Who's On Pollard's Short List?
- Thread starter FallOf81
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No threads are helpful it's not the message board's job to fix the team.
This deserves an automatic permanent ban.
First, there is no way Campbell is on the hot seat. He will be here for 2024 season. But, he definitely needs to make some changes to our approach on offense.
Agree both OSU & WSU coaches have done a really good job. They win and are exciting to watch. Not required, but I like the idea of our coaches having strong Midwest roots.
For that reason, if Jamie has a list, maybe the following guys are on it:
- Jon Heacock
- Jake Dickert - WSU HC
- Andy Kotelnicki - KU OC
- Ryan Grubb - UW OC
- Levar Woods - IA ST
Jon Heacock was a disaster of a head coach that single-handedly killed Youngstown State football. He's also 62 years old.
Any HC that retained much of the defensive staff. Perhaps that’s Heacock or Tyson
Even Manning as HC, with an offensive mentor as his OC, with this defensive staff, likely is an improvement in isolation
Had CMC gotten the USC job like he wanted, we should have gone affordable at HC with internal hire, use savings on hiring a real OC, use buyout money to buy some players.
Even Manning as HC, with an offensive mentor as his OC, with this defensive staff, likely is an improvement in isolation
Had CMC gotten the USC job like he wanted, we should have gone affordable at HC with internal hire, use savings on hiring a real OC, use buyout money to buy some players.
While that would be optimal, it’s probably not a likely outcome in a coaching change situation.
The main point is CMC isn’t that good.
And it had a high probability had USC hired CMC
Jonathan Smith played at Oregon State. He might leave but I think if he does it would have to be something bigger than ISU, power conference or not.
Campbell's offense makes it really easy to defend us and allows us less room for errors.
We all can see this: as the offense has moved away from a more wide open, spread, RPO attack to this power run disaster Campbell's infatuated with, we've obviously regressed.
We run fewer plays which means fewer chances to score. We put our O-lineman in a scheme they can't execute well. We run vanilla plays. All this shrinks the margin for error. Yeah, I want to win in the margins but narrowing the margins so much where any one little mistake can cost you the game is just dumb.
I had hoped Scheelhaase's O would be much more wide open and that Campbell would reverse course on trying to be the power running team of the Big XII. But it looks like his stubbornness is winning out. Unless he can recruit elite O-lineman, a power running scheme here isn't going to work.
And really, isn't a more wide open spread offense more fun to watch and play in for the players?
demoncore1031
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Defense may be young but they are still playing great. That is because of Heacock. The man is a legend!
What's the excuse for the offense? There is no excuse for being that bad. We have some really good tight ends, good running backs, decent WRs... the problem is the play calling and Campbell refusing to change it.
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I'm not disagreeing with you.........but I guess the problem is our RPO starting 8 yards deep at a near stand still with a full second of scrimmage line reversal is not "power running". CAm Newton and crew could do it well against Vanderbilt.......we can't.
Never listen to the idiots calling for Campbell to be fired. Never forget who these clowns are.
Always fun to read old threads that did not age well . . . and this one isn't even that old!
This bump made me terrified that I’d missed something and Jamie needed to look at his short list. Nothing to see here folks just idiots wanting to dunk on everyone. CMC is still here