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In 2007 Steele didn't like the time he spent on the road, despite his small territory, and Saban allowed him just to recruit an area that was roughly 100-150 miles away from campus in 2008. By no means is he considered a "full on recruiter."

His territory has never been the Gulf Coast area while he's been in Tuscaloosa. In his current position, he's been responsible for the state of Tennessee and occasionally drifting a little more north. The "great" Jeremy Pruitt (FSU and now UGA fame) didn't have the "balls" to handle the Gulf Coast and was reassigned to a different section of the Mobile area. To suggest, or even think, Steele as a premium recruiter in that area isn't the case.

When it comes to recruiting he does do well in a few areas. He's pretty good on OV's when it's his responsibility to break down the X's and O's of where a player can fit in the scheme. He does do well at evaluating film. Around the athletic department he was known as a "great computer recruiting analyst."

On a different note: Are we back to citing HC'ing records as definitive statistics on how well a guy will do as a position coach, or as a coordinator? Cam's record in Miami isn't indicative of what he brings to the offensive coordinator position according to most here.

And, just to be clear, Briles won with Steele's recruits, right?!?
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TerryP said: ↑

In 2007 Steele didn't like the time he spent on the road, despite his small territory, and Saban allowed him just to recruit an area that was roughly 100-150 miles away from campus in 2008. By no means is he considered a "full on recruiter."

His territory has never been the Gulf Coast area while he's been in Tuscaloosa. In his current position, he's been responsible for the state of Tennessee and occasionally drifting a little more north. The "great" Jeremy Pruitt (FSU and now UGA fame) didn't have the "balls" to handle the Gulf Coast and was reassigned to a different section of the Mobile area. To suggest, or even think, Steele as a premium recruiter in that area isn't the case.

When it comes to recruiting he does do well in a few areas. He's pretty good on OV's when it's his responsibility to break down the X's and O's of where a player can fit in the scheme. He does do well at evaluating film. Around the athletic department he was known as a "great computer recruiting analyst."

On a different note: Are we back to citing HC'ing records as definitive statistics on how well a guy will do as a position coach, or as a coordinator? Cam's record in Miami isn't indicative of what he brings to the offensive coordinator position according to most here.

And, just to be clear, Briles won with Steele's recruits, right?!?
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Thank you TerryP

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I know Saban never had more than 10 wins until he came to LSU, then proceeded to drop under that, left and sucked in the NFL. He moved and things worked out for him. How about those stats for you?
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Saban bashing says all we need to know; you don't live in reality. Steele has been run off/relocated at each DC position he's been at. He failed miserably as a HC. Chavis was considered top rung by many; Steele not. And it's not like he's an unproven commodity, he's been proven to struggle as DC. Following the many disappointments from Miles, this hurts (if the hire were made with a clean slate it wouldn't hurt nearly as bad). Hope it works out, but there is no curb appeal with this hire. Somehow getting O on board would get things closer to what left us for A&M (face value impact, at least).

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Yeh because Saban is so fukin smart huh? Instead of running your freight train RB all night, who tOSU didn't seem to have an answer for... you throw throw throw. Yup smart move by Saban. How'd that work out for him again dip shit?
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Didn't Fournette run 11 times in the bowl game?

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Sure wish they would have rewarded Haley and brought in Orgeron........dude may have issues but you can't complain about his recruiting skills.
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Apparently that bolded part equally fits Orgeron or Steele. So, what's the difference?

Not blown away by this selection, but I'm willing to give anyone enough rope to either lash down the ship or hang themselves. I'll wait to see the product on the field before passing a judgement.

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msully said: ↑

The rest of the SEC West is LOLing also , Bama fans are just beside themselves , now they have a chance of getting a good to great coach . It will be a , I really do not know how to say this . Exciting is not the word , maybe a test to find out who is really a LSU fan . We know where we are weak on defense . Yet we hired a guy who is just as weak maybe weaker than what we are used too.
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I could give a flying fuck what the penis smearing, tree poisoning crowd thinks.

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From the bama site:
"A veteran coach with a wealth of top-level experience in the college and pro ranks, Kevin Steele is in his second stint with the Crimson Tide. Steele, who returned to Alabama in 2013 as the Director of Player Personnel, made the transition to linebackers coach in February of this year. He will also serve as special assistant to the head coach. Steele helped the Crimson Tide put together the nation's top-ranked 2014 recruiting class."

You in the coaching profession long enough, you're gonna get fired. The entire Denver staff was fired yesterday. Guess they were all bad coaches? I know many coaches that have been fired over the years. But they get hired. "You get hired, to get fired!" Remember someone saying that?
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Successful coaches usually don't get fired, unless it's a wholesale thing like Denver.

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Successful coaches usually don't get fired, unless it's a wholesale thing like Denver.
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Fired like Orgeron was at Ole Piss? Or like he was run off at USC when he didn't get the HC job?

Let's see what the product on the field is. If it's a colossal screw up, he won't be the only one fire or run off.

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it works.
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Congrats. You might even get a package deal with that.

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TerryP said: ↑

In 2007 Steele didn't like the time he spent on the road, despite his small territory, and Saban allowed him just to recruit an area that was roughly 100-150 miles away from campus in 2008. By no means is he considered a "full on recruiter."

His territory has never been the Gulf Coast area while he's been in Tuscaloosa. In his current position, he's been responsible for the state of Tennessee and occasionally drifting a little more north. The "great" Jeremy Pruitt (FSU and now UGA fame) didn't have the "balls" to handle the Gulf Coast and was reassigned to a different section of the Mobile area. To suggest, or even think, Steele as a premium recruiter in that area isn't the case.

When it comes to recruiting he does do well in a few areas. He's pretty good on OV's when it's his responsibility to break down the X's and O's of where a player can fit in the scheme. He does do well at evaluating film. Around the athletic department he was known as a "great computer recruiting analyst."

On a different note: Are we back to citing HC'ing records as definitive statistics on how well a guy will do as a position coach, or as a coordinator? Cam's record in Miami isn't indicative of what he brings to the offensive coordinator position according to most here.

And, just to be clear, Briles won with Steele's recruits, right?!?
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Fortunately (or unfortunately) the guy has a record as DC as well. Your thoughts on the hire?

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