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Did Texas Steal Randy Shannon?

It looks like Randy Shannon might have been coming to Kentucky, but then Florida got in the way. Florida hired Texas Defensive Coordiantor Will Muschamp as their head coch and his $900,000 a year job opened up in Austin.
[PRBREAK][/PRBREAK][QUOTE] I’m being told by some pretty solid sources that Randy Shannon [URL=”http://www.nationofblue.com/randy-shannon-kentucky-4088/”][B]withdrew from an announcement of being hired at Kentucky[/B][/URL] when the Muschamp news came over the wire. He immediately contacted Texas to express his interest in the job.
Mack Brown needs an immediate defensive coordinator hire to stem the negative momentum we just acquired today. Expect quick action. Shannon is in his comfort zone. Unlike the OC gig, this cannot be a measured hiring timeline. And it may, strangely, have impacted hiring urgency on offense too, given the strong likelihood that Applewhite is going to Gainesville.

If Shannon is hired, his first task will be to reassure a half dozen elite defensive recruits that are currently wavering, some of whom might follow Muschamp to Florida. We’re hearing second thoughts being voiced by talents like Steve Edmond, Sheroid Evans, Kendall Thompson to name a few
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Looks like Larry Vaught might have been right. He just got played by the [STRIKE]human[/STRIKE] money factor. You can’t blame Randy Shannon for wanting to go to Texas for the money and a better shot to win a national championship down the road.

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[URL=”http://hootsuite.com/dashboard#”]Recruitocosm[/URL] [URL=”http://twitter.com/Recruitocosm/status/14044695151771649″]2:51pm via TweetDeck [/URL]
We’ve been told that a number of recruits have been informed that Randy Shannon will be named the next defensive coordinator at Texas.
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