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I wouldn't be shocked if cultures clash and it does end up being a disaster. But with their luck they will be a stable 9 win team and maybe make the playoff like 2/5 years (being eliminated early)
He's too good a coach for this to be a disaster. I think the floor with him is 8-5, maybe 7-6 if they can't plug holes on the roster. If he's there five years, I expect a few 9-4/10-3 seasons, with maybe an 8-5/11-2 mixed in. This is a "steady" hire, not a "dynamic" one, IMO.
OSU fans should probably pump the brakes on that one themselves.
Utah was using a converted running back to cover a bunch of future 1st rounders because they were so depleted. All in all given the talent disparity, you really can't argue that Willingham did "more with less" that game.
I wouldn't be shocked if cultures clash and it does end up being a disaster. But with their luck they will be a stable 9 win team and maybe make the playoff like 2/5 years (being eliminated early)
This is more what I was thinking, and this post seems to be quite accurate Login to view embedded mediascUM fans were going to jump for joy regardless of who was hired. But Kyle really isn't much different than Kirk. He will win the games he's supposed, and have an occasional upset. But still have a 9-10win season ceiling. And he's not coming with the QB whisperer mystic like Hairball.
Generally, this is where I would open things up by letting my QB sling the rock early and often. Offense is 'ball out' you neutralize the Dline with both pass pro and getting rid of rock quickly. Don't let the opponents pass rush get going.
Similar to 05 vs NoD, 06 vs scUM, 09 vs Oregon, 2014 vs Sparty, 18' vs scUM... you get the idea.
Agreed, this was the best possible hire for them, and he fits them with his play style. What will be interesting is how he can assemble talent by recruiting and the Portal. He consistently had classes in the 30s and 40s, and took a few years to properly utilize the Portal. I wonder if he leans on the Portal heavily like Cignetti, because at his age he may want to deal with players in their 20s rather than fight to get a 18yo and then have to develop. I think this hire was closer to being more for the reasoning of cleaning house and completely moving on from the Hairball era. This wasn't the big swing to compete for NCs every year
Whittingham and his assistants he's bringing all being pretty much exclusively west region guys makes for a potential interesting conflict. There are very different attitudes at play here from what they are used to at scUM. Though the play style on the field is similar it's a pretty big move away from the "Michigan man" Harbaugh type.
That's really what this all hinges on, do they clean house and let a very experienced coach run the program? Or is he going to
hate dealing with the people in AA who (at the very least) tolerated the scandals?
I'm hoping they have an epic collapse and Whittingham is doing color on ESPNU in 2027.
I wouldn't be shocked if cultures clash and it does end up being a disaster. But with their luck they will be a stable 9 win team and maybe make the playoff like 2/5 years (being eliminated early)
A coaching change to someone who's known to be pretty clean gives the illusion that they are "doing something about it" which sadly too many people will buy
That's really what this all hinges on, do they clean house and let a very experienced coach run the program? Or is he going to
hate dealing with the people in AA who (at the very least) tolerated the scandals?
I'm hoping they have an epic collapse and Whittingham is doing color on ESPNU in 2027.
Yes. That’s what he does. He knows they’re a fucked up program.
That said. This is a home run for them. This makes it very interesting against us that’s for sure. This does the one thing we didn’t want to see which is it stabilizes them.
I was begging for them to get an offensive coach. Because they aren’t suited for that first of all player wise and there was going to be a transition that likely screwed them over.
Anyways this was what they should’ve done. His style and personality fits them that’s for sure. Issue for them now is he’s not used to this kind of world and he’s 66 years old trying to learn on the job.
Agreed, this was the best possible hire for them, and he fits them with his play style. What will be interesting is how he can assemble talent by recruiting and the Portal. He consistently had classes in the 30s and 40s, and took a few years to properly utilize the Portal. I wonder if he leans on the Portal heavily like Cignetti, because at his age he may want to deal with players in their 20s rather than fight to get a 18yo and then have to develop. I think this hire was closer to being more for the reasoning of cleaning house and completely moving on from the Hairball era. This wasn't the big swing to compete for NCs every year
