Bonner tweeting the Collins is gone

[Uncle Ruckus]

Expected to be accepting the DC position at Florida.
17.

 

[Old Fart Dawg]

Damn

 

[msstate7]

I'd be on the phone with bill clark and Ed o to make them co-defensive cood's. Give clark the calling duty.

 

[Digging dog]

There are some good D coordinators out there.

 

[Uncle Ruckus]

What group would O coach? I'd be all for it but we have a dl coach. Do him and Turner split dt and de? I'd love for it to happen so we can get O for his recruiting expertise.

 

[MedDawg]

How about Brick Haley as DC?

Left State for the Chicago Bears, now at LSU as DL coach

 

[dawgstudent]

Put him as a LB coach.

 

[DawgatAuburn]

Said it when Ellis left....
Said it when Diaz left...
Saying it when Collins is leaving...

Decent to good D Coordinators are a dime a dozen. The trick is not hiring a bad one.

 

[GhostOfJackie]

Hate to hear that. This stuff happens when you are good. Good luck to him at Florida.

 

[LandArchDawg]

Maybe we can fix the secondary now.

 

[Shmuley]

Clark will wait to see what happens with Bama's staff.

 

[msstate7]

Clark will wait to see what happens with Bama's staff.

I think he'd jump all over it if the money was right. It's not like he's been a highly paid coach for a long time and has a ton of money to sit on and wait

 

[patdog]

This is why you have to pay your assistant coaches BEFORE they get another job offer. Collins was woefully underpaid for a coordinator in the SEC. This isn't a surprise. I said a year ago that we'd probably lose him with what we were paying him. I like Collins and hate he's gone, but the truth is our defense kind of under-performed this year.

 

[Beretta.sixpack]

Is Bo Pelini available?

Would that be a good hire? curious

 

[512taylor]

When Diaz left, a lot of folks thought the sky was falling.

We'll be fine.

 

[CoastDawg18]

I'm assuming he will not coach the Orange Bowl, or is he staying for the bowl as Mullen did at Florida? Has this been discussed?

 

[WrapItDog]

This is why you have to pay your assistant coaches BEFORE they get another job offer. Collins was woefully underpaid for a coordinator in the SEC. This isn't a surprise. I said a year ago that we'd probably lose him with what we were paying him. I like Collins and hate he's gone, but the truth is our defense kind of under-performed this year.

The 43-year old Collins received a raise following the 2013 season, signing a two-year extension worth $1.2 million. He made $575,000 in 2014, which ranked 17th in the SEC among assistants.

 

[Rog.sixpack]

Yeah. Uh, No.

 

[patdog]

No way he coaches the Orange Bowl.

 

[Dawgzilla]

Am I the only one who really doesn't mind seeing Collins go? I mean, with all the talent we had on the defensive side of the ball this year, the D should have been MUCH better. It wasn't just our secondary, but also the lack of any real speed rush when we needed to pressure the QB. The problems in the secondary were equal parts poor coaching and bad player performance. And, based on our inability to stop OSU's option OSU last season, I have no faith in Collins getting the D prepared for Georgia Tech's offense.

I'm not saying he should have been fired or anything, I just don't see this as much of a loss. My only concern is the revolving door at the DC position and lack of continuity.

 

[patdog]

He was 12th in the SEC West. That's low for a coordinator.

 

[patdog]

I'm not overly concerned with it. As for continuity, it's just a fact of life that when you're successful you will lose some assistant coaches. It's not like he's irreplaceable.

 

[Sutterkane]

That's because we had Torbush the previous year. You're right though, we will be ok. Wilson was very average, Diaz was good and Collins was good. Even Cheese was alright.

 

[codeDawg]

Said it when Ellis left....
Said it when Diaz left...
Saying it when Collins is leaving...

Decent to good D Coordinators are a dime a dozen. The trick is not hiring a bad one.

Completely agree with this. Right now talent is winning on the defensive side, not scheme. Spend your money on a recruiter that doesn't screw up schematically.

 

[maroonmania]

Well, if what happened in recruiting when Diaz left happens again with Collins leaving the sky WILL be falling. I don't think it will but Collins had a much bigger hand in our recruiting than Diaz ever did.