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One thing about Melvin seems to be unanimous

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AlSwearengen

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and that is everyone seems to be o.k. with him leaving and some folks are downright happy about it. When the main folks at genes page (gene and murray) are hinting that it might not be a bad thing, then you know it was probably past time. Of course, this will be used by the rebels as smoke for them to move on a recruit or two (if melvin was involved with any of our commits) but that is another story from another time.
 
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NCDawg.sixpack

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Really wouldn't care if Wilson left, too. Ever since his brilliant move to have Broomfield on Alshon Jeffery, I thought his employment should be terminated.
 
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esplanade91

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I also think everyone's favorite bulldog being qualified (good corner, played in the NFL... i dont mean degree wise) and willing to take over the job has a lot to do with people being ok with it too. If Smoot wasn't around the corner I think you'd hear a lot more complaining.


Imagine one of our football coaches rolling up to a recruits house in a Rolls Royce on 22's...
 
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natchezdawg

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Where is the Smoot talk coming from?

Is he a serious candidate to replace Melvin?

Smoot was a great player and is definitely popular among fans, but I am not convinced that he would be the best choice.

We certainly do not have to specifically hire someone to coach the corner's. I'm sure Hughes could take over coaching the entire secondary with not much trouble. It's on his resume.

John Hendrick has defensive line and special teams coach on his resume, two areas that we could use significant improvement. When he was here under Sherrill, he was considered one the best DL coaches in the nation. Why not bring him back?
 
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esplanade91

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natchezdawg said:
Is he a serious candidate to replace Melvin?

Smoot was a great player and is definitely popular among fans, but I am not convinced that he would be the best choice.

We certainly do not have to specifically hire someone to coach the corner's. I'm sure Hughes could take over coaching the entire secondary with not much trouble. It's on his resume.

John Hendrick has defensive line and special teams coach on his resume, two areas that we could use significant improvement. When he was here under Sherrill, he was considered one the best DL coaches in the nation. Why not bring him back?
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I think it's from him coaching at every one of our camps and publically saying on twitter and in interviews all the time about how he wants to be a coach at MSU.

I'm right there with you. Him as a coach could go one way or another, and I don't necessarily agree or disagree with him being hired, I just think he's a popular choice and that's why.

I do think he'd be awesome to have on staff though. He'd easily become our greatest recruiter and our "anti-Saban". He might be worth it for just that.
 
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natchezdawg said:
Is he a serious candidate to replace Melvin?

Smoot was a great player and is definitely popular among fans, but I am not convinced that he would be the best choice.

We certainly do not have to specifically hire someone to coach the corner's. I'm sure Hughes could take over coaching the entire secondary with not much trouble. It's on his resume.

John Hendrick has defensive line and special teams coach on his resume, two areas that we could use significant improvement. When he was here under Sherrill, he was considered one the best DL coaches in the nation. Why not bring him back?
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the fact that Smoot was a good player has no relation to coaching ability.
 
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Moonlight Graham

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was21 said:
the fact that Smoot was a good player has no relation to coaching ability.
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Actually yeah it kind of does have a pretty big relation...if you can play it great more likely than not you can teach it. It's not required that you have to be a great player to be a great coach but it definitely helps.
 
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Dawgzilla

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Moonlight Graham said:
Actually yeah it kind of does have a pretty big relation...if you can play it great more likely than not you can teach it. It's not required that you have to be a great player to be a great coach but it definitely helps.
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Yes, because the coaching ranks are just full of great players. Like, um, well, uh.....I'll get back to you on that.
 
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steve spurrier, mike ditka, mike singleterry, tee martin, jason garret, herm edwards...i'm sure i could get on the google and find more. martin, garret and edwards weren't 'great' but if you play in the nfl then you're the best of the best.
 
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Smoot

Fred does not have a college degree. So I'm not sure how you would work out the details to hire him. I would find it hard to believe that he would want to live in Starkville and commit to the rigors of being a full time coach. Showing up and enjoying a three day camp is one thing, but working your butt off year round is quite another. Not sure how he would take being bossed daily. The camps are just for show. Mullen would hug him everyday if he was a coach.
 
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I agree with you about coaching ability and playing ability not being correlated. However, another reason why there aren't many great former players coaching is that coaching as a career takes a very long time and you have to start early and before you do all those settling down type things people in their 30s typically do. If you have a great NFL career of, say, 10 years you're going to be getting out of the league at around 32. Are you going to want to take an assistant coaching job at Wagner or Kent State or, worse, a high school? Because that is what you're going to have to do. Maybe if you're lucky you'll go to a major conference school, but you'd have to be a GA in all likelihood. Chances are if you've made your millions already (and kept some of it) you're going to lack the same drive, motivation, and flexibility that the younger guys who don't have money and are wanting to buy a new used car or be able to start a family have.
 
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esplanade91

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Koldfire said:
Fred does not have a college degree. So I'm not sure how you would work out the details to hire him. I would find it hard to believe that he would want to live in Starkville and commit to the rigors of being a full time coach. Showing up and enjoying a three day camp is one thing, but working your butt off year round is quite another. Not sure how he would take being bossed daily. The camps are just for show. Mullen would hug him everyday if he was a coach.
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This.

Like I said, I didn't say it was realistic or that it would or wouldn't be a good hire, I just think its something a lot of people would like to see happen.

I'm assuming he's a semester short. Could he/would he be a GA for a semester? Who knows. He talks a lot about it but talking and doing are two different things. I have a friend who is technically a bacholer student who is a GA.

Who knows if he'd bring anything to the table for corners. Hughes could in fact coach the entire secondary, with our without the title. Smoot, if anything, would be the face of recruiting.

We can speculate and talk about how awesome it would be, but I don't think it will happen.
 
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