Alabama expected to hire Richard Owens as tight ends coach

Just like we all predicted

Hmmm wonder if he’ll help with OL too

Worked with Kane Wommack at South Alabama and Bryan Ellis at Georgia Southern. So there is some familiarity within the staff.

Fantastic hire. TEs gave us absolutely no help in the run game. Getting Ford in the portal and OL coach (with a ton of TE experience) is huge

Feels like a damn good hire to get power four offensive line coach to coach tight ends.

Larson McCord said:

Just like we all predicted

Fr fr I have not kept up (as with most things). Did we really predict this one or was that sarcasm?

Very nice.

Andrew Bone said:

Worked with Kane Wommack at South Alabama and Bryan Ellis at Georgia Southern. So there is some familiarity within the staff.

Well that explains it. Relationships matter.

T12 said:

Fr fr I have not kept up (as with most things). Did we really predict this one or was that sarcasm?

Total sarcasm. It’s almost always a name out of nowhere https://gocards.com/staff-directory/richard-owens/2930

RTR

Larson McCord said:

Total sarcasm. It’s almost always a name out of nowhere https://gocards.com/staff-directory/richard-owens/2930

I felt it, but didn’t trust it lol. But, seems like one hell of a hire.

At Louisville, Owens’ offensive lines helped the Cardinals rank among the top five in the ACC in rushing offense each of his three years with the team. That’s what I like to hear.

Welcome to TTown Big **** Owens

I like it I like it I like it

Andrew Bone said:

Worked with Kane Wommack at South Alabama and Bryan Ellis at Georgia Southern. So there is some familiarity within the staff.

Would’ve worked extensively with Ellis, too. He was the OL coach/run game coordinator while Ellis was OC/QB coach.

Solid

This hire seems like a double hire imo. You get a TE’s coach and another OL coach essentially in one hire. Very nice.

This hire is another example of why Deboer knows what the hell he’s doing He’s a former nfl TE and has experience coaching them the problem with our TEs this past szn was they couldn’t block a soul so u get a guy who can correct that fast bringing in a guy who very familiar w the state and he also has run game coordinator experience getting a guy to leave his Alma mater for u is a boss move plus he from Florida maybe he can get us back eating in that state 👀

Hiring a former offensive line coach to coach tight ends is a great move. Ellis was good but he didn’t really have much if any experience coaching guys how to block. He’s much better suited in the QB room.

Wish we would’ve gotten Huff.

Charlie Potter said:

https://www.on3.com/teams/alabama-crimson-tide/news/alabama-expected-to-hire-richard-owens-as-its-tight-ends-coach/

Great hire by Kalen DeBoer here. Yes, I know he will be coaching TE’s, but I’m more excited that he has OL experience and he’s another brain in the room on top having Grubb & Klemm. Louisville averaged 5.09 YPC and Isaac & Keyjuan Brown had 1588 combined yards last season.

T12 said:

Fr fr I have not kept up (as with most things). Did we really predict this one or was that sarcasm?

Yes