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Haven't seen anything in the news though I see Saban was able to get Meridian DL Raqwon Davis to re-commit.

Apparently, per the CL, Saban was all over MS yesterday hitting all of the top 10 MS recruits who have yet to pull the trigger to include the Starkville WR, AJ Brown and CB Nigel Knott to name a few.

No word on Jeffrey Simmons...anyone hear anything?

He's fiery.
Young.
Offensively minded.
He's worked with Woz before, meaning he might keep him, offering some continuity.

These are all plusses to me.

Negatives:
- It seems all his offensive experience is with a pro style offense. Before everyone beats me up with, "I don't care if we run the wishbone as long as we win" let me point out that we have trouble getting those kids and have been in a spread set / hurry up for 8 seasons. There is a big difference.

- He's been in the SEC for a long time. Yes, they have good coaches, but they also have good jimmies and Joe's. He won't have that here all the time. I'm not sure he knows the itty bitty details of playing the game, like say an inside hire would having been here to see it done he past three.

- He had played for and coached for John L. Smith.

If we hire him, I'm going to support him, but those few things are big on my mind. I want add little change from what we have as possible. I'm really afraid a style change is not what we want now.

Convince me I'm wrong.

Watched some of the Uf vs Rebs game. The QB was rarely under center.All shot gun like us. Almost exclusively one back with some Hback. Very multiple. Ran 4 Wr sets, 3 WR sets, Two TE stacked power game. Misdirection. QB under center when he needed to be in short yardage. Ran a lot of the same spread concepts we run just more multiple. I have no issue with what I saw. Not as much screen stuff. I urge you to pull up the Ole Miss Florida game on youtube and check it out. Look at it before we condemn the guy. I have no issue with it.

just text my buddy who is uf grad. He liked nussmeier , said he was a qb guy and all the kids really like him. Also said he liked his offense but just the qb situation was terrible , he said he runs a little more pro style than we are used to but thought he could do good here .See I can be positive

http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/patriots/2016/01/all_seven_patriots_selections_say_no_to_pro_bowl

Or any other Patriot...

Alabama head coach Nick Saban is in Macon today at Noxubee Co. HS, where five-star DE Jeffery Simmons is.

I personally think this dark horse coaching candidate could be Todd Monken all over again. He applied for the head job when we hired Monken three years ago but was green at that point. He was the OC for Alabama when they won the national championship. He then took a job with Michigan which crumbled under Brady Hoke but was well regarded enough to get hired by Jim Mcelwain. Blaming him for Florida being inept on offense would be no different than blaming Monken for our pathetic offense two years prior to this one. They had a QB transfer, a redshirt freshman quarterback go down after they got things rolling, and they put in a kid who can't throw against S.E.C defenses. This guy is 45, "fiery", a former quarterback and well-regarded quarterback coach, and he believes he's ready to be a head coach. Like Monken, he could be wiser and more prepared the second time around applying for the job. I'm very interested in this interview.

We would have set the bar low on our program. He may of had success in previous jobs but most offensive coordinators have success at Alabama Michigan etc... And to be frank Coach Saban didn't try to stop him from leaving Alabama for Michigan and Michigan coach Brady Hoke lost his job after Nussmeier became offensive coordinator there. Why? Because the offense was dreadful. Not to mention he does NOT run a spread offense! I just don' like this at all if its him.

http://www.clarionledger.com/story/...016/01/26/usm-coaching-list-narrows/79360530/

http://www.sunherald.com/sports/col...-of-southern-mississippi/article56930448.html

Tweeted this morning that he has official visit in Hattiesburg set for Wednesday.

not a lot of Twitter chatter, if it indeed is Nussmeir.

Read Pruitt interviewed for the job.

Lanny or anyone, do you think we are really thinking about him. They run the spread at TCU. They throw the ball a lot. We are loading up with receivers and he is what our offense is all about. TCU scores tons of points that the other teams defense is on the field so much they are tired by the end of the half. Even though a new coach usually brings in his own coaches, he just might keep our OC and DC which would be a big plus for him and our team and recruiting. I give him the thumbs up over Nussmeier and his pro style of offense since we don't have the personnel for his style of game.

Not sure it means anything, but I am picking up more an more chatter on Florida OC Doug Nussmeier.

12 SEC teams on the list and Marshall too

http://floridastate.247sports.com/G...5?View=Full#washingtonstatecougarsjpg-4227573

see if you can find out if Doug N was at Bama with Woz.

on his new contract is $600,000. If he were a serious candidate that might be a deal breaker even with the money coming in from the Bucs for Monken.

Jeremy Pruitt, new defensive coordinator for Alabama.

WR From Phenix City, AL (Central HS) has set up a visit for this weekend. Currently committed to MTSU, and I read that he says the coaching situation has no affect on his decision. Two other sites have him rated as a 3 star. Does anyone know anything about this kid?

Tweeted that he was offered by Illinois today

Duggan. Let the fallout begin!! Hope I am dead wrong on this one!!

I personally don't like having a DC as HC in this league...slow and plodding reminds me too much of ELLLLLLLLLLLLOS. I understand the reason though wanting to keep the coach staff together. This situation reminds me of the Illinois coaching debable of the coach being fired right before the season beginning, then the interim was named HC at the end of the year. The interim coach was only offered a 2 year contract, though(I wouldn't see that happening though here). Trying to make the best out of bad situation. All I can say is the offense better not miss a beat even if a DC becomes HC.