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LONG INTERVIEW WITH MIKE SEWAK
Check out this great interview with our new co O-Line coach Mike Sewak.
DUKE HIRES GT GRAD AS DC
David Cutcliffe just hired former GT player and grad Mike MacIntyre as their new Defensive Coordinator. I guess if one GT grad didn't work as a head coach, maybe one as DC will work..... Speaking for former GT coaches at Duke
TED ROOF SIGNS ON WITH LOUISVILLE
Ted Roof will coach the Linebackers at Louisville. Frankly, that's a great pick-up for the Cards.
PATRICK NIX vs JOHN BOND?
In looking back at guys who make decisions with their careers, sometimes it pays to be lucky, and sometimes timing is everything. Patrick Nix decides he needs to get out of Chan Gailey's shadow, sees his boss unsuccessfully interview for some NFL jobs, and parlays a fresh OC job with Miami. In other words, he bought himself a few years of stability at a major BCS school, while his former boss is shown the door and he would have left under very different circumstances had he stayed.
John Bond, the OC at N.Illinois, comes to GT for a "better" BCS job, and gets caught up in the wash after one season - poof - gone.
They all know the risks. Maybe Nix saw the writing on the wall with Dan Radakovich coming in and knew his best bet was to leave. Bond certainly didn't have the benefit of seeing things from the inside. From his vantage point, he saw a program excited about their offensive performance in the Gator Bowl, having tons of returning seniors, having just played for the ACC championship and with a head coach that everyone seemed to feel pretty decent about. How possible would it be that a guy who's never had a losing season and just played for a conference title would get the ax?.............. Well, what do you know.
On a side note, guess what - had John Bond stayed at N.Illinios he would probably have been out of job anyway - their longtime head coach decided to retire and they're cleaning house.
Timing is everything.
Thursday, January 03, 2008
Football: More Coaching Tidbits
Posted by Scott at Thursday, January 03, 2008
Labels: CoachingRumors, Football
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Nix certainly didn't impress me finishing 5-7 and second to last in total offense in the ACC.
I thought Bond was the biggest loser in the turnover. He had a good reputation coming in and didn't really have a chance to put his stamp on the offense in 1 year before getting caught up in the wash. I wish him well and hopefully he lands at a really good situation in the coming weeks.
Bond did a MUCH better job than Nix. Nix can't call plays to save his life. The more that Chan handed play-calling responsibility over to Nix the more the offense stalled. See the ACC championship game. Patrick Nix should be banished to the High School level. His father has been very successful in the High School ranks (his Northside WR team has a current 30 game winning streak and 2 straight state titles), perhaps Patrick should OC there when Miami inevitably shows him the door.
I heard from someone close to the situation that there was bad blood that emerged between Tenuta and Nix and one of them had to go. It was an obvious choice for GT. Because he is young, Nix may eventually be good, but he's not quite there.
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