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What I was thinking about yesterday, in relation to all of the criticism of the coaching, is that this staff does have some good people on it.

Jess Simpson - DL
Rob Likens - WR
Eric Hickson -RB
Travaris Robinson - DB

All those guys I would consider quality position guys. Even Lashlee, who as an OC has really underperformed this year, has done a decent job handing the QB's. And Bob Shoop, who is an experienced football guy working in an off the field role, is a value add to the staff

The other coaches? Not so much.

It's not like this is a staff of 100% bums and misfits. Is it Jimmy Johnson 1988? No, but it's not Al Golden 2014 either.

The point is: the failures are 100% at the feet of Diaz. He's responsible for the lack of direction, poor culture, lack of toughness, and general sh*tshow of mediocrity.

It is all on him.
 
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RedSquare said:
What I was thinking about yesterday, in relation to all of the criticism of the coaching, is that this staff does have some good people on it.

Jess Simpson - DL
Rob Likens - WR
Eric Hickson -RB
Travaris Robinson - DB

All those guys I would consider quality position guys. Even Lashlee, who as an OC has really underperformed this year, has done a decent job handing the QB's. And Bob Shoop, who is an experienced football guy working in an off the field role, is a value add to the staff

The other coaches? Not so much.

It's not like this is a staff of 100% bums and misfits. Is it Jimmy Johnson 1988? No, but it's not Al Golden 2014 either.

The point is: the failures are 100% at the feet of Diaz. He's responsible for the lack of direction, poor culture, lack of toughness, and general sh*tshow of mediocrity.

It is all on him.
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I’ve mentioned this not long ago. That’s what’s so baffling to me is it’s not like we got a bunch of scrub coaches. Especially on offense.
 
To be honest, it's difficult evaluating assistant coaches from a distance. That only comes from being around and close to the program.

Manny's demise, however, will come back to an inability to bring toughness and accountability to the program. That's not to mention a defensive scheme that gets exposed by every half-wit coach with a clipboard. So, we run off the young D coordinator charged with implementing Manny's scheme and now Manny is gonna show folks how it's really supposed to be run. Great, except the defense with Manny at the helm is as bad or worse. His inability to acknowledge and address the flaws in his scheme is reminiscent of Al Golden's college buddy.
 
RedSquare said:
The point is: the failures are 100% at the feet of Diaz. He's responsible for the lack of direction, poor culture, lack of toughness, and general sh*tshow of mediocrity.

It is all on him.
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Yes
Coaches regress under him as well. I agree 10000%. We were “good” on offense last year year 1 under Lashlee. Coincidence that it was Covid and that side of the ball got to spend minimal time under Diaz’ supervision etc? I think not.

We get a full off-season under him with year 2 of same offensive staff and we regress tremendously. Why? Because the last point you made.

Great post.
 
423Hurricane said:
I’ve mentioned this not long ago. That’s what’s so baffling to me is it’s not like we got a bunch of scrub coaches. Especially on offense.
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Why do people say Simpson is a good coach
Sucks at recruiting and abv avg at best as a position coach
So he’s avg at best and given his lack of recruiting I would say he’s less than avg
In cfb position coaches have to recruit at an elite level to he considered good
 
423Hurricane said:
I’ve mentioned this not long ago. That’s what’s so baffling to me is it’s not like we got a bunch of scrub coaches. Especially on offense.
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The problem is the coordinators can just about make good assistants useless...and that's exactly what's happening in my opinion.

-We have badass running backs but we only run dives, nothing Hickson can do about that.
-We have really good receivers imo, but we ignore 80% of the field and don't scheme anyone open.
-The o-line sucks, but Asslee doesn't really help them out.
-The D-Line creates havoc aka doesn't play fundamental football so it's probably hard for Simpson to make as big of an impact.
-T-Rob is a badass and specializes in man, Manny brings him here and plays 10 yards back like a cuck
 
RedSquare said:
What I was thinking about yesterday, in relation to all of the criticism of the coaching, is that this staff does have some good people on it.

Jess Simpson - DL
Rob Likens - WR
Eric Hickson -RB
Travaris Robinson - DB

All those guys I would consider quality position guys. Even Lashlee, who as an OC has really underperformed this year, has done a decent job handing the QB's. And Bob Shoop, who is an experienced football guy working in an off the field role, is a value add to the staff

The other coaches? Not so much.

It's not like this is a staff of 100% bums and misfits. Is it Jimmy Johnson 1988? No, but it's not Al Golden 2014 either.

The point is: the failures are 100% at the feet of Diaz. He's responsible for the lack of direction, poor culture, lack of toughness, and general sh*tshow of mediocrity.

It is all on him.
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Of those guys, I'd keep TRob (and DVD) and maybe that's it. JSimpson is an average recruiter and you need your DLC to be a monster crooter. RB coach shouldn't be that hard to find - they are a dime a dozen - but I can go either way on Hickson. If Mario doesn't have a relationship with him, I'm sure he's done. I kind of like Likens - brings good energy, nice recruiter, etc. I'd keep Fields in a recruiting capacity.
 
AUcane said:
Of those guys, I'd keep TRob (and DVD) and maybe that's it. JSimpson is an average recruiter and you need your DLC to be a monster crooter. RB coach shouldn't be that hard to find - they are a dime a dozen - but I can go either way on Hickson. If Mario doesn't have a relationship with him, I'm sure he's done. I kind of like Likens - brings good energy, nice recruiter, etc. I'd keep Fields in a recruiting capacity.
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Fields better be a helluva recruiter because TE development is a mess. Of course, that might fall back in part on the play calling. Mallory has regressed and using him as a blocker is nonsensical.
 
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Evidently none of them are aware the tight end is an eligible receiver in college football and also true for RBs coming out of the backfield.
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Our tight end isn't aware he is either given his lack of being able to catch the ball.
 
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Then things should go pretty well when one of them takes over as interim HC.
 
SPAMM said:
Evidently none of them are aware the tight end is an eligible receiver in college football and also true for RBs coming out of the backfield.
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I had originally thought maybe this had to do with using the TE and RB for extra protection, but then you watch a Roman breakdown and he points out how the RB doesn't block and runs straight to the check down and the QB gets sacked anyways. And the one time lashlee does target the TE, Will "Pope" Mallory drops the ball anyways....
 
RedSquare said:
What I was thinking about yesterday, in relation to all of the criticism of the coaching, is that this staff does have some good people on it.

Jess Simpson - DL
Rob Likens - WR
Eric Hickson -RB
Travaris Robinson - DB

All those guys I would consider quality position guys. Even Lashlee, who as an OC has really underperformed this year, has done a decent job handing the QB's. And Bob Shoop, who is an experienced football guy working in an off the field role, is a value add to the staff

The other coaches? Not so much.

It's not like this is a staff of 100% bums and misfits. Is it Jimmy Johnson 1988? No, but it's not Al Golden 2014 either.

The point is: the failures are 100% at the feet of Diaz. He's responsible for the lack of direction, poor culture, lack of toughness, and general sh*tshow of mediocrity.

It is all on him.
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I question whether he even listens to what any of his assistants say. Does no good to have great assistants if the head does not let them do their thing.
 
Manny regressed at Texas too. He was only at MSU for 1 year stints.
 
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