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Help Me Understand…Re:Blake Baker
Posted on 1/4/24 at 12:08 pm
Posted on 1/4/24 at 12:08 pm
So, Baker was already on staff when Kelly was hired at LSU. And, he wasn’t retained. Being this is one of the most important hires of Kelly’s career, what is it about Baker today that wasn’t true 2 years ago?
Posted on 1/4/24 at 12:12 pm to OGTiger
He’s been a successful DC in the SEC now and house was brought in to be DC and he’s a linebacker coach so there was no need for baker
Posted on 1/4/24 at 12:12 pm to OGTiger
2 years of SEC DC experience fielding top 30ish defenses definitely helps.
Posted on 1/4/24 at 12:13 pm to OGTiger
what is it about Saban today that wasn't true while he was at Michigan St?
Posted on 1/4/24 at 12:14 pm to OGTiger
Experience being an SEC DC at this time at a successful program vs no experience as an SEC DC at a successful program.
Glad to help.
Glad to help.
Posted on 1/4/24 at 12:33 pm to OGTiger
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Being this is one of the most important hires of Kelly’s career, what is it about Baker today that wasn’t true 2 years ago?
BB took Mizzou from #105 to #25 in NCAA defense rankings…
Posted on 1/4/24 at 1:09 pm to OGTiger
What's hard to understand? The DC Kelly wanted coached linebackers. Baker was your linebacker coach. You don't carry two linebacker coaches.
Posted on 1/4/24 at 1:15 pm to OGTiger
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So, Baker was already on staff when Kelly was hired at LSU. And, he wasn’t retained. Being this is one of the most important hires of Kelly’s career, what is it about Baker today that wasn’t true 2 years ago?
I've come to the same question 9n tRant.
Posted on 1/6/24 at 10:36 am to OGTiger
At that time he didn’t have the experience of Kerry Cooks so Miller went to Missouri to coach safeties.
Posted on 1/9/24 at 11:45 am to OGTiger
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Kelly cleaned house by moving on from coordinator/linebackers coach Matt House, safeties coach Kerry Cooks, cornerbacks coach Robert Steeples and defensive line coach Jimmy Lindsey.
Hiring Baker from SEC opponent Missouri was a boss move.
ESPN early Top 25
Posted on 1/9/24 at 2:21 pm to OGTiger
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So, Baker was already on staff when Kelly was hired at LSU. And, he wasn’t retained. Being this is one of the most important hires of Kelly’s career, what is it about Baker today that wasn’t true 2 years ago?
It’s obvious some of you people say “do you want fries with that?” on your jobs and have no understanding of how the coaching/corporate world works.
There was a young ambitious American colonial army officer during the French and Indian War who badly wanted a commission in the British Army. The only problem was he fricked up tactically and cost the British an important battle. His name was on the shite list for awhile.
His name was George Washington. Wow. I wonder what changed in n the ensuing ten years where the guy was then named commander of the Continental Army? Some of you would have been asking “why?”
Baker didn’t frick up specifically but in the wrong place at the wrong time. I don’t blame CBK a bit in the world for wanting a fresh start. But thank goodness he had the sense to see that Baker has blossomed and didn’t worry how it looked to the fry cooks on the rant and hired a coach who has become a proven and successful DC.
This post was edited on 1/9/24 at 2:41 pm
Posted on 1/9/24 at 2:33 pm to OGTiger
This doesn’t seem to have been brought up but I believe Kelly’s first choice for DC was Marcus Freeman, who was a lb coach and hot commodity at that time. People liked Baker but there was no indication that Baker would be so great that we needed to hold on to him. Definitely no indication that he’d be the next best thing to Freeman. If you knew that please provide your analysis…or go out and buy some lottery tickets because your talents are being wasted here.
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