for hire and will leave for the next shiny toy that comes along. Here is Brian Baker's coaching resume:

Coaching Experience
2016-present: Mississippi State (Defensive Line)
2015: Covenant Christian Academy of Colleyville (Texas) (Assistant Coach/Mentor)
2014: Washington Redskins (Outside Linebackers)
2013: Cleveland Browns (Outside Linebackers)
2011-12: Dallas Cowboys (Defensive Line)
2009-10: Carolina Panthers (Defensive Line)
2006-08: St. Louis Rams (Defensive Line)
2004-05: Minnesota Vikings (Defensive Line)
2002-03: Minnesota Vikings (Linebackers)
2001: Minnesota Vikings (Defensive Line)
1997-2000: Detroit Lions (Defensive Line)
1996: San Diego Chargers (Defensive Line)
1995: Georgia Tech (Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers)
1987-94: Georgia Tech (Linebackers)
1986: Army (Fullbacks)
1985: Maryland (Graduate Assistant)
1984: Maryland (Student Assistant)

Does that look like a guy committed to coaching anywhere for very long? We pulled him off of the coaching trash heap at a TX HS to resurrect his career after the NFL no longer had any interest in him. If Young signs with Bama he should do so assuming that Baker will likely not be there when he is an upperclassmen.
How many of our fans would have flipped out knowing that Baker was on the same staff as Croom?

That's a pretty typical coaching resume'. After Georgia Tech it looks like his typical stay at any place ranges from 1-3 years.

And for the heck of it let's look at Lance Thompson. GT then LSU, then the DC at UCF, Tennessee, Alabama, then left them for AUBURN, and then left for South Carolina. He has coached at almost HALF of the schools in the entire SEC.

Until we find a MSU grad that is a tremendous football coach or get a retread like a Sherrill or a Cutcliffe we're honestly probably looking at changing coaches every five years or so on average good or bad.