Sunday, December 12, 2010

Source: John Thompson no longer candidate for Ark. St. DC job

From a source close to the situation:

John Thompson has pulled out of consideriation for the Defensive Coordinator job at Arkansas State. In an email exchange, there were multiple factors but Coach Thompson did not want to move his children again [Thompson has two sons, 14 and 11].   He said he'd like to come back home to Arkansas [at some point] but his family had to come first.

My take and what this means for 2011: This is great news for Georgia State fans. We will likely retain our DC for 2011 and I said after the Alabama game that keeping our coaching staff together is vital for long term success. John Thompson is a very good DC and game planner.  With another offseason conditioning program, another recruiting cyle, getting NG Eduardo Curry back from injury and adding a very good pass rusher in DE Roderick Thompson, our defensive line will continue to get much better.  This helps our LBs get better and in turn makes our young DBs continue to get better.

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