I suspect the issue is more about loyalty and friendship with his assistants than micromanagement. After having been an assistant coach for so long, he may be too empathetic and not able to do what's best for the program. I hope I'm wrong. Letting go of the co-DC was a really good move but not sure if it was a firing or resignation. It appears that maybe one of the best qualities a head coach can have is a stone cold heart, e.g. Saban, Graham, etc.
Does he have budget for all these new hires? I assume it’ll be expensive to bring in better quality coaches in what very well may be a 1 year gig. And OC would be a new salary.
I believe Norwood left for another gig which was actually a blessing in disguise for us. I think Young has a much more extensive knowledge of running and disguising defenses as well as being aggressive in coverage on pass plays which is why our pass defense has been so good without the benefit of actually having any type of pass rush (with the exception of Trevis Gipson who seemingly gets held on every freaking play).
There have been a couple of issues and they are seemingly limited to RT and LT. I am still wondering why no changes have been made in those positions. The sack that Boomer took in the 1st quarter was because the RT got beat by the speed move outside. Both our tackles show slow footwork in getting to that outside speed rusher and our scheme has the RB stepping into the middle to pick up gap blitzes. The interior of the OL has been pretty good all season. Chandler has been solid. Bowling has been solid when healthy. Paul and Wyatt have been good since they've been inserted into the lineup.
We have 3 maybe 4 ways to address the OT situation. 1st we recruit juco players to fix now. 2nd option to add two TE and change up play calling. 3rd options to recruit tall slim OT for instance 6'4 250 then add the weight but this mean red shirt for a year before seeing action. 4th we recruit smaller OT with good foot speed for example 6'2 280. What do you guys suggest we do?
Plagg was a smaller OT with great feet and he worked out just fine. I think Waahid gets the job done too...but apparently he is injured.
Ummmm....what is the statute of limitations on hiring this guy in any capacity at any level? Dave Bliss had players murdering each other over bad drug deals...he's coaching again (at least had a job as of a year ago).
Because we really need to hire someone nobody else wants who will resent accepting $500,000 for the job after we’ve invested ridiculous time and money to raise awareness and combat sexual assault. Got it.
I don't expect them to recruit much outside of OK, TX, AR, KS, MO and LA...unless they hire someone with good connections elsewhere.
Maybe we could grab Justin Lustig. He's the Special Teams coordinator and outside WR coach for Syracuse. (He was also formerly their RB coach as well). He seems to do a good job with the offense as he's been in Baber's camp since Easter Illinois. He could help our kicking game as well. Don't know how well he's doing with their receivers right now, but the Syracuse team seems to be doing well as a whole.
Could we pay him more than what he's making at Syracuse? Sad thing is, we could call him the OC and he would still make more as the special teams guy in Syracuse.
At RB, Brooks and Taylor will still continue to carry the load, but there are definitely situations where I can see Javon or TK getting carries. With Brin, he'll be more prepared to play now that President and Skipper aren't even options...so Brin is the backup QB at this point. But he'll likely only play if the game is out of hand, or if Boomer was unable to play.
Skipper out for season after surgery. President career ending 5th surgery. Will graduate and become a coach somewhere.
The should become a graduate assistant at TU. He can learn this offense in time.
We need to do more of this. And more of using Neph as an outlet too on 1st and 2nd downs. If we run PA off of our standard run look (1 RB, 1 TE, 3 WRs) and pass on those downs just a little, those LBs and safeties will have to hold just a count to make sure Brooks or Taylor have the ball. This will open up the 3 and 4 yard runs up the middle. But the play calling and keeping the D off balance and not knowing what is coming is what does that. Look what the fade pass to Hobbs did in opening up the run game. Look what the streak pass to Johnson on 2nd down did in opening up the run game. The dump to Neph. All of these were on downs we typically have run the ball. It backed the LBs an extra yard off the LOS, it backed the safeties and extra 2-3 yards off the LOS and opened up some space.
I'll hop onto that train. I was thinking he wasn't quite prepared for coordinator yet, but I'm ok with his experience level, despite his age now.
