Brian Jenkins

[pathfinder]

Bethune is a private HBCU with limited money. Its tough to get money for coaches and athletes there. They also do not have a home staduim. They play in a high school stadium that belongs to the county.

At Alabama St which is in Montgomery has a better recruiting base, more money to spend on players and coaches and new 30k seat stadium and the SWAC is a step above MEAC football.

That is correct, the pay was also better for his assistants. The word was Jenkins was Southern's #1 target to fill their vacancy two years ago, but they hit a snag in negotiations at some point and they hired Dawson Odums. Contrary to previous post Jenkins is a very good football coach and a hell of a recruiter, keep in mind he was hired away from UL by Greg Schiano to go to Rutgers when they were pretty good a few years back.

[GeauxCajuns]

you are correct he was hired away, right off the coat tails of fenroy's 4 1,000 yard seasons.

i stand by my opinion. the guy did not have football knowledge. he was helped by those around him.

[CajunRage]

you are correct he was hired away, right off the coat tails of fenroy's 4 1,000 yard seasons.

i stand by my opinion. the guy did not have football knowledge. he was helped by those around him.

If records were the sole determining factor on being a good head coach, there would be much less controversy on this board

[Duggie35]

you are correct he was hired away, right off the coat tails of fenroy's 4 1,000 yard seasons. i stand by my opinion. the guy did not have football knowledge. he was helped by those around him.

I'm not a mind reader, and don't know who you are, but I would guess you did not enjoy playing for Coach Jenkins!!! LOL!!

[pathfinder]

Somebody didn't get any playing time and is ____ed. Isn't that how coaches get hired based on the success of their players, head coaches are judged by wins and losses and assistants on their recruiting ability and success of position players. Read any coaches bio and they mention prominent players they have coached.

[campo118]

I'm not a mind reader, and don't know who you are, but I would guess you did not enjoy playing for Coach Jenkins!!! LOL!!

I'll go on record and say besides his playing time at UL, DMS has had a very personal relationship with this athletic program, even before his playing days... While I agree it's hard to discount his overall record, I'll take DMS's word for it...

[Geaux]

you are correct he was hired away, right off the coat tails of fenroy's 4 1,000 yard seasons.

i stand by my opinion. the guy did not have football knowledge. he was helped by those around him.

I know a guy like that and he lives in Baton Rouge. His name is Les Miles

[Duggie35]

I'll go on record and say besides his playing time at UL, DMS has had a very personal relationship with this athletic program, even before his playing days... While I agree it's hard to discount his overall record, I'll take DMS's word for it...

He apparently knows some things that Bethune didn't and Alabama State doesn't.

[duggie85]

From what I saw Jenkins was a hard azz on his players. He and coach Mason yelled non stop. Mason was just funny when yelling but Jenkins was brutal on guys during practice

[pathfinder]

Okay, cool it's good to know that having a personal relationship or connection to something makes you an expert. I will go with the fact the Jenkins was a hell of a recruiter while at UL, good position coach, got hired away by a Top 25 program at the time, has a successful record as a head coach, and just got another head coaching job. But take DMS's word for it....lol. So where are the rest of the guys he worked with on Bustle's staff, please let me know.