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Winning at Miss St is like winning at Duke. To put this in ways we can better understand, its like a David Cutcliffe who can recruit better, get higher quality wins, and who is 20 years younger.

its being handled by a bunch of buffoons.

is the jury still out on whether it's a bunch of buffoons or just one buffoon?

Tom Herman is still sitting all alone at the top of my list. I think if we hire Tom he can get us to 10-2 at the worst next year. We have a bunch of talent and an easy schedule. I'm going to go ahead and put Dan Mullen at 2a with Fuente being my 2b. I think those guys both have a really good shot at getting us to 10-2 next year as well. My opinion is that Herman's chances at getting us to 12-0 are the same as Mullen/Fuente's chances at getting us to 10-2. I think that highly of him. I will be watching his career closely regardless of whether he's coaching in Blacksburg or not. I think that dude is going to be special.

Bud!

This was my immediate gut reaction as well. Especially after reading the articles that Fireman posted in this thread. I think he fits the bill in all categories.

If you don't think Mullen is a home run hire, you're trippin'.

Winning at Mississippi State ain't easy.

Rich Rod was a done deal a month ago. Then Fuente. Then Morris and Herman entered the fray. Last week Fedora was a strong possibility, now Mullen is. There will always be a looney or two that insist Mike Tomlin and Chip Kelly are legitimate candidates. Don't forget Mark Richt constantly lurking. Les Miles might be on the loose now too. I'm sure Charlie Strong would jump to the top of the list if he gets canned. Did I miss anything? We're running out of candidates haha

A lot of VT fans have to realize that we are not going to get another Beamer. The game has changed, no one stays at the same job for as long as Beamer did. If one of the conditions for the new head coach is that he has to stay for at least 10-15 years, then a lot of Hokie fans will be dissapointed to know those don't really exist anymore.

As a former trombone player in the Marching Virginians, that article is crap. I don't know who "John" is, if he even exists, but he's very confused.

I saw this a couple days ago and decided to not spread it around because it's silly.

Edit: I'll leave one quote from the article to underline the validity of the 'interview' they conducted:

"The marching band can actually get a penalty called on them," explained John. "We were playing Old Dominion, and some of their band members had stepped out onto the field. It was by accident, but the referee saw that and called a penalty on them. Since they were, they got a 10-yard penalty.

Who sees the problem with this statement? There's so much flat out false information in this it makes my head hurt.

From last Tuesday's defense of Smart as an elite recruiter:

It's not a hard google search to find anecdotes about the strength of Smart as a recruiter. He also has eight Rivals 5* recruits that he has been the leader recruiter on in his career at Bama. Foster isn't expected to land those 5* recruits, but Foster should be expected to land a similar number of 4* recruits. If there is an argument for how strong of a recruiter Foster is, please post. Here are some thoughts on Smart as a recruiter from a Bama writer:

He is also probably the best recruiter on the Alabama staff. He has given UA a major foothold in recruiting talent-rich Georgia, and gone head-to-head with the Georgia Bulldogs for major prospects and come out on top.

How has Smart been able to consistently recruit at such a high level for the Crimson Tide?

CS: He's the son of a former Alabama and Georgia high school football coach, so he's got great connections in the coaching world going back several decades. His ties in Georgia cannot be overstated given the amount of talent in that state. He played in the SEC and coached in the NFL, which adds to his credibility. And he's still young (39) and energetic enough to be able to relate to high school recruits better than most coaches do.

JC: Alabama's success speaks for itself and certainly helps all of the coaches in this regard. Smart can point to the string of top five defenses as well as the plethora of players that have developed into high draft picks. As far as personal ability, Kirby is a very sincere, down to earth type who undoubtedly comes across as more of a mentor figure than a superior. This has to play well with both the prospects and parents. (Josh also noted that while Smart has stated that he would like to be a head coach someday, he wants to be careful to make the right decision. Current Tide ILB coach Kevin Steele and former DC/interim coach Joe Kines, who Smart counts as two of his "mentors", were former head men but failed.)

TD: I'm sure everyone wishes they knew his secret. I think some people are just natural recruiters, and Kirby Smart is one of them. We don't get a lot of contact with him as Nick Saban keeps assistant coaches pretty much off-limits to the press, but when we do get him before the season or at bowl games, it's clear that he's got a very engaging personality and is the kind of guy who would impress recruits and their parents alike.

Kirby Smart is the best recruiter on our board. I don't think he will get hired, but if he was, our recruiting would improve greatly.

I was more than a little angry when Dadi did that and thus is, to my mind, an appropriate punishment.

You don't hit the ref. Periond, end.

I mean...he did hit him. It wasn't a light tap like that Arizona guy.

https://vine.co/v/izaBPrjIEi6

That's more than enough to warrant an ejection.

False. Loeffler replaced Mullen as QB coach at Florida in 2009.

Mullen was OC/QB Coach at Florida from 2005-2008.

Loeffler was QB Coach 2009-2010.