Since we're all just sitting around waiting for the staff to be announced I thought we may as well kill some time discussing some of the rumors that are out there...
Head Coach - Coach Mac Appears to be a good hire. Proven offensive mind, has developed QB's, can recruit, and has seen first hand what you need to do to win in the SEC, having won a few championships at Bama as their OC. OC - Doug Nussmeier If true, ole Dougie's going to draw some criticism among Gator fans due to his most recent history at Bama and Michigan. I would like to think that maybe he's just a victim of bad timing and circumstances. He is close with Coach Mac, brings a lot of experience as an OC, coached in the SEC at Bama, and was obviously well thought of enough to be offered the jobs to begin with. Given our head coach will be very involved in the offense I think this is one area Mac can afford to take a chance on. CoOC/Receivers Coach - Billy Nappier If true, this would be a homerun hire. Nappier's a proven receivers coach, ace recruiter, has worked with Mac in the past, and our gain would be Bama's loss. The CoOC title makes sense because that's what it would take to steal him away from Bama. OL Coach - Mike Summers If true, it would be nice to have some consistency there, given the circumstances the past few years. Not known as a great recruiter, but is a proven line coach, who's done a nice job at Florida so far. RB Coach - Irvin or Harriott If true, both have the potential to be great recruiters - especially in South Florida, where RB's grow on trees. Great backs are not something you typically teach, so this is one position we can afford to take a chance on and look to hire an ace recruiter. DC - Sal Sunseri If true, like Doug, this hire would draw the ire of a lot of Gator fans due to his awful stint at Tennessee. He is a great guy, excellent recruiter, proven position coach, knows Mac, and our gain would be FSU's loss. His lack of success at Tennessee as a DC was hopefully more a result of him walking into a situation where he had very little to work with and he was only there one season. Given our head coach is an offensive minded coach, I would think that if it's Sal we are going to have to make a run at another proven defensive minded coach to help take some of the burden off. DB Coach/Recruiting Coordinator - TRob If true, let's hope his promotion consists of taking over recruiting responsibilities and all defensive backs. He's a CoDC candidate with a proven DC, but not someone like Sal. Proven CB's Coach and our best recruiter, but our primary contact to South Florida - which is very important. He and Nappier would kill it down there. DL Coach - Tosh Lupoi If true, depending on who our DC is, this could be another homerun hire. Nice track record as a line coach, but more importantly he's another beast on the recruiting trail. This would be another one of those our gain would be Bama's loss. One of the advantages of Bama loading up on the coaching front is there's a log jam now and guys like Lupoi are there for the taking. -- -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GatorTalk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
