Todd Grantham possible new DC?

[fader2103]

If it's true then I want him to have atleast a guaranteed 2 year contract with a nice buyout.

[mstatefan91]

Heard we are gonna give Manny a third chance. You know what they say***************


Seriously, just glad Sirmon is out of here. The guy has no idea how to run a defense. Good bye

[KB21]

Because of this I ain't holding my breath. Any really good DC gonna tell Mullen to go make sure his offense scores 30 or more every game.

Maybe in some fantasy land where you have a weak head coach would the defensive coordinator actually be insubordinate to the head coach, but that will not happen at Mississippi State. There is a reason Dan is the HEAD coach. He is OVER all the assistant coaches. This isn't some head coach of the offense/head coach of the defense fantasy land crap that the Dolphins tried to pull with Cam Cameron and Dom Capers.

[BrunswickDawg]

Seems unlikely. Maybe Petrino and grantham butted heads

Grantham hasn't stayed anywhere more than 4 years (other than his first 5 years at VT). Dude moves around a lot.
He ran a solid 3-4 scheme at UGA, and has experience in pros and the SEC. Would follow some of Dan's hiring trends of liking guys with pro and college experience.

[jumbo]

Grantham hasn't stayed anywhere more than 4 years

that's an eternity at MSU

[BrunswickDawg]

that's an eternity at MSU

Perfect hire for us so we can bitch again when Dan loses another DC***

[maroonmania]

that's an eternity at MSU

^^this. I could only dream of getting 4 years out of a quality DC.

[smootness]

Grantham's alright, but he's not a home run hire. He was ok at Georgia and has been pretty good at Louisville.

[dawgday166]

Maybe in some fantasy land where you have a weak head coach would the defensive coordinator actually be insubordinate to the head coach, but that will not happen at Mississippi State. There is a reason Dan is the HEAD coach. He is OVER all the assistant coaches. This isn't some head coach of the offense/head coach of the defense fantasy land crap that the Dolphins tried to pull with Cam Cameron and Dom Capers.

Really? Bill Walsh focused on the offense and paid almost no attention to the defense. I'm sure he knew what was going on ... but he didn't tell them how to run it. He just hired good DCs.

It will be interesting if our D keeps looking like it has if we do get a really historically good P5 coordinator.

[mstatefan91]

Grantham's alright, but he's not a home run hire. He was ok at Georgia and has been pretty good at Louisville.

Gotta be better than Peter "give em 20 yards" Sirmon

[Irondawg]

Sirmon must be one hellacious interview. He obviously sold Mullen when you know there were more qualified candidates out there and now he's potentially sold another school with the blemish of his resume here now tacked on.

[Johnson85]

No sober person thought it would once his current salary was listed.

I think people are underestimating what we would pay for a slam dunk DC hire. I'm not betting it will happen, but it will be because we don't have a shot at the type of candidate that woudl justify that money, not because we wouldn't be willing to pay. If we had a coach with an outstanding resume and Mullen wanted to do it, I think the money would be made available to pay $1M plus for a DC. I'm just not sure any of teh coaches that would justify that much money would choose to come to MSU over a UF, Texas, USC, LSU, etc., one of which will almost always be an option for the type of coordinator we'd be willing to pay that much to.

[jumbo]

It will be interesting if our D keeps looking like it has if we do get a really historically good P5 coordinator.

Agreed. If this plays out it would be new territory. Every other hire has either been an up and comer (Diaz, Collins) or never been a DC before (Sirmon, Wilson).

[RocketDawg]

Please let it be true.



Edit - obviously a typo - Grantham.

You should be able to fix that by doing an Edit, then Go Advanced.

[maroonmania]

and Mullen wanted to do it,

I think you hit the magic words. Mullen is much more worried about raising the pay for the country club members. In fact, I would go so far as to say that if a big time DC hire happens you have likely seen some real effect from the Cohen hire at AD on the football program.

[Dawg61]

Makes 975k a year. I'd be shocked if we land him

LOL, that guy is the #6 paid DC in the country. Unless Cohen has a donor, that one is a pipedream. Would be cool though!

http://www.courier-journal.com/story...tant/77045126/

According to this, he makes 1.3. No way in hades we get him. I feel like we are ole miss talking about charlie strong right now.

It's not going to happen, so no need to worry.

No sober person thought it would once his current salary was listed.

Hello it's 2017 not 1995 and we've been making bank from the SEC TV money. We can afford to pay 10 Grantham's.

[I seen it dawg]

Meh

[BrunswickDawg]

I think people are underestimating what we would pay for a slam dunk DC hire. I'm not betting it will happen, but it will be because we don't have a shot at the type of candidate that woudl justify that money, not because we wouldn't be willing to pay. If we had a coach with an outstanding resume and Mullen wanted to do it, I think the money would be made available to pay $1M plus for a DC. I'm just not sure any of teh coaches that would justify that much money would choose to come to MSU over a UF, Texas, USC, LSU, etc., one of which will almost always be an option for the type of coordinator we'd be willing to pay that much to.

What if the hold up in the past was Stricklin and the purse-strings and not Dan's "want to"?? Cohen seems the type who says "what will it take to get what you want?"

[#660000]

3rd and Grantham

[msstate7]

3rd and Grantham

In ACC, Louisville was 4th in '16, 5th in '15, and 3rd in opp 3rd down %

ACC has 14 teams