Rumors: Tim Hinton to join Urban Meyer at tOSU

[GoldenIsThyFame]

I think TT had a freudian slip. I think he meant to say Stoops to OSU.

 

[TerryTate]

I was being facetious.


OSU boards are doing exactly what we did when there was a coaching change. Anyone and everyone was mentioned.

Stoops is not coming here, obviously.

 

[Andy in Sactown]

^This. Context clues ftw.

 

[ab2cmiller]

Portion of SB Tribune article says that Hinton is expected to stay at ND.
Link

The reports that had Irish running back coach Tim Hinton headed to Ohio State to join the staff of longtime friend and new Buckeye head coach Urban Meyer appear to have been premature. Hinton is expected to stay with Kelly and Notre Dame.

 

[IrishLax]

OSU mod on 247 reporting that he interviewed with OSU yesterday. TIFWIW.

 

[Ultimate Penn St. Hater]

I hope not.

 

[tko]

well then get on with it Tim. if you're gone get out and if you're not can someone on the ND staff comment on the matter.

 

[ND NYC]

who knows maybe hinton gets himself a nice raise out of nd by doing this

 

[IrishLax]

I didn't want to be a pessimist before, but there was a lot of smoke here with him visiting Taylor Decker alone and then Taylor saying the visit went "fine" and that he was "99% committed to ND and the only thing that could change his mind would be a coaching change." I will be seriously disappointed in Tim if this is true AND he poaches a recruit in the process. That would be straight dirty.

 

[IrishLax]

Staff changes will wait until after Signing Day | Inside the Irish

Then you have articles like this... so... we'll see. Hence why I said TIFWIW on my first post.

 

[NDdomer2]

iWill_doiterday William Mahone
by hansensouthbend
Coach Hinton coming to see me Friday morning before they go under way for bowl practice

Will Mahone on Wednesday.

 

[rtrn2glory]

I didn't want to be a pessimist before, but there was a lot of smoke here with him visiting Taylor Decker alone and then Taylor saying the visit went "fine" and that he was "99% committed to ND and the only thing that could change his mind would be a coaching change." I will be seriously disappointed in Tim if this is true AND he poaches a recruit in the process. That would be straight dirty.

that would be a dirty trick...idk if he committed to ND based off of Hinton, though. he seems like a guy that would come to ND regardless of who was coaching, even though he said that they only thing that could wavor him is a coaching change.

if hinton does leave i think we send in Ed W and smooth the waters and we'd be fine.

 

[PANDFAN]

hopes were down and now they have been restored....at least for now..

 

[GoldenIsThyFame]

Maybe they have an agreement to not say anything about leaving until after NSD so recruits won't decommit. Who the eff really knows though.

**Hinton At A Resolution? … We continue to hear that Notre Dame running backs coach Tim Hinton will join Urban Meyer’s offensive coaching staff at Ohio State in some capacity.
We say “some capacity” because it is widely presumed that Stan Drayton will be running backs coach (he was OSU’s wide receivers coach in 2010, but was an RB coach under Meyer at Florida). Therefore, Hinton could be joining the fold as wide receivers coach, or perhaps there is a chance he will be RB’s coach and Drayton will stick with the wideouts. The bottom line is that multiple sources all have the same sentiment: Look for Hinton to be a Buckeye in the very near future.

Boarding House: Wednesday Edition

 

[NYMIKE6]

Maybe they have an agreement to not say anything about leaving until after NSD so recruits won't decommit. Who the eff really knows though.



Boarding House: Wednesday Edition

And then the B&G board at 24/7 says he will be staying for next season, it's a toss up right now which story is more confusing Gunner/Hinton.....I will go on record stating that no matter what happens with either story ND football will be fine.

 

[Redbar]

Posted by Bill Greene, Ohio Recruiting analyst for scout on Nov.28:


"ASSISTANTS: Tim Hinton is a done deal, and he will be leaving Notre Dame for Ohio State, probably to coach tight ends. Look for Mike Stoops to end up as defensive coordinator, but there is still work to be done on that front."

I know there have been conflicting reports of late but...I also saw where they think he is coming on one of their forums and they hope Taylor Decker and Jaylin Smith '13 (Hinton is his primary recruiter) will eventually lean their way.

 

[Andy in Sactown]

Oh look, troll picked a new screen name.

He's not going anywhere. Those "reports" were retracted looong ago. You had to go all the way back to November 28th to serve your purposes.

+1/10

 

[FightingIrishLover7]

Nov 28th....

LOL. nice try, buddy.

 

[Rhode Irish]

Would it make sense to promote Hinton to OC, give him a bump in salary and then allow him to remain focused on the RBs and hire a full-time ST coach instead of filling the RB coach role? I'm not sure what the pecking order is for a promotion on the offensive staff. I know Warriner would also have to get some consideration, but if Hinton could leave (and potentially take recruits with him) then he might have the leverage in terms of getting the promotion. Of course, that would present other challenges in terms of the dynamics among the staff going forward.

Also, Lax, I hear your point about Hinton going by himself to see Taylor, but would BK allow that to happen if he were concerned about Hinton jumping ship? Clearly he has to have a read on what is going to go down. I can't imagine he would just sit back and let one of his staffers start angling to take some of our committed players with him on his way out of town.

 

[Rhode Irish]

Oh look, troll picked a new screen name.

He's not going anywhere. Those "reports" were retracted looong ago. You had to go all the way back to November 28th to serve your purposes.

+1/10

I almost said the same thing, then I went a page back and it looks like a whole new round of rumors just started again yesterday. Obviously that doesn't make the quoted blurb from 11/28 any more relevant, since that was retracted almost a week ago. But I'm not tremendously confident that the Hinton move can't happen. I feel like it is possible. I'm not sure what to make of the fact that the source for all of these rumors are OSU boards. Maybe they're just throwing crap against the wall. Maybe they are trying to stir things up for recruiting purposes. Or maybe there is legit smoke.

Doesn't change the fact this the post you quoted was exceptionally trolly, though.

 

[Whiskeyjack]

Would it make sense to promote Hinton to OC, give him a bump in salary and then allow him to remain focused on the RBs and hire a full-time ST coach instead of filling the RB coach role? I'm not sure what the pecking order is for a promotion on the offensive staff. I know Warriner would also have to get some consideration, but if Hinton could leave (and potentially take recruits with him) then he might have the leverage in terms of getting the promotion. Of course, that would present other challenges in terms of the dynamics among the staff going forward.

Just speculating, but I think the loss of Warriner would be worse than the loss of Hinton and a recruit or two. I don't want to see Hinton leave, but he strikes me as being among the most dispensable members of Kelly's staff.

Kelly's rule is supposedly that his staff can leave for other schools with no hard feelings as long as it's a promotion, but serious bridges would be burned if a staff member makes a horizontal move. Taking a positional coaching role under Meyer would definitely be a horizontal move, and Hinton would burn a lot of bridges in the process. Why would he do such a thing?

 

[Rhode Irish]

Just speculating, but I think the loss of Warriner would be worse than the loss of Hinton and a recruit or two. I don't want to see Hinton leave, but he strikes me as being among the most dispensable members of Kelly's staff.

Kelly's rule is supposedly that his staff can leave for other schools with no hard feelings as long as it's a promotion, but serious bridges would be burned if a staff member makes a horizontal move. Taking a positional coaching role under Meyer would definitely be a horizontal move, and Hinton would burn a lot of bridges in the process. Why would he do such a thing?

Like I said, I'm not familiar with the pecking order of the coaches within the staff. My question was legitimate, not a suggestion that such a move was a no-brainer. I am familiar with Kelly's policy re: horizontal moves, and I agree with you - if I were Hinton, making that move (which could actually be a demotion for all we know) does not make a ton of sense. Except that he is from Ohio, is apparently a friend of Meyer's, and Meyer seems to be a pretty persuasive dude somehow.

So, maybe you're right and maybe the move makes so little sense that Hinton wouldn't make it, but I just wasn't sure of where he fit in with the staff in terms of importance and influence. I hope he stays put, but at least if he does go it seems like his defection won't cripple the program. I wasn't exactly excited to see Molnar go, but I do think it is healthy to infuse a little fresh blood every now and then. I'm sure ND will be able to attract somebody really good to fill out the staff.

 

[IrishLax]

The only thing I've heard that makes sense is that he is a couple years away from being able to retire as an Ohio employee with a pension.

I believe this is one of those things we'll just have to let play out. It'd be a lateral move and if BK ups his pay significantly over what OSU can offer I would assume he would stay.

 

[Whiskeyjack]

Like I said, I'm not familiar with the pecking order of the coaches within the staff. My question was legitimate, not a suggestion that such a move was a no-brainer. I am familiar with Kelly's policy re: horizontal moves, and I agree with you - if I were Hinton, making that move (which could actually be a demotion for all we know) does not make a ton of sense. Except that he is from Ohio, is apparently a friend of Meyer's, and Meyer seems to be a pretty persuasive dude somehow.

So, maybe you're right and maybe the move makes so little sense that Hinton wouldn't make it, but I just wasn't sure of where he fit in with the staff in terms of importance and influence. I hope he stays put, but at least if he does go it seems like his defection won't cripple the program. I wasn't exactly excited to see Molnar go, but I do think it is healthy to infuse a little fresh blood every now and then. I'm sure ND will be able to attract somebody really good to fill out the staff.

I wasn't disagreeing with you. I quoted your post as a lead in to my own questions.

 

[Redbar]

Oh look, troll picked a new screen name.

He's not going anywhere. Those "reports" were retracted looong ago. You had to go all the way back to November 28th to serve your purposes.

+1/10

I'm certainly not a troll, just a new member was going through the different forum topics and googled this one and saw that. Did not realize it had been retracted will try to be more careful in the future.

 

[NDinL.A.]

I'm certainly not a troll, just a new member was going through the different forum topics and googled this one and saw that. Did not realize it had been retracted will try to be more careful in the future.

No worries. You came at the same time a troll was banned, so it smelled funny. Welcome aboard, and happy posting...

 

[Redbar]

No worries. You came at the same time a troll was banned, so it smelled funny. Welcome aboard, and happy posting...

Thanks man!

 

[kmoose]

Thanks man!

Welcome aboard, probie! They've explained "New Guy Beer" to you, right?

 

[Chamellion]

Would it make sense to promote Hinton to OC, give him a bump in salary and then allow him to remain focused on the RBs and hire a full-time ST coach instead of filling the RB coach role?

Sorry to go OT for a second, but we don't have a full time ST coach already?

If not, makes sense that the punt team was a disaster.

 

[clashmore_mike]

Sorry to go OT for a second, but we don't have a full time ST coach already?

If not, makes sense that the punt team was a disaster.

Elston coaches the defensive line and is the the special teams coach.