BREAKING OLD THREAD - Bill O’Brien a candidate for OC (update: officially hired!)

[PaulD]

A coaches "new" salary is deducted from what he's owed. That's why these guys come to Bama for 48K a year...We paid the 48K, the Vols paid him $4,952,000 per year while he worked with us to beat them...it's freaking hilarious...

Depends on the contract at the old school. Most do have an offset provision, like Butch Jones had with UT, which usually also require the former coach to use his best efforts to find new employment to mitigate the damages caused by the firing. (Technical legal term for the money that keeps coming is "liquidated damages".)

Some coaches don't have the offset. I believe Sumlin at A&M didn't, but I'm not certain. The news stories said that Malzahn's contract with AU didn't include an offset and required a huge payment within 30 days. He and his agent (Sexton?) likely felt that the buyout would make it harder for AU to fire him.

 

[NoNC4Tubs]

Depends on the contract at the old school. Most do have an offset provision, like Butch Jones had with UT, which usually also require the former coach to use his best efforts to find new employment to mitigate the damages caused by the firing. (Technical legal term for the money that keeps coming is "liquidated damages".)

Some coaches don't have the offset. I believe Sumlin at A&M didn't, but I'm not certain. The news stories said that Malzahn's contract with AU didn't include an offset and required a huge payment within 30 days. He and his agent (Sexton?) likely felt that the buyout would make it harder for AU to fire him.

It did...

 

[DogPatch]

Considering they announced they'll hire an AD first then let the AD hire the new HC, I'd say there are likely zero coaches on the list so far, in reality. There isn't even a list yet.

Were I a gambling man, I'd wager Steele is the interim HC for the 2021 season.

I don't disagree, but it's supposedly the boosters that want O'Brien, and that won't change with a new AD.

 

[DzynKingRTR]

Considering they announced they'll hire an AD first then let the AD hire the new HC, I'd say there are likely zero coaches on the list so far, in reality. There isn't even a list yet.

Were I a gambling man, I'd wager Steele is the interim HC for the 2021 season.

I agree. If there is any coach out there that watches what is going on and takes this job then he is the dumbest person on the planet. Steele is the best they will be able to do right now.

 

[B1GTide]

I don't disagree, but it's supposedly the boosters that want O'Brien, and that won't change with a new AD.

If he goes to TN right now, he is an idiot, and I doubt he is an idiot - he went to Brown. Saban could go to TN right now and lose. No one is going to have any success there if these rumors are true.

 

[81usaf92]

If he goes to TN right now, he is an idiot, and I doubt he is an idiot - he went to Brown. Saban could go to TN right now and lose. No one is going to have any success there if these rumors are true.

Personally I believe they are going to get someone like Jeff Fisher, Gus, or Steele who aren’t going to drag the program through the mud and they can get for cheap. O’Brien isn’t going to be a cheap hire.

 

[TiderJack]

If he goes to TN right now, he is an idiot, and I doubt he is an idiot - he went to Brown. Saban could go to TN right now and lose. No one is going to have any success there if these rumors are true.

Plus the state of Tenn has very few SEC high school recruits and recruiting has always been tough since they have to do it mostly out of state. As some have said Steele may be the interim HC for '21 and depending on how they do they will most likely have to go for a young up and coming Gof5 coach.

 

[Evil Crimson Dragon]

I don't disagree, but it's supposedly the boosters that want O'Brien, and that won't change with a new AD.

Grasping at other men’s straws

 

[BearFoot]

I know where you read this from, but that poster over there on that board doesn’t know any more than any other average joe. He pretends a lot though, is my observation.

I don't disagree, but it's supposedly the boosters that want O'Brien, and that won't change with a new AD.

 

[Al A Bama]

Is Coach Saban waiting to announce ALL new hires at the same Press Conference?

 

[DzynKingRTR]

Is Coach Saban waiting to announce ALL new hires at the same Press Conference?

That is usually what he does.

 

[JDCrimson]

If you follow Paterno at PSU after that mess and then go to UT, then I have to say you have a weakness for rebuilding toxic dumpster fires...

If he goes to TN right now, he is an idiot, and I doubt he is an idiot - he went to Brown. Saban could go to TN right now and lose. No one is going to have any success there if these rumors are true.

 

[B1GTide]

If you follow Paterno at PSU after that mess and then go to UT, then I have to say you have a weakness for rebuilding toxic dumpster fires...

Fair point.

 

[Al A Bama]

Sources: Alabama hiring Marrone as OL coach

Alabama coach Nick Saban is hiring another former NFL coach to his staff, adding Doug Marrone to be the Crimson Tide's new offensive line coach, sources told ESPN.

www.espn.com

Does this mean it's OFFICIAL that Bill O'Brien is the OC? According to Chris Low it is. Or that's the way I read this article. I guess we'll have to just wait for Coach Saban to make it really OFFICIAL.

"Marrone would join former Houston Texans head coach Bill O'Brien, who replaced Steve Sarkisian as Alabama's offensive coordinator. Marrone and O'Brien share a close relationship going back to their days working together on the Georgia Tech staff in the late 1990s."

 

[B1GTide]

Sources: Alabama hiring Marrone as OL coach

Alabama coach Nick Saban is hiring another former NFL coach to his staff, adding Doug Marrone to be the Crimson Tide's new offensive line coach, sources told ESPN.

www.espn.com

Does this mean it's OFFICIAL that Bill O'Brien is the OC? According to Chris Low it is. Or that's the way I read this article. I guess we'll have to just wait for Coach Saban to make it really OFFICIAL.

It's not official until someone at Alabama says it, but it appears to be a done deal waiting on an official announcement.

 

[Evil Crimson Dragon]

It's not official until someone at Alabama says it, but it appears to be a done deal waiting on an official announcement.

It’s unofficially official

 

[T Bone]

lets do this!

 

[BamaInBham]

O'Brien has been recruiting - therefore, it has to be official, just not announced.

It's conceivable that O'Brien has a handshake agreement for a 2 year stint and has the integrity and self-control (not that UT is attractive) to ignore any job offers til that obligation is fulfilled. He could have left PSU after his 1st year (had multiple NFL HC job offers) but felt the obligation to stay with the program for another year. I realize there could be other motivations but with him it is possible that he is that kind of person. I know Marvin Lewis could have taken the MichSU job, which he liked, but ended up turning it down because he said he was waiting for an NFL opening and would leave, thus leaving MSU hanging. Thus, he knowingly cost himself several $million before he ever got paid HC type money, in order to do the "right thing". I've always had a soft spot in my heart towards him because of that.

 

[DogPatch]

I know where you read this from, but that poster over there on that board doesn’t know any more than any other average joe. He pretends a lot though, is my observation.

I didn't read it on a message board. I don't read other teams' message boards.

 

[gman4tide]

Plus the state of Tenn has very few SEC high school recruits and recruiting has always been tough since they have to do it mostly out of state. As some have said Steele may be the interim HC for '21 and depending on how they do they will most likely have to go for a young up and coming Gof5 coach.

You obviously didnt hear clay travis in joxfm today. You didnt know that the hottest hotbed of recruiting is within 3 hours of knoxvegas?? Its gotta be true...clay said it. Right?