Recent content by GopherTheJugular

Re: bolded, I was. I was just mentioning Lanning as an example of a team taking a chance on a young coordinator from a national championship caliber team. If I felt like my program needed a change, that's the kinda hire I'd go for.

You kinda have to take that chance, right, if you want to change from the rut you think you're in (if they do think that). Same with my job or your job, I like mine now but I'm only at this job because I needed a change from an old one but I went to two "bad" places first. But eventually I...

"higher upside" isn't the same as "past accomplishments". Now if there was a reason to believe his best years aren't in the rear-view window, then extend the leash. I just don't see a reason to believe he can replicate past success.

Ahhh, the other side of the coin.

I think the issue is he doesn't use the portal. It seems like he's still trying to win the old fashioned way, that's why I mentioned him. In today's day and age, you gotta go to the portal every year.

did Dabo set the bar that high, or was it Watson/Lawrence? ;) doing my best here to imitate MplsGopher and flood the thread with a bunch of posts in a row :cool:

That's all in the past though, he's not adapting well to the present. By the reasoning above, Belicheck should be coaching the Patriots as long as he wants to.

I *think* he got some really high 4* or 5* QB to commit, I think he was a freshman last year, so they probably will let him ride that out. I might have the wrong team in mind though.

pre-NIL and portal I'd agree that they probably would do worse than better. But now when you can recover your roster quickly if you mess up a coaching hire, I'd take the chance.

I wasn't trying to imply that...(more below) This is kinda my point. It shows how far they are from being P2 even though they like to think the gap isn't really that much. Keep their dignity? ;) Yep ;) And nothing wrong with them doing that, as long as they realize they are in the next...

yeah, not sure how Dabo stays around. He peaked with Watson and Lawrence as his QBs and hasn't really done much without them.

Selling the naming rights to your conference, for practically peanuts, doesn't strike me as a way to show people you should be on the same level as the P2. This is high school level stuff, imo.

His family is by no means needing NFL money.

Howie Johnson at 300 pounds already and he hasn't been on campus yet? He did that working out at high school? Can't wait to see what he's doing as a junior.

Well he did preface with "IF", in bold no less, so he gets a pass. ;)