Biting into things trying to ”discern what [is] happening” is a good way of establishing “ here’s what’s happening”I once read about a Lone Ranger serial done in the late 30's where Tonto showed his ability to discern what was happening by sinking his teeth into a tree, which enabled him to detect vibrations.
I wonder what opinion Tonto would have on who will be the next OC/QB coaches.
If you’re talking X and O’s I agree. But there’s a reason Dougie can’t seem to stick around a team more than 3 years…and that’s part of coaching too.
Don't forget our worst QB and WR recruits in history.
I wanted an outside hire but if we were hiring internally I wanted Hackett over Shafer at the time. Hackett was the continuity hire. He was the OC and Shafer had no job offers, he wasn't going anywhere. It would have been a risk but could have been high reward. Shafer wasn't any less risky and when Hackett left the continuity went out the window.
Really? We aren't making a Bowl in 2014 with Lester as OC day 1 instead of when he took over. We didn't make a Bowl in 2015 with him as OC. 2013 does he go to Hunt? In interviews Lester laughed at the possibility of Hunt taking over for Allen. If the switch isn't made, no Bowl in 2013.
The OP was right about the lack of OC consistency over the past 15-20 years in his original post and dead wrong about understating/undervaluing the work that Marrone’s staff did.
He did it with a roster that comprised about 40% FBS level players. Which seems to be overlooked by the “Big East was easy” crowd.
2010 might have been our weakest schedule in history. We only needed a roster of 25% "FBS level players" to get Ws.
Most of those top end guys never made it onto the field.
Yeah, I mean before he got here we were getting smoked by Miami (OH), Akron, UConn and struggling with bad UB teams let alone Pitt, WV etc.
I don’t downplay it. I fight against the notion that it came quickly. It was a process that needed 4 years to complete. The 2nd year was (and still is) fool’s gold.
Like you said, he's probably reviewing game and practice films to get "the lay of the land". UVa's bowl game is next Wednesday. An announcement should follow fairly soon after that. Since it would only leave Thursday and Friday in 2021, I wouldn't be surprised if they waited until Monday, the 3rd. New week; new year; new assistant(s).
That rebuild should have taken 6 years. They had no business winning a bowl game in year 2. They were actually 4 points from being a bowl team in year 1. Minny and Louisville were games they could have won.
And it was clear from Year 1, Game 1 against Minny that we were a different football team- and by different I mean functioning. Marrone did an unbelievable job, period.
I was at the team hotel for the first Pinstripe Bowl. I was shocked how small the players were.
I don’t know… I don’t think those two things overlap for virtually anyone here. Personally, I like DB and want him to have success. But I think DM was the best coach we had since Coach P, and he and his staff made the best in game adjustments.
This is good context for *where* the team was. He did a remarkable job turning over the roster and getting them to respectable almost upon arrival. The pushback after that is that they had slow progress after that. AND that is exactly what it takes most of the time. Dino needed 2 years of “better, but not great”…
