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Message: [QUOTE="dinosaurbbq, post: 1231657, member: 1333"] I have a plan. 1. We immediately schedule down OOC -- 1 BCS, 2 non P5 and a bad FCS every year. We do that, we automatically increase wins by 2 or 3; and 2. We spend the money to hire experienced, successful offensive coaches. RBs all regressed this year so Smith is replaced. Oline regressed beyond what I would expect due to the injuries -- Even Hickey looked bad, so Joe Adam is gone. I'd keep McDonald on WR because he's experienced in that role at major schools and brings big recruiting value. I'd keep TE coach Acosta purely for recruiting value and because we don't know whether he can coach TEs since we didn't use them at all as pass catchers. I'd replace Lester because QBs who were decently regarded recruits have all absolutely looked awful and his offense looked far worse than the bad offense we saw under McDonald. That's 3 coaches we could bring in while losing absolutely nothing. If we raised those salaries for those positions by a total of $500,000 and correspondingly raised the salaries on the defensive side so those coaches wouldn't be upset, I believe we could bring in some experienced, successful offensive coaches that would mean an instant gain of at least 2 or 3 wins a year; 3. Have a coach specifically titled and solely responsible for Special Teams Coordinator. I'm not saying have a coach who does nothing but that. I am saying have 1 single coach responsible and accountable for that and hopefully have that coach have previous successful experience with that. The way we are doing it now is flat out not effective or acceptable. ST is not an afterthought. Its cost us games this year and previously and will until we do this. I don't think anyone could effectively dispute any of those moves. Yes, you could say that Lester deserves a chance to put in his own playbook and that may work out. If we are changing offenses, though, why not go to an offense that has been implemented by a successful OC and staff and proven effective already at another D-I school? Yes, Lester could work out. He could also fail. I think the chances of him figuring it out immediately are relatively small. I think the chances of bringing in someone else that succeeds are much, much higher. This seems pretty basic to me. I'm not a super knowledgeable football guy. I've never coached or been an administrator over a football program. I just don't know how anyone could say we wouldn't be better off with a program by doing these things and I don't think it would be hard to make these changes this off season. I'd wait until after signing day, though. [/QUOTE]

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