Is Derrick Ansley on the Move?
The first domino may be falling from Mark Stoops’ staff. Football Scoop is reporting that cornerbacks coach Derrick Ansley is a “strong candidate” to take a similar position on Kirby Smart’s staff at Georgia. Ansley was a graduate assistant on Smart’s Alabama defense during the 2010 and 2011 seasons.
Fans are expecting staff changes in the offseason, but this one should not be welcomed. When Ansley came to Kentucky, cornerbacks were the worst position on the defense, arguably the worst position group on the entire team. This year he should get a Gold Star from Coach Stoops for the work he’s done with Chris Westry and the development of Derrick Baity, both true freshmen starters by the season’s end. Next year, the defensive backs will be the strength of the defense.
Ansley has spent the week recruiting for the Wildcats, leaving some hope that this is simply speculation.
15 Comments for Is Derrick Ansley on the Move?
I am thinking, based on past action, either we give him stoopid money to stay, or we coach the DBs by commitee.
What a farce.
OK Georgia, here’s the trade: We’ll give you Tommy Mainord, Craig Naivar, and John Schlarman if you’ll leave Ansley with us.
Craig Naiver already left UK LAST YEAR for the University of Houston
We’ll buy him back and give him to Georgia. For some reason he’s falling up the career ladder because Houston is a much better team than UK.
Schlarman for sure. O-line has been atrocious under his reign.
Good for him. He knows Eliot cant scheme worth a crap so might as well move on.
Oh great, so the only coaches that know their ass from their elbow will be moving on, and we will be left with the Three Stooges.
Is it just me or did our corners not get totally blown up like I have no idea where the ball is at & I’m not turning my ahead around to try finding the ball in the UL game & well many others?
He has two options:
1. Stay at Kentucky with a head coach who is firmly on the hot seat next year.
2. Go to Georgia where they have better facilities, more money, and better fans and he can have some degree of job security for the next several years while working with placing himself in a position to climb the coaching ladder.
Seems like a hard decision to me.
Except Georgia is a place where coaches get fired even when they are very successful.
Tell me which school offers more job security:
2000: Jim Donnan vs. Hal Mumme
2001: Mark Richt vs. Guy Morriss
2002: Mark Richt vs. Guy Morriss
2003: Mark Richt vs. Rich Brooks
2004: Mark Richt vs. Rich Brooks
2005: Mark Richt vs. Rich Brooks
2006: Mark Richt vs. Rich Brooks
2007: Mark Richt vs. Rich Brooks
2008: Mark Richt vs. Rich Brooks
2009: Mark Richt vs. Rich Brooks
2010: Mark Richt vs. Joker Phillips
2011: Mark Richt vs. Joker Phillips
2012: Mark Richt vs. Joker Phillips
2013: Mark Richt vs. Mark Stoops
2014: Mark Richt vs. Mark Stoops
2015: Mark Richt vs. Mark Stoops
2016: Kirby Smart vs. Mark Stoops
Oh great. Lose the best coach we have, and keep the ones that have no clue what they’re doing.
Only at Kentucky.
Honestly, can anyone name one head football coach at Kentucky (aside from Bear Bryant) who has ever attained enough success to be targeted by a higher profile football school? I can’t think of any. We truly are the graveyard of football coaches.
How can anyone say this guy could coach DB’s when ours were getting burned the last 3 years for NEVER turning there heads to look for the ball until the pass was already caught by the receiver. Are you trying to tell me that’s a ‘scheme’ thing? We had more calls for pass interference due to NEVER looking for the ball than any school in the nation! I say good riddance.
No one will be coming after Shannon Dawson guarantee you that.