The real question, who will be the new Defensive Coordinator?

smokey_wasp said:
I would be all for Kelly, as well.

His current salary at Alabama is 825,000. (We pay Thacker I think 400,000). I am guessing we have to offer a million, at least, to get him to come back, maybe even a little more, given the circumstances. Offer him 1.2 and an AHC title?

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To offer that, I assume we would have to let Key go and get a new OL coach. Would free up salary and vacate the AHC spot.
 
ramblin_wreck08 said:
To offer that, I assume we would have to let Key go and get a new OL coach. Would free up salary and vacate the AHC spot.
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Key has a 2 year deal and buyout, so no go there. Could save a couple hundred thousand by having one secondary coach instead of a safety coach and CB coach. I don't know if you can have more than 1 AHC, actually. I was just sweetening the pot. Lol
 
If anyone is moving off the Tide staff, it will be Pete Golding. Kelly might end up being their DC next year. I'd take Golding over Thacker in a quick minute.
 
ibeeballin said:
If we are talking about based on CGC relationships

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If had to spend my money. This kills 3 birds with one stone, DB coach, very good ST, successful defenses post Groh & FSU

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You think Taver would be interested?
 
GTRules said:
Think he’s up to the job of coordinator or DB coach?
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Looks like he had 2 stints totalling 5 years as a DB coach at Ohio St. DC experience at Miami of Ohio and Temple . Seems reasonable for the type of guy we could realistically get.
 
Pretty good, short list @ibeeballin . I don't know what Johnson makes with the Raiders, but giving Thacker, Burton, and Popovich the axe clears about $1MM. I assume we'd need to give Marco and Larry Knight (good recruiter) a slight raise. We'd still need a LB coach but Johnson should be pretty well connected.

I'd love Kelly, but he'll probably be too expensive. Bama fans are ready to dump Golding which means Kelly could be getting a promotion soon.
 
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