WarTim 3,456 Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Hand would be a fantastic hire I think. Agree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TitanTiger 20,482 Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Herb Hand, who has been James Franklin's offensive line coach at both Vanderbilt and Penn State, is headed toward a deal with Auburn according to a person with knowledge of the situation. The person spoke with USA TODAY Sports on the condition of anonymity because the deal was not final.The opening at Auburn was created Monday when offensive line coach J.B. Grimes accepted the job at Cincinnati, according to Al.com Hand and Auburn coach Gus Malzahn worked together at Tulsa in 2007-08 and have remained close friends ever since. Hand is otherwise known for his appearance on the television show Chopped. His departure will be the third off Franklin's staff in recent weeks, including both coordinator positions. Bob Shoop left Penn State for Tennessee during the weekend. http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2016/01/11/penn-state-offensive-line-coach-herb-hand-headed-auburn/78640382/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auburnphan 6,050 Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Dan Wolken @DanWolken 11m11 minutes ago Penn State offensive line coach Herb Hand headed to Auburn http://usat.ly/1P4lUIt via @usatoday sounds like a done deal, welcome Coach Hand Hand, can't wait for you to get the fire back in the head coach and develop some great offensive plans and schemes. Bring on the zone reads Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUbritt 611 Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Dang - - didn't know Hand appeared on 'Chopped'. That's awesome! Hahahaha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cole256 17,081 Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Wonder what happened with the younger guy working under grimes? Grimes was very very high on him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LKEEL75 2,566 Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 According to this, it is official http://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/auburn-football/auburn-hires-away-offensive-line-coach-penn-states-james-franklin/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doc4aday 1,887 Posted January 11, 2016 Author Share Posted January 11, 2016 Wonder what happened with the younger guy working under grimes? Grimes was very very high on him I do wonder this as well. I hope he can remain with us and work with Coach Hand. I am waiting for the official word from Gus so we can start the party. This coaching stuff has been a lot of fun. After the OL hire, I guess most of us will turn our attention to recruiting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auburn4ever 1,266 Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 This is an awesome hire. Glad to have coach Hand in the Auburn Family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aujeff11 6,243 Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Hand talk is all over Twitter this afternoon. The Penn State folks are acknowledging it as well. What is your Twitter handle, JFD? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PigskinPat 2,579 Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Hand talk is all over Twitter this afternoon. The Penn State folks are acknowledging it as well. Can you give a specific source of the PSU fans? I bet they are up in arms about losing Shoop. I really did not think Shoop would ever leave Coach Franklin. UT is a step down from PSU in my opinion. Who knows folks? I do not see any support for getting Jeff Grimes to come as OL, so I guess he is out of the equation. I am sure Gus will hire who he thinks is the best OL coach for his offense. Hand does seem to know a lot about Gus' Spread/Zone Read etc. This could be a huge asset with hiring CHH from PSU. I like Jeff Grimes, too, but I think Coach Hand brings an extra element to the table that would make this a fantastic hire, imo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerchris 243 Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 TigerChris I believe I was holding out for more $... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cole256 17,081 Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Hand talk is all over Twitter this afternoon. The Penn State folks are acknowledging it as well. Can you give a specific source of the PSU fans? I bet they are up in arms about losing Shoop. I really did not think Shoop would ever leave Coach Franklin. UT is a step down from PSU in my opinion. Who knows folks? I do not see any support for getting Jeff Grimes to come as OL, so I guess he is out of the equation. I am sure Gus will hire who he thinks is the best OL coach for his offense. Hand does seem to know a lot about Gus' Spread/Zone Read etc. This could be a huge asset with hiring CHH from PSU. I like Jeff Grimes, too, but I think Coach Hand brings an extra element to the table that would make this a fantastic hire, imo More recruiting has me sold! But didn't Penn st o line suck? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToraGirl 5,498 Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 You had me at "Chopped..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marine4au 23 Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Hand talk is all over Twitter this afternoon. The Penn State folks are acknowledging it as well. Can you give a specific source of the PSU fans? I bet they are up in arms about losing Shoop. I really did not think Shoop would ever leave Coach Franklin. UT is a step down from PSU in my opinion. Who knows folks? I do not see any support for getting Jeff Grimes to come as OL, so I guess he is out of the equation. I am sure Gus will hire who he thinks is the best OL coach for his offense. Hand does seem to know a lot about Gus' Spread/Zone Read etc. This could be a huge asset with hiring CHH from PSU. I like Jeff Grimes, too, but I think Coach Hand brings an extra element to the table that would make this a fantastic hire, imo More recruiting has me sold! But didn't Penn st o line suck? He didn't have much to work with @ PSU! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WDE_OxPx_2010 5,297 Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Hand talk is all over Twitter this afternoon. The Penn State folks are acknowledging it as well. Can you give a specific source of the PSU fans? I bet they are up in arms about losing Shoop. I really did not think Shoop would ever leave Coach Franklin. UT is a step down from PSU in my opinion. Who knows folks? I do not see any support for getting Jeff Grimes to come as OL, so I guess he is out of the equation. I am sure Gus will hire who he thinks is the best OL coach for his offense. Hand does seem to know a lot about Gus' Spread/Zone Read etc. This could be a huge asset with hiring CHH from PSU. I like Jeff Grimes, too, but I think Coach Hand brings an extra element to the table that would make this a fantastic hire, imo More recruiting has me sold! But didn't Penn st o line suck? Still nearly on the death penalty, hard to recruit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auburn4ever 1,266 Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Maybe coach Hand will get us up in and around Pa and help us some recruits from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cole256 17,081 Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Hand talk is all over Twitter this afternoon. The Penn State folks are acknowledging it as well. Can you give a specific source of the PSU fans? I bet they are up in arms about losing Shoop. I really did not think Shoop would ever leave Coach Franklin. UT is a step down from PSU in my opinion. Who knows folks? I do not see any support for getting Jeff Grimes to come as OL, so I guess he is out of the equation. I am sure Gus will hire who he thinks is the best OL coach for his offense. Hand does seem to know a lot about Gus' Spread/Zone Read etc. This could be a huge asset with hiring CHH from PSU. I like Jeff Grimes, too, but I think Coach Hand brings an extra element to the table that would make this a fantastic hire, imo More recruiting has me sold! But didn't Penn st o line suck? Still nearly on the death penalty, hard to recruit Ok. Saw that one link about commits he was giving credit for and I saw 3 four stars I figured that's what he's been working with. I'm not familiar with Penn st recruiting at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGGR82 4 Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Well then...Welcome to Auburn Coach Hand. A great hire in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger 8,826 Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 I like that Hand is a guy Gus would listen to in terms of expanding his offense and will help us get back to using zone read principles. Everyone on this board thinks Gus doesn't know you can't employ a zone-read style offense when the QB is not a threat to keep the ball, so maybe Hand can finally be the guy to tell him this [yellow font] No but seriously, maybe he can get Gus off of this "I will tell the QB whether to give or keep on the zone read before the snap" kick that he's been on lately? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doc4aday 1,887 Posted January 11, 2016 Author Share Posted January 11, 2016 According to this, it is official http://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/auburn-football/auburn-hires-away-offensive-line-coach-penn-states-james-franklin/ Thanks for the information. Now we can start our research of Hand pretty much like we did with Coach Steele and the new defensive assistants. I like this staff and think we will be fine in 2016 and will create hell for all of the SEC teams we will face. We need to become a team that no one wants to play. A bammer caliber team, but much more with honest character lacking in bammer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gr82b4au 5,568 Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Sounds like a good choice. Good job Gus. Let's give Gus a hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TitanTiger 20,482 Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Interesting note according to Brandon Marcello of AL.com: Hand had to convert two defensive linemen to offensive linemen this year at Penn State. That had a lot to do with their difficulties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McLoofus 35,182 Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Interesting note according to Brandon Marcello of AL.com: Hand had to convert two defensive linemen to offensive linemen this year at Penn State. That had a lot to do with their difficulties. No, no, we should just look at the most basic stats that can be influenced by any number of factors beyond a position coach's control and make snap judgments about his abilities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auburnphan 6,050 Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Interesting note according to Brandon Marcello of AL.com: Hand had to convert two defensive linemen to offensive linemen this year at Penn State. That had a lot to do with their difficulties. I checked out there roster yesterday and ouch, he did not have much, besides what he recruited in. They gave good effort, but lacked talent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doc4aday 1,887 Posted January 11, 2016 Author Share Posted January 11, 2016 Does anyone remember Herby Hancock or Handcock? He was a great jazz musician from what I remember. I do think CHH will help a lot with running our spread offense. Did PSU run a spread offense similar to ours? I am happy with the hire and do think he will hit the ground running with recruiting. Now that our staff is pretty much intact, recruiting will keep going strong. I do see James Franklin in a much worse situation than we are in. Actually, I think we are on the road to a better overall team that will kick some fanny in 2016. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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