I guess I am in the skeptical side on this one.
No real QB coach, no real coordinator.
Thoughts?
I'm a little skeptical about Coley as an OC, but I'm not closed off to him at all in that role. I, however, am concerned that we don't have a legit QB corch. This is shaping up a little bit like there's going to be someone else leaving and that that person will be replaced by a legit QB corch. My guess is they're thinking Barrow might get a couple years of vacation and they'll just have Duh' corch the LBs.
They cant get rid of Barrow. Not for nothing, but this staff has gone from mostly black, to mostly white in a very short time frame. That kind of thing is not going to escape the attention of many local coaches. Barrow is a HUGE asset and tie to the community and many of the local schools and coaches. Hes one of our best recruiters. Many of these kids from SoFla come from poor,black inner city areas, they needs coaches that they can relate to, that's why Charlie Strong and Hurtt were doing so much business down here, its how Shannon got many local kids. Barrow is an icon in SoFla, and he's a huge recruiter for us, I dont think he's going anywhere. If anyone HAS to go, Id say its Kehoe. I can definitely dig them finding a ceremonial AD job for him. He's old as sh*t, and he loves the U. No reason they cant move him "upstairs" so to speak, slilde Mario to OL, and bring in a good QB coach.
I agree Barrow shouldn't go but you're overstating the racial composition change. McDonald (black) was replaced by Cristobal (hispanic). Fisch (white) by Coley (white). Where's this big shift?
Randy's last staff included white coordinators, a Stoutland, Cassano, Panunzio, Petri, plus Barrow, McGriff and Hill. AG has Richardson, Franklin, Williams and Barrow. Not only isn't that a sea change, it's not any change. Counting AG and Randy, it's pretty much the same mix.
