OT: Per Gil Brandt on the Twitters: Kevin Sumlin to Arizona

Submitted by Larry Appleton on January 14th, 2018 at 2:33 PM

He’s an NFL guy, so … maybe credible? https://twitter.com/gil_brandt/status/952620105493504001

January 14th, 2018 at 3:59 PM ^

In Herm's defense, modern jerseys have so much spandex and nylon in them that they do look tiny when not stretched out over pads.

Then again, if he had coached in the last decade, he would already know such things.

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old98blue

January 14th, 2018 at 3:05 PM ^

I have never been to Arizona's campus don't know how their facilities are but seems like a place that you could recruit to. Sumlin is a good coach who I think was never accepted at A&M for what ever reason

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trueblueintexas

January 14th, 2018 at 3:27 PM ^

Sadly, the reason was pretty well known. Same with Charlie Strong at UT before he ever coached a game.

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m1817

January 14th, 2018 at 5:35 PM ^

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Hotel Putingrad

January 14th, 2018 at 6:51 PM ^

i think Jimbo is a very Norwegian name

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trueblueintexas

January 14th, 2018 at 6:58 PM ^

I worked with someone who was good friends with Strong during his time in Austin. What he and his family had to endure prior to even coaching his first game simply because of the color of his skin was deplorable and so sad.

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KO Stradivarius

January 14th, 2018 at 3:29 PM ^

Been to Tucson a few times. It's a nice college town. Sort of isolated in south AZ, not close to Phoenix so not as varied as say, ASU in Tempe. He can recruit west coast, maybe TX?

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Larry Appleton

January 14th, 2018 at 3:39 PM ^

I lived there for five years. It’s a shithole. #nopolitics

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gbdub

January 14th, 2018 at 3:44 PM ^

The trouble with AZ is that any decent instate talent would rather go to a CA school. Tough place to recruit.

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MichiganAggie

January 14th, 2018 at 6:44 PM ^

Sumlin was embraced at A&M. However the shine wore off as he proved to be incompetent. He was successful in year 1 because he inherited an offense with all 11 players who played in the NFL. Once Sherman’s recruits matriculated, Sumlin stunk.

He’s a fine man. His teams don’t play defense and his offense generates too many 3 and outs

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RainbowSprings

January 14th, 2018 at 3:06 PM ^

for the Wildcats. Easier player transition. (The Arizona announcing crew probably breathing a huge sigh of relief too).

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LSAClassOf2000

January 14th, 2018 at 3:16 PM ^

Arizona gets a good hire in Kevin Sumlin.

ASU gets Herm Edwards instead of a good hire.

The state of Arizona could be an interesting story for football for a few years.

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trueblueintexas

January 14th, 2018 at 3:32 PM ^

A few years is the key part of your comment. I can’t see Herm making it more than two seasons.

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Tuebor

January 16th, 2018 at 11:36 AM ^

He had better make some knock out coordinator hires, otherwise the CEO might get fired before the season starts.

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TruBluWolv55

January 14th, 2018 at 3:17 PM ^

Pep would like it in Arizona.

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GoBlueMAGNUS

January 14th, 2018 at 3:22 PM ^

The Cardinals? He’d be a good fit there too

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Late Bluemer

January 14th, 2018 at 3:29 PM ^

Now please, Mr. Sumlin, leave Chris Partridge alone.

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His Dudeness

January 14th, 2018 at 3:37 PM ^

They should take Mike Tomlin after he is fired after this game. What a fucking joke.

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Perkis-Size Me

January 14th, 2018 at 3:46 PM ^

Fire a guy who’s won you a Super Bowl, multiple division titles and taken you the playoffs year after year?

Man, those Steelers fans have it rough.....

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UMxWolverines

January 14th, 2018 at 3:59 PM ^

I don't understand why there's always talk of firing Tomlin when Bill Cowher got so long without winning a Superbowl.

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Hotel Putingrad

January 14th, 2018 at 5:03 PM ^

there seems to be a perception that he has squandered great rosters

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His Dudeness

January 14th, 2018 at 4:04 PM ^

Have you watched this game? Coaching malpractice. Fucking horrible all day. The dumbest shit I've ever seen. He should be canned before the game is over.

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TrojanBlue

January 14th, 2018 at 4:07 PM ^

very un-dude.

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His Dudeness

January 14th, 2018 at 4:13 PM ^

Have you watched the game?!?! They could write fucking volumes about what not to do based on this game. Atrocious. Beyond horrible. A fucking magic 8 ball would have been better. Seriously. Down 7 2:14 left with 2 TOs.onside kicks it HORRIBLY. Mistake. They run a play just now 5 seconds go off the clock. Instead of calling a TO and getting a second at the 2 minute warning he lets the clock go down to two minutes. Now he has 2 minutes and 2 TO left down 7 still. Let's see how this plays out.

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Mbee1WS

January 14th, 2018 at 4:21 PM ^

Tomlin cost his team by going for in FG range and the onside kick decision. Seems like when they fell behind early it got him out of sync

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KC Wolve

January 14th, 2018 at 4:27 PM ^

I mean sure, but one would think scoring 42 points at home against Jax would have been enough.

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lhglrkwg

January 14th, 2018 at 4:05 PM ^

and has made the playoffs in 8 of his 11 years. Most NFL teams would kill for that track record. Though one could also question how much of that success is attributable to having Big Ben and an organization as well run as the Steelers

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We are back

January 14th, 2018 at 5:08 PM ^

He’s also lost to Tim Tebow and Blake bortles in the playoffs, chew on that

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Hotel Putingrad

January 14th, 2018 at 6:50 PM ^

to be fair, they both had Jesus on their side

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The_Doctor

January 14th, 2018 at 4:04 PM ^

Haley. Terrible play calls. 6’5” 250 QB and on two 4th and inches you call a toss sweep and a pass. Wtf.

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lhglrkwg

January 14th, 2018 at 4:07 PM ^

Normally against a top defense I'd say going outside the box is justifiable, but IIRC the weakest part of the Jags D is running the ball right up the middle and their back 7 is the best, so doing a pitch to a pass on 4th & 1 really does seem insane

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Hotel Putingrad

January 14th, 2018 at 5:01 PM ^

because the Steelers don't operate that way

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Pepper Brooks

January 14th, 2018 at 4:02 PM ^

I thought Les Miles was still in play for AZ?

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LakeWylieWolverine

January 14th, 2018 at 4:12 PM ^

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Double-D

January 14th, 2018 at 4:28 PM ^

stop the clock. Your average grade school kid would know to do that.

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turtleboy

January 14th, 2018 at 4:31 PM ^

So does this mean UCLA and Arizona could be running things in the PAC 12 now? Crazy.

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Unicycle Firefly

January 14th, 2018 at 5:59 PM ^

Not really...Sumlin never won so much as a division title with the much better resources and recruiting available at Texas A&M.

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Pretty toney

January 14th, 2018 at 7:01 PM ^

He was also in the toughest division in football

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FrankMurphy

January 14th, 2018 at 4:49 PM ^

Why can't Les Miles land another job?

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ST3

January 14th, 2018 at 5:05 PM ^

It's because of all those teams that switched from natural grass to artificial turf. There just aren't many available options for him.

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We are back

January 14th, 2018 at 5:07 PM ^

I’m sure it has to do with the long haul, he’s more of a stop gap right now, Arizona is a long term fixer upper

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Yeoman

January 14th, 2018 at 9:09 PM ^

To keep his buyout money from LSU he has to make a good faith effort to find another position. I expect his name to keep popping up until that contract finally runs out, which I think is early 2022.

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chewieblue

January 14th, 2018 at 5:12 PM ^

He also was insightful and fun to listen to during the Coaches Room broadcast of the CFP title game.

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RIP Hamilton's…

January 14th, 2018 at 6:02 PM ^

"Pipedream" type of hire http://mgoblog.com/content/coaching-candidates-part-1-power-5

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amitrx

January 14th, 2018 at 7:22 PM ^

Thats a good hire

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HailObeans

January 14th, 2018 at 7:44 PM ^

For AZ. Sumlin must not want anymore of the ridiculous fan bases as he turned down a much bigger job at TN. He can spend his time in AZ not being stressed out all the time like I’m sure he was at TA&M....especially since his new arch rival hired Herm Edwards. Lulz

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