Official - Grantham to Miss St.
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Ok, now it would be a good thing to figure out why this happened. Coaches make lateral moves all the time but hearing how much TG supposedly loved living in Louisville and was one of the highest paid assistants in college football, to move to Stankville Miss and butt heads in the SEC west is a head scratcher to me.
Maybe or maybe not this is related to the complete funk this team fell into after the Wake Forest game.
It would be nice to know going forward.
Maybe or maybe not this is related to the complete funk this team fell into after the Wake Forest game.
It would be nice to know going forward.
I am perplexed as to why Todd Grantham would make this move. Louisville didn't finish strong but it's still a better job than Mississippi State. He must be getting a significant pay raise. But to me Dan Mullen has a couple of feet into the Hot Seat already.
We traded DC's with Miss State. Very odd.
http://footballscoop.com/news/sources-louisville-hire-peter-sirmon-defensive-coordinator/
I don't get it. Obviously something going on behind the scenes that we don't know about.
This Peter Sirmon is a young guy, only 39. Played in the NFL and has moved up very quickly in his coaching career. Like I said, I don't know if I like this or not, but it happened so let's hope it's for the best.
Mississippi State's defensive rankings from last year under Peter Sirmon.
Total Defense: 108th
Pass Defense: 120th
Run Defense: 68th
Points Allowed per game: 97th
Total Defense: 108th
Pass Defense: 120th
Run Defense: 68th
Points Allowed per game: 97th
I won't judge that too much b/c he was only DC for 1 season and it was his first at that position.
Sirmon brought in 2 Top 10 classes as recruiting coordinator at USC. So there's that.
Sirmon brought in 2 Top 10 classes as recruiting coordinator at USC. So there's that.
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Sounds like Sirmon will be the one focusing on run defense and Lorenzo Ward in charge of the secondary and slowing down the passing game which is his specialty. Maybe a 2 headed approach and both are good recruiters as you mentioned.
Usually when a change occurs teams go in the opposite direction from what they had. Maybe a group approach with limited ego is the answer to Grantham who probably had more control than any assistant ever under Petrino.
Hope it works.
Welp, he's the guy. The folks who wanted Grantham gone got their wish and it's time to get on board.
Fearless prediction: The boards are really going to over-react when Lamar scores 10 TD's in the Spring Game.
Fearless prediction: The boards are really going to over-react when Lamar scores 10 TD's in the Spring Game.
That's hilarious.
I'm just hoping that the defense doesn't completely dominate the Spring Game like they did in Krag's first year and then proceed to give up 60 points a game in the regular season.
MSU had 3 DC's in 3 seasons and this was his first gig as DC. You can say he's unproven but I would not judge him on his 1 season as DC at MSU.
This is the equivalent of trading Rick Pitino for Tom Crean.