FSU Football 2010

[Flawless]

ESPN: Gran hire could give FSU edge in state

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Florida State's hiring of Tennessee's Eddie Gran is huge for Jimbo Fisher's Seminoles program on the recruiting trail. The area known as South Florida, Dade (Miami), Broward (Fort Lauderdale) and Palm Beach (West Palm Beach) counties, is one of the most talent-rich areas in the country. Miami (Fla.) and Florida have had great success in recent years plucking the top talent out of that area. Florida State has been competitive here, too, but Gran's presence takes it to another level. It's very similar to when the Gators hired Doc Holliday (who is now at West Virginia) away from North Carolina State when Urban Meyer took the job in 2005. Like Holliday, Gran has a proven track record of obtaining talent from that area, stemming from his days at Auburn (1998-2008) under Tommy Tuberville. During his short stint in Knoxville under Lane Kiffin, Gran did some damage. He turned Pahokee's Nu'Keese Richardson (who has since been kicked off the team after being charged with armed robbery) from Florida. Granted, Richardson's legal troubles may have caused the shine to wear off of that recruiting win, but the bottom line is before any of that happened, Gran went into The Muck (extreme Western Palm Beach County) and beat the Gators on an Under Armour All-American that they wanted. By the time he left Tennessee, Gran had six prospects with South Florida ties committed, including four-star receiver Ted Meline (North Miami, Fla./North Miami), four-star jumbo athlete Delvin Jones (Palmetto, Fla./Palmetto), three-star offensive lineman Jose Jose (Miami, Fla./Miami Central), sleeper linebacker Ralph Williams (Miami, Fla./Gulliver Prep), defensive tackle Calvin Smith (Hialeah, Fla./Hialeah) (assistant head coach Ed Orgeron had a lot to do with this one) and junior college receiver Kembrell Thompkins (El Camino Community College), who played at Miami Northwestern. There has been speculation among college and high school coaches that without Gran in South Florida, the Vols may not have the same type of success it appeared they were heading for in the area. Granted, UT will still recruit there. There are still other talent pockets like Atlanta that they will have a huge presence in. But you can't deny Gran will be missed, at least in the immediate future. For Tennessee, which doesn't have the luxury of large numbers of elite prospects in its own state and has to recruit regionally and nationally, having the type of presence in South Florida that Gran provided was huge. But it's equally huge for Florida State, which is an easier sell to the talent in the region. All things being equal, most Florida prospects want to stay in state and play for one of the big three local programs. The Seminoles now will have one of the country's top recruiters in the area, one that has more than a decade of experience building relationships with coaches and families in South Florida. That sets the Noles up for success in a critical region for any program in the South, much less in the Sunshine State.

[Sting]

Eddie Gran = great hire

I wonder how much this will affect Tennessee

[Flawless]

Arizona Daily Star: Mark Stoops is one hot item

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Mark Stoops is in demand and it goes far beyond his famous last name. Arizona finished No. 2 in the Pac-10 in total defense (only 315 yards per game) against the most sophisticated offenses of any league in the country. And yet Stoops did not have a star. No Wildcats were first-team All-Pac-10 choices. They played disciplined, team defense, bent but didn’t break, and even though Stoops lost 44-41 to Oregon, he contained the Ducks for 57 minutes, which was one of the top coaching jobs of the season. Linebackers coach Tim Kish and defensive line coach Mike Tuiasosopo deserve a ton of credit for Arizona’s defensive success, as does Mike Stoops, who remains heavily involved in the X’s and O’s. But it is Mark Stoops who emerged as a hot-ticket coordinator. If the league chose assistant coaches of the year, he would be a strong choice as Pac-10 defensive coach of 2009. Good for him. He no longer needs the family name to define him. He is the leader to become Florida State’s defensive coordinator (although the search is fluid) and it would be a much smarter career move than becoming head coach at hometown Youngstown State. Under new coach Jimbo Fisher, Florida State is in position to return to prominence and it won’t take long. The Seminoles play in a relatively weak conference, the ACC, and they still have access to the nation’s top recruiting turf in Florida. Those who join Jimbo’s initital FSU’s staff seem to be headed for greatness in the post-Bowden years. If Mark Stoops is the defensive coordinator there when the Seminoles return to glory, he will be able to pick from head coaching jobs more attrctive than Youngstown State by, say, 2012 or thereabouts.

[Motown]

STRONG reports are comin' in that Mark Stoops will be FSUs Next Defensive Coordinator

DAMN...fellaz, if this happens...LOOK OUT!

[MassNole]

Wow Fisher is putting together one helluva coaching staff.

[TwelveozPlaya21]

Just give James Coley the recruiter of the year, He gets Joyner to give his verbal.

[Flawless]

FSU hires Mark Stoops to be defensive coordinator

[Mo]

Getting a good feeling about the future of the program.