Turner Gill to Liberty

KnuckleStang · Post by **KnuckleStang** » Wed Dec 14, 2011 11:42 pm

Didn't see this one coming.

http://www.liberty.edu/news/index.cfm?PID=18495&MID=44312

huskerpony · Post by **huskerpony** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 12:49 am

I guess his no talking to girls after 10:00 rule may not be as big of a deal there.

MustangSTATS · Post by **MustangSTATS** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 1:48 am

???? Costal Carolina better step it up... i guess... he does have a large buyout to sit on. Is Liberty planning on moving to FBS?

KnuckleStang · Post by **KnuckleStang** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 6:31 am

The departing coach, Rocco, was paid somewhere in the neighborhood of $400,000, so they pay a ridiculous salary for a 1-AA school. I watched the HS state championship in their stadium last weekend, and it is a really nice stadium. Also, though students can (and have) been suspended from Liberty for being seen off campus smoking cigarettes in their car, if you are an All-American DL, you can be reinstated to the team while awaiting your court date for selling cocaine, as was evidenced this past season. LU relies heavily on FBS transfers, being given a "second chance." They take anybody, with full administrative support. He may end up liking it there.

Dutch · Post by **Dutch** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 7:02 am

Thankfully we can remove his name from our speculative lists of recruiting replacements for klemm.

OR-See-Nee · Post by **OR-See-Nee** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 9:10 am

Dutch wrote:Thankfully we can remove his name from our speculative lists of recruiting replacements for klemm.

He could recruit for us on Liberty's dime.

PoconoPony · Post by **PoconoPony** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 5:33 pm

KnuckleStang wrote:The departing coach, Rocco, was paid somewhere in the neighborhood of $400,000, so they pay a ridiculous salary for a 1-AA school. I watched the HS state championship in their stadium last weekend, and it is a really nice stadium. Also, though students can (and have) been suspended from Liberty for being seen off campus smoking cigarettes in their car, if you are an All-American DL, you can be reinstated to the team while awaiting your court date for selling cocaine, as was evidenced this past season. LU relies heavily on FBS transfers, being given a "second chance." They take anybody, with full administrative support. He may end up liking it there.

Great to see you posting again. We have missed you.

GRGB · Post by **GRGB** » Fri Dec 16, 2011 6:55 am

I wonder if his buy out was subject to a head coaching rehire-- in other words, he might even be takin this for low money to stay in coaching now bc the net net to him is the same - his buy out might be spread over several years.

And he wasn't likely to get a div1 job worth a damn this year anyway, this gives him 1-3 years of staying in the game and see what he can do and then re enter.

What he did in buffalo was amazing. Look at the record before and after.

He just wasn't fat enough for ku

huskerpony · Post by **huskerpony** » Fri Dec 16, 2011 12:24 pm

KU is a death sentence for football coaches.

Going back to 1891: 38 coaches. Turner Gill is only the 6th to find another job after KU.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas_Jay ... ad_Coaches

Dutch · Post by **Dutch** » Fri Dec 16, 2011 12:47 pm

huskerpony wrote:KU is a death sentence for football coaches.

Going back to 1891: 38 coaches. Turner Gill is only the 6th to find another job after KU.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas_Jay ... ad_Coaches

i thought we were bad.

LA_Mustang · Post by **LA_Mustang** » Fri Dec 16, 2011 12:48 pm

Sturm will be happy with that