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Bobby - do you expect Mack to bring others from outside of the state, or start filling the staff with in-state connections? Meaning, do you see somebody from AZ or Cali on the staff that may have connections out west?

& then possibly someone to cover each of HOU, DFW, West Texas, etc?

Bobby, is it possible that we could see former Longhorn football players (VY, Vasher, Babers) in this department?

Great news! Will help us learn from the best.

There's no "splash hire" in the world that will "push" the head coach aside at any school

Bobby: This seems to address one of the primary improvements (evaluation at all levels of the program from identifying prospects to player development after joining the team) that you were calling for in your excellent article concerning the actions needed to secure the future success of the program published several weeks ago.

Two questions: 1) Is Suddes tasked with what you feel the program needs or can you tell yet? 2) What has been his role at Alabama as assistant in the area of player and recruit development?

It's a new world to some of us ! ;=)

1. Yes, most definitely. This is the type of guy they needed. They didn't need a high school coach looking to move up the ladder. They needed someone to get a system in place.

2. He has been primarily an ops guy at Alabama running camps and clinics. But he has overseen various recruiting aspects.

The key here is that this is the first hire and subsequently specific issues will be addressed that include 1) attracting recruits and communicating recruits and 2) evaluating recruits earlier and more thoroughly.