Alabama assistant hired by Hugh Freeze at Liberty
The Alabama Crimson Tide have already lost a number of assistant coaches this month, and now the staff turnover will continue.
This time, it’s an Alabama grad assistant leaving for an on-field role with Hugh Freeze’s Liberty squad.
As you can see in the Twitter post below, Kyle Pope is leaving Tuscaloosa to become Freeze’s inside linebackers coach:
The last 2 years at The University of Alabama have been nothing short of amazing! I will always be beyond grateful for the opportunity to be able to work for arguably the best to ever do it and with some of the most amazing players and People #RTR #FLAMES #RiseWithUs pic.twitter.com/zDDZPLdjpj
— Kyle Pope (@Coach_KPope) January 12, 2019
Freeze welcomed Pope to the staff on Saturday afternoon, as you can see here:
Great to have you. #RiseWithUs https://t.co/2YWfyRMLsr
— Hugh Freeze (@CoachHughFreeze) January 12, 2019
Pope has spent the past two years on Nick Saban’s staff, working primarily with the defensive line. Now, he’ll work with another position group at Liberty.
Meanwhile, Saban has a lot of positions to fill on his coaching staff, so he’s going to have some big decisions to make soon.
Saban now having to replace water boys and broom pushers. Everybody wants some of the Saban magic and will turn a water boy into a position coach just to see if he may have heard Saban say something useful. Dabos great but he ain’t there yet.
Which begs the question, why isn’t Clemson’s staff getting raided? Why is Venables still a DC? The low turnover and stability on Clemson’s staff may be the great equalizer vs Alabama. I’m sure the working environment under Swinney is much more pleasant than under Saban.
At this rate, I expect to see Lyle Jones get a full time staff position on Nick’s staff.