Doesnt sounds like Larry Scott is coming back.
How is coaching at 4 places in 11 years, when twice the change was precipitated by HC transitions, somehow concerning? And while you can't just write off the two years at VT, come on man. There's hardly a single offensive skill position player, aside from Ford, and certainly not a QB, who most of the ACC would even take in the last two years.
This is a good answer to the question posed by some about him bouncing around.I have no idea about the quality of his coaching, but IMO it's misleading to say he's bounced around. Very few coaches are going to have a resume like Kulikowski with 1 stop in 20 years and the ones that do usually stay where they are for a reason.
4 years at LSU (hired by Saban).
4 years at UGA (hired by Richt).
3 years at Texas under Brown, up until the entire regime changed.
This is his 5th job in 13 years and he only got fired from 1 of them. For comparison Orgeron has had 6 jobs in that time and everyone's favorite DB coach T-Rob has had 6 jobs since 2008. Just saying I think his duration at major programs seems about average, not an obvious positive or negative.
I see what you are saying. But at the same time tenure at one place has to mean you are great then right? Kehoe has been far from great... I hope he hasn't moved a lot because he sucks. But time will tell. I gave Al 3 yrs. I'll gladly give Mark that many. In Richt I trust. Let's hope he's right on these hires.Not getting the excitement... If he's so good, why has he been to so many places?
This is a good answer to the question posed by some about him bouncing around.I have no idea about the quality of his coaching, but IMO it's misleading to say he's bounced around. Very few coaches are going to have a resume like Kulikowski with 1 stop in 20 years and the ones that do usually stay where they are for a reason.
4 years at LSU (hired by Saban).
4 years at UGA (hired by Richt).
3 years at Texas under Brown, up until the entire regime changed.
This is his 5th job in 13 years and he only got fired from 1 of them. For comparison Orgeron has had 6 jobs in that time and everyone's favorite DB coach T-Rob has had 6 jobs since 2008. Just saying I think his duration at major programs seems about average, not an obvious positive or negative.
We can pick apart EVERY SINGLE COACH'S résumé.
This guy won a title with the Dark Overlord himself.
LEGGO
Read his bio and then say he's a bad hire....
hokiesports.com :: Football :: Stacy Searels
I'm not saying he's out of this world but he's proven and has the body of work.
Going to watch film of his lines through his career at schools and get an idea of how he operates.
I do expect the run game to improve quite a bit under his watch of the OL.
Fwiw, he's a power blocking type of coach rather than a zone blocking guy. Not sure how that meshes with our team
In short, a **** TON better.
I generally step away from OL technical stuff and hope for guys like [MENTION=1452]courcy75[/MENTION] and [MENTION=1279]gogeta4[/MENTION] and a handful of others to pop in and tell us about the life of a kickstepper, etc., but I just want to know one thing about this guy:
How is he in training converted Guards to Tackle? Because we got those for him.
btw, this is another coach NO ONE predicted coming here. no one has had a clue about any of Richt's hires.
That's good news to me. Enough with that zone blocking crap.Fwiw, he's a power blocking type of coach rather than a zone blocking guy. Not sure how that meshes with our team
Why has he bounced around so much if he's so great? Wouldn't all these great programs do what it takes to hang onto such a great coach?
Looks eerily similar to a Jethro type who bounces around and has an impressive looking résumé that doesn't hold up to scrutiny.
Here are some advanced metrics for 2015. Scroll down to see VT's stats. Not great, but a definite improvement from 2014.Anyone stat junkies here know where to find out his rushing yards/game, sacks allowed, passing yards/game, etc. under his tutelage at all his stops. Would be nice to see how he stakes up.
Also...how is this guy as recruiter?
That's good news to me. Enough with that zone blocking crap.Fwiw, he's a power blocking type of coach rather than a zone blocking guy. Not sure how that meshes with our team
btw, this is another coach NO ONE predicted coming here. no one has had a clue about any of Richt's hires.