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[QUOTE="TheCusian, post: 1636105, member: 2585"]
This.

I've been thinking about this since the hire.

"Babers felt moved by his Christian faith to accept the job at Eastern Illinois before he spoke with Briles about it, but a pearl of wisdom from that conversation also resonated with Babers.[B] "The only jobs I've ever gotten," Briles told Babers, "have been the ones nobody else wanted.[/B]"

The DNA of this offense is in Texas HSFB and not having the talent to compete. Briles then ends up a Baylor (a school with a much worse history/reputation than us) and does the same thing. Babers took this offense to a 4 win Eastern Illinois school and turned that around. BGSU was different in that they had success under TheWakeForestWeasel* prior - but that had been a story of a long rebuild, followed by Babers pushing them over the top.

The "Why not Syracuse" stuff from the press conference wasn't just fluff. I think it's tied to the DNA of the Briles offense. It's taking something "nobody else wanted" cough, Frost, cough and succeeded where it looks impossible.

And that's why I think he'll actually stick around for the length of his contract (and why he signed a 6 year deal, reportedly).
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