BOL: Lance Thompson Leaving to go to Auburn

TidenLA · Jan 14, 2015

AUDub said:
Glad to have him. He'll be a real boon to our recruiting efforts.

And then still lose

russtang · Jan 14, 2015

AUDub said:
Glad to have him. He'll be a real boon to our recruiting efforts.

And a real bane to LB play.

MS TN NC Tidefan · Jan 14, 2015

Bamabuzzard said:
No doubt it maybe part of the decision. But you can't discount an element of the decision is based on having a job, not having to move their families across the country and overall security for their families.

No doubt. Neither job is something to sneeze at. Heck... I'd jump on either one. Steele's move is pretty much a no brainer.

Al A Bama · Jan 14, 2015

theballguy said:
This must mean we're about to get some hiring announcements.

By when? Isn't tomorrow a key date with recruiting?

Will we lose any recruits with these two coaches leaving?

runtheoption22 · Jan 14, 2015

Al A Bama said:
By when? Isn't tomorrow a key date with recruiting?

Will we lose any recruits with these two coaches leaving?

apparently, some recruits already knew about Steele not being here.....

the only one I am concerned about is Adonis Thomas, who was recruited by Smart and Thompson and had UF as his leader at one point with Muschamp as the HC.

JustNeedMe81 · Jan 14, 2015

Yup. so this shouldnt affect us as many indicated.

runtheoption22 said:
apparently, some recruits already knew about Steele not being here.....

the only one I am concerned about is Adonis Thomas, who was recruited by Smart and Thompson and had UF as his leader at one point with Muschamp as the HC.

bamacon · Jan 14, 2015

jthomas666 said:
I agree that Bill Clark would be an excellent addition, but hiring him would be like dumping nuclear waste on the current UAB fire.

All the more reason to do it.

Alabama22 · Jan 14, 2015

I hate to go so low as to call Thompson a traitor. But it certainly leaves a bad taste in my mouth for ANY Alabama coach to jump to the Barn. As good as Bill Oliver was as our defensive coordinator, I never really got over him jumping ship for the West Georgia whiners back in the mid 90's. Good riddance to CLT.

Moro Creek · Jan 14, 2015

Stupid is (LT) as stupid does (WM).

imauafan · Jan 14, 2015

Alabama22 said:
I hate to go so low as to call Thompson a traitor. But it certainly leaves a bad taste in my mouth for ANY Alabama coach to jump to the Barn. As good as Bill Oliver was as our defensive coordinator, I never really got over him jumping ship for the West Georgia whiners back in the mid 90's. Good riddance to CLT.

You're looking at it all wrong, not only did we get rid of one of the worst coaches on our coaching staff but we sent him to our most hated rivals.

AUDub · Jan 14, 2015

TidenLA said:
And then still lose

twofbyc said:
If you thought your LB play was sub-par this year....

russtang said:
And a real bane to LB play.

Given last year, there's nowhere to go but up.

TidenLA · Jan 14, 2015

AUDub said:
Given last year, there's nowhere to go but up.

Not really :eek2:

Alabama22 · Jan 14, 2015

imauafan said:
You're looking at it all wrong, not only did we get rid of one of the worst coaches on our coaching staff but we sent him to our most hated rivals.

I already thought of and realized that. Just stating how I feel when a UA coach goes to the hated in-state rival. If they're hiring our former coaches and we are never hiring theirs, that says a lot about the red-headed stepchild syndrome they always seem to have.

alabama mike1 · Jan 14, 2015

It will be interesting to see who CNS brings in but I do look for Luposi to get one of the jobs.

AUDub · Jan 14, 2015

TidenLA said:
Not really :eek2:

You must not have watched any of our games last year.

CHATTBRIT · Jan 14, 2015

Have to say I was surprised he came back after he left to go to Rocky Flop. Now he's going to the Barn. I really hope we don't see him back in Tuscaloosa anytime in the future.

ARKIE · Jan 14, 2015

twofbyc said:
My POV - neither of these guys were great "on -field" coaches. Bama's defense was less than stellar when these guys were around as coaches, for the most part. They are both excellent recruiters, and I'm not sure how CNS overcomes that, but I'd bet a lot of money Bama's defense is much better from here on out. How the recruiting classes go is another story that remains to be seen.

I had every intention to come on here and say the same thing. Thank you! That being said I hope we go new and young and not retread.

rgw · Jan 14, 2015

We've had #1 classes with them, #1 classes without them. Recruiting is the most replaceable aspect as the brand recruits itself in large part. You just don't want to hear a guy is a bad recruiter...that is a red flag.

BamaJama17 · Jan 14, 2015

Pure stupidy

rgw · Jan 14, 2015

I literally harped on the Lance Thompson hire on two different occasions. Wasn't super excited for Steele to move back onto the field this year after seeing the improvement without him.

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