I dont see Doug Nussmeier coming on board plus I heard he may be OC at Nebraska.. From what I have been told.. Napier is considered Coach Macs protege' of sorts and is a big reason for Amari Coopers success.
On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 12:59 PM, Jay Cicone <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > 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. > -- -- 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.
