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Coaching changes: coaches hired and fired, comings and goings

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Some funny ones:
1. Michigan
Jim Harbaugh elevated Stanford from laughingstock to BCS winner in four years. Jim Harbaugh took a dormant 49ers franchise to three consecutive NFC Championship Games and a Super Bowl. Jim Harbaugh swam the length of Lake Erie in the dead of night with a briefcase full of vital documents tied to one leg and an Asian carp clamped to the other. Jim Harbaugh infiltrated the North Korean regime on a humanitarian mission. Jim Harbaugh escaped from Alcatraz. Jim Harbaugh is featured on bass in rare bootleg sessions with Frank Zappa, Warren Zevon, and Prince. Jim Harbaugh single-handedly opened, stocked, and staffed a sustainably sourced soup kitchen. Jim Harbaugh led a ragtag band of light Numidian cavalry across the Alps. Jim Harbaugh ghostwrote an entire season of Frasier (one of the good ones). Restoring Michigan to a status worthy of the winged helmet will be the easiest job Jim Harbaugh has ever had.

8. Florida
Most fan bases greet their new coach with a combination of enthusiasm and relief. Occasionally, there’s an element of surprise, and maybe a few notes of skepticism. But rarely if ever can I recall anything like the collective shrug that accompanied the extended public courtship between Florida and Jim McElwain, who is qualified for the job in the same way that a new pair of pants are qualified to be a Christmas gift. They’re nice enough, they’re functional, and, if they fit, you can look forward to having them around for a long time with minimal maintenance.

Like his doomed predecessor, Will Muschamp, McElwain is a product of the Nick Saban coaching tree, having overseen Alabama’s offense en route to national championships in 2009 and 2011. Unlike Muschamp, who had never been a head coach before landing in Gainesville, McElwain also padded his résumé with a three-year stint as the top dog at Colorado State, which produced a steady increase from four wins in 2012 to eight in 2013 to 10 last year. All that really says about his prospects at Florida is that the Gators didn’t hire a random person off the street. Beyond that, the next three to four years are anyone’s guess.
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Palpie said:
@BigWoof31 anything to add?
Surely he'll run the ball more.
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I really don't know much about him. I know he played under Spurrier, Coached Drew Brees and Phillip Rivers in the NFL and wanted desperately to get back into the college ranks.
I don't know how CMR knows him, I don't know how/when they interviewed him or when they gave the offer.

I'm actually pretty impressed by how close to the vest they played this one. Athens is an hour away from a massive media market and is surrounded by rabid fans and message board junkies. I haven't ready anything with his name as a target.
More news will trickle in the days to come. I'll have more of an opinion after I read some more about him.
 
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BigWoof31 said:
I really don't know much about him. I know he played under Spurrier, Coached Drew Brees and Phillip Rivers in the NFL and wanted desperately to get back into the college ranks.
I don't know how CMR knows him, I don't know how/when they interviewed him or when they gave the offer.

I'm actually pretty impressed by how close to the vest they played this one. Athens is an hour away from a massive media market and is surrounded by rabid fans and message board junkies. I haven't ready anything with his name as a target.
More news will trickle in the days to come. I'll have more of an opinion after I read some more about him.
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Has to concern you that special agent muschamp was expelled while richt brings in a possible gator mole. :tinfoil:
 
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Palpie said:
Has to concern you that special agent muschamp was expelled while richt brings in a possible gator mole. :tinfoil:
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Maybe? I don't know what to think yet. We're replacing a 5th year Senior with a 1st year starter. I'm more concerned with how he grooms a young quarterback rather than worrying about how many YPG he got out of Sam Bradford's retarded Mexican ass.
 
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FWIW - the St. Louis Dispatch hands out some praise to Schotty Jr. on his way to Athens.
After spending the night reading more, this is 100% a Richt hire and the money quote seals it for me:


“When you look at what’s important to us as we get older, it’s that you’re around your loved ones,” Schottenheimer said. “And you’re around people that you care about.

“Especially in this profession when we spend so much time at the office, and commit so much of our time to our profession and our passion, you want your family to be happy. And quite honestly, I’m also looking forward to trying to be a mentor and a guide to some young kids. And I see myself certainly, always have, as more than just a football coach.”


Guy wants to be closer to his family in the South, work with and teach young men and eventually earn a NCAA college head coaching position.
I'm excited to see what he has to offer.
 
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Nutriaitch said:
Kevin fucking Steele.

that's who we got to replace Chavis.
Kevin goddamn motherfucking Steele.

are you [Mark May]ting me?
it took us 2 weeks to hire Kevin Steele?

what
the
fuck
?!!?
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NFBuck said:
Holy [Mark May]. Isn't that the guy that was terrible at Clemson and got his ass fired after giving up a bijillion yards and points to west virginia in a bowl game?

* edit- yep, it is.

Ouch.
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yep.
his last year at Clemson, he gave up more points than we did all of '05, all of '06 and September of '07 combined.

looking at his resume and past performances is ugly.
what would be considered a typical average year for him has gotten people fired from LSU.
 
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