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Even in coaching, you've got to have role players....

  • Kirk Botkin is not Lance Thompson. Doesn't have the same resume, that's for sure.
    But he is a young, hungry coach who will coach the smallest group of players on our team the LBers. Thompson has a couple of issues one being that he would have been here a maximum of 2 years. He's a coaching mercenary and his loyalty is the paycheck. You can't have all big names and big egos on a staff. I have no doubt that there would have been some friction between Thompson and Whammy at some point. Botkin will have no such problems. I assume he will be a recruiting bulldog and coach his group the way Whammy wants them coached. I think that's all we really need.

    SCarcock

  • Best thing posted by anybody in a while.

    daddyspur21

  • JICock

  • Post of the year. So far.

    tdogrw

  • stevecook229 said...

    Kirk Botkin is not Lance Thompson. Doesn't have the same resume, that's for sure. But he is a young, hungry coach who will coach the smallest group of players on our team the LBers. Thompson has a couple of issues one being that he would have been here a maximum of 2 years. He's a coaching mercenary and his loyalty is the paycheck. You can't have all big names and big egos on a staff. I have no doubt that there would have been some friction between Thompson and Whammy at some point. Botkin will have no such problems. I assume he will be a recruiting bulldog and coach his group the way Whammy wants them coached. I think that's all we really need.

    What have you done withe stevecook229?? Seriously, I am doing something different and giving you a upvote.

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    roosterrizk1

  • stevecook229 said...

    Kirk Botkin is not Lance Thompson. Doesn't have the same resume, that's for sure. But he is a young, hungry coach who will coach the smallest group of players on our team the LBers. Thompson has a couple of issues one being that he would have been here a maximum of 2 years. He's a coaching mercenary and his loyalty is the paycheck. You can't have all big names and big egos on a staff. I have no doubt that there would have been some friction between Thompson and Whammy at some point. Botkin will have no such problems. I assume he will be a recruiting bulldog and coach his group the way Whammy wants them coached. I think that's all we really need.

    Agreed
    everyone has to start somewhere, I like the young hungry guy who can come in with new energy and hopefully relate to the young men, and recruit.
    May not work out, but may end up being a superstar for us, I trust Whammy and HBC on this one.
    I am still loving the 3 in a row over Klemtech and an 11 win season, with talent coming back.
    Go Cocks

    BigBird24

  • we definitely need somebody who is hungry on the recruiting trail.

    ajcock

  • Well said Bro!

    frankpaula45

  • roosterrizk1 said...

    What have you done withe stevecook229?? Seriously, I am doing something different and giving you a upvote.

    Somebody hacked his account. That's the only explanation.panic

    slickchick

  • stevecook229 said...

    Kirk Botkin is not Lance Thompson. Doesn't have the same resume, that's for sure.
    But he is a young, hungry coach who will coach the smallest group of players on our team the LBers. Thompson has a couple of issues one being that he would have been here a maximum of 2 years. He's a coaching mercenary and his loyalty is the paycheck. You can't have all big names and big egos on a staff. I have no doubt that there would have been some friction between Thompson and Whammy at some point. Botkin will have no such problems. I assume he will be a recruiting bulldog and coach his group the way Whammy wants them coached. I think that's all we really need.

    Who are you and what the F did you do with Steve.

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    jasonp8068

  • jasonp8068 said...

    Who are you and what the F did you do with Steve.

    sincerely, Jerry Sanduskey...

    Claymation

  • jasonp8068 said...

    Who are you and what the F did you do with Steve.

    Seriously..

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    Air Chicken

  • Air-Chicken said...

    Seriously..

    I'm just impressed, it was an excellent post, not trying be be a whackadoo.

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    jasonp8068

  • jasonp8068 said...

    I'm just impressed, it was an excellent post, not trying be be a whackadoo.

    Ha.. Nah man I really think someone hacked his account.

    Air Chicken

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    BobbyLee

  • stevecook229 said...

    Kirk Botkin is not Lance Thompson. Doesn't have the same resume, that's for sure.
    But he is a young, hungry coach who will coach the smallest group of players on our team the LBers. Thompson has a couple of issues one being that he would have been here a maximum of 2 years. He's a coaching mercenary and his loyalty is the paycheck. You can't have all big names and big egos on a staff. I have no doubt that there would have been some friction between Thompson and Whammy at some point. Botkin will have no such problems. I assume he will be a recruiting bulldog and coach his group the way Whammy wants them coached. I think that's all we really need.

    Spoken like a man who runs a business and leads people. Well done.

    game_cock_fan

  • i dont know why but i "odds bodkin" keeps darting across my brain when i see this story i hope this does not bode foul for yon future, but i am a seer

    This post was edited by Aaron Burr Cock on 1/14/2012 at 10:23 AM

    Aaron Burr Cock

  • Great post Steve. I also think you have to have YOUR team/staff. People you trust and can count on. People who are loyal and will run thru a wall for you. I think about when I change jobs I always bring in people like that. They may not be that to everyone but they are those things to me. I think that's what Whammy is doing. Putting the guys around him he trusts and can count on. Can't blame him for that. Go Cocks!

    Gamecock Jay