BREAKING AJ McCarron named Stallions Head Coach

[cdub55]

Birmingham is tied (with Columbus, Ohio) for last in the UFL at 1-4.
It might be that the jump from being a player to a head coach might be too big of a jump. There is a radically different skill set for a head coach. It is not just understanding Xs and Os.
I wish AJ well, but things ain't looking good in B'ham.

I became a high school head coach around the age of 30. I was so glad it was at a smaller school because my head was spinning and I would have either drowned or not have done a very good job of managing all of the things I would have needed to at a large school. In today´s world of ¨lets make a splash hire¨, they many times set guys up for failure without knowing it. Trent Dilfer is a great example. He was never prepared for the job. AJ is a prime example as well. Becoming a pro ball coach from the get go isnt ideal. I´m sure AJ doesnt see it that way but he needed years of experience for him to be ready to run a team as a head coach at that level. One day Im sure he will look back at it and realize it but its sometimes hard to see when you are in the fire so to speak.

 

[Tidewater]

I became a high school head coach around the age of 30. I was so glad it was at a smaller school because my head was spinning and I would have either drowned or not have done a very good job of managing all of the things I would have needed to at a large school. In today´s world of ¨lets make a splash hire¨, they many times set guys up for failure without knowing it. Trent Dilfer is a great example. He was never prepared for the job. AJ is a prime example as well. Becoming a pro ball coach from the get go isnt ideal. I´m sure AJ doesnt see it that way but he needed years of experience for him to be ready to run a team as a head coach at that level. One day Im sure he will look back at it and realize it but its sometimes hard to see when you are in the fire so to speak.

Well, the Stallions won yesterday, so maybe they have turned a corner.
Pretty undisciploned team. The kind of team that gets a stop on 3rd down and then a player punches an opposing player: dead ball foul, 15 yards, unsportsmanlike, 1st down. Stuff like that.

I suspect AJ took this job as a way to get cheap head coach experience. If successful, great. If not, no big deal.

 

[cdub55]

Well, the Stallions won yesterday, so maybe they have turned a corner.
Pretty undisciploned team. The kind of team that gets a stop on 3rd down and then a player punches an opposing player: dead ball foul, 15 yards, unsportsmanlike, 1st down. Stuff like that.

I suspect AJ took this job as a way to get cheap head coach experience. If successful, great. If not, no big deal.

AJ 100% should have accepted the job if he has aspirations to be a coach one day. Should he have been offered it in the first place was more or less where my post was coming from.

 

[rolltide_21]

Well, the Stallions won yesterday, so maybe they have turned a corner.
Pretty undisciploned team. The kind of team that gets a stop on 3rd down and then a player punches an opposing player: dead ball foul, 15 yards, unsportsmanlike, 1st down. Stuff like that.

I suspect AJ took this job as a way to get cheap head coach experience. If successful, great. If not, no big deal.

Good analysis. I have loosely kept up with them this year. Was a fan the last couple of years under Skip Holtz. I have to remind myself these guys are in the UFL for a reason. Undisciplined play is all over the field both in the game and the extracurriculars. And, due to it being the UFL, this was a win-win situation for AJM. Maybe it will work out for him. He knows the UFL game from a player standpoint.

 

[NoNC4Tubs]

In a way this is just karma for AJ going overboard critical on Alabama coaching for the past year and acting like he had all the answers behind a microphone. I mean AJ inherited a team that won 3 of 4 league championships the past 4 years and was mostly the same pieces, but AJ’s tenure looks like one of the worst teams ever assembled. I mean they should’ve lost week 1 because of a lack of discipline but somehow they eeked it out.

Either Skip Holtz was one of the greatest coaches that never was or AJ had no clue of what he was talking about the last 2 years about how to run a winning program loaded with advantages.

This experience may make him a better commentator...

 

[Tidewater]

AJ 100% should have accepted the job if he has aspirations to be a coach one day. Should he have been offered it in the first place was more or less where my post was coming from.

I think everything in the UFL is based of tiny budgets. ($6,400/player/week). I assume coaching positions are similar. At that pay level, you can take on a project.

If a player makes a boneheaded unforced error, when he gets back to the sideline, you can say to him, "And that, young man, is why you are in the UFL and not the NFL."

 

[cdub55]

I think everything in the UFL is based of tiny budgets. ($6,400/player/week). I assume coaching positions are similar. At that pay level, you can take on a project.

If a player makes a boneheaded unforced error, when he gets back to the sideline, you can say to him, "And that, young man, is why you are in the UFL and not the NFL."

UFL head coaches make between 100k-500k per year. Not a bad pay day for basically a part time gig...

 

[Bamabuzzard]

I think everything in the UFL is based of tiny budgets. ($6,400/player/week). I assume coaching positions are similar. At that pay level, you can take on a project.

If a player makes a boneheaded unforced error, when he gets back to the sideline, you can say to him, "And that, young man, is why you are in the UFL and not the NFL."

I agree, they can't afford to strap themselves financially to a big coach's salary where they have to come off a buttload of cash if they need to fire him.