What do you think various parties are thinking or saying? It kinda makes you wonder....
RA:
Gundy: "Welp, got that hire out of the way. Now I can finally take off until spring practice."
@southernpoke: "We could have hired Knowles for this much. Why isn't he texting me back?"
@JonnyVito: "I wonder if Mason likes squatch hunting..."
@BluegrassPoke: "I wonder if Mason knows I was texting Harsin the other night..."
@hoops316: (insert expletive here)
@JimmyBob: "I hope we didn't hire a guy that likes touching the dog in strange places."
@Mike Holder: "When the hell is Chad going to get around to offering Coach Mike another extension???"
@Coach Mike: "Why does Coach Holder text me every 30 minutes asking me if Weiberg's extended me yet?"
@Chad Weiberg: "I hope we can get Derek Mason on board. We need as much momentum as possible going into the next round of realignment... Why is Holder texting me about Coach Mike again?"
@Joe Bob Clements:
@Indy: "Happy I was able to be involved in the search and interview process for Coach Mason. I wonder if anyone knows who I am yet..."
@BluegrassPoke: (opens bottle #2 of Jack Daniels) "I wonder if Mason knows I've had drinks with Jerry Jones..."
@osu2082: "Props to Gundy for actually swinging for the fences and hitting a home run. Also, why do I always have to be the voice of reason?"
@Jeff J.: "I wonder if Mason likes baseball..."
@FMPoke: "I wonder if Mason likes the St. Louis Cardinals..."
@Kenny Orange Powers: (inserts BM tackled by cops gif)
@MegaPoke: "I wonder if Mason likes spandex..."
@Marshal Jim Duncan: "I wonder if Mason likes Wilco..."
@AC2020: "Man, I bet I'm confusing everyone on the boards about my age by using all these cool, hip phrases. I should probably start calling Mason my broseph.
Shit, I forgot my login again. Time to create a new username I guess."
@Kenny Orange Powers: "Mason better be an Applebee's fan or I will fight his ass in the parking lot at 2am. Extra leg kicks from Kenny Jr."
@N. Pappagiorgio: "If Derek Mason becomes a Supreme Court Justice, I'll make him my avatar."
@dignon003: "What's an avatar?"
@OKSTATE1: "Former Vanderbilt head coach and Stanford defensive coordinator, Derek Mason is in his first year at Auburn as defensive coordinator.
Mason spent seven seasons at Vanderbilt (2014-20) where he became just the second coach in program history to lead a team to multiple bowl appearances. His 2018 team won six games and capped the regular season with a third straight victory over rival Tennessee and fifth in seven years. It also marked Vanderbilt’s second bowl appearance in three years under Mason.
Mason guided Vanderbilt to its eighth postseason appearance in 2016 and finished the regular season 6-6, including four wins over the final six games. The season featured marquee SEC victories over Georgia, Ole Miss and No. 24 Tennessee. Inside linebacker Zach Cunningham became Vanderbilt’s first consensus All-American in more than three decades, sweeping first-team honors.
The architect of Stanford’s vaunted 3-4 defense, Mason spent four seasons with the Cardinal and was elevated to defensive coordinator in 2011 after leading the program to a pair of Rose Bowl appearances and consecutive Pac-12 titles. Mason’s elite defensive units at Stanford ranked among the NCAA’s best in defensive efficiency for three consecutive seasons.
While facing seven ranked opponents in 2013, Stanford ranked third nationally in rushing defense (89.4 ypg), 10th in scoring defense (19.0 ppg) and 16th in total offense (343.1 ypg). The Cardinal was also one of only five teams to allow less than 100 rushing yards per game in 2013 and ranked fifth nationally with 44 sacks and seventh with 109 tackles for loss.
In 2012, Mason was a finalist for the Broyles Award, given annually to the nation’s top assistant coach, after directing a Stanford defense widely considered the program’s finest unit ever.
Mason’s leadership paved the way to a historic defensive output, breaking Stanford’s single-season record with 57 sacks and pacing the Pac-12 in scoring defense, total defense and rushing defense, and helped the Cardinal to an 11-2 season capped off with a Rose Bowl title. In 11 of 14 games, Stanford held its opponent to 20 or fewer points, including a 14-point effort in an overtime win at top-ranked Oregon, who led the FBS with a 54.8 scoring average. The 2012 Stanford defense held eight of 13 opponents under 100 yards rushing.
In 2011, Mason’s first year as co-defensive coordinator, his unit ranked either first or second in the Pac-12 in six defensive categories, including rushing defense, third-down conversion defense, scoring defense, total defense, sacks and opponent first downs.
Mason also helped develop an array of Stanford defensive standouts, including All-Pro cornerback Richard Sherman, All-America defensive end Trent Murphy, All-America linebacker Shayne Skov and All-Pac-12 safety Ed Reynolds.
Prior to his arrival in Palo Alto, Mason served as an assistant defensive back coach for the Minnesota Vikings from 2007-09. He played a vital role in the team ranking sixth in total defense in 2008 and 2009 as the Vikings won NFC North titles each season. Mason was introduced to the NFL coaching circles through the Minority Fellowship program.
Before joining the Vikings, Mason tutored wide receivers at Ohio under Frank Solich, helping the Bobcats improve from 4-7 in 2005 to a 9-5 campaign and GMAC Bowl appearance the following year. Mason spent the 2004 season as wide receivers coach at New Mexico State, where the Aggies led the conference in passing.
During the 2002 campaign, Mason mentored receivers and assisted with special teams at Utah. The Utes featured the NFL Draft’s No. 1 overall pick in quarterback Alex Smith and wide receiver Paris Warren, an eventual seventh-round pick.
Mason’s move to Utah came after a three-year stint at Bucknell (1999-2001) in which he gained his first experience as a defensive assistant coach. At Bucknell, Mason served as defensive backs mentor for three straight winning Bison squads.
Mason’s first three collegiate positions came as an offensive assistant at Mesa (Ariz.) Community College in 1994, Weber State in 1995-96 and Idaho State in 1997-98.
As a player, Mason was a two-year starter and four-year letter winner at Northern Arizona. Mason earned a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from Northern Arizona in 1993. A native of Phoenix, Mason was a standout football player at Camelback High School.
Derek and his wife, LeighAnne, have two daughters, Makenzie and Sydney."
@The Duke: "I wonder if Mason prefers Google or Microsoft... Outlook is clearly inferior to GMail, so I bet he's a Google fan."
@thetruth: "Why does everyone like this new guy so much? I mean, Yurcich had a more impressive resume. Give me a break."
@Gus Johnson: "Oklahoma State makes an offer to a new DC and... WOW!!! CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT?!?!?! DEREK JOHNSON IS GOING TO OKLAHOMA STATE!!!!"
@Joel Klatt: "That's a great hire, Gus. Derek Johnson has been one of the more underrated defensive coordinators in the country in the last 10 years, and did an impressive job at Vanderbilt where it's not easy to win football games. This is a great move by Mike Gundy and goes to show why he's had success for so long at Oklahoma State."
@ou football starter: "I don't know who this Mason guy is that OSU hired, but I'm transferring to USC."
@Chad Weiberg: (to Mike Gundy) "Listen Mike, I know you don't want to do any press for hiring Coach Mason, but it could give us a little bump in season ticket sales."
@OSU ticket office: (sniffs glue)
@BluegrassPoke: (opens bottle #3 of Jack Daniels) "I wondrure if Mason knows I know thad we eer goin do the big 10. I'm pudding my ships on the tay bull."
@dtspoke: "Not really. Here's the real story..."
@OSVICTOR: "This is the best move Gundy's ever made. Besides his decision to hire a DC at all. Oh, who am I kidding... Gundy's never made a bad decision."
@cactusjackosu:
@sooner fanbase:
@BluegrassPoke: "wkfivienka Arkansas St ajfi4nguvjsjwb4hf. Win tjxiamnrbguciej wjeixi. Furws?"
@CowboyUp: (posts cell phone image of newspaper article) "I wonder if Coach Mason has heard of OSU assistant coach Terrence Rencher--the all-time leading scorer in the history of Texas Longhorns basketball..."
@southernpoke: "GD it, Knowles still isn't responding... I guarantee Meacham would be a better DC than Mason."
@Colorado_Poke: "I need to stop drinking and shitposting on the weekends..."
RA:
Gundy: "Welp, got that hire out of the way. Now I can finally take off until spring practice."
@southernpoke: "We could have hired Knowles for this much. Why isn't he texting me back?"
@JonnyVito: "I wonder if Mason likes squatch hunting..."
@BluegrassPoke: "I wonder if Mason knows I was texting Harsin the other night..."
@hoops316: (insert expletive here)
@JimmyBob: "I hope we didn't hire a guy that likes touching the dog in strange places."
@Mike Holder: "When the hell is Chad going to get around to offering Coach Mike another extension???"
@Coach Mike: "Why does Coach Holder text me every 30 minutes asking me if Weiberg's extended me yet?"
@Chad Weiberg: "I hope we can get Derek Mason on board. We need as much momentum as possible going into the next round of realignment... Why is Holder texting me about Coach Mike again?"
@Joe Bob Clements:
@Indy: "Happy I was able to be involved in the search and interview process for Coach Mason. I wonder if anyone knows who I am yet..."
@BluegrassPoke: (opens bottle #2 of Jack Daniels) "I wonder if Mason knows I've had drinks with Jerry Jones..."
@osu2082: "Props to Gundy for actually swinging for the fences and hitting a home run. Also, why do I always have to be the voice of reason?"
@Jeff J.: "I wonder if Mason likes baseball..."
@FMPoke: "I wonder if Mason likes the St. Louis Cardinals..."
@Kenny Orange Powers: (inserts BM tackled by cops gif)
@MegaPoke: "I wonder if Mason likes spandex..."
@Marshal Jim Duncan: "I wonder if Mason likes Wilco..."
@AC2020: "Man, I bet I'm confusing everyone on the boards about my age by using all these cool, hip phrases. I should probably start calling Mason my broseph.
Shit, I forgot my login again. Time to create a new username I guess."
@Kenny Orange Powers: "Mason better be an Applebee's fan or I will fight his ass in the parking lot at 2am. Extra leg kicks from Kenny Jr."
@N. Pappagiorgio: "If Derek Mason becomes a Supreme Court Justice, I'll make him my avatar."
@dignon003: "What's an avatar?"
@OKSTATE1: "Former Vanderbilt head coach and Stanford defensive coordinator, Derek Mason is in his first year at Auburn as defensive coordinator.
Mason spent seven seasons at Vanderbilt (2014-20) where he became just the second coach in program history to lead a team to multiple bowl appearances. His 2018 team won six games and capped the regular season with a third straight victory over rival Tennessee and fifth in seven years. It also marked Vanderbilt’s second bowl appearance in three years under Mason.
Mason guided Vanderbilt to its eighth postseason appearance in 2016 and finished the regular season 6-6, including four wins over the final six games. The season featured marquee SEC victories over Georgia, Ole Miss and No. 24 Tennessee. Inside linebacker Zach Cunningham became Vanderbilt’s first consensus All-American in more than three decades, sweeping first-team honors.
The architect of Stanford’s vaunted 3-4 defense, Mason spent four seasons with the Cardinal and was elevated to defensive coordinator in 2011 after leading the program to a pair of Rose Bowl appearances and consecutive Pac-12 titles. Mason’s elite defensive units at Stanford ranked among the NCAA’s best in defensive efficiency for three consecutive seasons.
While facing seven ranked opponents in 2013, Stanford ranked third nationally in rushing defense (89.4 ypg), 10th in scoring defense (19.0 ppg) and 16th in total offense (343.1 ypg). The Cardinal was also one of only five teams to allow less than 100 rushing yards per game in 2013 and ranked fifth nationally with 44 sacks and seventh with 109 tackles for loss.
In 2012, Mason was a finalist for the Broyles Award, given annually to the nation’s top assistant coach, after directing a Stanford defense widely considered the program’s finest unit ever.
Mason’s leadership paved the way to a historic defensive output, breaking Stanford’s single-season record with 57 sacks and pacing the Pac-12 in scoring defense, total defense and rushing defense, and helped the Cardinal to an 11-2 season capped off with a Rose Bowl title. In 11 of 14 games, Stanford held its opponent to 20 or fewer points, including a 14-point effort in an overtime win at top-ranked Oregon, who led the FBS with a 54.8 scoring average. The 2012 Stanford defense held eight of 13 opponents under 100 yards rushing.
In 2011, Mason’s first year as co-defensive coordinator, his unit ranked either first or second in the Pac-12 in six defensive categories, including rushing defense, third-down conversion defense, scoring defense, total defense, sacks and opponent first downs.
Mason also helped develop an array of Stanford defensive standouts, including All-Pro cornerback Richard Sherman, All-America defensive end Trent Murphy, All-America linebacker Shayne Skov and All-Pac-12 safety Ed Reynolds.
Prior to his arrival in Palo Alto, Mason served as an assistant defensive back coach for the Minnesota Vikings from 2007-09. He played a vital role in the team ranking sixth in total defense in 2008 and 2009 as the Vikings won NFC North titles each season. Mason was introduced to the NFL coaching circles through the Minority Fellowship program.
Before joining the Vikings, Mason tutored wide receivers at Ohio under Frank Solich, helping the Bobcats improve from 4-7 in 2005 to a 9-5 campaign and GMAC Bowl appearance the following year. Mason spent the 2004 season as wide receivers coach at New Mexico State, where the Aggies led the conference in passing.
During the 2002 campaign, Mason mentored receivers and assisted with special teams at Utah. The Utes featured the NFL Draft’s No. 1 overall pick in quarterback Alex Smith and wide receiver Paris Warren, an eventual seventh-round pick.
Mason’s move to Utah came after a three-year stint at Bucknell (1999-2001) in which he gained his first experience as a defensive assistant coach. At Bucknell, Mason served as defensive backs mentor for three straight winning Bison squads.
Mason’s first three collegiate positions came as an offensive assistant at Mesa (Ariz.) Community College in 1994, Weber State in 1995-96 and Idaho State in 1997-98.
As a player, Mason was a two-year starter and four-year letter winner at Northern Arizona. Mason earned a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from Northern Arizona in 1993. A native of Phoenix, Mason was a standout football player at Camelback High School.
Derek and his wife, LeighAnne, have two daughters, Makenzie and Sydney."
@The Duke: "I wonder if Mason prefers Google or Microsoft... Outlook is clearly inferior to GMail, so I bet he's a Google fan."
@thetruth: "Why does everyone like this new guy so much? I mean, Yurcich had a more impressive resume. Give me a break."
@Gus Johnson: "Oklahoma State makes an offer to a new DC and... WOW!!! CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT?!?!?! DEREK JOHNSON IS GOING TO OKLAHOMA STATE!!!!"
@Joel Klatt: "That's a great hire, Gus. Derek Johnson has been one of the more underrated defensive coordinators in the country in the last 10 years, and did an impressive job at Vanderbilt where it's not easy to win football games. This is a great move by Mike Gundy and goes to show why he's had success for so long at Oklahoma State."
@ou football starter: "I don't know who this Mason guy is that OSU hired, but I'm transferring to USC."
@Chad Weiberg: (to Mike Gundy) "Listen Mike, I know you don't want to do any press for hiring Coach Mason, but it could give us a little bump in season ticket sales."
@OSU ticket office: (sniffs glue)
@BluegrassPoke: (opens bottle #3 of Jack Daniels) "I wondrure if Mason knows I know thad we eer goin do the big 10. I'm pudding my ships on the tay bull."
@dtspoke: "Not really. Here's the real story..."
@OSVICTOR: "This is the best move Gundy's ever made. Besides his decision to hire a DC at all. Oh, who am I kidding... Gundy's never made a bad decision."
@cactusjackosu:
@sooner fanbase:
@BluegrassPoke: "wkfivienka Arkansas St ajfi4nguvjsjwb4hf. Win tjxiamnrbguciej wjeixi. Furws?"
@CowboyUp: (posts cell phone image of newspaper article) "I wonder if Coach Mason has heard of OSU assistant coach Terrence Rencher--the all-time leading scorer in the history of Texas Longhorns basketball..."
@southernpoke: "GD it, Knowles still isn't responding... I guarantee Meacham would be a better DC than Mason."
@Colorado_Poke: "I need to stop drinking and shitposting on the weekends..."
