Quote Originally Posted by maroonmania View Post
This is ridiculous, whether last year when Lebby first made the hire or this year. Most any G5 DC would take our SEC DC job given the 7 figures we are paying Hutzler. And there are probably some P4 DCs that would have taken it. Coordinating a defense and forming a gameplan and making in game calls is totally different than being a defensive position coach. Lebby would have been much better served to have gotten someone who had experience already having been a quality DC on some level. Hutzler was sold to us as some great recruiter but that certainly hasn't been the case for us. Of course I could recruit to Alabama.
I say any G5 DC that is any good would not jump at the chance. A coach that good most likely has better options than this dumpster fire of a roster having to compete in the SEC. The hire might even be worse if we fired the guy having to navigate last years schedule with that roster. Changing coaches as many times as we have the last few years has created an environment where we are desperate to have some continuity. Lebby made his choice based on real options and knowledge, your thoughts are not grounded in nearly as much knowledge as Lebby possesses. Why would I trust your opinion over his?

People keep ignoring how much better the defense played as the year progressed and the roster is better this year. Let it play out. Firing a DC with last years roster would be a huge mistake, but showing support with NIL and experienced analyst to help him will give a guy like you are talking about more thought of coming here. He would get paid. I will say this, if the defense does suck and they fire him at the end of the year, we better pony up with the NIL and salary or we won't get anyone better and maybe worse.