2013 coaching staff vis-à-vis recruiting

Who would we look at to replace him?

I would doubt 3-4 coaches have different positions after this season, that is a very extreme turnover.

This also would not be good for the stability of the program.

Stoops will most likely leave this year, for Elliot to go with him it would it would have to be a promotion thing. Odell will never leave, Dawsey either. Craig is another to watch out for. I believe the reason Hudson was brought in was to take over for Stoops, Jimbo new ahead of time Stoops was close to getting his shot.

Unless he got fired or is unhappy here. He’s been a HC before and apparently didn’t like it. He’s getting a bit long in the tooth, and I’m not sure he’d want to start over elsewhere. He wouldn’t be promoted to OC elsewhere. And Clint’s here.

Does anyone know of any factors that might make Trickett more likely to depart than I’m thinking?

all eyes are squarely on the OL in 2012. trickett, fairly deserved or not, is on the hot seat. he’s got his GAMs in the two JUCOs, so no more “babysitting” (his word).

This maybe an obvious choice, however, he is making a lot of money that he can make forever-RIGHT HERE. He knows due to family that a head coach is not permanent and you are only going to get one that is in trouble.

The defense is in great shape and the recruiting that has taken place will keep it there.

The Offense, Trickett came in with a lot of accolades, that really has shown up like we thought. One problem IMO is that Trickett liked smaller guys with cuts, etc. These big guys that Jimbo likes are bulldozer types, when they cut ankles roll, they get out of position and put themselves in a postion to get injured.

The coaches on the Offense, due to the troubles may be looking. Coaches that don’t tell their agents to look at offers, don’t ususally get offers.

I realize, Jimbo is a task master, however, that is the world of Coaching. However, success cures a lot of finger pointing and name calling-like the recruiting high fives with all ot the coaches.

We will be in the hunt next year, but I remember going through years of 1979, 1980 when we were in the hunt and didn’t quite make the grade. Then we went on the 14 year run and finally won the title in 1993, every year-it was the same question can Bobby win the big one? Then Bobby’s quip about the big one is the one you lose. However, only after the 1999 title did we lose the assistant coaches.

My thoughts, by coach:

Fisher — obviously stays.

Trickett — depends on 2012 OL performance. If serviceable or better, stays on and gets an extension. If as bad as this year, gone.

Hudson — while he’s done an excellent job coaching (Bradham improved significantly, Telvin is a star, VW has shown flashes), he’s been heavily overshadowed in the recruiting department. Granted, the guys he’s missed on are – Lynch, JHC, Clowney

Stoops — I’m still not sold on him jumping for any BCS HC job. I think he’s going to wait for the keys to a big name, big money program. He’s doing so well as a DC that he’ll have one offered to him before long. Don’t forget Bob was DC at UF 3 years before going to OU. This will be Mark’s 3rd year as DC. Wouldn’t it be funny if he ended up replacing Mack Brown?

Coley — I could see the Coley to FIU move happening whenever Cristobal departs, but I’m not of the opinion that Cristobal will just disappear. But by the same token, he’s Jimbo’s Kirby Smart – the offense is Jimbo’s, and Coley will not get BCS OC offers. People forget he graduated from FSU, and was Jimbo’s GA at LSU. The only scenario I see Coley leaving for is the FIU HC job.

Craig — Jimbo guy, Jimbo guy. Could be next Coley in regards to figurehead OC. Unless Auburn throws big money at him, I don’t see him leaving for a while.

Dawsey — FSU guy.

Eliot — has a great core of young guys. Really not sure what his future leads, but I have to think that a DC for Stoops at a big name program would be hard to pass up if offered.

Gran — does he have OC aspirations? BCS schools won’t be hiring an OC who’s never called plays. His salary is pretty large, and he’s a phenomenal recruiter. Don’t know of anywhere that would be more than a lateral move. Stock stands to increase with success of Freeman/Pender backfield, and if he’s able to improve Wilder, his stellar coaching record will get even better.

Haggins — no chance he leaves.

Viloria — don’t see him leaving.

for discussion sake, i’m going to keep assuming that stoops is gone in 2013. with buckley also gone, i’m thinking that a defensive coach needs to be brought in with some resume of recruiting/development in the secondary.

if eliot departs to be stoops’ DC, then someone needs to take the ends. not sure odell is that man, but i assume he has been learning from eliot.

eliot and stoops had a hand in recruiting waisome, karlos williams, blake, p.j. willaims, newberry and o’leary. solid, but not otherworldly.

if coley moves on, then that leaves a hole in recruiting. this is the guy who recruited: hopkins, pryor, rhodes, rodney smith, stork, harris, joyner, luc, werner, matias and koutzidis. he went deep with elam and lemonier, too. i wonder if coley was burned out or pulled back after that exhausting 2010 class — he had many fewer targets the past two recruiting cycles.

craig has made an impact, playing a key role in getting coker, casher, eligwe, shanks, winston and austin golson (2013).

dawsey is no slouch on the trail, having helped secure in christian green, shaw, de’joshua johnson, dent, haggins, brooks, benjamin, wilder jr., edwards, goldman and northrup.

gran brought in rashad greene, hart, NLS, aguayo, bain (2013) and shelton (2013).

hudson doesn’t seem to be much of a recruiter.

trickett, on the other hand, has been instrumental in getting christian jones, shaw, bracy and all the o-linemen.

so, the top two coaches in our poll just got raises and extensions. three, if you include stoops (who wasn’t included in the poll because he was practically a given).