heading to Alabama as secondary coach in the coming days. Take it FWIW, but there are connections there. He served as a GA when Saban first got to Bama.
Little bit of scuttlebutt about Ansley...
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Don't know why he would take a step down when he was just named Co DC and a hefty raise.
Wouldn't surprise me one bit. It's not that unusual for guys to move shortly after NSD. Get their recruits signed then haul.
The two scenarios being presented as most probable are Ansley being hired fir DBs and Pruitt coaches LBs, or we promote a staffer, Freddie Roach, to coach LBs and Pruitt coaches the secondary. But we could've hired Roach a month ago if that's the direction we were looking.
Nothing solid, just talk right now. But it's a possibility at least.
Nothing solid, just talk right now. But it's a possibility at least.
Maybe this is why Coach Stoops dropped the Ed Reed comment on NSD??? I would like to keep coach A but I would love Ed Reed joining BBN.
AL pays their coaches very well and moving from "co-DC" at UK to an assistant position at AL is hardly a step down. Regardless of title or salary the big thing here is a resume building opportunity for a guy who is obviously a well regarded young coach. JMO.
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It would be a smart move for Ansley. He's a co-defensive coordinator in name only; Stoops, Eliot, and Buh game plan and call the defense here (unfortunately). He could also recruit a lot better at Bama. It's hard for the assistants not named Vince Marrow to establish a reputation as a recruiter here because every year half the class is from Ohio, leaving limited spots for the recruits targeted by the rest of the staff.
I feel the same way. Don't want to lose Ansley, but I would love to see Ed Reed coaching the Big Blue.
Bama might be doing just that... Counting chickens before they hatch. Hope so!
Alabama is just begging for UK to kick their *** next season.
Damien Harris, and now maybe Ansley?
Don't tug on Superman's cape, Saban.
Damien Harris, and now maybe Ansley?
Don't tug on Superman's cape, Saban.
Of course they are. They're Bama. They have a lot of pull.
And to the OP, we know Ansley was a GA for Bama. We aren't stupid.
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I disagree. Ansley already has "Bama" listed on his resume. He's already recruited well, both here & at UT. If he stays here at least 1 more year, he has a "Co-DC" title to add to his resume. If he leaves, he simply has another "DB Coach" title & it will be at a school where he has already coached.
Ansley may end up leaving, but it won't be for resume building reasons, IMHO.
You are right. My mistake. Regardless, I think this situation is very fluid. He is by no means gone.
True this. Honestly, probably one more year is the best we can hope for keeping DA. But that's OK, it's the nature of the beast.
I can't see why he would not want to stay @ UK until he gets offered a DC or HC position. With the quality of DB's that UK is bringing in, he could become a very hot commodity in 2-3 years.
I just want to add that this news smells since Bama fans (not the media) are breaking it while our JR day is going on. Makes me very skeptical of their motives.
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He already coached at Bama and yes Co DC to a position coach is a step down we are an sec school as well. Plus UK is absolutely loaded at corner. What would make Ansley resume better coaching 5 stars at Bama are UK have one of the best secondaries in the sec?
That would be surprising, Pruitt hasn't coached anything but DBs and he an excellent DB coach. But to get who he wants I guess he would change positions, Kirby did, so it isn't out of the question. But I think given his choice he would stick with DBs and bring in a LB coach. Would he be looking to have Ansley coach LB and Pruitt stay with the secondary?
Hope we keep Coach Ansley, he did turn down a similar offer from Georgia.
I hadn't hear the Ed Reed rumor, that would be a tsunami of a hire - don't know what kind of coach he would be but you would have to believe he could be a lights-out recruiter especially in south Florida.
I hadn't hear the Ed Reed rumor, that would be a tsunami of a hire - don't know what kind of coach he would be but you would have to believe he could be a lights-out recruiter especially in south Florida.
Ed Reed just took a job as an assistant DB coach in the nfl literally a couple weeks ago. Why would he leave the nfl for here? If we make it more lucrative to get him here then so be it.
Hate to lose Ansley but I see it as a way to improve the staff.
Hate to lose Ansley but I see it as a way to improve the staff.
Well, that's the thing, he's an assistant DB coach in the NFL.
Kentucky isn't the NFL, but nothing is. He would get the chance to at least come in, make every bit of money that Ansley was about to make from UK this upcoming year, be a coach under the guy who coached him at Miami, and I wouldn't be surprised if UK added more incentives to that contract just based on Reed's name. It has been flung around for a bit, but Ansley isn't gone yet, and frankly, I don't want him gone.
I'm a huge fan of Ed Reed, but have no idea how good of a coach he would be. Is there a connection between Reed & Stoops & Gran?
Stoops was his position coach @ Miami. I don't know of any connection with Gran.
Losing Scott was a blow, but when you replace him with a stellar Florida recruiter and a RB coach in Gran who has put a few backs into the league, we'll get over it.
Mr. Barnhart might not have a lot to give Ansley after the giant new title and raise. Money isn't the determining factor of everything sports related. Money helps, but potential for success is a huge incentive.
For example: Memphis could've paid John Calipari twice as much as we did. Calipari left in part because UK is one of the pinnacle coaching positions in men's basketball. Much like Alabama is in football. As much as some folks don't want to hear it, Bama could probably soak up our staff if they wanted to because coaching at the Bamas, the OSU's, the Notre Dames, the Texases of the world is more prestigious.
If Calipari decides he wants to coach in the NBA again, then by God, there's not a check UK could cut to keep him from that.
If Ansley moves on to Bama: so be it. Next coach up. Let's get to damn work.
D. Ansley is UK's Co-DC & he just got that promotion. I wouldn't think that he'd go to Bama & I hope that he does not. That said, nobody knows, with certainty, who is staying where & who is going where. But, if Ansley does leave, UK will have a pretty BIG wad of $$$, that will become available, to throw at another coach.
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Patrick Loney mentioned Ed Reed as a name to look for if Ansley leaves and Loney has great info.
Of all the guys on last year's staff, excluding Stoops himself, and maybe Marrow, this is the last guy that we want to lose.
I agree and hope Ansley stays. In saying that give me Ed Reed with the loaded secondary we are building.
Assistant DB coach. Not a world beater in terms of coaching spots to be in, in the NFL.
His name was mentioned by some at UGA, but I don't know if he was ever offered the job. Quite a few UGA fans were hoping Kirby would bring Tosh Lupoi as his DC, but I don't know if he was ever a serious candidate, Mel Tucker who was named DC and a DB coach immediately after the championship game had to be the hire for awhile for all the details of his contract to be done. Homerun hire as DB coach, I am still not sold on him being a good DC.
Stoops verified atleast 1 sec team offered Ansley. Rather that was Georgia idk. It would make sense since there is a connection to Smart.
Loney is great I agree. Been stuck at work all day so haven't seen any quality info. Just knew Rex Ryan had hired him as an assistant.