Big Time Hire-TU hires Texas Tech Line Coach

[Oak775]

Sources: Tulsa, Philip Montgomery adding former Texas Tech offensive line coach

Steve Farmer, who helped Texas Tech down Mississippi State in the Liberty Bowl, is headed to the Golden Hurricane staff as offensive line coach

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”Lubbock is not the end of the end of the world, but you can see it from there.”

If you have ever spent time in Lubbock, and if you have ever lived somewhere where it’s green you’ll understand.

 

[aTUfan]

i thought it was Boise.

 

[rusty-c]

Beautiful mountains near Boise. The loop around Lubbock and then nothing for miles…

 

[Weatherdemon]

Beautiful mountains near Boise. The loop around Lubbock and then nothing for miles…

Boise has those mountains, a nice river running next to BSU campus, and a very modern downtown.
I was surprised at how cool that town was.

 

[TUcandoit]

I love how its a thread about a "BIG TIME" hire and yet we are talking about mountains. Seems like a ho-hum type hire. Hope I am wrong and he goes out and kills it for us.

 

[TU_BLA]

I love how its a thread about a "BIG TIME" hire and yet we are talking about mountains. Seems like a ho-hum type hire. Hope I am wrong and he goes out and kills it for us.

It's a hire and probably a quality one. We need some quality home run hires on the defensive side of the ball. Thibodeaux is available from OU. Does anyone think he could be a DC? He's an excellent DL coach.

 

[LMGRA]

Thibs is off to Smu unfortunately

 

[Oak775]

It's a hire and probably a quality one. We need some quality home run hires on the defensive side of the ball. Thibodeaux is available from OU. Does anyone think he could be a DC? He's an excellent DL coach.

He’s gone to TCU…

 

[TUcandoit]

He's off to North Texas.....?

 

[TU 1978]

Thibodeaux wound up at the Smoo.

 

[TU1NNJ]

Thibodeaux wound up at the Smoo.

About eight years ago didn’t we hire a DC that had just announced going to SMU? Asking for a friend.

 

[Chris Harmon]

There's an ongoing thread from Jan. 1 in Hurricane Alley with some video and articles re: Farmer. TU finally made the official announcement...not sure what took so long.

 

[Sbellini]

I really like this hire.

 

[Oak775]

When you have no idea where Temple and Tyler are it’s going to be a long day. Farmer can relate to the people in Temple and Tyler, and he knows that recruiting in Texas is very important to keep the program competitive.

 

[TU 1978]

I think this is a good hire, but when I think of ”big time” hires, that should have been reserved for hiring Gus as head coach.

 

[rusty-c]

Great hire in my opinion. Always like to get area folks who have proven themselves in other programs and come back. Nelp has been a great example of this working.

On a side note, I do wonder if he’s related to the Farmers who were Superintendents of Coweta schools.

 

[chito_and_leon]

Seems like the kind of high end, promising, up and coming young guys who we all say we want. Not sure why people are not excited about this hire, looks like an excellent one. Lord knows I'm no Monty cheerleader, and I'd prefer an OC, but gotta give Monty credit on this one. And if we're going to run Monty's offense, OL is critical so this is an important one.