Me thinks people may have jump the gun...

[btown1110]

Botched the title, whoops.

Jason Higdon ‏@Jason_Higdon 2h

@JBellSATX You do understand you may have TWO OC/QB coach play callers and Wickline..all three in top 42 in Nation last season? one staff

This was around 9PM. So who are the three and why is that such an arbitrary number? If you look at total offense rankings, 41 is Toledo and 42 is none other than Arizona.

Ladies and gentlemen, if Higdon is correct, then Calvin Magee is going to be on our staff. At what position? Well let's just say that Bruce Chambers might not be coaching TE's... Definitely something to watch tomorrow as the real news comes to light.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvin_Magee

EDIT: Was looking at points, who the hell knows anymore

 

[TMTycoon]

Higdon said, and I paraphrase: I am sitting on the name of a hire. He is a home run. You will be extremely happy. No need to worry.

FOS, imo.

He's hedging like a frog.

FIRED. Throw him to the dogs. Hell hath no fury like zzzizzzy!!!

 

[Clan Fraser]

I think he is referring to OC/QB Watson (27th), Wickline (34th) and OC/QB Koennig (41st).

Interesting that out of those three Watson ranks the highest. Just saying ...

 

[TMTycoon]

I think he is referring to OC/QB Watson (27th), Wickline (34th) and OC/QB Koennig (41st).
Interesting that out of those three Watson ranks the highest. Just saying ...

Jason Higdon ‏@Jason_Higdon The OC hire will be a home run...I am sitting on it right now..it will be over soon...I promise you guys will be fired up.....

 

[BBQ time]

Wrong thread

 

[gemini]

42 here lines up with Koenning.

http://www.ncaa.com/stats/football/fbs/current/team/21

A home run OC would install an offense already known to be great and there wouldn't be doubt about who calls the plays. Recruits would know too. If he's trying to say a good staff hoping to create an offense once they're hired is the same thing, I disagree. That's a project that will require trial and error even if it does work out.

 

[GARCH]

watson would do great here. just announce it and lets move along

 

[marathon]

I don't understand the delay, but also don't agree with all of the panic either. We have 8 months to overanalyze the staff once it's announced.
Some answers will come during the spring game. A ton of things won't be clear until the UCLA game.

There will be plenty of time to make Fred Akers comparisons.

Since Lorenzo Joe (one of our most solid commitments) is now visiting TCU and USC and Porter is looking around I think it's safe to say that the kids will analyze and evaluate the staff. If we we start having locks like Lorenzo then you won't have to wait to have an opinion.

On this staff you have Watson who was an OC and demoted to QB coach. Koennning took a demotion from OC to WR (a position he hasn't coached in years) and Wickline who was promoted to OC. Throw in the fact that neither Kenning and or Watson are considered good recruiters and Chambers is being kept despite being the worst coach and recruiter on the staff. Robinson is not considered a good recruiter but not matter because he is interviewing for an NFL job.

We upgraded at OL although Searles was a tenacious recruiter. Other than that we are worse or the same at every position.

This also puts you behind for 2015 recruits because they will have to wait until the season to see what we try to run offensively. They won't believe it until they see it. Briles, Sumlin, KK and others can simply show film and say this is what we do.

Sorry to be a Debbie Downer but i think Strong will pay a a price for these offensive hires with decommits. I so hope I am wrong. I will gladly eat crow. We will know soon what the verdict is from the recruits.

 

[JimR]

Come on. HS kids are not evaluating this staff because they do not know them any better than we do. All they are doing is getting backup places in case this staff does not think as highly of them as the previous staff did. They gave their commitments to and developed a relationship with coaches who are gone. A lot of the indecision will change after Stron et al talk to the commits. The ones who are looking around are wise, IMO. I wish folks could calm down and watch. Serenity Prayer time.

 

[Randolph Duke]

Since Lorenzo Joe (one of our most solid commitments) is now visiting TCU and USC and Porter is looking around I think it's safe to say that the kids will analyze and evaluate the staff. If we we start having locks like Lorenzo then you won't have to wait to have an opinion.
On this staff you have Watson who was an OC and demoted to QB coach. Koennning took a demotion from OC to WR (a position he hasn't coached in years) and Wickline who was promoted to OC. Throw in the fact that neither Kenning and or Watson are considered good recruiters and Chambers is being kept despite being the worst coach and recruiter on the staff. Robinson is not considered a good recruiter but not matter because he is interviewing for an NFL job.

We upgraded at OL although Searles was a tenacious recruiter. Other than that we are worse or the same at every position.

This also puts you behind for 2015 recruits because they will have to wait until the season to see what we try to run offensively. They won't believe it until they see it. Briles, Sumlin, KK and others can simply show film and say this is what we do.

Sorry to be a Debbie Downer but i think Strong will pay a a price for these offensive hires with decommits. I so hope I am wrong. I will gladly eat crow. We will know soon what the verdict is from the recruits.

I'm wondering who the hell is in charge of developing the offense? From mt perspective, it seems as if we have two past coordinators no one is impressed with looking over the shoulder of Wickline, who has never been an OC before. How does that arrangement give us one assertive leader implementing a solid offensive scheme? It loos more like a chinese fire drill with no one making the final decision.