EDSBS Blog looks at Hal Mumme's coaching tree....

biguglyjoe

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rebelrouseri

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Mike Leach, Chris Hatcher, and Sonny Dykes and then Franklin got a royal screw job at Auburn. Hell, the guy was an unknown from Valdosta State and he only had the UK job for four years. Croom's got Ellis Johnson making a lateral move to USC and then what?
 

graddawg

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rebelrouseri said:
Mike Leach, Chris Hatcher, and Sonny Dykes and then Franklin got a royal screw job at Auburn. Hell, the guy was an unknown from Valdosta State and he only had the UK job for four years. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Croom's got Ellis Johnson making a lateral move to USC and then what?</span>
Brick Haley to the Bears and Freddie Kitchens to the Cowboys. And Florida and USC hired away Stan Drayton and Shane Beamer in lateral moves. That's all I got.
 

graddawg

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Yeah. I have no idea where any of those guys, other than Brick, are now. Just making the point that Croom did manage to bring in some assistants that people wanted. Unfortunately for him he failed to make that kind of hire at OC.
 

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1. They should spray that tree with about 100,000 gallons of RoundUp
2. cut it down
3. then burn the ground
4. then spray the ground with acid.
5. Repeat.</p>
 

The Big Slick

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I think of coaches who have developed a coaching philosophy similar to that of a head coach they have worked under. For example, Mullen is clearly part of the Urban Meyer tree. We will see how that pans out.

Johnson and Brick coached defense (Croom was an offensive guru, remember?) so I would not count them. Im sure they taught Croom a few things, so maybe we can say Croom was part of the Ellis Johnson tree.

Drayton was only here a year, so I doubt he was influenced very much (lucky him). Beamer was born into a coaching tree. The coach who was influenced the most by Croom was McCorvery, and all he could manage to land was an administrative spot at Clemson.
 

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I agree with everything said. However, Mumme's "tree," which got this whole thread started, included his defensive staff at Kentucky.