Mike Sanford Fired

[salzie]

Well, for the interim bowl game OC, no need for a wide search - LOTS of experts here on the Gopher Hole!!

I've already submitted my resume

I've had some of highest scoring offenses on old EA sports NCAA football

I mostly ran the pistol offense, but I could adapt

 

[kisarazu]

Screens are back in the playbook!

 

[Some guy]

Why not?

1) There is a reason fleck passed on him last time
2) absolutely nothing has changed the past 23 months that leads me to think someone internal should get it

If he does choose Simon I won’t cancel my season tickets. But I’ll be surprised if it’s an internal person.

 

[AtTheLibrary]

it has to do with how he balances coaches, recruiting duties, etc

I don't know what he'll do but there is reason for what he does.....

Does he give it to Simon and change up other duties? Possibly

I thought Sanford was a good hire, but I agree it didn't work

Tons of people were immediately down on the hire. Very little past success. Seemed like a Robb Smith esque hire at the time. All name and very little results

 

[MaxyJR1]

NO F'ING WAY!!!!!! HAAAA HAAAA!!!!

PJ Fleck, you did it. You put your ego (your hyper sense of loyalty) aside, and did what was best for the program!!!!

He fired a DC in season three years ago.

 

[goldengophers]

If Morgan is the starter and uninjured we will get to play out; was it Morgan or was it Sanford?

 

[Unhealthy Gopher Fan]

This just proves PJ will not settle for mediocre. Hope Simon does a great job in the bowl game. Wouldn't be surprised if PJ brought in an established play caller either.

 

[Some guy]

Not a Simon fan?

Fleck isn’t a Simon for OC fan or he would’ve hired him already

wideouts were disappointing this year

 

[MplsGopher]

1) There is a reason fleck passed on him last time

Fleck has never made a mistake in his entire history of hiring coaches.

Robb who???

 

[MplsGopher]

Fleck isn’t a Simon for OC fan or he would’ve hired him already

Fake post is fake.

Fleck wanted to hire his buddy and gave fake reasons about wanting a QB coach as the OC.

You're just a useful idiot

 

[GVBadger]

You beat the Badgers and Mike Sanford was fired? Christmas has come early for Gophers fans.

 

[salzie]

Tons of people were immediately down on the hire. Very little past success. Seemed like a Robb Smith esque hire at the time. All name and very little results

I was blinded by a pro sanford article that highlighted his recruiting at Notre Dame and few other items and glossed over failures, which I was unaware of as I'm not too familiar with coordinators outside of MN

hell, the only real coordinator's in the B1G I'm aware of are Jim Leonard, Brian Ferentz, and Robb Smith

Edit: How did I forget Jay Johnson, MSU OC

 

[MplsGopher]

He fired a DC in season three years ago.

Yes.

The other example ... after that season was already ruined.

 

[Word]

Fleck isn’t a Simon for OC fan or he would’ve hired him already

wideouts were disappointing this year

Maybe. Or maybe he changes his mind.

 

[JWG]

NO F'ING WAY!!!!!! HAAAA HAAAA!!!!

PJ Fleck, you did it. You put your ego (your hyper sense of loyalty) aside, and did what was best for the program!!!!

He fired his DC mid season a few years back. I think we make more of his ego then is really there. We weren't great at offense this season, but it was no where near the disaster our defense was in 2018. I'm not surprised he waited until the end of the season given we were mediocre vs. horrendous. And part of that mediocre was losing significand WR talent and RB depth.

 

[MplsGopher]

Screens are back in the playbook!

Right?

Remember during the Iowa game when we hit that nice screen and we're all like "where TF did that come from???"

Simon

 

[Some guy]

Maybe. Or maybe he changes his mind.

Maybe

if he does, look for the offense to look really similar next year

 

[Bob_Loblaw]

1) There is a reason fleck passed on him last time
2) absolutely nothing has changed the past 23 months that leads me to think someone internal should get it

If he does choose Simon I won’t cancel my season tickets. But I’ll be surprised if it’s an internal person.

So you respect Fleck's opinion so much that the #1 reason you don't want him to be the OC is because Fleck didn't hire him for the position a couple of year ago.

However, if the same PJ Fleck hired him now, you'd be so pissed you cancelled your season tickets?

LOL. Gotcha.

 

[MplsGopher]

if he does, look for the offense to look really similar next year

To the last three games of our season this year!

You're welcome!

 

[AtTheLibrary]

You beat the Badgers and Mike Sanford was fired? Christmas has come early for Gophers fans.

New special teams coordinator next please

 

[Word]

Maybe

if he does, look for the offense to look really similar next year

Similar to the last 3 games where Simon was calling plays? I'll take that.

 

[Some guy]

So you respect Fleck's opinion so much that the #1 reason you don't want him to be the OC is because Fleck didn't hire him for the position a couple of year ago.

However, if the same PJ Fleck hired him now, you'd be so pissed you cancelled your season tickets?

LOL. Gotcha.

I don’t NOT want him to be OC

I am predicting he won’t be the OC


If I had my choice we would run an entirely different system. But that’s not happening under fleck. So we aren’t getting anyone I want.

 

[Some guy]

Similar to the last 3 games where Simon was calling plays? I'll take that.

You are blaming Simon for the Iowa loss?

 

[MplsGopher]

I am predicting he won’t be the OC

You don't get to post on GH for a month, if you're wrong

 

[MplsGopher]

You are blaming Simon for the Iowa loss?

For sure it was Simon's fault that three crucial mistakes on defense directly led to all three Iowa TD's.

For sure

 

[Bob_Loblaw]

Maybe. Or maybe he changes his mind.

It's more than just changing his mind too.

Simon took on more responsibilities. It's entirely possible that Fleck thought going from WR coach to calling plays was too much of a leap. Maybe that changes now that Simon has been an OC.

 

[Word]

You are blaming Simon for the Iowa loss?

I thought the game plan was fine. Not the reason we lost.

 

[Formo]

Simon gets the nod, is my best guess.

Hate to celebrate a guy losing his job but really hoped we'd move in another direction. It bad if I could call a defense against what offense.

Also, saw something where Simon potentially was the one dialing up plays the past two games? Not sure if theres any fire to that steam but found that to be telling based on how the offense was called vs previous games. If that's the case, I'm 100% on board with giving him the job. Much like how Rossi was elevated.

 

[Some guy]

I thought the game plan was fine. Not the reason we lost.

My comment was sarcasm

Winks

 

[rowdaboat]

What are the chances we find an OC that doesn't rely on standing with your hands out looking at the sideline because QB can't call his own audibles?