Sure, for money purposes. He can say how in demand he is and ask for more money. That's how the Malzahn thing plays out. I bet he wasn't going to take the job, but it got out that Vandy was offering $3million for him, which he can now use as a bargaining position for another opportunity.
Link: Source: Florida job Kirby Smart's to turn down
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Sure, for money purposes. He can say how in demand he is and ask for more money. That's how the Malzahn thing plays out. I bet he wasn't going to take the job, but it got out that Vandy was offering $3million for him, which he can now use as a bargaining position for another opportunity.
there is absolutely no gain going to UF. Money is the same, HC would essentially be the same, but without the players hes been recruiting over the years. Remember when he had "taken" the UGA job last year or last night when Malzahn was a commadore?
Isn't Suneri in the running for the Pitt head coaching job? It sounds like we have a few assistants looking for other jobs. Do you think Coach Saban is running coaches off?
I don't think that he is running coaches off, just they are good enough to move up in the coaching world. Every assistant wants to be a coordinator. After they do the OC or DC gig, they then want to be the head man. It is a natural thing in football.
I think CNS is tough to work for, but I don't think he runs coaches off, especially when we just gave Sunseri and Smart raises a year or so ago. We just have good coaches who are being courted by other schools since there were a ton of coaching vacancies this season. As an LSU poster pointed out, CNS replaces his assistants with more quality. Remember Kevin Steele? Well, now Kirby is the hot commodity.
Steele was all the rage a few years back. Kirby and Muschamp are good friends. When it went public I felt Kirby was gone. Saban is a guy young coaches will work for to advance their career.
I agree.
There are reasons that people take jobs aside from what we fans see (which was kind of the point of my post above). There are assuredly good, solid reasons Smart would take the UF job that Joe Fan might not recognize - even reasons that could help his career. Kirby is a smart guy. If he takes the job, he would have a reason.
I used to work in a career with high salary potential, in a fertile job market, and an opportunity to be in the same city as my extended family. I left that career to take a job with lower pay (and lower income potential by a mile), 2.5 hours from family, and with a much restricted job market. Outsiders would undoubtedly say I made the wrong choice (as a few friends did). But, I love my work now, I enjoy more time with my wife and children, and have less stress. I also enjoy more vacation time and other extra perks. It is not easy to look at another person's situation and determine what is best.
Recruiting and hiring quality staff, are the TWO things that CNS does best.
I don't worry much about staff turnover. The only thing that concerns me is the potential issues it may have with certain recruits.
I don't worry much about staff turnover. The only thing that concerns me is the potential issues it may have with certain recruits.
Guy's i find the crap funny, It seems every time an auburn coach is rumored to be going somewhere it is like someone on the plains has to fire back. I for one believe that malzahn leaves auburn when a better jobs come around. I believe kirby could wind up at Georgia if SLICK get's fired. But if another auburn coach is rumored to be leaving you can bet your last dollar within a day or 2 NICK WILL BE LEAVING
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I found this paragraph interesting.....
Florida Gators up the ante with Will Muschamp hire - ESPN
"Before long, the SEC might not be known as the Southeastern Conference. It might become the league of "Saban's Ex-Coaches." Saban led Alabama to a BCS national championship last season. Derek Dooley, who worked on Saban's staff at LSU and with the NFL's Miami Dolphins, went 6-6 in his first season at Tennessee.
Fisher, who replaced legendary FSU coach Bobby Bowden and led the Seminoles to a 9-4 record this season, recommended Muschamp to Saban in 2000, when Muschamp was working as a defensive coordinator at Division II Valdosta (Ga.) State. Fisher and Muschamp co-own a Florida beach house together and are very close friends.
"I bet you a Florida and Florida State coach have never shared a beach house," Fisher joked."
Florida Gators up the ante with Will Muschamp hire - ESPN
"Before long, the SEC might not be known as the Southeastern Conference. It might become the league of "Saban's Ex-Coaches." Saban led Alabama to a BCS national championship last season. Derek Dooley, who worked on Saban's staff at LSU and with the NFL's Miami Dolphins, went 6-6 in his first season at Tennessee.
Fisher, who replaced legendary FSU coach Bobby Bowden and led the Seminoles to a 9-4 record this season, recommended Muschamp to Saban in 2000, when Muschamp was working as a defensive coordinator at Division II Valdosta (Ga.) State. Fisher and Muschamp co-own a Florida beach house together and are very close friends.
"I bet you a Florida and Florida State coach have never shared a beach house," Fisher joked."
I cant' see any reason for him to make this move, including the fact of being friends with 'champ. Working for your buddy isn't always a good thing. I hope he stays and think he will.
With that said if he goes..he goes. We didn't like losing Steele, or Lance Thompson at the time. We came out the better in both of those moves IMO.
With that said if he goes..he goes. We didn't like losing Steele, or Lance Thompson at the time. We came out the better in both of those moves IMO.
Being close friends with Muschamp, and a chance for Smart to distance himself from Saban might be enough of a reason for him to go. Lets face it Saban gets most of the credit for our defense's success. I hope he stays, but a man has got to do what a man has got to do!
Probably because he's the one actually running it. Kevin Steele was the "hot defensive coordinator" while under Saban and since leaving hasn't proved to the world that it was him and not really Saban. I don't think it would be a wise choice for Kirby to go to UF under a FIRST TIME head coach. For the main reason of potentially throwing cold water on his fire right now. If he goes to UF and in the first year things don't go well, his defense starts getting torched then his stock takes a huge hit. He stays at Bama and odds are it won't.
My Aubie cousin just text me that WHNT 19 in Huntsville reported KS was offered twice what he makes at Bama to go to Florida. What does he make at Bama? Don't sound right to me, crazy!!
If CKS gets 1.5 million, he will have gone from 200k to 1.5 million in 2 years. Are we going to have to renegotiate his contract every year? Time to pass the hat for Kirby again guys...
I know CNS is not a fan of lateral moves so if CKS comes with his hand out I think CNS might just shake it and say "Good luck." I think it is not a great move but if it is what he thinks is best for his career and his family then I'll wish him the best (except against Bama). He has done a great job here and we have all said that fans need to get ready for this kind of thing. When our coaches are in great demand it means we have a great program. That is a good thing.
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