Tubs Arrive In Lubbock For Work, 3PM Presser Sunday

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For a reported five years and ((somewhere between)) $7.5 and $10-million bucks, Tommy Tuberville is the new head coach at Texas Tech replacing Mike Leach and Ruffin McNeill.

Tech AD Gerald Myers told the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal that Tuberville told him he would keep the Red Raiders' offense in place for a program that hasn't had a losing season since 1992. Tuberville, according to the interview Dana Jacobson had below with Ivan Maisel, had been learning the spread in his off year as an analyst at the four-letter...

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Tuberville told the Avalanche-Journal he would change some things defensively, drawing on success he had at Auburn.

Here's Pete Christy from KCBD-TV with the breakdown locally...


The biggest question the HQ has is about the coaching staff. If Tuberville keeps most of the offensive guys in place, the Red Raiders may not have a hiccup in success in the Big 12 South.

But... and this is a big "BUT..."

Auburn sources close to OSG claim that if the so-called "Mississippi Mafia" are brought in to coach in red and black- that presents a large issue.

This is the band of coaches were part of Tuberville's staff ((the position coaches)) at Ole Miss that were imported to Auburn- Offensive line coach Hugh Nall, running backs coach Eddie Gran, defensive tackles coach Don Dunn, defensive ends coach Terry Price, wide receivers coach Greg Knox and assistant to the head coach Andy Lutz. You can add to that list WR Coach/OC Steve Ensminger...

It is the WDE belief that players were given conflicting instructions from coordinators and position coaches late in the Tuberville tenure. AD Jay Jacobs asked Tuberville to relieve some of the position coaches of their duties and he refused.

If these coaches are let back in underneath a Tuberville administration in Lubbock, the same power struggle issues may occur and the spread offense will be the least of the university's issues.

The inter-personal relationships between coaches got so bad on the practice field that fist fights, practically, broke out during drill sessions.

The HQ takes you back to the firing of OC Tony Franklin in 2008 and the day he realized he was an outsider to al.com's Evan Woodbery:

Franklin said he should have recognized that Tuberville's loyalty to his assistants would trump his commitment to the new offense.

"I'm a history teacher and a history student," Franklin said. "When you look at the history of this place, coordinators come in, coordinators leave and those guys stay."

Gerald Myers may get that sooner than he ever thought he would with Mike Leach in charge... If coordinators are kept in place and can hire their own position coaches, it may not be a circus after all.