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SC native Des Kitchings is in negotiations with Gamecock to replace Thomas Brown as RB coach

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Breaking News: Sources indicate to @GamecockPod that RB coach and SC native Des Kitchings is in negotiations with @GamecockFB to replace Thomas Brown as RB coach. Announcement expected later today.

— F. Keith Allsep SpursUpHornsDown (@KAllsep) February 10, 2020


 
I will say Champ has done a very good job in a short amount of time.  I almost wonder if Burch did not get wind of the changes on d-line and if that was not some of the hesitation.  You know Rocker had to be in play as John Scott had obviously been in talks for some time with Penn State.  

 
If it is Kitchens this is a huge hire...all he has done at NC State is succeed. Bring guys in...multiple 1,000 yard rushers...almost every year...and then send guys into the pros. His one year at Air Force he had them ranked 3rd nationally in rushing...at Air Force...and when he was at Vandy is when they had Zac Stacey and Warren Norman...both gave us trouble every year...for years...again...couple more 1,000 yard rushers and I think guys who at least got a shot in the pros. He got moved up into that Co-OC roll after Drinkwtz took the App State job and it didn't work out as well as they had wanted...QB situation there was what really hurt them...but this is a real coach...again...Des Kitchens would be a great hire. 

 
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Muschamp had this one from the begining. Why I say. Takes time to hire good. This been going behind the seen for a while. Rest assure.

 
LBC said:
If it is Kitchens this is a huge hire...all he has done at NC State is succeed. Bring guys in...multiple 1,000 yard rushers...almost every year...and then send guys into the pros. His one year at Air Force he had them ranked 3rd nationally in rushing...at Air Force...and when he was at Vandy is when they had Zac Stacey and Warren Norman...both gave us trouble every year...for years...again...couple more 1,000 yard rushers and I think guys who at least got a shot in the pros. He got moved up into that Co-OC roll after Drinkwtz took the App State job and it didn't work out as well as they had wanted...QB situation there was what really hurt them...but this is a real coach...again...Des Kitchens would be a great hire. 
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Any word on how he does recruiting-wise?  Probably kind of hard to gauge given the places he's been don't have the resources or latitude that USC does I guess.

 
CocksRGood said:
IMO  John Settle or Robert Gillespie would be improvements but Des Kitchings is a step backwards

https://goheels.com/staff-directory/robert-gillespie/998

https://uwbadgers.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/john-settle/1128
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Of course Settle and Gillespie would be improvements over Thomas Brown...yet neither has any desire or reason to leave their current jobs. Thomas Brown was here for one year and we went 4-8...he was at Wisconsin for one year...he was at UGA for one year...replacing BMac who moved on to coach WR...and then went to Miami with the fired Richt...BMac coached the bowl game that year...where 3 years later they were all fired again...Brown is a really good coach but he simply doesn't have the resume of either Settle or Gillespie...not many ever have. 

But where did you get the idea Des Kitchings is a step backwards?

I could have coached Melvin Gordon in his senior year...he then goes to UGA  with Nick Chubb and Soney Mitchell for one year and they not only lose to us but they all get fired. I'm not sure about the Miami job but up until then he hadn't recruited any of the great players he coached and he was only there for a year at any of the big stops other than Miami where he made it for three...if you count us he was at 3 of his last 4 jobs for only one year...he's had 5 jobs in 6 years.

 
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TheKOB said:
Any word on how he does recruiting-wise?  Probably kind of hard to gauge given the places he's been don't have the resources or latitude that USC does I guess.
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He had been the Recruiting Coordinator at NC States since 2014 through 2018 and NC State has had the 3rd most players drafted in the NFL...from the ACC...over that same period...players entering the 2019 draft that would have been recruited under his watch...behind only Clemson and Miami. Just to compare...over he same time frame...South Carolina has sent 13 players to the NFL and NC State has sent 17

 
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LBC said:
Of course Settle and Gillespie would be improvements over Thomas Brown...yet neither has any desire or reason to leave their current jobs. Thomas Brown was here for one year and we went 4-8...he was at Wisconsin for one year...he was at UGA for one year...replacing BMac who moved on to coach WR...and then went to Miami with the fired Richt...BMac coached the bowl game that year...where 3 years later they were all fired again...Brown is a really good coach but he simply doesn't have the resume of either Settle or Gillespie...not many ever have. 

But where did you get the idea Des Kitchings is a step backwards? I could have coached Melvin Gordon in his senior year...he then goes to UGA  with Nick Chubb and Soney Mitchell for one year and they not only lose to us but they all get fired. I'm not sure about the Miami job but up until then he hadn't recruited any of the great players he coached and he was only there for a year at any of the big stops other than Miami where he made it for three...if you count us he was at 3 of his last 4 jobs for only one year...he's had 5 jobs in 6 years.
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Gillespie started his coaching career as a gamecock his first 4 years 2005-2008 including an Outback bowl win in 2009. I would think he is approachable. As a lifelong Gamecock I will support whoever we hire. He needs to be ready to prepare our RBs to go against our 2020 schedule which includes the last 2 national champions as well as Georgia, Florida and Texas A&M all most likely top 10 teams.

 
 Des Kitchings is interviewing for the RB coach position today. If all goes as expected likely replacement for Thomas Brown.

 
CocksRGood said:
Gillespie started his coaching career as a gamecock his first 4 years 2005-2008 including an Outback bowl win in 2009. I would think he is approachable. As a lifelong Gamecock I will support whoever we hire. He needs to be ready to prepare our RBs to go against our 2020 schedule which includes the last 2 national champions as well as Georgia, Florida and Texas A&M all most likely top 10 teams.
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Agree Gillespie is a good one but Kitchings seems to be the pick here.

 
No excited about it but he's an assistant / position coach so there's a ton of variables.  We could hire the best out there but he may not fit in well.  It's all a guessing game so I'll hope for the best.  He's from the state and by all accounts a good recruiter.  Maybe the kind of guy who sticks around a while.

 
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When you have a disappointing year, it is tme to make some changes. So far, they look like upgrades.  
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I'm not sure any of these changes were our choice, based upon previous Muschamp comments, but as long as we need to make some, let's try for upgrades.

 
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