Jeff Horton

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craw0092 said:
Lions QB Coach Jeff Horton Heads to Minnesota
Detroit Lions quarterbacks Jeff Horton has left the team to accept the offensive coordinator position at the University of Minnesota.

Horton fills a position vacated by Jedd Hirsch, who left the Gophers to coach the quarterbacks as part of Pete Carroll's coaching staff with the Seattle Seahawks.

Horton had spent one season with the Lions, after three years as an offensive assistant/offensive line coach with the St. Louis Rams. Prior to that, Horton coached quarterbacks for the University of Wisconsin.

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I am confused, why would he take this job, after all this would be a demotion according to many on this board when they tried to justify Fisch leaving to be a QB coach in the NFL?:D
 

GopherGod said:
I am confused, why would he take this job, after all this would be a demotion according to many on this board when they tried to justify Fisch leaving to be a QB coach in the NFL?:D
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Insert generic Detroit Lion wise crack: " "
 

With the exception of his last season, I suppose his teams could score @ UNLV:

1994: 26.3 ppg
1995: 20.2 ppg
1996: 23 ppg
1997: 25.5 ppg
1998: 14.2 ppg

Just don't let him anywhere NEAR the defense. Good lord those teams gave up a lot of points.
 

GopherGod said:
I am confused, why would he take this job, after all this would be a demotion according to many on this board when they tried to justify Fisch leaving to be a QB coach in the NFL?:D
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Maybe after spending a year with the Lions he realized that the Lions will always be the Lions.:eek:
 


Gopher07 said:
With the exception of his last season, I suppose his teams could score @ UNLV:

1994: 26.3 ppg
1995: 20.2 ppg
1996: 23 ppg
1997: 25.5 ppg
1998: 14.2 ppg

Just don't let him anywhere NEAR the defense. Good lord those teams gave up a lot of points.
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He was a part of the development of the pistol offense under the Nevada coach.
That was a different era than today's college football world. I'm more interested in his contributions to the wisky offense from 99-05. Obviously that was a run first, second, and third type of offense, though Bollinger put up some pretty good rushing numbers. Anyone remember what sort of plays he was running in? Option? Rollouts? Draws? I'm wondering since it might help Gray's development.
 

Perhaps he's using the Gophers job as a stepping stone from the Detroit Lions to the NFL.
 








Ole said:
He was a part of the development of the pistol offense under the Nevada coach.
That was a different era than today's college football world. I'm more interested in his contributions to the wisky offense from 99-05. Obviously that was a run first, second, and third type of offense, though Bollinger put up some pretty good rushing numbers. Anyone remember what sort of plays he was running in? Option? Rollouts? Draws? I'm wondering since it might help Gray's development.
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Well against us, IIRC he did QB draws and delays quite frequently. Our DBs usually had their backs turned so their OL usually was able to get our DL's turned just enough to create running lanes for Bollinger to scamper for easy first downs.
 



He only worked with QBs and specials at UW. Brian White was the OC and RBs coach. Horton had little to do with the offense, and to be honest, you would want nothing to do with Brian White's offense.

He recruited Minnesota, Nevada, some Cali and Hawaii while at UW.
 

GopherGod said:
I am confused, why would he take this job, after all this would be a demotion according to many on this board when they tried to justify Fisch leaving to be a QB coach in the NFL?:D
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Could just be a preference thing too. Fisch may see his future in the NFL where Horton maybe misses college and would rather be at that level. Who knows though.
 

GophersInIowa said:
Could just be a preference thing too. Fisch may see his future in the NFL where Horton maybe misses college and would rather be at that level. Who knows though.
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Oh, trying logic again huh? You know that's just going to go over the little Cornhusker's head!
 


Brewster just had to make sure whoever he hired didn't have the credential to replace him.

Winning fewer games as head coach of UNLV in three seasons than Brewster won last season should make sure of that.
 

Demi said:
Brewster just had to make sure whoever he hired didn't have the credential to replace him.

Winning fewer games as head coach of UNLV in three seasons than Brewster won last season should make sure of that.
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That's very well thought out logic. Why do you even take the time to follow this board?
 



Says the two clowns going back and forth. ha!
 

OC's rarely replace failed HC's except for the final weeks. Get a grip.

I imagine the board is going to react much like it did when Cosgrove was hired. I hope Horton does as well.
 

Schnoodler said:
OC's rarely replace failed HC's except for the final weeks. Get a grip.

I imagine the board is going to react much like it did when Cosgrove was hired. I hope Horton does as well.
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+1

My number one hope is that he gets the old Adam Weber back! Just solving that would hopefully snowball into other positives for this offense.
 

Donovan said:
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My number one hope is that he gets the old Adam Weber back! Just solving that would hopefully snowball into other positives for this offense.
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I think the new wrinkles will maximize both Weber and Gray. So to me, if Adam can't patch the holes in his game, gray is more likely now to step in. Fisch's scheme relied on something going right somewhere and Adam being able to figure out where in a hurry. It took athletic instinct and movement out of the equation, thus minimizing the natural ability while putting a premium on progressive decision making. That's fine for the best, most heady QB's that you can find in the NFL, but not so much for this level. I think we'll find the negative yardage in the run game from the QB position evaporates this next year while the passing game mysteriously also opens up.
 

Schnoodler said:
I think the new wrinkles will maximize both Weber and Gray. So to me, if Adam can't patch the holes in his game, gray is more likely now to step in. Fisch's scheme relied on something going right somewhere and Adam being able to figure out where in a hurry. It took athletic instinct and movement out of the equation, thus minimizing the natural ability while putting a premium on progressive decision making. That's fine for the best, most heady QB's that you can find in the NFL, but not so much for this level. I think we'll find the negative yardage in the run game from the QB position evaporates this next year while the passing game mysteriously also opens up.
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I agree with this statement, and I too think Horton is a good hire. But Schnoodler, if it is assumed that the negative QB yardage disappears and the passing game opens up, are you still predicting only 5 wins for the Gophs next year? In that scenario don't you think they can squeak out a 7-5 record provided the D and ST stay on track?
 

AhliBobwa said:
I agree with this statement, and I too think Horton is a good hire. But Schnoodler, if it is assumed that the negative QB yardage disappears and the passing game opens up, are you still predicting only 5 wins for the Gophs next year? In that scenario don't you think they can squeak out a 7-5 record provided the D and ST stay on track?
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When I predict the season I simply look at each game and ask myself, what would the line be in Vegas on this game. I then take close games and simply devide them in half. Thus if we have three games we big faves in, those are wins. If we have three that we'll be big dogs in those are losses. Anything that looks like three point or less either way gets lumped and devided in half.

What I'd like to see happen never comes into play. I've learned that my hopeful expectations don't seem to have as much influence over the outcomes as it should. As for next year I thought with Fisch we were going to be decimated next year. That's with massive improvement. Five games was the most hopeful scenario I saw, I was stretching to find five I thought we would win. Now I feel better about the five. And I think we'll actually improve as a team as the year goes on and maybe by the time some of those late season games get here we'll be competitive in ones that pre-season it looks like we'll be dogs. In that way I am hopeful that we can be a seven win team.
 

Solid hire which is what he need. Steak, not sizzle.

Continuity is #1 above all else here. We can not endure another "Back to the drawing board" season. With this hire we get both schematic & coaching continuity. Horton is familiar with the power running game and will work well together with Tim Davis.

Added bonuses are....

* Experience grooming quarterbacks! Bollinger, Stocco et all had fantastic numbers with Horton as their coach.
* Big-10 experience. The guy knows what it's all about in the Big-10 and that's critical because it's different from the SEC/ACC et al.
* OC experience. He called his own plays at UNLV and put up big numbers.
* Head coaching experience. He was Conference Coach of the Year at UNLV and led them to their best seasons in recent memory.
 

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