[Bamabeachlivin]

Well it looks that the Tides coaching staff is starting to come together he has been interviewing a good many coaches and has desided on at lest one more assistance coach known at this time. Saban did hire Kirby Smart, who was the Dolphins safeties coach, to coach defensive backs at UA. A full roster of coaches with whom he spoke Friday was not available, but some of them are:
Mississippi State running backs coach Shane Beamer, a former Virginia Tech player whose father is longtime Hokies coach Frank Beamer.
Former Houston Texans offensive line coach Steve Marshall, who also was an offensive coordinator at Texas A&M and at North Carolina.
Travis Jones, an assistant defensive line coach with the Dolphins, who played at Georgia.
Bobby Williams, the Dolphins running backs coach, who followed Saban as Michigan State head coach.
Additionally, LSU offensive line coach Stacy Searels is expected to visit Tuscaloosa and speak with Saban Saturday.
Williams was offered a position, but it is not clear if that is true of any of the other coaches.
Saban is also going to continue interviews with the rest of the staff who coached under Mike Shula. None have been told their status definitively. The status of defensive coordinator Joe Kines, who has said Alabama is his last coaching stop, has not been made public. Coaches already hired Kevin Steele, the former FSU linebackers coach, and Lance Thompson, the former Central Florida defensive coordinator. Steele will be the defensive coordinator, but Thompson's title has not yet been decided. It is looking good as the Tide"s staff is shaping up.

[Stoney]

That's why we hired him to make wholesale changes.

[GaBamaGirl]

Is it true Jimbo Fisher turned him down?

[Stoney]

Originally Posted by GaBamaGirl

Is it true Jimbo Fisher turned him down?

No my cousin in Baton Rouge is crying foul. He said that Fisher would join the Alabama staff as early as Monday.

[caddiroam]

Originally Posted by Stoney

No my cousin in Baton Rouge is crying foul. He said that Fisher would join the Alabama staff as early as Monday.

boy i hope that is true. everything i have read is that he had reached an agreement with bobby bowden. i really hope fisher comes, and takes over when saban leaves.

[Stoney]

Originally Posted by caddiroam

boy i hope that is true. everything i have read is that he had reached an agreement with bobby bowden. i really hope fisher comes, and takes over when saban leaves.

Ya'll didn't believe it when I told ya'll Saban was coming either. But he did and Jimbo could be here as early as Monday.

[GaBamaGirl]

Originally Posted by Stoney

Ya'll didn't believe it when I told ya'll Saban was coming either. But he did and Jimbo could be here as early as Monday.

Oh please, please, please I hope you are right! You were right about Saban so I am going to have faith in you! You are not like a Witch Doctor or something?

[Stoney]

Originally Posted by GaBamaGirl

Oh please, please, please I hope you are right! You were right about Saban so I am going to have faith in you! You are not like a Witch Doctor or something?

Nah, I just have some mighty good connections. Besides if Fisher wasn't going to be the offensive coordinator Saban would let Joe Kines do it. Kines actually called a decent game plan and has a good imagination.

[GaBamaGirl]

Originally Posted by Stoney

Nah, I just have some mighty good connections. Besides if Fisher wasn't going to be the offensive coordinator Saban would let Joe Kines do it. Kines actually called a decent game plan and has a good imagination.

Yea I was very impressed with Kines, but isn't he really a defense guy? That pass to the tackle for a TD was great! I knew it was going to count even with the flag because I had so much confidence in Kines. I sure would like to kept him around somewhere in the organization.

[Stoney]

Originally Posted by GaBamaGirl

Yea I was very impressed with Kines, but isn't he really a defense guy? That pass to the tackle for a TD was great! I knew it was going to count even with the flag because I had so much confidence in Kines. I sure would like to kept him around somewhere in the organization.

Kines emphatically said he wants to stay at Alabama in some kind of position including administrative work. Saban would be wise to keep him on staff. As a matter of fact Kines has already turned down FSU,Arkansas, and Miami. The man says he is not moving his heart is in Tuscaloosa.