Lets just go ahead and admit...

[Fab5Coug]

Does he have a bias against how the offense is run if he's not the HC? Conversely, would you want a HC that had some bias against the 3-3-5 with Long in charge and a couple on the defensive staff who could take over tomorrow?

I just wonder how badly Rocky Long would want to come work for a 34 year old, first time head coach who's offense traditionally makes a DCs job very difficult.

 

[froropmkr72]

I just wonder how badly Rocky Long would want to come work for a 34 year old, first time head coach who's offense traditionally makes a DCs job very difficult.

If you are talking about Harrell...check out his stats at North Texas. It's like 65-35 pass vs. run. I don't know if he did this because they didn't have the athlete's to pass more , if he was trying to please his coach or if that was the offense he wanted to run.

 

[Suudy]

We don't necessarily have to be like the Have's and hire a big name coach every time we lose a coach...I don't have a problem copying the BSU model and being the school that hires the most promising up-and-comers to prove their chops at a P5 school and then move on to the big boys after 3-5 years. We'd be able to afford better assistants because the entire budget isn't being spent on a coach, and if the model works we'd have relatively good success on the field from hiring smart, ambitious coaches that want to prove they can do it in the the blue-blood club.

If we accept (which I admit is damn difficult for me) that we are a stepping stone, these departures would be less painful. Perhaps Leach viewed us as he “stepping stone” to redeem his name. While I had hoped he’d remain in Pullman until is retirement, thinking of it as “he gave us his best, but we knew he’d leave soon” takes some of the sting away.

Bah, who am I kidding. All coaches should love WSU the way I do. Any who don’t aren’t worthy to step on campus.

 

[OrangeGravy]

Jeez....read this
https://www.washingtonpost.com/spor...465ecc-0530-11e9-b6a9-0aa5c2fcc9e4_story.html

That's exactly what I'm talking about. Bama takes to the next level of course. They've been doing that for a while now

 

[froropmkr72]

That's exactly what I'm talking about. Bama takes to the next level of course. They've been doing that for a while now

Ya know what scares them is when you beat them at their own game. That's what Jimmy Montlake is scared of.

 

[dgibbons]

I have no idea really. I'm assuming that there's a limit to how many coaches you can have on staff "officially" by the NCAA, so schools with money don't hoard all of the good ones. I would also assume that consultants cannot coach the players and only be a resource for the coaches.

Could you imagine if there was no limit on staff numbers? Alabama or Texas could just open up the check book and pay good coaches to do nothing forcing other schools to pay way more than they could afford to hire them away.

One head coach and ten assistants. No limit on staffers.

 

[BleedCrimsonandGray]

One head coach and ten assistants. No limit on staffers.

Not sure, and not in the mood to do the research (might be in the linked article), but iirc consultants can't be on the field, but they can be in the booth during games.

 

[OrangeGravy]

Not sure, and not in the mood to do the research (might be in the linked article), but iirc consultants can't be on the field, but they can be in the booth during games.

Dgibb is correct I'm pretty sure. I knew it was something like that from reading that very Alabama article or one similar a couple of years ago.

OT: but have you guys seen some of the cars that those Bama players drive? Back during the (S)Cam Newton debacle, I did a lot lurking reading the back and forth between Auburn/Alabama fans there were a lot of accusations flying back and forth with pictures posted often. There is no way most of those kids could afford or qualify for some of the vehicles they were driving.

 

[BleedCrimsonandGray]

Dgibb is correct I'm pretty sure. I knew it was something like that from reading that very Alabama article or one similar a couple of years ago.

OT: but have you guys seen some of the cars that those Bama players drive? Back during the (S)Cam Newton debacle, I did a lot lurking reading the back and forth between Auburn/Alabama fans there were a lot of accusations flying back and forth with pictures posted often. There is no way most of those kids could afford or qualify for some of the vehicles they were driving.

Those were their "moms" car.

 

[Observer11]

Dgibb is correct I'm pretty sure. I knew it was something like that from reading that very Alabama article or one similar a couple of years ago.

OT: but have you guys seen some of the cars that those Bama players drive? Back during the (S)Cam Newton debacle, I did a lot lurking reading the back and forth between Auburn/Alabama fans there were a lot of accusations flying back and forth with pictures posted often. There is no way most of those kids could afford or qualify for some of the vehicles they were driving.

SEC players will have to take a pay cut with the new image licensing revenue ruling.