Needs to rehabilitate image... chooses DC on a .500 Big XII team.
Bold strategy, Cotton. Let's see if it pays off for him.
Bold strategy, Cotton. Let's see if it pays off for him.
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Seemed to have worked for Grinch. National media is lapping up his "improvement" of the OU defense. If you keep your opponent in the 30s in the Big 12 then you're a great DC
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
Tom Herman reportedly set to hire Chris Ash as defensive coordinator at Texas
Sometimes it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to solve these equations. Tom Herman and Chris Ash worked together previously at Iowa State and Ohio State, and when Herman’s team couldn’t stop anyone and Ash found himself out of a job, it seemed like they would try to channel that 2014 energy for the 2020 Texas Longhorns.
And now it seems that’s about to happen.
Multiple reports out of Austin on Sunday indicate Ash is close to being named the new defensive coordinator on Herman’s staff at Texas.
Ash worked with Herman previously for two seasons at two separate stops. In 2009, Ash was the defensive backs coach and recruiting coordinator on a Paul Roads-led Iowa State staff for which Herman was the offensive coordinator, and in 2014 Herman and Ash led the offense and defense on a national championship Ohio State team.
Shortly after his firing at Rutgers, Ash was spotted in Austin, leading, well, pretty much everyone to start putting two and two together.
Entire article: http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsport...-chris-ash-as-defensive-coordinator-at-texas/
Re: Ash would succeed Todd Orlando, who was fired by Herman after a 7-5 season in which an injury-plagued Texas defense was ranked 74th (of 130) in points allowed per game (28.9); 127th in passing yards allowed (306.4 yards per game); 108th in total defense (446.3 ypg); and 102nd in red zone defense (.878).
https://247sports.com/college/texas...oordinator-Tom-Herman-Todd-Orlando-140568702/
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ORD_Buckeye
Wrong glass, Sir.
Man, I don't know where they go from TBT. After last year, they pretty much went all-in on him on tsun fashion. I think they're stuck with him, and if they shitcan him next year, that job becomes pretty toxic to any A listers.
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Crump's brother
Moxahala Park Carnie/ Rehoboth Strangler
Just think of the money they'll offer Bob Stoops.
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EngineerHorn
No todo alli
Yes it is. If he gets canned next year, it likely won't be because of the defense. I've gathered that tOSU people generally think highly of Ash. Anyone care to share thoughts on how you think he'll do at Texas?
Herman's biggest problem is Herman. The arrogant mensa asshole persona only works when you're winning. He's already the de-facto OC at Texas. Not sure anyone outside of his comfort zone (read: sycophant) would want to take over this offense. It has some really good pieces, but sputtered way too often this year. I hope he proves the fanbase wrong, hires a really good OC, and cedes control. Hope in one hand, shit in the other, etc.
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muffler dragon
Bien. Bien chiludo.
Did Texas have a significant problem with missed tackles? If so, then that was the greatest change I remember seeing occur with his time here.
As for coverages and such, I don't recall if he ran anything different in the back half.
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EngineerHorn
No todo alli
Good to know. Yes, tackling was horrible this year. Guys were being coached to go in for the kill shot and cause a fumble. Several targeting penalties.
It was bizarre. Fundamentals and tackling improved a wide margin during Todd Orlando's first year (2017) versus Charlie Strong's last defense (2016). 2018 was mediocre, and this year was just bad. Just a terrible regression after a great first year. There were lots of injuries, but there was enough young talent to keep UT's defense out of the bottom quartile in everything that matters. It's like he started pressing, and tried to scheme his way to an elite defense with all these exotic zone blitzes. That obviously backfired. If we just fielded an average defense, that would have likely been worth an additional 2 wins, and he'd still have a job. No one was going to have big expectations after all the injuries.
The offense was the bigger problem over the second half of the year though.
It was bizarre. Fundamentals and tackling improved a wide margin during Todd Orlando's first year (2017) versus Charlie Strong's last defense (2016). 2018 was mediocre, and this year was just bad. Just a terrible regression after a great first year. There were lots of injuries, but there was enough young talent to keep UT's defense out of the bottom quartile in everything that matters. It's like he started pressing, and tried to scheme his way to an elite defense with all these exotic zone blitzes. That obviously backfired. If we just fielded an average defense, that would have likely been worth an additional 2 wins, and he'd still have a job. No one was going to have big expectations after all the injuries.
The offense was the bigger problem over the second half of the year though.
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He inherited a woeful defense. Very oklahoma esque, in that there was plenty of talent but they rarely executed at a competent level (at least by OSU standards).
To put it into context, in the CCG vs Sparty, Braxton ran for 142 and Hyde added another 118. That should be enough to comfortably put them away (and they almost won if not for bad playcalls to get a 1st down). But instead Sparty did whatever they wanted, and Josiah Price went uncovered the entire night (just to make sure no one confused their efficiency as the byproduct of their NFL talent at other positions).
A week before that against a 5 loss Michigan team, they put up 526 yards of offense, almost 400 on the ground. They barely survived a 2 pt conversion failure to hold off for the victory.
The secondary was surprisingly weak, especially since they had plenty of talent (and would produce a 1st round CB after that year).
The next year they played far more sound football, implemented rugby style tackling, and overall leapt many levels in terms of maximizing talent. Journeymen like Steve Miller and Curtis Grant took big steps forward to becoming solid role players (as starters).
That defense was just as impactful as the OSU offense, which received more of the fanfare.
Many were hoping he'd come back to OSU right now, with the giant loss of Jeff Hafley last week (DB coach -> Boston College HC). There was a schematic concern there though that he wouldn't mesh with Mattison's style, and obviously Texas had him lined up and probably gave him more responsibility.
The irony here is that he helped Urban get outside of his tendencies and run a more balanced attack. After he left, Urban promoted his rock star OL coach to an ill-advised appointment at offensive coordinator and they wasted the most stacked roster in OSU offensive history.
Braxton Miller and Curtis Samuel were the 5th and 6th options, depending on whether they were even on the field.
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