No doubt. They are Grown ups in a process run by adults that know how to coach. And emphasize that hard work and a process a regular practices yield results. One of the greatest strengths of a HC is being able to manage his hand picked staff. Cig also has an innate ability to spot talent. Something he did well under Saban. Something he’s done in his short tenure so far as a HC both at JMU and at Indiana. What he’s doing is sustainable. It’s not exactly what TCU did but he’s building strength year over year in a division in flux. Hats off to him 🤠 🤘🏼 in one year he has beaten two HC’s that Sark still hasn’t been able to beat. With all the money and resources in the world. Truth. Cig isn’t trying to scheme the defense or the offense. He manages the entire team and entire staff. Thats a HC to me. I am not sure if the below list is accurate as far as HCs trying to be a coordinator also but it stands to reason that a HC should not be both a HC and a coordinator,
I’m sad about Parker. A lot. He’s the type of player who would have been a fan favorite. Arch is too obviously per his instagram. I felt Parker showed a ton of potential and tremendous promise as a freshman. And he will only develop into a beast at the position. I know he will be missed. I would have loved for him to stay. There are plenty of people I’d like to chuck in the portal but Parker wasn’t one of them and that includes our coaching staff.
IIRC a few pressers back Sark said he wasn’t concerned about our culture. Is this an unusual amount of players hitting the portal? The other day Sark was talking to the press about unreasonable “agents” (not easy to deal with types players have that have no agent experience.) Our Cheez-It win should be a pretty good recruiting tool for us. It’s not like we don’t have the money. If we make smart portal decisions (ahem look at Cig) we should be able to build a team around what we still have and Arch. I don’t keep up with recruiting nor the portal but is the consensus here something is WRONG and that we are losing players bc of it? Or is the amount we are losing no different from any other team? Is it on the level of Bama or Aggy attribution when DeBoer and Elko were hired? don’t know what to do with my very sweet Parker Livingston/stone jersey from someone I love dearly. Damn. not trying to stir up shit…just don’t know what people make of this. I realize there are a lot of wait and see types but is this amount of players leaving normal for a coach entering his 6th season or is it abnormal? Confused.
Why should they when we all know the SEC must be propped up by a blue blood winning at all costs. No matter what team gets fucked over. All to prop up a myth.