Poll: Grade the new coaching staff

[Ericrdreier]

I'll give A-..if we get Lamar Thomas and mario...if not B- for above average

really Lamar Thomas and Mario are worth a full letter grade? I cant imagine what coach cool is worth then...without him you probably think this staff is a D-.
Having Richt gives this staff a B minimum anyway. Having the best DL coach in the NCAA increases that a lot.
The only thing I dont really like would be if Richts son isnt a GA. We've announced 8 people and still have WR, TE, LB, and Co-OC to go. So if little Richt isn't a GA, I think that is a problem. Diaz is very likely to be LB coach, which is fine. Still I wouldn't like having one guy being WR, TE, and Co-OC. That would be ridiculous.

Im still wondering about little richt, is he a GA or a coach? No one has been straight about it im hoping GA

I don't think he is a GA. Wouldn't think he would take a step back. He was an assistant for the bills. I could be wrong though that's just an opinion

 

[Calinative]

If we get ivey or moffit it's a solid B+ or A- in my opinion

1) We Have Mark Richt who gets you a solid B+ in itself as being one of the best coaches in the country and the fact that he's calling plays as OC is AMAZING. Seriously, look back at his success at UGA while calling plays. UGA decline coincided with him giving up play calling ability. Also he was play caller for FSU in their hayday, and called plays for one of their championships (B+)

2)We have the best d line coach in the country (A+)

3)We have an awesome offensive line coach who's had success at several major programs and part of national championship team under saban. Any guy that gets hired and promoted by saban, works for mack brown, frank beamer, and richt twice is worth an A imo. (A)

4)Brown is a solid RB coach who was smart to take this position. He will groom under Richt and i'm sure will be a play caller in a few years for someone. He's coached some amazing backs the last few years and has brought the best out of them(melvin gordon almost breaking record for rushing/nick chubb). Also very young and a former NFL player so recruits will be able to relate/look up to. (B)

5)Personally I'm not thrilled about the diaz hire but i'm not upset either, besides not sure who else wanted to come or was available. Several stats have been thrown out there, guy is not an elite but with advanced stats he has had success everywhere he went immediately and he brings pressure. Him with matched with kuligowski and more talent could be fun to watch. I can dig it considering thats an upgrade from what we're used to (B-)

6)Rumph/Banda. I'm not crazy for these hires, and a little disappointed. I'm sure Richt tried for raymond as was reported but it seems raymond just wanted more money from LSU. Besides we were probably running out of money at this point(just my guess). Rumph has NFL experience, played at UM, was a successful high school coach and is well respected in the community. Not much more you can ask for with a position coach only focusing on one area. Richt did well by not giving them huge responsibility, imo cornerbacks coach seems like a pretty cake job and will ultimately fall on diaz and his scheme. Rumph will just teach his experience. (C)

I mean honestly I can't remember the last time I have heard someone only being a cornerback coach. I literally know nothing of Banda but if hartley can jump freely between TE and Safeties in his coaching past, he may provide guidance there. He also has been around diaz for a year so that may help.

7)Hartley, no idea. I mean he as their recruiting coordinator so i LOVE that because UGA recruited very well, special teams coordinator and TE coach? Idk how well he will do there so I can't complain or praise the guy for his actual coaching just like the recruiting aspect of it (B+)


Position coaches matter, don't get me wrong but many are replaceable and have minimal impact. The exception to this imo is D line coaches and O line coaches. The rest are typically replaceable at any time. People are failing to realize one important thing. Great position coaches don't remain position coaches long(only exception I can think of recent is kuligowski because his good friend Pinkel was the HC). They get promoted or heavy raises to where they won't leave their job (see corey raymond).

Honestly what position coach at a major institution is going to make a lateral move unless theirs a increase in title/pay (which we cannot give)?. Position coaches are great pieces to the staff but all calls/training/scheme is going to run specifically through the coordinators. position coaches will teach technique, run drills etc. I think that's why rumph can do very well along with banda, because all they have to do is teach them basic technique and make sure they know the scheme that Diaz or is putting into place.



our team's season will not rest on the shoulders of Banda, Rumph, whoever the WR coach is, etc. I think Searels and Kuligowski will matter a lot more with nearly Richt and Diaz holding the entire fate of the team in their hands.


imo, the most important are OC, DC, Strength, DL, OL in no particular order

if we get Ivey/Moffitt then we are looking at OC(A), DC(B-) Strenght(A+), DL(A+), OL(A)

Well said.
If we think about grading this staff like a GPA type of system. The Head Coach is most important so We'll give that 5 credits. Offensive playcaller and Defensive playcaller are second at 4 credits. Then OL and DL coaches are the most important position coaches so we'll give them 3 credits each along with the S&C coach. The only thing I think you are forgetting is QB coach, which can easily be more important than any position coach, and Richt (and likely his son), is going to coach that too. But If we don't include that, and basically assign the importance I just described, and your grades for each coach, that would correlate to a 3.76 GPA, which would be an A-. Because the other coaches aren't as significant and would average out to about a grade of a B- or so, I'll say the affect is small enough to keep the GPA above 3.7, which still would mean a A- overall Grade.
So I'm pretty happy with the coaches we have now. And although Diaz is the biggest risk we have, having the best DL coach really makes me feel like he'll be fine.

 

[Dingaan1828]

I'm at C+ to B. Maybe it's better than that, but I'm not feeling it.

 

[jenniferurs]

Think it's a B so far. I think most of the staff's grades is yet to be determined. Only one I'm 100% sure on is Kool being an A+. Brown is very good, but not up there with Kool. Everyone else there are legitimate questions, however some I feel more comfortable with than others. I'm just trying to keep an open mind and stay positive with the program and the direction we're headed. Looking forward to seeing the rest of the staff.

This exactly.

 

[Gatorhater]

Solid B+, could be an A- if we add someone like Cristobal for te/ co oc Mario and one of George McDonald, Kevin beard, Lamar Thomas or another wide receiver coach who can coach and recruit at a high level

There are many who might think getting Mario would move class down instead.

 

[Gatorhater]

Think it's a B so far. I think most of the staff's grades is yet to be determined. Only one I'm 100% sure on is Kool being an A+. Brown is very good, but not up there with Kool. Everyone else there are legitimate questions, however some I feel more comfortable with than others. I'm just trying to keep an open mind and stay positive with the program and the direction we're headed. Looking forward to seeing the rest of the staff.

This exactly.

I gave it a B too. Wanted Butch so much it is hard to get excited over any of them except maybe Kool. Are there any future NFL HC on it? Did Mark go out and rip some program's heart out by stealing away key coach? Oline coach and DC will determine Mark's future. He should do fine with Kaaya on the offense but running game will need oline. And EVERYONE will be watching the defense for the slightest hint of sucking. With our talent, this staff is more than good enough to win Coastal and beat FSU at least once this year. Beyond that will have to be proven. The big plus is that Mark has shown he WILL FIRE coaches.

 

[CaneInTheBrain]

I gave it a C. Average staff. I like Richt, Kool, and Searls is good enough. Diaz is the big miss. For an offensive coach, Richt had to make a home run hire at DC and failed to do so. Had Aranda lined up and couldn't close the deal...that will come back to haunt us. Same with these joke DB hires.

Didn't get the best coaches from UGA to follow him, which is concerning.

 

[CaneInTheBrain]

Richt: A
Kool: A
Searls: B+
Brown B
Rumph: D
Hartley: D
Banda: D

Diaz: F
Richt Jr: F

 

[Calinative]

I gave it a C. Average staff. I like Richt, Kool, and Searls is good enough. Diaz is the big miss. For an offensive coach, Richt had to make a home run hire at DC and failed to do so. Had Aranda lined up and couldn't close the deal...that will come back to haunt us. Same with these joke DB hires.

Didn't get the best coaches from UGA to follow him, which is concerning.

Couldn't close the deal? LSU offered Aranda like 1.3M this year, and it escalates after every year.
That isn't missing out on a coach because you can't close, that's straight up not having as many resources.
Did you really think we'd go out and outbid everyone?
We should all be thankful the BOT are opening up their wallets as much as they have already. **** we're spending more money on coaches now than ever before, but that doesn't mean we can compete with the big SEC schools or Texas, Michigan, etc.
Not getting Aranda wasn't a miss on Richts part, it would be a miss if LSU was offering the same amount as us. But they obviously offered 300k more for a reason, probably because if they had only matched our offer, he would have come here.

 

[CaneInTheBrain]

I gave it a C. Average staff. I like Richt, Kool, and Searls is good enough. Diaz is the big miss. For an offensive coach, Richt had to make a home run hire at DC and failed to do so. Had Aranda lined up and couldn't close the deal...that will come back to haunt us. Same with these joke DB hires.

Didn't get the best coaches from UGA to follow him, which is concerning.

Couldn't close the deal? LSU offered Aranda like 1.3M this year, and it escalates after every year.
That isn't missing out on a coach because you can't close, that's straight up not having as many resources.
Did you really think we'd go out and outbid everyone?
We should all be thankful the BOT are opening up their wallets as much as they have already. **** we're spending more money on coaches now than ever before, but that doesn't mean we can compete with the big SEC schools or Texas, Michigan, etc.
Not getting Aranda wasn't a miss on Richts part, it would be a miss if LSU was offering the same amount as us. But they obviously offered 300k more for a reason, probably because if they had only matched our offer, he would have come here.

We have no OC, so we should have ponied up the 1.3 million for an elite DC.

Getting cheap on the assistants will cost us wins later on, that I guarantee you

 

[Andrew]

Brown is a B+ or A-. Brown will recruit south Florida well and develop the talent.

 

[Calinative]

I gave it a C. Average staff. I like Richt, Kool, and Searls is good enough. Diaz is the big miss. For an offensive coach, Richt had to make a home run hire at DC and failed to do so. Had Aranda lined up and couldn't close the deal...that will come back to haunt us. Same with these joke DB hires.

Didn't get the best coaches from UGA to follow him, which is concerning.

Couldn't close the deal? LSU offered Aranda like 1.3M this year, and it escalates after every year.
That isn't missing out on a coach because you can't close, that's straight up not having as many resources.
Did you really think we'd go out and outbid everyone?
We should all be thankful the BOT are opening up their wallets as much as they have already. **** we're spending more money on coaches now than ever before, but that doesn't mean we can compete with the big SEC schools or Texas, Michigan, etc.
Not getting Aranda wasn't a miss on Richts part, it would be a miss if LSU was offering the same amount as us. But they obviously offered 300k more for a reason, probably because if they had only matched our offer, he would have come here.

We have no OC, so we should have ponied up the 1.3 million for an elite DC.

Getting cheap on the assistants will cost us wins later on, that I guarantee you

Getting Cheap? We've already spent more money on assistants than last year, and that's with two positions left to hire (Wr and Te), AND no OC. So how the **** are we being cheap

 

[CaneInTheBrain]

I gave it a C. Average staff. I like Richt, Kool, and Searls is good enough. Diaz is the big miss. For an offensive coach, Richt had to make a home run hire at DC and failed to do so. Had Aranda lined up and couldn't close the deal...that will come back to haunt us. Same with these joke DB hires.

Didn't get the best coaches from UGA to follow him, which is concerning.

Couldn't close the deal? LSU offered Aranda like 1.3M this year, and it escalates after every year.
That isn't missing out on a coach because you can't close, that's straight up not having as many resources.
Did you really think we'd go out and outbid everyone?
We should all be thankful the BOT are opening up their wallets as much as they have already. **** we're spending more money on coaches now than ever before, but that doesn't mean we can compete with the big SEC schools or Texas, Michigan, etc.
Not getting Aranda wasn't a miss on Richts part, it would be a miss if LSU was offering the same amount as us. But they obviously offered 300k more for a reason, probably because if they had only matched our offer, he would have come here.

We have no OC, so we should have ponied up the 1.3 million for an elite DC.

Getting cheap on the assistants will cost us wins later on, that I guarantee you

Getting Cheap? We've already spent more money on assistants than last year, and that's with two positions left to hire (Wr and Te), AND no OC. So how the **** are we being cheap

Refusing to offer a competitive salary to Aranda is the act of a cheap admin

Instead we went with the thrift option, Diaz, and what a mistake that was.

Of course we are using different benchmarks - you're comparing our commitment to that of last year...I am comparing our commitment to our rivals (FSU and UF) and the teams we hope to compete against

Realistically we have the third best staff the coastal right now. Sad.

 

[Calinative]

I gave it a C. Average staff. I like Richt, Kool, and Searls is good enough. Diaz is the big miss. For an offensive coach, Richt had to make a home run hire at DC and failed to do so. Had Aranda lined up and couldn't close the deal...that will come back to haunt us. Same with these joke DB hires.

Didn't get the best coaches from UGA to follow him, which is concerning.

Couldn't close the deal? LSU offered Aranda like 1.3M this year, and it escalates after every year.
That isn't missing out on a coach because you can't close, that's straight up not having as many resources.
Did you really think we'd go out and outbid everyone?
We should all be thankful the BOT are opening up their wallets as much as they have already. **** we're spending more money on coaches now than ever before, but that doesn't mean we can compete with the big SEC schools or Texas, Michigan, etc.
Not getting Aranda wasn't a miss on Richts part, it would be a miss if LSU was offering the same amount as us. But they obviously offered 300k more for a reason, probably because if they had only matched our offer, he would have come here.

We have no OC, so we should have ponied up the 1.3 million for an elite DC.

Getting cheap on the assistants will cost us wins later on, that I guarantee you

Getting Cheap? We've already spent more money on assistants than last year, and that's with two positions left to hire (Wr and Te), AND no OC. So how the **** are we being cheap

Refusing to offer a competitive salary to Aranda is the act of a cheap admin

Instead we went with the thrift option, Diaz, and what a mistake that was.

Of course we are using different benchmarks - you're comparing our commitment to that of last year...I am comparing our commitment to our rivals (FSU and UF) and the teams we hope to compete against

Realistically we have the third best staff the coastal right now. Sad.

Well that is just plain wrong. Mark Richt alone is better than any coach in the Coastal, and it really isn't close.

 

[CaneInTheBrain]

Just in the ACC.... I would say we have the third best overall staff in the Coastal, and the fifth best staff in the conference. I would take Virginia Tech, North Carolina's, Florida State's, and Clemsons staffs before ours.

That's a bit of a disappointment from Richt, who might be the best head coach in the conference. Very weak assistant hires, IMO

 

[DTP]

I voted B but polls like this are really just a crap shoot before the team has even played any games. It's like handing out NFL draft grades the day after the draft. Fun but pointless. The one thing I know for sure is that this staff is an upgrade over the previous one. I'd say Mark Richt is as close to a home run hire as we could have gotten. I'll give the rest of the staff the benefit of the doubt for now until/unless one or more of them proves to be a total bum.

 

[CaneInTheBrain]

Couldn't close the deal? LSU offered Aranda like 1.3M this year, and it escalates after every year.
That isn't missing out on a coach because you can't close, that's straight up not having as many resources.
Did you really think we'd go out and outbid everyone?
We should all be thankful the BOT are opening up their wallets as much as they have already. **** we're spending more money on coaches now than ever before, but that doesn't mean we can compete with the big SEC schools or Texas, Michigan, etc.
Not getting Aranda wasn't a miss on Richts part, it would be a miss if LSU was offering the same amount as us. But they obviously offered 300k more for a reason, probably because if they had only matched our offer, he would have come here.

We have no OC, so we should have ponied up the 1.3 million for an elite DC.

Getting cheap on the assistants will cost us wins later on, that I guarantee you

Getting Cheap? We've already spent more money on assistants than last year, and that's with two positions left to hire (Wr and Te), AND no OC. So how the **** are we being cheap

Refusing to offer a competitive salary to Aranda is the act of a cheap admin

Instead we went with the thrift option, Diaz, and what a mistake that was.

Of course we are using different benchmarks - you're comparing our commitment to that of last year...I am comparing our commitment to our rivals (FSU and UF) and the teams we hope to compete against

Realistically we have the third best staff the coastal right now. Sad.

Well that is just plain wrong. Mark Richt alone is better than any coach in the Coastal, and it really isn't close.

Fuente/Foster. >>. Richt/Diaz
Fedora/Chizik >> Richt/Diaz

We needed to hire a DC on the level of Gene Chizek and Bud Foster. We failed to come close.

 

[shayleon]

I gave it a C. Average staff. I like Richt, Kool, and Searls is good enough. Diaz is the big miss. For an offensive coach, Richt had to make a home run hire at DC and failed to do so. Had Aranda lined up and couldn't close the deal...that will come back to haunt us. Same with these joke DB hires.

Didn't get the best coaches from UGA to follow him, which is concerning.

Couldn't close the deal? LSU offered Aranda like 1.3M this year, and it escalates after every year.
That isn't missing out on a coach because you can't close, that's straight up not having as many resources.
Did you really think we'd go out and outbid everyone?
We should all be thankful the BOT are opening up their wallets as much as they have already. **** we're spending more money on coaches now than ever before, but that doesn't mean we can compete with the big SEC schools or Texas, Michigan, etc.
Not getting Aranda wasn't a miss on Richts part, it would be a miss if LSU was offering the same amount as us. But they obviously offered 300k more for a reason, probably because if they had only matched our offer, he would have come here.

We have no OC, so we should have ponied up the 1.3 million for an elite DC.

Getting cheap on the assistants will cost us wins later on, that I guarantee you

Getting Cheap? We've already spent more money on assistants than last year, and that's with two positions left to hire (Wr and Te), AND no OC. So how the **** are we being cheap

Refusing to offer a competitive salary to Aranda is the act of a cheap admin

Instead we went with the thrift option, Diaz, and what a mistake that was.

Of course we are using different benchmarks - you're comparing our commitment to that of last year...I am comparing our commitment to our rivals (FSU and UF) and the teams we hope to compete against

Realistically we have the third best staff the coastal right now. Sad.

You must be on staff or something. LSU was just talking about paying what 15 mil to get rid of their coach, obviously their pockets are deep. How do you know LSU didn't say that they would top anything Miami offered?

Hiring Diaz was a mistake based off of what? Your opinion? He hasn't coached a game for Miami yet. Just wow...

 

[CaneInTheBrain]

Couldn't close the deal? LSU offered Aranda like 1.3M this year, and it escalates after every year.
That isn't missing out on a coach because you can't close, that's straight up not having as many resources.
Did you really think we'd go out and outbid everyone?
We should all be thankful the BOT are opening up their wallets as much as they have already. **** we're spending more money on coaches now than ever before, but that doesn't mean we can compete with the big SEC schools or Texas, Michigan, etc.
Not getting Aranda wasn't a miss on Richts part, it would be a miss if LSU was offering the same amount as us. But they obviously offered 300k more for a reason, probably because if they had only matched our offer, he would have come here.

We have no OC, so we should have ponied up the 1.3 million for an elite DC.

Getting cheap on the assistants will cost us wins later on, that I guarantee you

Getting Cheap? We've already spent more money on assistants than last year, and that's with two positions left to hire (Wr and Te), AND no OC. So how the **** are we being cheap

Refusing to offer a competitive salary to Aranda is the act of a cheap admin

Instead we went with the thrift option, Diaz, and what a mistake that was.

Of course we are using different benchmarks - you're comparing our commitment to that of last year...I am comparing our commitment to our rivals (FSU and UF) and the teams we hope to compete against

Realistically we have the third best staff the coastal right now. Sad.

You must be on staff or something. LSU was just talking about paying what 15 mil to get rid of their coach, obviously their pockets are deep. How do you know LSU didn't say that they would top anything Miami offered?

Hiring Diaz was a mistake based off of what? Your opinion? He hasn't coached a game for Miami yet. Just wow...

We don't have to pay an OC. That right there should free up 1.3 million easy if we have an admin who is willing to compete to win.

Salaries being equal, Miami is a better job. As you said, no guarantee the staff at LSU will even be around a year from now.

 

[Classic]

Who knows how these guys mesh, but on name and resume alone, and in the name of near baseless and totally unnecessary rankings, I got it like this:

Richt: A+ / The first "big money" coach Miami's hired in ever. Wins 10 games like it's his job (I mean, uh, wait...). Recruits well. Loves Jesus. Father Richt shall make others repent.

Kool: A+ / Slam dunk hire. Coaches beastly, aggressive lines. Savage.

Searls: A / Highly experienced, oft-"promoted" OL coach with stops under some of the best head coaches in the business.

Diaz: B / Aggressive, 4-3 defense, where the chief criticism is he's, at times, unnecessarily aggressive. Fielded some impressive units, despite a year and change of "oh, that's ugly" Texas defense.

Brown: B+ / Coached some really, really good RBs at Wisky and Gawgia, reputedly a strong recruiter.

Rumph: B / I like the idea of bringing in a "Miami guy" who can help Richt navigate South Florida, but in a Diaz scheme where the DB play is key, his relative inexperience makes me nervous. Good for recruiting. And a guy I'm excited to have inside the tent rather than always smiling, judging, watching...look at the baby, look at the baby.

Hartley: C / This guy does nothing for me, but he's apparently a hard working "recruiting coordinator"?

Banda: B- / Banda doesn't really excite me, in part because of his shallow resume, but I do see the upside. He's worked with Diaz before and "gets" him. As referenced, DB play is important. No learning curve. And from what I've read, his players love the dude.

FINAL: B+